Leah from South Dakota
@leahfromsd.bsky.social
Screenwriter | Artist | Roller Derby Skater | Lover of Cowboy Boots | She/Her | Oh, yeah, I kind of made a movie too: https://youtu.be/lwbzq0eDavU?si=9tTYs3LU1ir-fNet
Available Scripts: https://www.networkisa.org/profile/leah-simmons
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A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
"Sisters not twins," I whisper to myself as my eyeliner gets longer and bolder trying to have them quasi match.
a little girl in a pink dress is applying makeup to her face
ALT: a little girl in a pink dress is applying makeup to her face
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November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Sisters not twins," I whisper to myself as my eyeliner gets longer and bolder trying to have them quasi match.
I regret to inform you that taking time to do a proper 5 min morning stretch is actually kinda great.
winnie the pooh is looking at himself in the mirror
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November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I regret to inform you that taking time to do a proper 5 min morning stretch is actually kinda great.
Great podcast you should add to your queue. #Scriptsky
How real-life truths behind a script can be the difference between a good story… and one that stays with you. On this episode of How Would You Write It?, Tay sits down with screenwriter and novelist Jay Fingers — the sharp, genre-blending voice behind Azalea. Link in Bio. youtu.be/7wTXbvcB44I?...
How real-life truths can turn a script from a good story into one that stays with you.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Great podcast you should add to your queue. #Scriptsky
Did the Hat Man write this?
Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same. www.wired.com/story/young-...
Young People Are Tripping on Benadryl—and It’s Always a Bad Time
Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Did the Hat Man write this?
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I guess when you work in waist high water infested with leaping spiders you develop more solidarity.
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I guess when you work in waist high water infested with leaping spiders you develop more solidarity.
Hey writers- you want a sample of your writing recorded by a professional voice actor and maybe a lap cat? HMU or fill out the form at dcasellian.com and I’ll upload it this Friday!
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Letting this destroy me 🙏
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Letting this destroy me 🙏
Phoenix trying to take the throne from the King 😂
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Phoenix trying to take the throne from the King 😂
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
1. Wet puppets
2. Stuck in remote place with monster (bonus points for body horror elements)
3. Nic Cage
4. Charismatic villain I should hate but 😏
5. Women enjoying satisfying, bloody revenge
1. Wet puppets
2. Stuck in remote place with monster (bonus points for body horror elements)
3. Nic Cage
4. Charismatic villain I should hate but 😏
5. Women enjoying satisfying, bloody revenge
What are your top 5 movue genres? Mine are:
1. MC unexpectedly fights back and destroys abuser
2. Horror/Thriller where the hunter becomes the hunted
3. Coming of age in impossible circumstances
4. Clever heists with believable twists
5. Post-America look-forwards
1. MC unexpectedly fights back and destroys abuser
2. Horror/Thriller where the hunter becomes the hunted
3. Coming of age in impossible circumstances
4. Clever heists with believable twists
5. Post-America look-forwards
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
1. Wet puppets
2. Stuck in remote place with monster (bonus points for body horror elements)
3. Nic Cage
4. Charismatic villain I should hate but 😏
5. Women enjoying satisfying, bloody revenge
1. Wet puppets
2. Stuck in remote place with monster (bonus points for body horror elements)
3. Nic Cage
4. Charismatic villain I should hate but 😏
5. Women enjoying satisfying, bloody revenge
The horrors of the pumpkins drop off
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The horrors of the pumpkins drop off
Guess who is on Cloud 9 that they haven't put ice on the downtown rink yet? 🛼🛼
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Guess who is on Cloud 9 that they haven't put ice on the downtown rink yet? 🛼🛼
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Our UK premiere is 5 days away with FFStival! Don't forget to #BYOB - Bring Your Own Billionaire. #EatTheRich
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our UK premiere is 5 days away with FFStival! Don't forget to #BYOB - Bring Your Own Billionaire. #EatTheRich
The mural in here always cracks me up 😅 Also, I want to take all the kitties home!
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The mural in here always cracks me up 😅 Also, I want to take all the kitties home!
How is there not a cat cafe rom com!?
a cat is sitting on a table with a cup of coffee on it
Alt: a cat is sitting on a table with a cup of coffee on it
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November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
How is there not a cat cafe rom com!?
Purr Zooks' request, starting our day at the Cat Cafe 😸
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Purr Zooks' request, starting our day at the Cat Cafe 😸
16 years ago today, a scappy team from little ol' Sioux Falls, South Dakota traveled all the way to the UK to play 3 derby bouts in 3 days, including London Roller Derby, who was so highly ranked that we knew it would be a blood bath.
But she showed up and gave it our all. Great memories 💜
But she showed up and gave it our all. Great memories 💜
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
16 years ago today, a scappy team from little ol' Sioux Falls, South Dakota traveled all the way to the UK to play 3 derby bouts in 3 days, including London Roller Derby, who was so highly ranked that we knew it would be a blood bath.
But she showed up and gave it our all. Great memories 💜
But she showed up and gave it our all. Great memories 💜
Happy to report that my wild Saturday night involved eating a really great sandwhich, going to be early, and crashing out for 10 hours.
10/10, highly recommend.
10/10, highly recommend.
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy to report that my wild Saturday night involved eating a really great sandwhich, going to be early, and crashing out for 10 hours.
10/10, highly recommend.
10/10, highly recommend.
Just made a reuben with cream cheese instead of Swiss, and this might be my greatest contribution to the world so far 🫡 Incredible!
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just made a reuben with cream cheese instead of Swiss, and this might be my greatest contribution to the world so far 🫡 Incredible!
When the story you're working on manages to surprise you.
a black and white photo of an owl with its mouth open .
Alt: a black and white photo of an owl with its mouth open .
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November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When the story you're working on manages to surprise you.
Reading comics with my Spooky Kid 💜
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Reading comics with my Spooky Kid 💜
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The only time I've said HELL YEAH to a truck with flags in South Dakota
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The only time I've said HELL YEAH to a truck with flags in South Dakota
Listening to the author panel, I love that everyone when asked why they wrote a book was that they were driving their family nuts, so they decided to write a book. 😂
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Listening to the author panel, I love that everyone when asked why they wrote a book was that they were driving their family nuts, so they decided to write a book. 😂
This is my biggest pet peeve, the ✨️vibes only✨️ script.
You need a clear problem to solve and actual consequences for failure, or you just have a character study.
You need a clear problem to solve and actual consequences for failure, or you just have a character study.
By the end of Act 1, I wanna know what’s the big problem. I want to know what happens if that problem isn’t resolved. And I want to have a sense of what action the protagonist is taking. And it has to be at least somewhat specific. No, “They want happiness so they’re gonna try to have fun.”
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November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is my biggest pet peeve, the ✨️vibes only✨️ script.
You need a clear problem to solve and actual consequences for failure, or you just have a character study.
You need a clear problem to solve and actual consequences for failure, or you just have a character study.