Carlos Cisco
@carloscisco.bsky.social
Film/TV Writer
Star Trek: Discovery, East Los High
Star Trek Adventures, Arcadia, Flee Mortals, Draw Steel, Candela Obscura, Daggerheart, Triangle Agency
Star Trek: Discovery, East Los High
Star Trek Adventures, Arcadia, Flee Mortals, Draw Steel, Candela Obscura, Daggerheart, Triangle Agency
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Hey WGAW chums, check the email, the invite for the Artificial Intelligence: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities panel, by the Education Committee and with myself and a few others, is live. Dec 3, RSVP if interested, we're doing virtual so we can make it as accessible as possible.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hey WGAW chums, check the email, the invite for the Artificial Intelligence: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities panel, by the Education Committee and with myself and a few others, is live. Dec 3, RSVP if interested, we're doing virtual so we can make it as accessible as possible.
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Appreciate all of screen writing twitter commiserating and acknowledging what we are up against these last two days. Please know what I’m never trying to do is pit us all at different levels against each other, just trying to bring awareness to the mess and how it feels.
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Appreciate all of screen writing twitter commiserating and acknowledging what we are up against these last two days. Please know what I’m never trying to do is pit us all at different levels against each other, just trying to bring awareness to the mess and how it feels.
Best Christmas movie of all time.
As every year at Christmas, some Japanese theaters will screen "Tokyo Godfathers" ;o;
www.shin-bungeiza.com/schedule#d20...
www.shin-bungeiza.com/schedule#d20...
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Best Christmas movie of all time.
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If this were 2019, with all the great samples and recommendations I have, I’d be staffed no problem. Everyone is always talking about how they want writers who come vetted with prior room and set experience and Showrunner recs. But in 2025, that’s not enough. I don’t know what is.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If this were 2019, with all the great samples and recommendations I have, I’d be staffed no problem. Everyone is always talking about how they want writers who come vetted with prior room and set experience and Showrunner recs. But in 2025, that’s not enough. I don’t know what is.
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I was up for 5 shows this year. Sent strong samples and 2 showrunner recommendations for each job. Still didn’t get read. In some cases, execs did read and put me on a list. But Showrunners did not read. “We’re not staffing SE/ESE” level was basically the answer for all.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I was up for 5 shows this year. Sent strong samples and 2 showrunner recommendations for each job. Still didn’t get read. In some cases, execs did read and put me on a list. But Showrunners did not read. “We’re not staffing SE/ESE” level was basically the answer for all.
If you’re hiring artists for your project I cannot recommend Michelle highly enough. Her work is beautiful, highly polished, and she’s wonderful collaborator that any team would be lucky to have.
Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Michelle, concept artist and illustrator, open for work (commercial and private), especially in the Tabletop Gaming and Genre Fiction Realms.
💼: www.coveofmadness.com
🖼️: vgen.co/CoveofMadness
📧: michelle.pecoraro[@]hotmail.com
#ttrpgart #fantasyart #illustration #conceptart
💼: www.coveofmadness.com
🖼️: vgen.co/CoveofMadness
📧: michelle.pecoraro[@]hotmail.com
#ttrpgart #fantasyart #illustration #conceptart
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If you’re hiring artists for your project I cannot recommend Michelle highly enough. Her work is beautiful, highly polished, and she’s wonderful collaborator that any team would be lucky to have.
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It also fails to address the awy marginalized writers are being largely left out of spec purchasing right now altogether. And that for many of us, spec purchasing is not a bridge to a career as a TV writer. Writers rooms are. We need that opening. We need that experience.
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It also fails to address the awy marginalized writers are being largely left out of spec purchasing right now altogether. And that for many of us, spec purchasing is not a bridge to a career as a TV writer. Writers rooms are. We need that opening. We need that experience.
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It's good practice, absolutely. And it's good to have an arsenal of samples when the time eventually comes (if it ever comes!) But to continue to insist that if we just write something GOOD ENOUGH someone will SEE US is at a certain point, absolutely ignoring the industry's current failures.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It's good practice, absolutely. And it's good to have an arsenal of samples when the time eventually comes (if it ever comes!) But to continue to insist that if we just write something GOOD ENOUGH someone will SEE US is at a certain point, absolutely ignoring the industry's current failures.
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For most of us we've written our specs. We've written MANY. We have great samples. We have good feedback. We KEEP WRITING. The problem? No one is reading.
Rooms will not read lower levels. As such, agents will not read us because they can not get us work. We're writing specs for an army of one.
Rooms will not read lower levels. As such, agents will not read us because they can not get us work. We're writing specs for an army of one.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For most of us we've written our specs. We've written MANY. We have great samples. We have good feedback. We KEEP WRITING. The problem? No one is reading.
Rooms will not read lower levels. As such, agents will not read us because they can not get us work. We're writing specs for an army of one.
Rooms will not read lower levels. As such, agents will not read us because they can not get us work. We're writing specs for an army of one.
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And look, I get it. I have many many times been the writer saying "just write" "have your specs ready" "write and write and write" but right now, in the current state of the industry, repeating that insistence over and over to a DROWNING generation of young writers is super unfair.
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And look, I get it. I have many many times been the writer saying "just write" "have your specs ready" "write and write and write" but right now, in the current state of the industry, repeating that insistence over and over to a DROWNING generation of young writers is super unfair.
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Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Said with love but there is a tone deafness in the "just write your spec!" advice that seems to be totally ignored in the current climate.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
It works if you're repped. If reps are taking new clients. If places are buying A LOT. If rooms are staffing unknowns/lower levels. If not? It's a platitude.
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In Poisoned Roots, PCs face a ruling class intent on quelling dissent. They will make hard choices, sacrificing what they hold dear to defend family and neighbors. A claustrophobic and political Daggerheart campaign frame where beauty and rot coexist, where party-based adventuring is not the focus.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In Poisoned Roots, PCs face a ruling class intent on quelling dissent. They will make hard choices, sacrificing what they hold dear to defend family and neighbors. A claustrophobic and political Daggerheart campaign frame where beauty and rot coexist, where party-based adventuring is not the focus.
Jump Scare (pictured below) is one of my very favorite pieces in a collection stuffed to the brim with great art.
The art of Daggerheart continues to dazzle. So much so that, while I was happy to hear about all the new things, I was giddy over all the new illustrations.
www.daggerheartdispatch.com/the-art-of-h...
#daggerheart #ttrpg
www.daggerheartdispatch.com/the-art-of-h...
#daggerheart #ttrpg
The Art of Hope & Fear
Amidst all the recent Daggerheart announcements was the art. Stunning, daring, exciting illustrations bringing to life new Ancestries, Communities, Transformations, Classes, the Dread Domain, and Camp...
www.daggerheartdispatch.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Jump Scare (pictured below) is one of my very favorite pieces in a collection stuffed to the brim with great art.
Clemson Lam did the beautiful watercolor landscapes you'll see in #Pistolheart. He's also responsible for the best contract language I've ever written.
He had a very unique request when it came to payment to license his paintings.
He had a very unique request when it came to payment to license his paintings.
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Clemson Lam did the beautiful watercolor landscapes you'll see in #Pistolheart. He's also responsible for the best contract language I've ever written.
He had a very unique request when it came to payment to license his paintings.
He had a very unique request when it came to payment to license his paintings.
Everyone cites Fraser and Weis, but all know Fehr is the true cause of the great bisexual awakening of the 90s.
What a treat it was to work with him on Discovery. Here's to many more birthdays, Space Dad.
What a treat it was to work with him on Discovery. Here's to many more birthdays, Space Dad.
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Everyone cites Fraser and Weis, but all know Fehr is the true cause of the great bisexual awakening of the 90s.
What a treat it was to work with him on Discovery. Here's to many more birthdays, Space Dad.
What a treat it was to work with him on Discovery. Here's to many more birthdays, Space Dad.
If you haven’t experienced Blue Prince yet, you’ve shortchanged yourself!
Ghost of Yotei star Erika Ishii said that her game of the year is Blue Prince, which is nominated for Best Independent Game and Best Debut Independent Game at The Game Awards.
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you haven’t experienced Blue Prince yet, you’ve shortchanged yourself!
Didn't have time to watch the stream? Here's a nice summation of the announcement about the Dark Heart of Andaluria, the new #Daggerheart campaign frame I was lucky enough to put my grubby, little, ghoul claws on.
www.thepopverse.com/gaming-criti...
www.thepopverse.com/gaming-criti...
Critical Role is taking their love of John Constantine, Castlevania and more gothic horror into new Daggerheart campaign
An addition to Daggerheart's first expansion book, Hope & Fear, Dark Heart of Andaloria will tie together some of your favorite monster tropes into a hauntingly beautiful world, says co-designer Rowan...
www.thepopverse.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Didn't have time to watch the stream? Here's a nice summation of the announcement about the Dark Heart of Andaluria, the new #Daggerheart campaign frame I was lucky enough to put my grubby, little, ghoul claws on.
www.thepopverse.com/gaming-criti...
www.thepopverse.com/gaming-criti...
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“waaah my art isn’t good enough to fully portray my GREAT IDEAS, I need to use AI” listen i spend years putting my terrible art online and having strangers tell me it was terrible and off-putting and then i did it long enough that it got less terrible so sorry if I have 0 sympathy for your plight
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“waaah my art isn’t good enough to fully portray my GREAT IDEAS, I need to use AI” listen i spend years putting my terrible art online and having strangers tell me it was terrible and off-putting and then i did it long enough that it got less terrible so sorry if I have 0 sympathy for your plight
They just announced "The Dark Heart of Andaluria" frame included in Hope & Fear next year!
"It's Gothic horror."
"A little Vampire Hunter D."
"A little Castlevania."
"Our brilliant writer, Carlos Cisco helped us craft it."
Thank you, @therowanhall.bsky.social for the amazing shoutout! 🥰
"It's Gothic horror."
"A little Vampire Hunter D."
"A little Castlevania."
"Our brilliant writer, Carlos Cisco helped us craft it."
Thank you, @therowanhall.bsky.social for the amazing shoutout! 🥰
Tune in TODAY at 10am Eastern / 7am Pacific for our #Daggerheart panel at #PAXUnplugged and streaming live to our YouTube channel!
We have news, reveals, deep dives into Hope & Fear, and an actual play from a new campaign frame!
👀 https://bit.ly/4igtmXv
We have news, reveals, deep dives into Hope & Fear, and an actual play from a new campaign frame!
👀 https://bit.ly/4igtmXv
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They just announced "The Dark Heart of Andaluria" frame included in Hope & Fear next year!
"It's Gothic horror."
"A little Vampire Hunter D."
"A little Castlevania."
"Our brilliant writer, Carlos Cisco helped us craft it."
Thank you, @therowanhall.bsky.social for the amazing shoutout! 🥰
"It's Gothic horror."
"A little Vampire Hunter D."
"A little Castlevania."
"Our brilliant writer, Carlos Cisco helped us craft it."
Thank you, @therowanhall.bsky.social for the amazing shoutout! 🥰
If you aren't watching this -- there's SO MANY announcements!
If you didn't get to play The Dying Spire at GenCon (an adventure I helped write) you'll be able to play it for Free RPG day!
If you didn't get to play The Dying Spire at GenCon (an adventure I helped write) you'll be able to play it for Free RPG day!
Tune in TODAY at 10am Eastern / 7am Pacific for our #Daggerheart panel at #PAXUnplugged and streaming live to our YouTube channel!
We have news, reveals, deep dives into Hope & Fear, and an actual play from a new campaign frame!
👀 https://bit.ly/4igtmXv
We have news, reveals, deep dives into Hope & Fear, and an actual play from a new campaign frame!
👀 https://bit.ly/4igtmXv
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you aren't watching this -- there's SO MANY announcements!
If you didn't get to play The Dying Spire at GenCon (an adventure I helped write) you'll be able to play it for Free RPG day!
If you didn't get to play The Dying Spire at GenCon (an adventure I helped write) you'll be able to play it for Free RPG day!
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i’m at the triangle agency booth at pax unplugged btw 💕🔺
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i’m at the triangle agency booth at pax unplugged btw 💕🔺
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I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
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JUST ANNOUNCED
Our first #Daggerheart expansion Daggerheart: Hope & Fear!
Featuring new character classes & adversaries, campaign frames & fresh gameplay accessories!
Pre-order the Standard Edition & Deluxe Edition at our #PAXU booth #3637 or https://bit.ly/4a3chhF
Watch https://bit.ly/3LJQhP5
Our first #Daggerheart expansion Daggerheart: Hope & Fear!
Featuring new character classes & adversaries, campaign frames & fresh gameplay accessories!
Pre-order the Standard Edition & Deluxe Edition at our #PAXU booth #3637 or https://bit.ly/4a3chhF
Watch https://bit.ly/3LJQhP5
Daggerheart: Hope & Fear is Coming!
YouTube video by Darrington Press
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November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED
Our first #Daggerheart expansion Daggerheart: Hope & Fear!
Featuring new character classes & adversaries, campaign frames & fresh gameplay accessories!
Pre-order the Standard Edition & Deluxe Edition at our #PAXU booth #3637 or https://bit.ly/4a3chhF
Watch https://bit.ly/3LJQhP5
Our first #Daggerheart expansion Daggerheart: Hope & Fear!
Featuring new character classes & adversaries, campaign frames & fresh gameplay accessories!
Pre-order the Standard Edition & Deluxe Edition at our #PAXU booth #3637 or https://bit.ly/4a3chhF
Watch https://bit.ly/3LJQhP5
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Here's a #Pistolheart preview for the Warrior - Call of the Pistolero's Foundation Card!
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November 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Here's a #Pistolheart preview for the Warrior - Call of the Pistolero's Foundation Card!
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Places over 100 emails in a list to blast out.
Mail chimp promptly deletes all of them.
FML.
Mail chimp promptly deletes all of them.
FML.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Places over 100 emails in a list to blast out.
Mail chimp promptly deletes all of them.
FML.
Mail chimp promptly deletes all of them.
FML.