Fan To Pro - The Blog of Professional Geekery

Interview with Marrus, Author of "Lightsurfing"

I met Marrus when she emailed me after visiting Fan To Pro.  She's an artist and creative person who created a book called "Lightsurfing: Living Life in the Front of My Mouth" as a call to how people can live their dreams.  She's had an adventurous life (which intersected some of my own comics reading), traveled, and far, far more. 

So of course what do I do?  I interview her!  Let's meet a true free creative spirit- who has some advice for you!

Interview with Author Leona Wisoker

By now you pretty much know I have an ability to meet interesting people almost by accident - like Leona Wisoker, an author who dropped by and asked about conventions I attended.  We got to talking, and since she's living the progeek dream of being a published writer, I interviewed her of course!

So let's see how the author of "Secrets of the Sands" did her thing . . .

 

Interview with Professional Writer Carol Tice

I first encountered Carol Tice when I saw her blog mentioned in other sites I frequent.  I really enjoyed what she wrote about the art and career of writing, and contacted her for an interview.

Carol is not just a professional writer - she's a person that lives writing.  You can learn more of what she does - and what she has to share, here:

• She posts at Entrepreneur.com - http://blog.entrepreneur.com/
• Her Blog - http://www.caroltice.com/blog
• A group blog and community for freelance writers- http://www.thewmfreelanceconnection.com
• To add to all of this, she ALSO mentors authors: http://caroltice.com/mentoring

Now, let's see just how she does all of this . . .

Interview with Author Vivi Anna.

After Harlequin being constantly in the news, I began doing some research - and via LinkedIn.com, I ran into Vivi Anna, a prolific writer of romance.  She was kind enough to grant me an interview, and I think everyone will find her story informative no matter what kind of writing you want to do.

Her website is here.  (Warning, contains some adult confent)

Her latest book, The Bewitching Hour, is out at http://www.eharlequin.com/.

And now on to the interview!

Interview with Illustrator Nasan Hardcastle

Nasan Hardcastle is an artist I met through my use of LinkedIn.com.  You've heard me push LinkedIn.com before, and of course, I still do - you meet interesting people like Nasan.

Nasan's an Illustrator whose blog is http://softshack.blogspot.com/, where you can follow him for even more insights on Illustration, art, and technology.

Now, on with the interview!

Interview With Brad Kinne of Seek Books

Ever want to own your own bookstore?  Brad Kinne of Seek Books actually went and lived the dream by opening his own bookstore in West Roxbury Massachusetts, about 7-8 miles from Downtown Boston.  Brad was willing to let me interview him despite his busy schedule, and he'll fill you in on his experiences living one of the ultimate geek dreams.

You can visit Seek Book's website, or the Seek Books Facebook Group.

And now, to the interview . . .

An Interview with Ryan Kopf of MaiOtaku and UpcomingCons

I met Ryan Kopf through an odd accident - I heard about one website he did (www.MaiOtaku.com) via one I was using for research (www.UpcomingCons.com).  I was curious about the MaiOtaku.com project from a business side, and quickly discovered Ryan worked on both.

He turned out to be the very model of what I promote here on the blog - a person who has merged his career and hobbies and future plans into one.  Ryan provides an interesting insight of a dynamic young person cultivating many future possibilities - through his fandom.

Interview with David Seaman, Self-Published author

I ran into David Seaman when I was doing research on Lulu.com for my own publishing needs.  I found his review, then his page which led me to discover his large amount of self-published works.  I couldn't resist asking for an interview.

Interview with Artist Alicia Dillman

I met Alicia Dillman at a local convention in the Bay Area and was impressed with her drive and her incredible artistic talent.  She was nice enough to be interviewed to give some insights on her artistic experience, background, and professional advice.

Looking for Jobs in All the Odd Places

I told Steve this story a few weeks back, because I thought he'd be interested, and he suggested it would make for a good Fan to Pro post.

I'm a 2L--a second-year law student--at a, he said modestly, very prestigious law school in New York City. I'm also a huge geek. A geek of just about everything, to boot--science fiction and fantasy literature, renaissance faires, anime, video games, comics, computers...you get the idea.

I actually came at law from a computer geek perspective. When I was in college, I wanted to be a programmer. I have a Bachelor's of Science in Engineering in Computer Science and all.

But while I was in college, I started taking courses in things like History of Technology, History of the Information Age, and Cyberculture, and the next thing I knew, I was learning about John Perry Barlow and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Larry Lessig and the issues with copyrights and the Internet. I even worked as a tech intern, writing scripts and webapps, for the Creative Commons during college. I was bitten by the IP bug.

By the time I graduated college, I knew that I wanted to go to law school and become an intellectual property lawyer. I didn't want to do it immediately, though, so I spent two years as a programmer. Reality training, I guess you could call it.

Once that was done, I applied and went off to law school. My first summer, I landed my dream job: interning at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Best. Job. Ever.