She contributes short theatrical pieces for the Braid Theater and occasionally spoken word around Los Angeles.
She was a member of Ellen Stewart's troupe La Mama Plexus,[2] with whom she toured Europe, appeared in London's West End, and played in New York City and colleges around the US.
Feeling drawn to children and young adult audiences, Bottner wrote After School Specials with Arlene Sidaris and was a staff writer on the primetime CBS sitcom Scorch.
Bottner has contributed features to the Miami Herald's Tropic Magazine, and written about men and women in its "Can't Live Without 'Em" column.
She was a contributing editor for LA Weekly, where she wrote humor, features, and interviews with Jerzy Kosinski and Joseph Losey.