Steve Horton

Current

Owner at Smashout LLC

Past

Community Support/QA at Sony Online Entertainment Denver (formerly Worlds Apart Productions)
Online Comics Editor at KOMIKWERKS, LLC
Paginator at Kokomo Tribune

Copy Editor at Watertown Daily Times

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Education

Purdue University
Benson Polytechnic High School

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Steve Horton’s Summary

Professional writer since 1999 with years of experience writing for high-circulation national magazines, newspapers and websites. I've had articles published in PCWORLD.COM, POKER PRO, WPT MAGAZINE, ALL IN, BLUFF, POKER PLAYER NEWSPAPER, POKERBIZ, CAESAR'S PLAYER, POKERNEWS.COM, PC TODAY, LAPTOP, MOBILE, TECHLIVING, PCWORLD.COM, SCRYE, INQUEST GAMER and ANIME INSIDER.

I've done live blogging and photography for several major poker tournaments. My clients have included TropicalPoker.com, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and PokerNews.com. For the second time, I was part of the official Live Update Team for the World Series of Poker in the summer of 2008. For the fourth time, I covered a major Borgata poker event in January 2009.

I've managed teams of writers and artists through my work in comics e-publishing, initially in the PDF format and then through iPhone applications.

I'm the co-creator and writer of Image Comics limited series STRONGARM. I wrote the Captain Battle story in Image Comics' NEXT ISSUE PROJECT: SILVER STREAK COMICS #24, the Clickwheel.net comic GAMBLING SOULS and a Captain Marvel short story in the 2009 DC Universe Holiday Special.

Writer of two books: WEBCOMICS 2.0 from Course PTR, and PROFESSIONAL MANGA from Focal Press.

Steve Horton’s Specialties:

AP style; HTML; Microsoft Office; writing for tone, audience and demographic; writing for script format; print to web publishing; editorial

Steve Horton’s Experience

Owner

Smashout LLC

(Writing and Editing industry)

November 1999 — Present (10 years 1 month)

Magazine writing
I've written for such national high-circulation publications as PCWORLD.COM, LAPTOP, MOBILE, TECHLIVING, BLUFF, ALL IN, POKER PRO, CEASAR'S PLAYER, POKER PLAYER NEWSPAPER, SCRYE, COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE, and INQUEST GAMER.

Live poker blogging
I've reported live from the biggest poker tournaments in the United States, including the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.

Comic books
I wrote two how-to books on comics, WEBCOMICS 2.0 and PROFESSIONAL MANGA. Wrote and co-created the Image Comics limited series, STRONGARM, the Clickwheel comic GAMBLING SOULS, designed for iPods and mobile phones, and the Captain Battle segment of Image's Silver Streak Comics #24. Recently, I wrote a Captain Marvel short story for the 2009 DC Universe Holiday Special.
Community Support/QA

Sony Online Entertainment Denver (formerly Worlds Apart Productions)

(Public Company; Computer Games industry)

January 2006 — September 2006 (9 months)

* Community Support for all Worlds Apart Productions games and Gamers Round Table, our organized play system, including forum and support mail management.
* QA Lead for all Worlds Apart Productions products, including testing and bug reporting.
* Organized Play Coordinator. Responsible for planning and organizing tournaments and high-level special events.
Online Comics Editor

KOMIKWERKS, LLC

(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

April 2005 — January 2006 (10 months)

Recruited and managed talent, managed advertising, and led business development initiatives including merchandising and publishing deals.
Paginator

Kokomo Tribune

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

May 2003 — January 2004 (9 months)

Laid out and designed section fronts and inside pages for the Tribune and sister paper, the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, in QuarkXPress for Macintosh; edited copy in NewsEdit Pro, and updated the website daily.
Copy Editor

Watertown Daily Times

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

July 2002 — April 2003 (10 months)

Wrote headlines; edited articles for grammar, clarity and accuracy, and proofed finished pages for a 31,780-circulation daily newspaper.