Screenwriting
Happy Kids
TV Series
Logline: From teenage rock sensations to seasoned music veterans, Happy Kids charts the rise, fall, and rebirth of a band over 30 years.
Themes: Music, fame, the price of ambition, family, addiction, overcoming trauma, evolution of identity.
Main message: You can go through the shit and come out the other side—even if life isn't what you expected.
Analogues: Succession, Daisy Jones and the Six, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Almost Famous.
Notes: Planned three season finite arc of 7-9 episodes each spanning 30 years total. Several teleplays and bible are available.
Texas Deception
Feature
Logline: In Depression-era Texas, a woman takes desperate measures to get by after the brutal murder of her husband
Themes: Grief, morality, revenge, loneliness, gender roles, the American dream, music, marriage, duty vs. desire.
Main message: Everyone has a place in the enduring story of the American dream.
Analogues: The Power of the Dog, The English, 1883, Yellowstone, Nomadland.
Notes: Contributed to the script as a developmental consultant and script editor alongside writer David A. Cox.
Poetry
breaking open
A collection of poems on topics such as physics, companionship, love languages, volcanoes, hold music, stolen property, face creams, children's sections, deteriorating conditions of the body, old friends, new friends, and William Shatner. (2024)
one long season of wanting
You live in a small home in the desert of West Texas with south-facing windows whose sills are heavy with potted succulents and framed by drooping banana trees. Through these windows you watch the seasons change: snow flurries give way to dust clouds trailing disc harrows in the next field. You wait. (2013)
Other
The Empty Captain
Texas Adventures, Part II
Short Story
A dive into the archives of a British trade ship that arrived into port in 1743 seemingly abandoned by her crew.
Long Form Non-Fiction
Discovering the beauty and mystery of Texas through the lens of one very special album by the Mountain Goats.
Music