Johanna Mead - Writer
jo @ skaro.com
(remove spaces when emailing)
Objective
To acquire an entry-level technical writing position.
Related Skills
MS Office Suite - Word, Excel, Access, Outlook; MS Front Page;
Dreamweaver; Adobe Photoshop; FileMaker; ACT
Education
Bachelor of Arts, San Francisco State University
Writing Samples
All links lead to Acrobat PDF and HTML files
| Forbidden Kingdoms | |
| Ten thousand word chapter for a role-playing game, in which I created an alternate history of the world for the period 1919 - 1945. Forbidden Kingdoms was nominated by the RPG industry for the Best New Role-Playing Game Award in 2004. | |
| Wearing Latex Clothing | |
| Accepted as an official article on The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy | |
| Nations of Theah: Vodacce - A Review | |
| A review for Black Gate Gaming magazine. Published in their Winter 2002 issue | |
| Setting the Stage For Your Live-Action Role-Playing Game | |
| Part of a larger archive of live-action RPG advice, this article focused on cheapest, cheap and not-cheap-at-all ways an individual may physically transform a space to enhance an event. | |
| LARP Pitfalls And Clawing Your Way Out of Them | |
| A guide to identifying potential problems within the plot for a live-action role-playing game and how to remedy them before and during the event. Part of a larger archive of live-action RPG advice. | |
| Additional samples available upon request | |
Past Experience
I have spent the past ten years' as an administrative and
executive assistant. During that time, I've performed a variety of
office tasks - from travel management to correspondence to organizing
meetings on an international scale - in a variety of environments,
including dot-com startups, independent film crews and well-established
traditional firms. My administrative-assistant resume is available upon
request.