about the girl
Pay no attention to the girl behind the curtain.
About: Stephanie Carmichael rocks the writing page from her home in Pennsylvania. A big fan of all things geek, she grew up playing games like Zelda and Super Mario Bros. on the NES and soon moved into the world of PlayStation. She was hooked with her first PlayStation game, Crash Bandicoot 2. A lover of the RPG, action-adventure, platformer, fighting, racing, puzzle, and survivor horror genres, some of Stephanie’s favorite games and series include Crash Bandicoot, Silent Hill, Legend of Legaia, Resident Evil, Jak and Daxter, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers, StarTropics, Threads of Fate, Prince of Persia, Uncharted, and Guilty Gear. At heart, she’s a PlayStation girl with a guilty pleasure of Nintendo on the side.
Now with a Bachelor’s degree in English literature, Stephanie spends what’s left of her free time penning her first novel. She hopes to work full-time for a magazine or website. She enjoys reading, listening to music, drinking coffee, and humoring her cats. She’s also fond of Star Wars, science fiction and fantasy, and songs about Superman.
Online Resume: Stephanie currently freelances writing weekly comics articles for Impulse Creations, working as a games contributor (former copyeditor) for GameZone, and reviewing books for Kirkus Indie. She runs a secondary blog called Misprinted Pages and owns the gaming magazine Kick Punch Block.
From spring of 2008 to December 2009, Stephanie wrote full-time for the Girls Entertainment Network. She worked her way up to Comics Editor and Comic Games Specialist, gaining experience by managing the comics section and staff, writing news and reviews, creating images, managing press contacts, and conducting interviews. She attended San Diego Comic-Con 2009 as press and organized the week-long GEN Eisners feature, which tied together months of work. Her self-taught knowledge of graphic design has led to the development of this blog, coded by Curtis McHale.
She’s interviewed numerous industry professionals: Damian Beurer, Christine Caton, Ron Marz, the Luna Brothers, Jesse Reklaw, Dustin Nguyen, Greg Pak, Paul Dini, Stephanie Gladden, Dan Panosian, David Doub, Christopher Preksta, Peter David, Randy Queen, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Phil Hester, Kevin Conroy, Sefton Hill, Zack Snyder, Jay Boor, Tom Pinchuk, Tony Trov, Johnny Zito, Sacha Borisich, Joe Brusha, Raven Gregory, Karl Moline, Brandon Wilt, Heather White, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, John Layman, Michael McMillian, Van Jensen, Daniel Freedman, Jeff Ryan, Lee Bermejo, Kenneth Scott, Martin Robinson, and Nathan Jurevicius.
She previously wrote for a project called ComicNerd, contributed to Bill Ramey’s Batman-On-Film, OneMetal (lead comics writer), and RadNerd, and guest blogged for Hollywire, Kombo, and GamerNode. She’s also written for Spawn Kill.
Contact: Send an email about work opportunities or copies for review. Friendly comments, suggestions, or questions are also welcome.
