About Me

Joan Kremer is a professional business/nonfiction writer, novelist, short story writer, literary journal editor, blogger, and co-owner of the Story Mountain Center for Writers in Second Life®, where she goes by the avatar name Alas Zerbino (shown in picture below — writing on the grounds of Story Mountain!).

More about Alas Zerbino:

• Active participant in Second Life, and especially its extensive writing community (which I report about on this blog)
• Co-founder/owner of Story Mountain Center for Writers in Second Life, where we offer education, networking, support, and other resources for writers
  –  Story Mountain Center’s blog
  –  SLURL for teleporting to Story Mountain Center for Writers in Second Life

• Official blogger for TLE Educational Network, a vast, colorful, and amazing virtual university/interactive learning world based in Second Life
  –  TLE blog
  –  SLURL for teleporting to TLE Educational Network in Second Life

More about Joan Kremer:

• Co-founder/editor of Cezanne’s Carrot, an online literary journal that publishes short fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual art that celebrates the universe and the human experience in uplifting, revolutionary ways

“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.” ~ Paul Cezanne

• Creative writer, with several short stories and poems published in print and online publications
• Novelist — currently polishing the manuscript of my first novel and am embarking on the revision process for my newly drafted second novel
• Several writing awards, most recently 2nd Place Winner in 2008 Fiction Contest at The Writers Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (more details on my resume)
• Day job: self-employed instructional designer/technical writer and Web site designer

A few samples of my fiction writing online:

Short fiction published under my First Life name (Joan Kremer):

• “Missing Parts” at Toasted Cheese
• “What You Know” at Long Story Short (click on Archives, then do a browser “find” for my name)
• “The Promise” and “The Louder They Scream” at Cezanne’s Carrot

Poetry and fiction published under my Second Life name (Alas Zerbino):

• “Blank Is the Color of Calendars”, winner of a Second Life “slam” contest
• “Autumn’s Tease” and other work

And even more (than you probably ever wanted to know) about me:

• Check out my writing web site, where you’ll find a full resume and lots more information about my writing.
• Go to my business web site, where you can find out more about my work as an instructional designer for business, including demos of e-learning projects.