I'll go with broad categories on this one instead of specifics: theater, writing, music, graphic novels, Adult Swim, my lovely Tivo, dining out in NYC, travel, guitar, computers, gaming, lemurs, writing about gaming. I'll do specifics later, but I wanted this general marker here to show that I hopefully have cultivated a mixed Jack of All Trades persona for myself.
Movies
City of Lost Children, Hero, Fist of Legend, Delicatessen, Amelie, The Shining, Citizen Kane, original Star Wars trilogy, Evil Dead, LOTR, the Spidey films, the X-Men films, Night of the Hunter, Akira, Back to the Future, Hidden Fortress, Akira Kirosawa's Dreams, The 40-Year Old Virgin, House of Flying Daggers, The Grizzly Man, Dadewood
Television
Arrested Development, Family Guy, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, The Simpsons, Lost, old Sid & Marty Krofft shows, Twin Peaks, The Office, Cowboy Bebop, MST3K, Scrubs, Sports Night, The Daily Show, The Critic, more to come...
Books
I work in publishing so this is a hard one to narrow down. I'll go with geek interests for now:
LOTR, HHGTTG, HP Lovecraft, George R.R. Martin, Douglas Adams, William Gibson, Stephen King, Tales of the Otori, Hackers, Crypto, Game Over, Jasper Fforde.
Heroes
David Bowie (we COULD be heroes...), Joss Whedon, Shigeru Miyamoto, Iron Chef Morimoto, Philip Glass
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1989
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: English
Minor: Theater
Clubs: Drama, Local band- guitar mostly
1987 to 1989
Wahconah Regional High
Dalton,Massachusetts
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Drama, Band, Speech
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author of Dead To Me the first book in my humorous urban fantasy series featuring Simon Canderous. Deader Still, book two in the series, will be on sale in March 2009. Books three and four have been contracted, but no release information on them as of yet.
Also available:
July 1, 2008- The Fourteenth Virtue, a short story tying into the world of Dead To Me in the DAW anthology The Dimension Next Door.
On Sale- Lady in Red, a short story about a young girl in New York City and a peculiar red hoodie in Pandora's Closet.
Two other short stories are pending publication, but no details on them at this time.
Who I'd like to meet: a future version of myself who has come back in time to save me from time-travelling robots bent on my eradication before I can rise to power as leader of the future resistance.
OMG! You meat William Gibson, I am jealous. My tiny store closed, I wont be seeing you if you come to conference again, sadly. Now I work in a big store.
hullo Anton! Long time no see. Hope you are well. "Briar Rose, I luff you!" Unfortunately, I have a gig the night of your reading. however, if you are in NYC on June 18th, come on down to the Sidewalk Cafe (Ave A and 6th) - 8 PM. Take it easy buster!
.... totally hammered, blasted out of my mind, staggering to find the toliet seat.... how did you know? Seriously, haven't touched the stuff in over 20 years.... but funny guy you are!
I have been working on my first best seller since Jan. 8th, busting my fingernails on the keyboard for hours on end and just now seeing a little light at the end of an interesting journey through my complex mind. So yes, it is impressive to see all of your work... be so proud!
Hey Anton! Thanks for the friendship. I noticed you have House of Flying Daggers on your list of favorite movies. Its on my list, too. LOVE that film! And you made me realize I forgot to list Hero! How could I? I assume you are referring to the 2004 Zhang film starring Jet Li, right?
Check out Orly & I at Raul Vincent Enriquez's "I in the sky" public art project in NYC. Our single photo image was animated then broadcast in Times Square. Awesomely silly fun!
I finished your book. Was good; passed it to my dad so that he would stop whining about Buffy and focus on something else for five seconds (he took certain events in issue 12 rather badly).
I am fully enjoying your book, as it is filled with the witty dialogue that I very much enjoy. So far, there hasn't been a dull a moment in 'Dead to Me'.
So, you're from Dalton, huh? Nice. My best friend lives there.
The Smoking Poet’s first annual short story contest is open to all writers in any genre.
An entry fee of $10 per submission is required, payment to be made through PayPal.
Entries must be submitted as a Word doc file in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double-spaced. The author’s name, address, and telephone number must appear in the upper right hand corner. Word count must not exceed 5,000. Please include a short bio in the body of your e-mail.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three stories: first prize, $100; second prize, $50; third prize, $25, two honorable mentions will receive a copy of Dominic Smith’s new novel, The Beautiful Miscellaneous. All winners will be published in the summer issue of The Smoking Poet, online in mid June, 2008.
Submission deadline for the contest is May 31, 2008. Please send your submission with the subject line stating CONTEST/Last Name to thesmokingpoet@lycos.com
