marie "riese" lyn bernard. writer.

 

AREAS OF INTEREST:

Pop Culture, Health & Fitness, Literature, Sexuality, Sociology, Travel, Psychology, Cynicism, Humor, Dating and Relationships, Cyber-culture, "Generation X," Television, Navel-Gazing, Teen/Young Adult Issues, Cultural Studies, Women's Issues, GLBT Studies, Trend Pieces, Shopping, Internet, Education, Personality Profiles, Fashion/Style, Your Mom, Lists, MacDraw.

 

EDUCATION

 

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI

Graduated December 2003

B.A in English Literature, Honors in Creative Writing

 

Interlochen Arts Academy: Interlochen, MI

Graduated May 1999

Creative Writing Major

 

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK:

 

Sarah Lawrence College / Bronxville, NY/ 1999-2000

-Theater, English Literature, Screenwriting

New York University/ New York, NY/Summer 2000

-Photography

Columbia University/New York, NY/Summer 2001

-Writing Creative Non-Fiction

Eastern Michigan University/Ypsilanti, MI/Fall 2002

-Magazine Journalism

 

 

PUBLISHING/EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

 

Donald Maass Literary Agency: New York, NY

Agent Assistant, April 2005->August 2006

Webmaster, August 2005->present

 

Nerve.Com: New York, NY

Editorial Intern, Fall 2005

 

ElitesTV.Com

Freelance News Writer, Summer 2004->Summer 2005

 

The Michigan Daily: Ann Arbor, MI

Arts Staff Writer, Fall 2000->December 2003

 

The Joy Harris Literary Agency: New York, NY

Intern: Spring 2000

 

Ensemble Studio Theater: New York, NY

Intern: Spring 2000

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

BLOG

This Girl Called Automatic Win, April 2006->

featured on Gawker (10+ appearances), Mediabistro, Curbed, OurChart, Broadway.com.

 

Automatic Straddle, November 2006->

"The L Word" blog: featured on "The L Word Online," "Showtime.com" and "The Planet Cast Online."

Combined traffic for TGCAW and AS: 35,000 hits/month.

 

 

BOOKS:

Essay "Feels Like Teen Spirit"

The Bigger the Better, The Tighter the Sweater (ed. Lisa Taggart and Samantha Schoech), Seal Press/Avalon, July 2007

 

Various Stories published in Erotica anthologies:

-The Best American Erotica of 2007 (ed. Susie Bright, Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, 2.2007)

-The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica V.5 and V.6 (ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Caroll & Graff, 12.2005 and 12.2006)

-The Lamda-Award Winning Erotic Interludes 2: Stolen Moments  (ed. Stacia Seaman and Radclyffe, Boldstroke Books 8.2005)

 -The Best Women's Erotica of 2005 (ed. Marcy Sheiner, Cleis Press 1.2005)

 

 

JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES:

 

Marie Claire Magazine:  Article "Under-Armed." (8.07)

Ourchart.com: "Guestbian" blogger. (present)

Nerve.com: Personal Essay "Design for Living" (12.05), Movie reviews: "havoc" (12.05), "bomb the system" (11.05),  "dandelion" (10.05), multiple citations in "Scanner" blog.

 

Suspect Thoughts: Essay "You've Come a Long Way, Baby." (1.06)

 

Conversely: Memoir "I'd Like to have a Lover Like Yours" (9.05)

 

Clean Sheets: Erotica "My Mother's Child" (9.04), "The Anti-Thesis" (2.05), "What Happened to That Girl." (9.05)

 

Listen Magazine: Feature articles "Prescription for Addiction" (12.05), "The Truth About Gangs" (2.06), "E: Not So Ecstatic After All" (3.06), "Do You Sudoku?" (2.07), "Young Philanthropists" (upcoming).

 

College Bound Teen Magazine: feature articles "Second Choices Aren't So Bad" (6.03), "Hollywood U: Fact or Fiction?" (1.04).

 

Desdmona.com: Erotic fiction "Oh, Ohio!" (2.05)

 

Fresh off the Vine: Erotic fiction "Straight (on) Til Morning" (5.05)

 

Xylem: Short stories "Taking Off" and "The Maneater." (Spring 2002)

 

The Sarah Lawrence Review: Short story "The Landing." (Spring 2000)

 

 

            MISC:

RFAMILY CRUISE:

Live reading of television pilot "Living it Out," co-written by Carly Usdin, performed on July 2007 starring Broadway and Film actors Andrea McArdle (Annie, Les Miserables), Haviland Stillwell (Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables) and Janet Caroll (Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Risky Business).  Reading featured on broadway.com.

 

"NAKED ON THE INTERNET" PANEL, MUSEUM OF SEX:

Panelist in June 2007 with four other prominent female bloggers/sexperts for a promotional and educational event for Audacia Ray's book  "Naked on the Internet," published by Seal Press.

 

BRIAN CUMMINGS, CELEBRITY PROPERTY APPRAISER:

Ghostwriter/copyeditor.  Projects include press release for Cher's property auction and speech for Yale Club presentation.

 

SUSIEBRIGHT.COM:

Interviewed by Susie Bright, "What Happened to That Girl?" October 2006

 

MARIE CLAIRE MAGAZINE:

Featured in article "The Ex Files," September 2006

 

IN THE FLESH READING SERIES:

Appeared in monthly erotic series reading my story "Fucking Around" with Broadway actress Haviland Stillwell, hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel, featured in her review of the event entitled "Marie Lyn Bernard Does New York," August 2006

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

"The Bigger the Better, The Tighter the Sweater" reading: The KGB Bar, July 24, 2007

 

"The Best of In the Flesh" reading: Happy Endings Lounge, September 19th, 2007