Growing up it didn't occur to me that there was an industry where people talked about video games outside of Nintendo Power. After high school I didn't have a core group of nerds anymore to talk shop with so I turned to the internet to talk about games/geek culture. I started blogging, just babbling about things that interested me. I started working with TheGamerGirls.com in early 2007. We did a show called GGTV that lasted a few weeks.

After that I started writing for GamePro magazine and GameGirl.com. They found me on myspace, noticed I liked to write about games, and asked me to write for them. I've been writing for them since 2007. I've also written/still write for Pwned.com, GirlGamer.com and TheStartScreen.com.

In 2007 Brian from TheStream.tv asked me to do a new show he was working on called The Game Show. I host, produce, write and now edit it. Working on live interent tv has become one of my favorite parts about this "job." My friends Heather and Amanda from TheStartScreen.com and I recently started doing an audio podcast, Control This. We talk about all aspects of geek culture. In September I will be starting another show called Girl Gamer Gauntlet with Machinima.com.

Although I do quite a bit, I have not made it. I'm not nearly as active in the community as I want to be. I'm not being paid for 95% of this either. I want to make this my job. Any advice I can give, is to do it. You want to write? Write. Start a blog. Submit resumes. Never fall off the radar. If you are looking to get paid right away, and to one day be rich: pick another career. If this is something you want, then work for it. There are hundreds of people who want this job, you will have to pay your dues too.

Last updated on August 30, 2009 by NikoleZ