Eric Leja
@realericleja.bsky.social
Don't treat people like things. Former US Marine 🇺🇸 Screenwriter 🖊 Comedian 🎤 Husband of a teacher 🍎 Father of humans 👶👧 Friend to many 🌎 Et Je parle français ...parfois 🇨🇵
As an atheist ex catholic from Chicago whose family priest went to seminary with the pope, I’m about to put the fuckin jersey back on swear to fuckin god what the fuck
the Catholic Church being right about 60% of the time these days takes some getting used to
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
January 11, 2026 at 5:39 AM
As an atheist ex catholic from Chicago whose family priest went to seminary with the pope, I’m about to put the fuckin jersey back on swear to fuckin god what the fuck
Bro if I put a corrupt regime's foot soldiers murdering a poet and mother of 3 named "Good" in a screenplay I'd get laughed out the room for being too on the nose. This is evil incarnate on video and it's bugfuck insane how many people are defending the EVIL INCARNATE ON VIDEO
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Bro if I put a corrupt regime's foot soldiers murdering a poet and mother of 3 named "Good" in a screenplay I'd get laughed out the room for being too on the nose. This is evil incarnate on video and it's bugfuck insane how many people are defending the EVIL INCARNATE ON VIDEO
Political Hypocrisy Part I
Why the Epstein list is a new low for conservatives
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I'm Eric! I write comedy, action comedy, and hour long dramas (that also have some comedy.) I love the rush of entertaining people. I wrote shows for VeteranTV.com a while ago. And now I write podcasts by day and try to sell shows by night. I breed praying mantises and I love all things Dragon Ball.
Just thinking it's been a minute - probably several - since we had any kind of introduction thread on #scriptsky
So - tell us who you are again! What do you write, why do you write, what's a highlight so far in your screenwriting - and what other cool (or nerdishly uncool) stuff do you do?
So - tell us who you are again! What do you write, why do you write, what's a highlight so far in your screenwriting - and what other cool (or nerdishly uncool) stuff do you do?
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I'm Eric! I write comedy, action comedy, and hour long dramas (that also have some comedy.) I love the rush of entertaining people. I wrote shows for VeteranTV.com a while ago. And now I write podcasts by day and try to sell shows by night. I breed praying mantises and I love all things Dragon Ball.
Ah, J6. I watched it on live TV in horror. I remember the relief I felt when Pence certified the results late that night, the respect I had for him in that moment. I remember ranting on fb that "this is NOT who we are!" And I remember last Nov when I found out that, yes, that is EXACTLY who we are.
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Ah, J6. I watched it on live TV in horror. I remember the relief I felt when Pence certified the results late that night, the respect I had for him in that moment. I remember ranting on fb that "this is NOT who we are!" And I remember last Nov when I found out that, yes, that is EXACTLY who we are.
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Every major physicians' group says that children need to be vaccinated for measles and rubella. But Sierra Worthington-Park, who runs a healing crystals shop in Tiburon and usually votes Democratic, isn't so sure.
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Every major physicians' group says that children need to be vaccinated for measles and rubella. But Sierra Worthington-Park, who runs a healing crystals shop in Tiburon and usually votes Democratic, isn't so sure.
I saw the worst and best football games ever today lmao
(GB v MINN/PITT v BAL, respectively)
(GB v MINN/PITT v BAL, respectively)
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I saw the worst and best football games ever today lmao
(GB v MINN/PITT v BAL, respectively)
(GB v MINN/PITT v BAL, respectively)
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Do any other countries fart? Or is this a weird American thing?
Do other countries have this weird notion that you’re not a “real” representative of the nation if you live in an urban center? Like do the French say Parisians aren’t really French? Are you considered not a real German if you live in Berlin? Or is this mainly a weird American thing?
January 2, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Do any other countries fart? Or is this a weird American thing?
My new years resolution (well, one of them) is to stop blasting politics on my socials, but I'm still a very political animal so Im making a blog to act as a lightning rod for my hot takes so you dont need to see them here if you dont want to lol. Links and such incoming.
January 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
My new years resolution (well, one of them) is to stop blasting politics on my socials, but I'm still a very political animal so Im making a blog to act as a lightning rod for my hot takes so you dont need to see them here if you dont want to lol. Links and such incoming.
Kids that kill zombies together, go to Harvard together (or something like that)
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Kids that kill zombies together, go to Harvard together (or something like that)
My brother in christ, I have lived in neighborhoods where a slow Tuesday was a fireworks occasion 🤣
Somebody in my neighborhood has decided Christmas Eve is a fireworks occasion.
Not complaining, but it's an odd choice.
Not complaining, but it's an odd choice.
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
My brother in christ, I have lived in neighborhoods where a slow Tuesday was a fireworks occasion 🤣
Holiday Video Card 2025 (Hollywood Style)
YouTube video by Eric Leja
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Merry Christmas ya'll
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Merry Christmas ya'll
Global warming, like evolution and the shape of the earth, is observable.
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From the burbank community on Reddit: Snow in Burbank! 1950’s?
Explore this post and more from the burbank community
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December 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Global warming, like evolution and the shape of the earth, is observable.
www.reddit.com/r/burbank/co...
www.reddit.com/r/burbank/co...
Highly recommend this screenwriter's substack, and this story in particular:
open.substack.com/pub/mickbeta...
open.substack.com/pub/mickbeta...
Sixty dollars.
A true Chicago/Berwyn story.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Highly recommend this screenwriter's substack, and this story in particular:
open.substack.com/pub/mickbeta...
open.substack.com/pub/mickbeta...
In my tugboat captain era
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In my tugboat captain era
Do I know any women that want to join a co-Ed flag football league? Tuesday nights, starts next month, fields in Hollywood, hit me up if interested
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Do I know any women that want to join a co-Ed flag football league? Tuesday nights, starts next month, fields in Hollywood, hit me up if interested
Inviting the Fae (hopefully they’re more the frilly harmless kind and less Pratchettian nightmares 🤞)
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Inviting the Fae (hopefully they’re more the frilly harmless kind and less Pratchettian nightmares 🤞)
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Not a soul:
Quentin Tarantino: “yo FUCK Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”
Absolutely nobody:
Not a soul:
Quentin Tarantino: “yo FUCK Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Not a soul:
Quentin Tarantino: “yo FUCK Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”
Absolutely nobody:
Not a soul:
Quentin Tarantino: “yo FUCK Joseph Gordon-Levitt.”
An actor friend was talking about their reel which made me think about what a writer’s reel would look like… maybe this?
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
An actor friend was talking about their reel which made me think about what a writer’s reel would look like… maybe this?
So I guess when they said small government they meant so small that it's just one spray-tanned guy everyone worships. And apparently free market means like 3 corporations get to freely control the market. Cool stuff.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
So I guess when they said small government they meant so small that it's just one spray-tanned guy everyone worships. And apparently free market means like 3 corporations get to freely control the market. Cool stuff.