Welcome.

You may have arrived from a handsome little round card, a QR code, a story about breakfast, or a temporary lapse in judgment. However it happened, I’m glad you made it.

I’ve spent much of my life writing stories, columns, essays, novels, screenplays, and the occasional sentence that looked harmless until it got into circulation. Most of what you’ll find here is short, readable, and meant to amuse, surprise, or at the very least keep you out of worse trouble for two minutes.

I’ve written for television, film, radio, newspapers, magazines, and digital platforms, with work connected to HBO, CBS, CBC, and Access TV. I also conceived and ran the TV & Film Institute of Canada for 12 years, helping writers find their footing, their voices, and sometimes their deadlines.

I earned an MFA in television writing and producing from UCLA and a BA in Communication and Business from Brigham Young University, where I became editor-in-chief of The Daily Universe and learned that writing fast is useful, but writing well is better.

Along the way, I became the first person to market a novel on the early internet, back when doing such a thing suggested either vision or a mild personality disorder.

I failed as a Mormon missionary after trying to convert the children of cannibals to Jesus, which turned out to be a difficult demographic.

I’ve written humor, thrillers, essays, novels, and stories involving detectives, missionaries, bullies, bricklayers, vampires, and people who really should have stayed home.

I also invented that thing on your fridge.

My wife Kate and I divide our time between Edmonton, Alberta, and Bel Air, California. I still write every day, still notice odd people and odd behavior, and still believe a good story can improve the mood of a room faster than most modern medicine.

There’s always another story waiting.