Creative writing (Sci/fi, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction), Reading, Playing music (Tin Whistle, Strumstick, String Bass and Electric Bass), Spirituality (Angels, Meditation, Creative Visualization, Reiki), Painting, Knitting, Sewing etc.
Music
Gackt,Disturbed, Linkin Park, Panic! At the Disco, Harry Connick Jr., Benny Goodman (and other various Jazz/Swing artists), Maroon 5, Thornley, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Steven Curtis Chapman, Damien Rice, Feist, Various dance music, Classical (especially cello), Celtic, Disco/Funk, Bluegrass... really anything except country, and gospel.
Movies
The Matrix (trilogy), Animatrix, Blade Trinity, The Believer, Saw (I and II), The Island, Johnny Pneumatic, The Libertine, Once Upon a Time in Mexico etc. etc.
Television
I don't own one or watch one :P
Books
Sci-fi, Cyperpunk, Speculative Fiction, General Fiction. Anything by William Gibson, Stephen King, or Aldous Huxley
Heroes
William Gibson, the father of Cyberpunk; credited for coining the terms "cyberspace" and "virtual reality" before they actually existed.(Plus, he's Canadian!)
Stephen King, master of plot narrative and character development, no matter how bizarre the situation.
Aldous Huxley, because he just plain rocks.
About me: My name is Susan Mattinson.
I'm a writer who finds my niche in the Cyberpunk and Speculative ("what if") genres, but I have been known to write magic realism, general fiction, and occult/horror.
****My short story "Custom Appraisal" will be published in the upcomming anthology "Beacons of Tomorrow: Vol.2"! Look for it in bookstores early July, 2008!!!*****
My short story "A Matter of Luck" was published in the Winter 2006 Issue of "Reality Complex" Magazine, and I placed in the quarter finals (top 10%) of L.Ron Hubbard's "Writers of the Future" Contest in fall of 2004.
I was one of three winners in all of Canada for a Teachers's Association international writing competition and I placed third in Cancopy's Copyright Literacy Contest a few years after. I have also had a piece e-published on LitBits.ca (and more)
I am currently attending the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton in my fourth and final year of a B.A, Major in English: Creative Writing.
Current Literary Work:
Working on my first novel.
Myspace Backgrounds
Who I'd like to meet: Other writers, fans of the genre, legitimate publishers, magazines, literary agents looking for writers. (Hey, I can dream, can't I?)
This is our singer Eric, all by himself - playing "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots. If you like it - be sure to share it with people - it's a fun acoustic version of the song! :) The code is at the end of the song!
Hi, Episode 4 of The Ad Astral podcast is out: Dream Girl, by DJ Burnham
“With all the fun of the fair: alien cabaret acts, romance and sinister undercurrents collide when the star-travelling Carnival of Delights comes to planet Leopani and changes the life of one young man forever.”
*** Written and narrated by DJ Burnham Voices: Jules Lawrence, Miles Jefcoate, Becky Jefcoate and Simon Taylor. Music: Nick Pynn, Dharksthar, Jules Lawrence, Jon Wood and Nick Harper
Click on the image (or the website address http://www.adastralpodcast.com) to take you to the Ad Astral Website and then click on Episode 4 Podcast player. Hope you enjoy it. Bye for now, Dave
All of our music is up on iTunes (and a bunch of other online music distributors). It would be awesome if you wanted to download a couple of our tracks - help us fund our next album! :)
Hey we just wanted to stop in and say Have a great Summer. Thank you for all your support this year. We cannot begin to explain how much it has helped our careers. If it was not for people like you we dont know where we would be Cheers Makeshift Innocence
We wanted to stop in and let you know that we are on tour across this great country. We would love to see you come to one of our shows if it is close to where you are. All our dates are posted on our page. Have a great summer and we look forward to meeting you.
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HEY FRIEND!! How have things been? I wanted to get in touch, and let you know we've got a BRAND SPANKIN' NEW page layout... If you have a minute or two, head on over and check it out, I'd love to hear what you think!
And as always, if you haven't grabbed a copy of our new album "One Slip Away" I highly encourage you to think about it!!! It's available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/nec
Thanks for all of your support, you rock! Tony never ending conflict
Thanks for the friendship! I've written a comic that is competing on Zuda this month, and I'm working hard at becoming Zuda (DC Comics') first female lead to win the competition. If you want a shot at one of two Pat's or Geno's gift certificates, while helping to raise money for the Police Survivor's Fund, then read and follow the strip below. Clicking on the strip will bring you right to the Zuda page. Thanks for your support!
Thanks for the friendship! I've written a comic that is competing on Zuda this month, and I'm working hard at becoming Zuda (DC Comics') first female lead to win the competition. If you want a shot at one of two Pat's or Geno's gift certificates, while helping to raise money for the Police Survivor's Fund, then read and follow the strip below. Clicking on the strip will bring you right to the Zuda page. Thanks for your support!
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