Simon Plumbe - Writing Credits

I have worked on a large number of titles over the years, including computer magazines, science fiction plus a range of other genres. My commercial work currently includes:- Amiga Pro For this computer magazine, I first got involved as a one-off writer, but quickly became the regular video columnist in addition to other one-off articles, interviews, event coverage and features. Amiga User International I was commissioned for a one-off article reviewing a piece of hardware for this computer magazine. Birmingham Bullets My involvement this professional basketball team involved writing regular articles for the weekly match programmes for about a year, as well as some behind the scenes support and running the club's official Supporters Club. CD32 Gamer I didn't work for CD32 Gamer directly, but this magazine reprinted one of my articles that was originally written for Amiga Pro. CD Gold CD Gold was an innovative CD-based commercial magazine for computer users. It only reached the pilot issue, but I worked on this title as lead writer, artist, and editor. Micro Mart I was the regular Amiga columnist (for my self-titled "Amiga Addiction" column) for Micro Mart for some time, as well as writing additional articles covering the Internet and reviews of Playstation games. Most recently, I have written a two-part feature on legal emulation which has appeared in issues 794 and 795 respectively published in April 2004. Official Star Trek Fan Club Of The UK I was fortunate enough to have the chance to work on this officially licenced publication from Paramount, and I contributed regular columns including reviews and Star Trek trivia, in addition to one-off articles, event reports, and celebrity interviews. I also did a brief amount of photographic work. I have also written a large amount on a voluntary basis, for non-profit making fanzines, websites and more including (but not limited to) the following:- AM/FM This was a fan-produced music magazine released on disk for the Amiga computer, and I contributed a number of CD reviews. Amiga Energy This is a self-published title through my organisation, Infinite Frontiers, and was a computer magazine dedicated to the Amiga platform. I acted in an editorial capacity as well as providing approximately 50% of the written content. Auto Assembly I am one of the primary writers on the Auto Assembly website. Birmingham Bullets Supporters Club I was the joint president of the Official Supporters Club for the Birmingham Bullets basketball team, and in that capacity I was involved in writing and editing the newsletter including player interviews, features, match reports, as well as some photographic work. Infinite Frontiers Online This is the online presence of my non-profit making science fiction and computing organisation. I maintain the website, write a large amount of the content, and do all of the design and HTML programming. I also look after the site's discussion forum. Simply Gaming I had written a number of software reviews for this computer games website covering several different games platforms. The Cybertronian Times This is a fanzine dedicated to Transformers, released annually to tie-in with our Transformers event, Auto Assembly. I write for this in several areas including reviews and a variety of articles. The Final Frontier This was a Star Trek magazine on disk for the Amiga computer that I first released in 1991. The magazine reached a world-wide audience and was critically acclaimed by readers and professional magazines alike. Even now, the magazine is fondly remembered by its readers. Details of my non-writing work can be found elsewhere on this site.