Simon Plumbe - Personal Information

I was born in Birmingham in 1971, and I have been writing since 1989 when I started running science fiction fan clubs and publishing fanzines through the non-profit making organisation, Infinite Frontiers, which I founded in August 1989. We specialised in science fiction and ran a number of clubs, although the organisation diversified into areas such as computing, sport, and many other areas, as is currently reflected by it's extensive website. My role within Infinite Frontiers is as the team's coordinator, lead writer, website design and maintenance, occasional artist and designer, photographer, and publicist. Over the years, the work with Infinite Frontiers expanded into computer magazines and shareware software which directly lead to my first major commercial writing break in 1994... This break came about following the reputation I had made for myself with the software I had been involved with, and it lead to a one-off commentary article for a computer magazine. I quickly became one of their regular freelance team. At the same time, I started working on the Official Star Trek Fan Club Of The UK writing a series of regular columns before the club's untimely demise. Since then, I progressed onto working on a range of magazines on a freelance basis, as well as continuing my activities in the amateur field working on a range of fan publications, and several websites, the main one of these being for Infinite Frontiers where I am the designer, HTML programmer, and lead writer. Most of my work over the last couple of years has been focused on working with the website, but this has allowed me to explore new avenues of working that I would not have had the opportunity to do in any other way. It has allowed me to diversify my skills to the point where I now feel that I can write across a range of fields with a reasonable degree of competence. Away from writing, I am an avid science fiction fan, and I am interested in computing/gaming, web design, music, wildlife, wrestling, basketball, cooking and a range of other interests. Mainly though, I enjoy spending as much time as possible with my girlfriend Heather. As well as the email address you can use with the "Contact Me" button, I can also be reached at the following address:- Simon Plumbe c/o PO Box 8966 Great Barr Birmingham B43 5ST England