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Ernessa T. Carter
Ernessa doesn’t really believe in titles, but she does run Fierce and Nerdy. She’s also the author of 32 CANDLES, a novel about a fierce nerd from the south. She considers representing for fierce nerds everywhere as her highest calling and thanks you for reading this blog. You can find out more about her at her author site, 32Candles.com
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Fierce Contributors:
Kelli Bielema
Kelli Bielema is a blogger, volunteer, event planner, dog trainer, vegetarian, karaokist and all-around urban girl. After 10 years in Los Angeles, this gal from the Land of Lincoln has planted roots in Seattle. Through trials, tribulations and finding the right pair of life-changing Hunter boots, the Northwest is where it’s at for this fierce nerd.
Amy Brown
Growing up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Amy Brown was lucky enough to live down the street from the Abbot Public Library, where her mother took her every day to pick out the books her father read to her at night. After studying economics at Wellesley College and the University of California, Los Angeles, she is currently pursuing a career in financial services. Amy is very grateful to Fierce and Nerdy for giving her a forum in which to natter on about her love of books.
Zack Bunker
Zack is a designer, writer and artist. He is currently living and struggling in Los Angeles, and having a fabulous time doing so. He wades through pop culture and his personal history to bring you funny and insightful looks at the strange, strange world around us.
Gudrun Cram-Drach
After perhaps too many years of art school, Gudrun does what any over-educated animator/illustrator/designer would do, she writes novels. Her films have been in festivals worldwide, and her books are works in progress. In 2009 she married a français, and she now lives outside of Paris.
Charles Cron
Born in the backwoods of Pennsyltucky, Thought Chuck realized at an early age that he was different. After writing, producing, directing, designing and starring in his first play (put on by his brother & himself for his aunt in her living room at the tender age of 5) there was no way he was going to “stay down on the farm after he’d seen Pa-ree.” Over-educated at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama, Thought Chuck fulfilled his manifest destiny by moving westward to the vast urban sprawl of Lost Angeles to pursue his dreams. While there he has had the “privilege”of working for the Mouse House, AFI (creators of the “100 Years, 100 Best Key Grips” lists) and the company formerly known as DreamWorks SKG. An inveterate pie-baker and collector of random factoids, Thought Chuck is currently employed by the corporate descendants of Adolph Zukor and Cecil B. DeMille, where he is quickly learning that while you can’t necessarily make a dream work you can make a para mount.
CH
CH is Fierce and Nerdy’s resident IT department, art director, photographer, husband
Ryan Dixon
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon, Ryan Dixon is the co-author of the graphic novel Hell House: The Awakening and also works as a script doctor and ghostwriter. As a FaN “blogumnist” he mainly writes about his obsessions including (but not limited to) themed furniture stores, the “Eddie Murphy Code” and beef stick. Follow Ryan on Twitter
Debra Goykhman
Debra Goykhman is from Pittsburgh, PA and has studied writing at both Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Currently she resides in Carlsbad, CA and is working on her novel writing. After getting married she began her Newly Nested column about a year ago.
Roya Hamadani
Roya Hamadani is a writer, crafter, foodie and bead addict living in Pittsburgh with her dog and two cats. She loves all forms of Asian cuisine, puppetry, and miniatures. She abhors picnics, aspartame, and tongue (as a food, because it feels like it’s licking you back).
Jersey Joe
If it’s about making life more fun – Jersey Joe is on it! From pop culture to new products and technology; he brings his every man approach to FaN. Jersey Joe grew up in small town Pennsylvania and is now an award-winning television producer in New York.
Michael Kass
Michael Kass has been training for his role as the Single White Nerd for over 33.8 years. He’s been single in Washington, D.C., Houston, Chicago, Florence, and, currently, Los Angeles. When not doing research on singledom, he’s been known to perpetrate acting (you may recognize him from. . .nah, you probably wouldn’t ), tell some stories into microphones, and gobble massive quantities of baked goods. When not doing those things, he works with My Friend’s Place, a service center for homeless youth. Looking for a cool nonprofit? Check them out here.
Monique King-Viehland
Ms. King-Viehland received a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University and has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College, Northampton, MA where she graduated with honors. She is a native Trentonian who currently resides in the City of Trenton with her husband, Brian, and her son, Sekou.
Kelly Kaboom Lett
Kelly Lett is a writer/actor living in LA. Before December 2009 she was also one of the original LA Derby Dolls. After six years and three broken thumbs, two snapped clavicles, a couple broken toes, countless bruises and pulled muscles she retired in order to focus on life off skates. Returning to her first love of acting Kelly is making the difficult transition from a solid theatre background, having gotten her degree at American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC back in 2002, to the world of professional LA TV/Film actor. She is trying to better understand this world with the help of the Lesly Kahn Institute. Being rather good at putting words in an interesting order when forming sentences she has a bi-weekly blog here at FaN as well as two blogs a week at Savoo.co.uk. Kelly is also working on many projects, any one of which might one day place her in the “real” writer category. She divides her free writing time up between two pilots, one play, one screenplay and a novel. Hey it’s a start.
Josh Pullin
Josh Pullin is hungry. If he wasn’t a stay at home dad he would pedal his bicycle to Kansas City right now in order to try their burnt ends. When he’s not eating, taking care of his son, or playing softball he fancies himself a writer.
Amy Robinson
Amy Robinson, your Tall Drink o’ Nerd, grew up in a Colorado town of 900 people then moved to Chicago to be an actress. There she sang at a couple of jazz joints, did social work for the elderly and produced plays. Amy has worked at Writing Pad LA as a teacher, copywriter and contributes an occasional blog for TheWellfedMuse. Amy’s other ventures include the blogs; Moons over Monuments, where she shows her rear to historical monuments, Things I Learned From Ling Ling, the philosophical musings of a bi-polar calico cat and Stinky Junior, where she rambles on about every other thing. Additionally, Amy is a published poet, wrote a book about monkeys and is thisclose to being finished with her first novel. Amy currently lives with her husband in a beach town in Southern California, where she writes, watches too much TV, volunteers with homeless cats and dogs and works as a Project Manager for The Man.
Jeff Rogers
Jeff Rogers grew up in Michigan college towns. He’s an only child with four professor parents, three brothers and twin sisters. He dropped out of school and drove across the country to LA in 1983. He has lived, written and adventured here since, now joined by his wife Elise.
Joe Rusin
Joe Rusin lives in Los Angeles and works in “The Industry.” He enjoys the outdoors, good food, good film, good arguments, and the Pittsburgh sports teams of Misters Rooney and Lemieux. He is sometimes a producer, sometimes a writer, but always a contrarian.
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Calling all Fierce and Nerdy Writers!
If you’d like to submit prose or artwork to Fierce and Nerdy, please shoot us an email at etc@fierceandnerdy.com Prospective Contributors: Please include a couple of pitches for either a bi-weekly or monthly regular posting and a couple of writing samples. Prospective Artists and/or Animators: Please submit a copy of your artwork or a link to your animation (please do not send video files).
