James Desborough

Current

• Owner at Postmortem Studios

Past

• Freelance Writer at Wizards of the Coast
• Freelance Writer at Cubicle 7 Entertainment
• MMORPG GM at Jolt Online Gaming

• Helpdesk/Web Design at Voyager Recruitment Software
• Freelance Writer at Steve Jackson Games

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Education

• Peter Symonds College

Connections

24 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

James Desborough’s Summary

Self employed writer/editor specialising in role-playing games. Freelance work accomplished for Steve Jackson Games, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast and others as well as self publishing specialising in PDF/Ebooks.

James Desborough’s Specialties:

World building, horror, science fiction, comedy, British settings, British mythology and history, politics.

James Desborough’s Experience

• Owner

  Postmortem Studios

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  Currently holds this position

• Freelance Writer

  Wizards of the Coast

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  Freelance work on various projects, ongoing.

• Freelance Writer

  Cubicle 7 Entertainment

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2003 — 2008 (5 years )

• MMORPG GM

  Jolt Online Gaming

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

• Helpdesk/Web Design

  Voyager Recruitment Software

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

  Starting as a helpdesk/support technician and progressing to work on websites for the company until the .com bubble burst.

• Freelance Writer

  Steve Jackson Games

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Wrote The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming (with Steve Mortimer) which won an Origin Award.

James Desborough’s Education

• Peter Symonds College

  1990 — 1992

Additional Information

James Desborough’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

James Desborough’s Groups:

•    Fans of Digsby

James Desborough’s Honors:

Origins award, 2000.

James Desborough’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• business deals
• reference requests
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