Academic Background

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bachelor of Arts in English with a focus on Creative Writing, Journalism, 1995; Dean’s List 1994, 1995; Independent Study in Creative Writing with Doris Betts, 1995

Employment

Open Media Evangelist, Lulu.TV / Gnack
Research and podcast, blog and vidcast about trends and news regarding open media. Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

Skills and Experience

Contract writer for role-playing games

White Wolf Publishing:

Dark Ages: Mage (20K words)

Dead Magic II (20K words)

EverQuest Game Master’s Guide (7K words)

Warcraft the Role-playing Game (14K words)

Warcraft the RPG: Alliance and Horde Compendium (20K words)

Warcraft the RPG: Lands of Conflict (30K words)

Aspect Book: Earth (33K words)

Cult of Illuminated (30K words)

World of Warcraft (34K words)

Vampire Bloodlines: The Legendary (10K words)

World of Warcraft: More Magic and Mayhem (30K words)

World of Warcraft: The Alliance Player’s Guide (18K words)

Mage: Legacies: The Sublime (7K words)

Hogshead Publishing:

Fright Night: Haunted School, Stand-alone adventure

Fright Night: Witches’ Wood, Stand-alone adventure (forthcoming)

Fright Night: Road Trip, Stand-alone adventure (forthcoming)

Zeitgeist Publishing:

Castle Blackmoor (4K words)

Freelance magazine writer

PC Gamer (CD), March 2002

Computer Games, July 2005

InQuest (IQ Gamer), July 2005 - April 2007

Anime Insider, September - December 2005, July 2006-Jan 2007

Knights of the Dinner Table, September 2005-present

Scrye, April 2006 - present

Games Quarterly Magazine, June 2006-July 2007

Comics and Games Retailer Magazine, July 2006

SciFi Magazine, December 2006

Other projects and experience

• Co-author of Tricks of the Podcasting Masters - #3 in Amazon.com’s Best of 2006 list in the Reference category
• Producer and host for Geek Fu Action Grip podcast. and Geek Fu Morning Show (same URL), Dec 2004-present
• Producer and host for I Should Be Writing podcast. Aug 2005-present
• Co-editor and host for Pseudopod, the horror podcast magazine. Aug 2006-Jun 2007
• Weekly audio essayist for Michael and Evo’s Wingin’ It podcast.
• Columnist for Grumble Magazine as “Sailor Mur.”
• Writer for NIIT textbooks, chapter on storyboarding in computer games.
• Columnist and game reviewer for WomenGamers.com as “Sailor Mur.”
• Game reviewer for IGN.com, 2002.
• Internet Manager for Red Storm Entertainment, including creating game content and main corporate content, 1997-2001.
• Creator of official company documents for online privacy policy and online bulletin board rules and guidelines for Red Storm Entertainment.
• Reporter for Daily Tar Heel (sports and campus beat; UNC-Chapel Hill) and The Mountain Times (Boone, NC), 1991-1994.