Cheryl Laughlin

Face-plant bike courier turned writer of things. Finalist Natl Lampoon Search Comedy Writing Gold. Top 10% Nicholl. @scriptmag columnist. ❤indie films

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

So, umm, nice early St. Paddy's Day gift🍀🍀🍀. Advanced to Top 25 @roadmapauthors Write Start Manuscript Competition. Now just getting downright OCD superstitious to keep the good energy flowing. 🤞🤞🤞https://t.co/1l548dQIK9

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

Ummm, yes please... how have we not already seen such ridiculous fun play out like this before?! Feels lovely and bittersweet just from the logline and image. All the❤️❤️❤️ for this!

[Jonathan Fournier @JonFour]

Unicorn Included (half-hour pilot)
When a late bloomer moves out on his own for the first time, his newfound independence is threatened by a sassy unicorn who came with the condo and won’t leave. #ScreenPit #Co #Fy #Div #Pi #WrDis #SeRe

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

TACOS GUAPOS
Stuck working overtime on Valentine's Day, a berated publisher's assistant finds her relentlessly awful boss still needs her for the little things after a bad batch of tacos.
#ScreenPit #Sho #Hldy #Ro #Co #ISA

[ScreenPit @ScreenPit]

ScreenPit Dec '26 is LIVE over at #Screenpit!!!

Use the hashtag in tweets
Don't use @ScreenPit
Have fun reading everyone's loglines
Prepare to be amazed!
8 tweets total, advantage to those who tweet early to get engagement!

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

Thx @Stage32 @Stage32Scripts for showing the ❤️to #romcoms #romanticcomedies like my script, The Cubicles of Ireland. #Quarterfinals ...a little romance, a little comedy, set in Ireland☘️... umm, yes please.🙃

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

Woot woot, thx @Stage32 @Stage32Scripts for showing the ❤️ for my romcom script THE CUBICLES OF IRELAND. #QuarterFinalist #Screenwriter #Romcoms... the genre that never truly goes out of style.

[Stage 32 Script Services @Stage32Scripts]

BIG Congratulations to all the Quarterfinalists in this year's Romantic Comedy Contest! Let's show them our support, and if you're placed, tell us more about your script!

View the Quarterfinalists here:
https://t.co/rli3OVkxx5

#Stage32WritesMore #RomanticComedy #romcom

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

What happens when you combine the @mikeroweworks effect with @judaline6 tenacity? You discover Khamila Rose writerly awesomeness. Can't wait for this to be out there a la @judyblume Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. Join me in preordering and supporting Khamila!👏👏👏

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

https://t.co/kdWGgCxwV9

Here's a Foreword I never thought I'd write, for a book I never thought I'd read...

I was filming a new episode of People You Should Know at the Plumber’s Union in Queens, when a 13-year-old girl named Khamila Rose told me about the first time she got her period.

To be clear, I hadn’t asked her for this information. I’d come to Union Local #1 that day to do a story on a foundation called Tools and Tiaras, a terrific organization that exposes young women to a variety of skilled trades. Khamila was there that day, along with dozens of other young girls to learn about careers in plumbing, and I was chatting her up as she was fitting two pipes together. At some point, I asked her what she did for fun, and Khamila told me she liked to write.

“Really?” I said. “What sort of things do you write about?”
“Well,” she said, “I currently have two electronic books published on Amazon.”
“You’re kidding,” I said. “What are they called?”
“The first one is called Sista Spy Squad. It’s the story of a young girl who discovers that her deceased parents used to be spies. Then she goes through a time portal, meets her new best friends, and follows in her parent’s footsteps, as she and her team come face to face with The Sinister Six.”
“I see,” I said. “What about the second one?”
“The second one is called Blossom Tales: A Story of Menstrual Magic.

It was noisy in the workshop, and I thought she said, “Mental Magic.” But no, she said, “Menstrual Magic,” and Khamila took great pleasure in correcting me. She repeated the title of her latest book nice and loud as the camera crew captured my reaction, which was pretty much what you’d expect from a grown man who suddenly finds himself having a conversation with a thirteen-year-old girl about a very different sort of plumbing.

Moments like that stick with you, and later that night, my curiosity got the better of me. I downloaded Blossom Tales: A Story of Menstrual Magic and read it on my computer. It thought it was great. A perfect story, really, for any young girl whose body was about to start behaving in a completely unfamiliar way. I thought it deserved to be out there in print, like a real book, so I called my mother’s publisher, Jonathan Merkh, and told him about the thirteen-year-old aspiring female plumber who writes books about spy craft and menstruation. Jonathan read Blossom Tales: A Story of Menstrual Magic and quickly agreed to publish it, if I agreed to write the Foreword you’re about to finish.

And that’s how this book came to be.

In closing, I meet a lot of interesting people in my line of work, often by accident. Khamila Rose is one of those people, so it’s fitting that she wound up in an episode of People You Should Know, which you’re welcome to watch on my YouTube Channel. https://t.co/XWA7Us6h9G Maybe she’ll be plumber when she grows up, or maybe she’ll be a writer? Maybe she’ll be neither or maybe she’ll be both? All I know for sure is that right now, Khamila Rose is filled with more curiosity, more ambition, and more work ethic than most adults. For those reasons alone, I hope you'll pick up a copy of Blossom Tales. It’s a fine way to encourage the qualities we all desperately hope will define the next generation, not to mention a perfect way to prepare thousands of young girls for their first visit from Aunt Flo.

Get your copy here, and let the blossoming begin…
https://t.co/21nJ1DpfJp

Also - if you’re intrigued by this, you’ll love the attached video, which captures the exact moment I knew I’d have no choice but to get Khamila’s book published. https://t.co/kdWGgCxwV9

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

...and may I suggest giving👍for @Hardware_Gina's project "Power to the People: Transforming Employees into Co-Owners." https://t.co/1J6N9Pwq7k She has the best stories on people who used to be left behind… and who now blow away years of low expectations. #Vote #SXSW #ThankYou

[SXSW @sxsw]

Your chance to shape the 2025 #SXSW Conference is here! PanelPicker Community Voting is open now through August 18. 🗳️ https://t.co/ULjsF92FiL

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

@NGDWrites @johnzaozirny @ianshorr @Katherine_Botts @storytellerdave @ChelloHouston @AndyFroemke @JasonGruich @Joe_N_Marino Totally appreciate the notes on my Page 1... rare to get a glimpse on the next floor up... it's intense/hilarious/kind up there.:)❤️

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

#4 in your new #screenwriter binge of Pro vs Amateur will be up soon... and (omg) my Page 1 will be in the ring on the amateur side.🥊✏️🙏 Can't wait to watch all the matchups!

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

@MeganDavidhizar Same here in little ol' Lodi, CA. Excite for others to see your book on the NEW books display‼️📗📗📗

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

#Screenwriters, get in on the binge early (3 episodes so far)... Play a game of Pro vs Amateur script with @NGDWrites and his crew. Not as easy as it sounds... plus, it's educational. #themoreyouknow https://t.co/KBcUMhsGMW

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

@JEStew3 Thx! THE GYST. Two weeks before her 25th birthday, a chronic listmaker enlists her also struggling friends in the ultimate Get Your Shit Together (GYST) list—to break a life-long streak of bad birthdays & bad relationships. If EDGE OF 17 & HIGH FIDELITY had a quarter-life crisis.

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

@KyleGallner I'm with fellow #Lyme peeps. Bit while mtn bike training, less than 10 secs, no bulls eye. If had 30 days of antibiotics, would have stopped it in its tracks. Instead battled for a decade to get in remission.

[Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region @yourpswforests]

🎙️NEW PODCAST ALERT! Episode 43 of Forest Focus is all about 🐺Gray Wolves. Listen to how wildlife specialists w/ @forestservice & @CaliforniaDFW are working together to monitor & conserve this recovering species. https://t.co/2emUnFjh6N

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

My 1st-person article on 2024 #RoseParade is live on U.S. Forest Service main page: https://t.co/rtaZkacH21 Longer, word-nerd version – where I share adult-size zip ties we found in hardware store and Top 5 🍎Recs from fellow volunteer📷: https://t.co/MGXry6REgr

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

I'll be there supporting all this AWESOMENESS at the #RoseParade 2024. Tune in on Jan. 1 to kick off the New Year -- Smokey Bear and @usfs_r5 style!

[Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region @yourpswforests]

On Jan 1st, at America’s New Year Celebration, the #RoseParade we honor @smokey_bear and his 80-year legacy of preventing human-caused wildfire, #SmokeyBear #OnlyYou #Wildfire #USFS #AdCouncil #StateForester #Smokeys80th #Smokeyturns80 #HappyBirthdaySmokey #USFSRoseParade2024

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

Well now...my script WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE tiptoed next step to Semi-Finalist with @ScriptsandCo International Film Fest. Now I'm getting all superstitious and jumping over cracks in the sidewalk and not opening any ☂️ inside.😉🙌❤️ #thankful #wowful

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

Whaattt?!?! #QuarterFinalist shout-out from @ScriptsandCo International Film Fest made my day, especially since they're one of my FAV #film #screenwriter creatives either side of the pond.🙏✍️🤗 https://t.co/ZPwAwCisuP

[Cheryl Laughlin @cheryllaughlin]

Well, this is quite nice...🙏@Coverfly, 🙏 @ScriptsandCo for table read for short that pushed me to turn this into a pilot. #RedList