Hire Me
I do writing and editorial work for role-playing games, including both setting material and game design. I also write sci-fi. Most recently, I’ve been a member of the core team for Eclipse Phase (“the RPG so popular that you can’t buy it.”) I’ve also been known to write music reviews, book reviews, and blog posts of general interest. I’m very interested in doing work for companies producing PC or console games.
I can and will solve any of the following creative challenges (and others; an exhaustive list would be out of scope!) at reasonable rates:
- Your vampires are mall goths and need a brainlift.
- You’re designing an imaginary planet, and you want it to make sense right down to the level of plate tectonics.
- The elves in your quasi-medieval European setting are a snore and need interesting personality disorders.
- Characters in your game system can hop from body to body. You need both mechanics for this and a good take on how it feels, including its effects on the cultures of the game world.
- Your vehicle combat system is broken and needs fixing.
The only people I’m really not interested in writing about are superheroes. Stupid superheroes. Sorry, they’re just not my gourd of matte.
Role-Playing Games Industry Credits
- Eclipse Phase Core Rules (writer/designer: Solar System gazetteer, Drugs & Narcoalgorithms, some material in Combat chapter, “Accelerated Future” chapter, member of core design team)
- Eclipse Phase: Sunward (writer/designer: Mars chapter, original concepts for several other chapters)
- Eclipse Phase: GM’s Screen (writer: introductory adventure, “Glory”)
- Eclipse Phase: Hotfix (designer: Habitats chapter, writer/designer: Threats chapter)
- Shadowrun (Third Edition): Shadows of Europe (assistant editor)
Other Related Experience & Education
- Social Media Marketing Ninja & Community Coordinator, Eclipse Phase RPG team, 2009
- Ad & Marketing Copywriting (incidental but extensive experience doing this while working primarily as a web developer), 1996-2009
- Technical Writing & Project Management (RFPs, software specifications, manuals & documentation), 1996-2009 (a component of every job I’ve held during this period; see my other site, jackgraham.net, for more on these experiences)
- Technology Blogger (recent pieces for Latitude Research; forthcoming posts for Shareable.net)
- BA, English Major in Fiction Writing, Northwestern University, 1996
- Film Editor, art+performance magazine, 1995-1996
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