welcome jason o'dell williams. how are you. >> good. >> you are doing a lot of stuff, brother. >> sounded impressive. i can't believe that's all me, crazy. >> you are from maryland. >> born and raised in columbia, maryland. my parents live there. i am staying with them for the night. i went to school in mcdonough. i moved to new york to become an actor. that's what i moved to do. i was acting for a while. went to the actor drama school where i met my wife. but after a while, the acting thing wasn't doing it for me creatively, financially. >> it's a tough life isn't it. >> a tough life. the chase is what was really dragging me down, never knowing what is coming next. i started writing. i started writing plays, first, to have a creative outlet and gives you a much more sense of control. >> absolutely. >> that was in 2008 and it slowly took off, plays got a little bit of heat and we did a couple of regional productions and then i got the job on writing for television, homicide hunter which lead to brain games and then