I call myself a “multimedia storyteller” as a catch-all for the wide variety of stuff I do and create. I’m a writer (fiction, non-fiction, and client-work), interviewer & podcaster, professional speaker, voiceover talent, musician, comic creator, and more. I stay busy.
I’m probably best known as the host of the FICTITIOUS podcast and YouTube channel, or previously as the host & co-founder of NERD FOR A LIVING. I’ve appeared as a speaker on stage in dozens of panels, seminars, and presentations at pop culture conventions, universities, and libraries.
Explore this site to discover all the stuff I’ve done, and what’s coming up next.
I’m an experienced professional speaker, with frequent appearances at pop culture conventions, universities, libraries, and other events. I present seminars about the craft of storytelling, entertainment careers, marketing, and ways to power-up your life using concepts from fiction and roleplaying games.
I have extensive interviewing experience, from years as a podcaster, live event panel moderator, and main stage host. My interviews include over a hundred conversations with authors about storytelling craft. Dozens more feature creatives in the film, TV, animation, and comics industries.
I’ve hosted and produced a number of podcasts—most notably Fictitious and Nerd For A Living. I bring a number skills to this pursuit, including professional-level voiceover, audio production, writing, interviewing, and web delivery. My aim is to always deliver a high caliber audio experience.
FICTITIOUS is a YouTube video program and audio podcast that delves into the craft of Science Fiction & Fantasy storytelling through interviews with authors and other professional writers. These conversations examine the writing process, techniques, and work habits of passionate creators and explore their latest, and most popular, works.
The NERD FOR A LIVING Podcast explores the lives and careers of professionals working in pop culture and genre entertainment industries – film & television, publishing, comics, gaming, and more. We examine the place where career ambitions and geeky passions collide. Hosted by Adron Buske, co-hosted by Wendy Buske.
The ANIMATION INVASION podcast examines careers in animated media through interviews with working industry creators – producers, artists, voice actors, writers, and more. Whether you’re trying to develop your own career or just love learning about the medium, Animation Invasion gives you access to the knowledge and experience of professionals living the animated life.
The stories we consume can have big impacts on how we view the world, and how we see ourselves represented in it. I examine how the Harry Potter / Wizarding World “Hogwarts Houses” — a widespread pop-culture identity signifier — might reflect that narrative internalization. And whether or not we see our selves as the heroes of our own stories.
I remember people criticizing the dialogue of the show: “Nobody talks like that.” But me and my friends did. We were pop culture sponges and fiction devourers, fully loaded with catchphrases, quotes, and a zealot’s appreciation for lyrical vocabulary words. Dawson’s Creek tapped a nerve, with a voice that felt both fresh and honest, and undeniably familiar as well.
This article was originally posted at comic creator site Rocketbot, and later Nerd For A Living. Though the news stories that inspired it happened some time ago,
I recently wrote this article for Nerd For A Living: In your pursuit of a nerdy living, particularly one devoted to creative tasks and/or the running of
I moderated the 2021 Edelweiss Bookfest virtual event panel “Hope on the Edge of Catastrophe: Rising to Face a New Tomorrow” with authors Ryka Aoki, Jennifer Marie Brissett, and Claire North.
The Bounty Board podcast recently invited me on as a guest to talk about storytelling in video games. Host Caleb Sawyer and I have a terrific, funny, rambling chat about my favorite games, the stories that made them memorable, and how those interactive narratives are changing fiction.
I joined the NYCC Metaverse 2020 virtual event to moderate the panel “Telling Tales Between the Stars” with sci-fi writers Elaine Mongeon and Glen Zipper, Tochi Onyebuchi, Essa Hansen, Elizabeth Bear, and Christopher Paolini.
I made a second appearance on the DiceGeeks Podcast to talk about tabletop RPGs, and why gamemasters should study stories. We talk about creating compelling villains, plot points, story structure, plus share tips for playing online.
