 Feeling drawn to children and young adult audiences, she wrote After School Specials with Arlene Sidaris and also was a staff writer on a prime time CBS sitcom, "Scorch".She worked for Disney as a writer on the "Winnie the Pooh" series and also worked on Showtime's "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" series.Eventually, Bottner and Sidaris wrote "Mama Said", a feature that is in development as of 2014.