Writings

Jaz writes scripts for t.v and film focusing on absurdist comedies, the queer experience, and horror. Her latest projects to be produced are the short films Ranger Danger, Whoopsie Daisy, and The Secret Life of Cheeseburger.

Her latest short script “MY BELOVED MONSTER” was a quarterfinalist in Slamdance’s 2025 Screenplay Competition and is in pre-production.

She has also written for The Advocate with the celebrated op-ed “My Lesbian Moms Saved My Life” detailing her experiences growing-up as a gayby in a small town.

In 2017, Jaz was chosen to contribute to the book The Kids by Gabriela Herman which has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Slate, The Atlantic, and Refinery29.

“In this book of powerful photographs and moving texts, Gabriela Herman traces the reality of gay families in America: who the kids are, how they think of their parents, what they look like. It’s a testament to diversity, inclusion, and integrity, a book full of both pride and introspection, an important document for our time.”
—Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree

Jaz was also a contributing writer to Ms. in the Biz, a website dedicated to female empowerment in the entertainment industry. Check out her stuff here!

Currently Jaz has several works-in-progress including a psychological horror feature about a queer woman’s struggles with OCD during a dystopian event and a feature version of her award-winning short script “MY BELOVED MONSTER.”