About Me

My life has been entertaining and eventful to say the least. Of late I am Chief Technology Officer with Tugboat Enterprises Ltd., a software company located in the wilds of west-coast British Columbia. We are currently in the process of bringing out our product line, which begins with Lifeboat, a utility for rescuing data from a failed computer.

Aside from the black art of making computers dance and sing, my work has run the gamut from freelance journalism to ad copywriting to desktop publishing and Web site design. I've written short fiction, including a short story called "The Hunter of the Guileless," which was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Crime Fiction in 1999; that story saw publication in Storyteller magazine. At this time I've had one book in print, The Opera 5.x Book: Browsing the Web with Speed and Style, a guide to the Opera Web browser.

For three years I served as editor-in-chief and publisher of RIM magazine, a small-press magazine devoted to supporting writers and artists on the west coast.

My freelance work has appeared in the Vancouver Sun, the Powell River Peak, and Writer's Journal. My short fiction has appeared in Storyteller, On Spec, and Challenging Destiny.

A freelance writer for over 10 years, I've designed Web sites (including the layout for this one), and I've written numerous newspaper and magazine articles covering such subjects as bicycling, writers' groups, and Generation X.

My work has including desktop publishing--I developed the guidebook to the Powell River Logger Sports--and advertising. I have developed advertisements for such companies as Husqvarna, Weyerhauser, and Wajax.

Visit my resume pages for a more complete history of my work.

Contact

E-mail: info@jslyster.com