There are some things that you imagine would be cool to do—but you never think you’ll do them. Fly a fighter jet or win an Oscar, things...

Today would have been my friend Harris Wulfson’s 48th birthday. I’ve written about Harris before...and I don’t have it in me to do a deep...

Today is my birthday. Bastille Day! The way social media is nowadays, a lot of my peeps know (and have sent nice words—thanks!). What is...

This is a picture of my stepdad, Herb Putnam, who we lost to pancreatic cancer in 2008. (He sort of looked like Sam Neill.) We miss him...

My earliest screenwriting efforts came at the age of 16–17 when I wrote and submitted spec scripts to Star Trek: The Next Generation. I...

We’re back in L.A. after two weeks visiting family on Martha’s Vineyard and Evanston, Illinois. For now I am busy uploading a huge...

No, not the Chevy Chase movies. Our family is taking our first vacation in three years (!) to visit grandparents and have fun! (Vineyard...

Intrada is reissuing our Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 2CD set on June 14. I am glad. It was the highlight of my time at FSM to...

I wasn’t sure if I should tell this story—but ah, what the hell. Around 20 years ago my social life used to consist of hanging out at...

Above: my crude sketches for some of the VFX in our Sky Fighter short film. I put this message on social yesterday—we have almost $3K,...

Today is a big day for me! I’ll know in a few hours—or certainly within 24—whether my plan of raising investment to make my own film...

On Friday I announced the next stage of my professional life, turning Film Score Monthly into a film and TV company—FSM Studios. This is,...

I’ve been happy to publish this blog, which I started in August 2021 and have continued ever since with daily updates (except for a few...

Good morning, world! As we head into this holiday weekend (Memorial Day in the U.S.) I am announcing the “soft launch” of what will...

I used to spend way too much time hanging out at (screenwriter) Shane Black’s house (roughly 1997–2003, for me). Shane had the greatest...

The all-time classic Next Generation episode “Q Who” rolled around again in the nightly airing of vintage Trek shows on the Heroes &...

Yesterday I posted an album of John Williams pictures to Facebook that we collected over the years. It was, naturally, well-received, and...

That lunar eclipse was pretty cool. I remember a solar eclipse, I think in 1996 (I was at college) which brought a veil of darkness onto...

Many thanks to the team at CenterFrame who had me on the premiere YouTube episode of their “Make It Short” series, talking about Sky...

Let me tell you about the time that a friend and I accidentally/simultaneously wrote Free Guy. And you can read it, if you want! You may...