Writer- Blogger
Content creator: blog posts, niche articles, newsletters, email copy, landing pages, SEO, research, speeches, dialogue and comedy punch-up and targeted cartoons.
BOOK EDITOR: (Story Editing i.e.: dialogue and comedy punch up): New series of YA books for teenage girls “’Nama Beach High,” - Zondervan Publishing: “New Girl in Town,” “False Friends,” “Fault Lines.”
HOLLYWOOD HIGHLIGHTS
"The Cosby Show," (pilot and premiere season) BUY: Cosby Show Season One . "My Sister Sam," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show, BUY: The Mary Tyler Moore Show , EMMY AWARD - Best Writing - "Lily Tomlin."
AWARDS: 2020 - Writers Guild of America 101 Best Written TV Series (for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Cosby Show”). Emmy Award Winner, Emmy Nominations (2), Writer's Guild of America Award Nominations (2), The American Academy of Humor Best Writing Award, and the Rolling Stone Magazine TV Show of the Year Award. People’s Choice Awards (2).
BOARD/CHARTER MEMBER: "First Stage" - LA play reading group
FOUNDER - Writers Guild of America Women’s Committee
PRESIDENT - Southern California Cartoonists Society - the San Diego Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society SCCS-online.org
CHARTER MEMBER – Women in Film
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Erma Bombeck Writers Conference U of Dayton
USC Film School, UCLA Film and TV Dept., UCSD, San Francisco State U, UC Irvine, Caltech, Loyola-Marymount U, Writers Guild of America, California Women Lawyers Association, Black Women Lawyers Association.
ORIGNAL SITCOM PILOTS: Exec Producer (show runner) and Writer – "Life of Riley - The Country Music Sitcom," pilot starring Mickey Gilley, Mel Tillis, and Irlene Mandrell for Ozark Video Prods. Original half-hour pilots, re-writes, and consultations on live-action and animated pilots for NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Family Network. “Millionaires,” sitcom pilot for Norman Lear and CBS. Many half-hour pilots for NBC, ABC, CBS and Showtime. “Meet the Millers” and “Sherman Oaks” for Showtime and Vin di Bona Productions.
DIRECTOR - "Sherman Oaks" sitcom series and pilots "There It Is," sitcom hip-hop pilot for Showtime and Vin di Bona Productions. All B roll and monologues.
ANIMATION: Damon Wayan's "Waynehead," series for Warner Bros. TV. Untitled pilot for Rosie O’Donnell. Consultant, “The New Woody Woodpecker,” “Go Grrrl,” and many others for NBCUniversal TV.
SITCOM SERIES: Supervising Producer and Writer - "My Sister Sam," (starring Pam Dawber and the late Rebecca Schaeffer), "Kate and Allie," "The Cosby Show," Executive Story Consultant, "Love Sydney," (starring Tony Randall) "Diff'rent Strokes," and "Erma Bombeck's Maggie.” Written as Karyl Geld: "Maude," "Sanford & Son," (co-written with Richard Pryor),”Barney Miller," "Bob Newhart," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and many others. IMDb complete list of produced writing credits.
FEATURE SCRIPT: "Scouts," for Kevin Costner's TIG Productions/Warner Bros.
UNION: Writers Guild of America, West
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FOUNDER - Writers Guild of America Women’s Committee
PRESIDENT - Southern California Cartoonists Society - the San Diego Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society SCCS-online.org
CHARTER MEMBER – Women in Film
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Erma Bombeck Writers Conference U of Dayton
USC Film School, UCLA Film and TV Dept., UCSD, San Francisco State U, UC Irvine, Caltech, Loyola-Marymount U, Writers Guild of America, California Women Lawyers Association, Black Women Lawyers Association.
ORIGNAL SITCOM PILOTS: Exec Producer (show runner) and Writer – "Life of Riley - The Country Music Sitcom," pilot starring Mickey Gilley, Mel Tillis, and Irlene Mandrell for Ozark Video Prods. Original half-hour pilots, re-writes, and consultations on live-action and animated pilots for NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Family Network. “Millionaires,” sitcom pilot for Norman Lear and CBS. Many half-hour pilots for NBC, ABC, CBS and Showtime. “Meet the Millers” and “Sherman Oaks” for Showtime and Vin di Bona Productions.
DIRECTOR - "Sherman Oaks" sitcom series and pilots "There It Is," sitcom hip-hop pilot for Showtime and Vin di Bona Productions. All B roll and monologues.
ANIMATION: Damon Wayan's "Waynehead," series for Warner Bros. TV. Untitled pilot for Rosie O’Donnell. Consultant, “The New Woody Woodpecker,” “Go Grrrl,” and many others for NBCUniversal TV.
SITCOM SERIES: Supervising Producer and Writer - "My Sister Sam," (starring Pam Dawber and the late Rebecca Schaeffer), "Kate and Allie," "The Cosby Show," Executive Story Consultant, "Love Sydney," (starring Tony Randall) "Diff'rent Strokes," and "Erma Bombeck's Maggie.” Written as Karyl Geld: "Maude," "Sanford & Son," (co-written with Richard Pryor),”Barney Miller," "Bob Newhart," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and many others. IMDb complete list of produced writing credits.
FEATURE SCRIPT: "Scouts," for Kevin Costner's TIG Productions/Warner Bros.
UNION: Writers Guild of America, West
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