CALVIN: My brain is trying to kill me.
– Calvin, Calvin & Hobbes

SUMMARY

Geek Speak Status: Contributing Writer
Nationality: American
Preferred Nationality: Canadian
Known Alias(es):  You Know. Him. That Guy.
Michael Bay is… The luckiest S.O.B. on the planet to continue getting work.

GENRE CREDENTIALS

Gateway Fandom: Stargate SG-1 (with The Invisible Man providing a leg up).
Favorite Movie: Inglourious Basterds.
Favorite TV Show(s): Stargate SG-1, Sanctuary.
Favorite Book: American Gods, by Neil Gaiman.
Favorite Author: Neil Gaiman, Dennis Lehane (totally different genres).
Guilty Pleasure: America’s Funniest Home Videos.
Crush(es): Sam Carter, Helen Magnus, Jo Lupo, Fiona Glenanne.
Vendetta(s): The Cabal.
Fan Fiction: Pro or Con? Very pro. Where I got my start!

THE FINAL 5 

Trek or Wars:  Trek.
DC or Marvel: Marvel.
Vampires or Werewolves: Vampires.
Dragons or Unicorns: Dragons.
Time Travel: Pro or Con? I used to be pro until 2030!Geonn came back and corrected me. The horrors.

FEATURES

• Geek Speak: Year One (Contributor), an anniversary issue retrospective, Issue 13, March 2011
• Through the Pensieve (Contributor), reflections on Harry Potter, Issue 17, July 2011
• One for the Books, a look at NPR’s Top SFF Novels 1 – 50 (Contributor), Issue 19, September 2011
• Two for the Books, a look at NPR’s Top SFF Novels 51 – 100 (Contributor), Issue 20, October 2011
• Since We’ve Been Gone, the last six months in genre, Vol. 2, Issue 1, April 2012
• Sanctuary: A Eulogy, Vol. 2, Issue 3, June 2012
• You, Too, Can Save the World (Contributor), a Batman reflection, Vol. 2, Issue 4, July 2012
• The Orwellian Batman, a Person of Interest primer, Vol. 2, Issue 6, September 20121
• My First Crush (Contributor), Vol. 2, Issue 10, January 2013
• Neil Gaiman’s Excellent Experiment, Twitter art with A Calendar of Tales, Vol. 2, Issue 11, February 2013

THE TOP 13

• Geek Speak Recommendations (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011

GEEK VS GEEK

• Media Tie-in Novels: When They’re Good, They Can be Amazing, Issue 17, July 2011
• Rewatching TV on DVD: Finding Your Happy Place, Issue 19, September 2011

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

• A Community Affair, a study-guide to the best sitcom on TV, Vol. 2, Issue 1, April 2012
• 50,000 Words in a Month? (Contributor), a NaNoWriMo reflection, Vol. 2, Issue 8, November 2012

REVIEWS

MOVIES

• Inglourious Basterds (2009)

TV – ON AIR

• Sanctuary
• Undercovers

TV – ON DVD

• Quantum Leap
• The Invisible Man

BOOKS

• A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwartz
• Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat
• Bad Glass by Richard E. Gropp
• Chasers by James Phelan
• Every Day by David Levithan
• Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard
• Lost Things by Jo Graham and Melissa Scott
• Murder on Olympus by Robert B. Warren
• Stargate Atlantis #16: Homecoming (Legacy, Book 1) by Jo Graham and Melissa Scott
• Stargate Atlantis #17 The Lost (Legacy, Book 2) by Jo Graham and Amy Griswold
• Stargate Atlantis #18: Allegiance (Legacy, Book 3) by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold
• Stargate SG-1 #15: The Power Behind the Throne by Steven Savile
• Stargate SG-1 #16: Four Dragons by Diana Dru Botsford
• Stargate SG-1 #17 Sunrise by J. Francis Crane
• Stargate SG-1 #19: Transitions by Sabine C. Bauer
• Steel Blues by Melissa Scott and Jo Graham
• Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan
• Tears in Rain by Rosa Montero
• The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
• The Dead of Winter by Lee Collins
• The General’s Mistress by Jo Graham
• The Scrivener’s Tale by Fiona McIntosh
• The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
• Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
• Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch