Work:
ArenaNet
since Feb 2010
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Writer
Xbox LIVE
May 2009 - Sep 2009
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Associate Producer
Microsoft Casual Games
Sep 2008 - May 2009
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Content Writer
Microsoft Game Studios
Sep 2007 - Aug 2008
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Web Content Writer
MSNBC
Jan 2007 - Sep 2007
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Contributing Writer, Tech and Science, Video Games
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Apr 2000 - Sep 2007
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Column Assistant/Copy Editor
www.nwguild.org and Seattle Union Record
Nov 2000 - Mar 2001
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Web Site and Content Developer
Seattle Lab
May 1999 - Nov 1999
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Documentation Assistant
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Jan 1998 - May 1999
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Reporter/Opinion and Wire Editor
Cyberinvest.com
Jan 1997 - Jan 1998
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Web Site Designer and Manager
Education:
University of Washington 2004 - 2005
Certificate, Pop Fiction Writing
Ball State University 1994 - 1995
M.A., Journalism
University of Houston-Clear Lake 1993 - 1994
B.A., Media Studies
Columbia College Chicago 1990 - 1992
Skills:
HTML, CMS, Microsoft Office, XML, Copy Editing, narrative writing, Voice Over Direction, Geopolitical review, Perforce, game writing, Video Game Development, Voice Over, Game Design, Game Development, Narrative, MMO, MMORPG, Video Games, Storytelling, Journalism, Editing, Editorial, Proofreading, Web Content, Casual Games
Interests:
writing fiction (including graphic novels), tabletop RPGs, running, book collecting, political history, playing video games (shooters, RPGs, puzzles), music (kexp.com, pandora.com), reading speculative fiction/non-fiction/mysteries/new weird/graphic novels, tracking gaming and social trends