Cat Rambo

17315 NE 45th St. #142 Redmond, WA 98052 USA
Website: http://www.kittywumpus.net

Professional Experience

Creative, deadline-conscious writer with a lucid and engaging writing style and expertise in social networking, search-engine optimization (SEO), electronic publishing, online gaming, network security, blogging and online community building, science fiction and fantasy, pop culture, superhero fiction, and creative writing. 100+ publications in fiction, review, and essay listed at http://www.kittywumpus.net/pubs

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
10 Years
Technical Writer
15 Years
Writer
30 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature
23 Years
Technology
18 Years
Women's Issues
13 Years

Industries


Academia Teaching
13 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
15 Years
Online/new media
15 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

30 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Publisher's Weekly (10+), Seattle Gay News (3-5), Denver Decider (3-5), Escapist (3-5), The Onion's AV Club (1-2), Demand Studios (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Suite101.com (10+), Microsoft (3-5), Blizzard (1-2), Security Dynamics (6-10)

Other Work History

Managing Editor, Fantasy Magazine (http://www.fantasy-magazine.com)

Technical Skills

Basic web design, search engine optimization (SEO)

Foreign Language Skills

Some Spanish

Unions

SFWA

Computer Skills

HTML and CSS, Word, Javascript, some PHP, C, Visual Basic,Visual Studio .NET

Equipment

Digital and webcam, media editing with iMovie, Zoom H4 audio recorder

References

Jim Glass, Leslie Howle

Associations

Society of Technical Communicators

Showcase

Interviews

Interview With Kevin J. Anderson
(Denver Decider 4/17/2009)
Interview with science fiction writer Kevin J. Anderson about his book, Enemies and Allies
Interview With Dan Simmons
(The Onion AV Club 2/24/2009)
Interview with writer Dan Simmons about his latest novel, Drood.
Interview With Mario Acevedo
(Denver Decider 3/9/2009)
Interview with Mario Acevedo, author of the Feliz Gomez, vampire detective books

Fiction

Magnificent Pigs
(Strange Horizons 12/1/2006)
Short story.
The Dead Girl's Wedding March
(Fantasy Magazine 12/1/2006)
Short story
The Mermaids Singing Each to Each
(Clarkesworld Magazine 11/1/2009)
Near-future speculative fiction.

Technology Writing

Introduction to Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
(Microsoft 2/1/2002)
Corporate whitepaper.
The Networks Around Us
(SFWA Bulletin 1/1/2010)
Article on the basics of using social networks for self-promotion for writers.

Game Writing

Sponsored by Microsoft and Apple
(The Escapist 5/1/2006)
Article on text MUDs and corporate experience.
As Sands Through the Hourglass
(The Escapist 3/1/2006)
Article on online gaming and netsex.