ABOUT ME
· I’m 35 years old, born and raised in Phoenix, AZ. I live in Scottsdale now.
· For my day job, I work full-time as a software developer. We write hotel reservation software. It’s not sexy like video games, but it pays well.
· I’m a freelance writer. I write poetry, short stories, and articles. I have self-published my “modern vampire romance” novel, entitled LILITH’S LOVE. I am working on a sequel and third book to complete a trilogy.
· Since 2003, I have been the newsletter editor for SelfPublishedAuthors.com. (As of July 2006, I now operate the website.)
· I have a podcast based on this blog, where I prattle on about cool stuff, and play music from independent bands. A podcast is a cross between a radio show and a online journal.
· I have my own website called The Lurkers’ Domain, for storytelling and role-playing games.
· One of my personal software projects is a web-based RPG/LARP/MUD hybrid vampire game called GOTHIK: Tangled Web.
· I am also making a website, Verbivorous.com, for people to list and borrow books from people. Like an online lending library between friends.
· If that wasn’t enough, my girlfriend and I are planning a masquerade vampires’ ball in Phoenix for this Halloween.

TRIVIA ABOUT ME
I’ve been an ordained minister for almost five years. I’ve performed one wedding. My faith is best described as Ecclectic Agnostic. One of my passions is studying all religions. I have a website for that exploration at AquariusChurch.org.

STUFF I COLLECT
ankh pendants · books of almost every variety · comic books and graphic novels, especially vampire-related · Vampire: The Masquerade books · sarcastic buttons from Hot Topic · dreamcatchers (some of which I’ve made myself) · ceramic artwork (all of which I’ve painted myself)

GAMES I LOVE TO PLAY
Trivia games · Chess · RPG games like In Nomine, Ravenloft, Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Requiem · Word Games like Apples To Apples and Scrabble/UPwords.

MOVIES
Vampire · Sci-Fi · Fantasy · Thriller · Action/Adventure · Comedy · anything starring Angelina Jolie · anything written/directed by Kevin Smith

TV
My tastes are the same as movies, but I don’t watch as much TV as I used to. I bought a TiVo so I don’t miss the good stuff, though. I always watch Doctor Who, Good Eats, Penn & Teller’s Bullshit, The Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

FAVORITE SINGERS
Alanis Morissette · Fiona Apple · Jewel · Leslie Fish · Liz Phair · Madonna · Pink · Sarah Maclachlan · Shania Twain · Sheryl Crow Alice Cooper · David Bowie · Elvis Presley · George Michael · Jason Mraz · Jim Croce · Joe Bethancourt · Meat Loaf · Michael Jackson · Phil Collins · Prince · Richard Cheese · Sammy Hagar · Sting · ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

FAVORITE BANDS
Aerosmith · The Beatles · Blondie · The Blues Brothers · Blues Traveler · Bon Jovi · Deadeye Dick · Def Leppard · Duran Duran · The Eagles · Evanesence · Foo Fighters · The Gin Blossoms · Genesis · Guns N Roses · Linkin Park · Matchbox 20 · Metallica · The Narrow Way · Nickelback · Nine Inch Nails Nirvana · No Doubt · Pearl Jam · Pink Floyd · The Police · Queen · The Rolling Stones · REM · Soundgarden · Type O Negative · U2 · Van Halen

FAVORITE ARTISTS
Joseph Michael Linsner · Christy Moeller-Masel · Olivia De Berardinis · Boris Vallejo · H.R. Giger · John Bolton

FAVORITE AUTHORS
Douglas Adams · Neil Gaiman · Laurel K. Hamilton · P.N. Elrod · Mark Twain · Bram Stoker · Christie Golden