My name is Mike Atherton and I’m a full time freelance writer.
I live and work in London. Like most Londoners I have a love/hate relationship with the city. I wrote a book about London, but it’s still a constantly surprising city to spend time in. I enjoy leaving the city from time to time, but I always come back.
As a freelancer I’m always happy to start a new project and work with new people. I’m usually in the lucky position that work finds me, so if you’d like to hire me and keep this trend alive feel free to drop me a line at mikesizemore@gmail.com.
Some people think this is the best job in the world - “You have no boss!” they say. In fact I tend to have multiple bosses instead, but yeah it’s still the best job in the world. I don’t have to work with idiots.
So far I’ve worked with Yahoo, TrustedPlaces, Webjam, Friday Cities, Icon magazine, 20th Century Fox, Firecracker, Paramount and a host of movie blogs. I’ve been a paid blogger for several years now.
I usually write for a number of sites at any given time and was also editor of Londonist. I’m always happy to guest blog. I’m happiest writing about film, but can turn my hand to most topics. I have a Masters Degree in Literature, but in all honesty it doesn’t get a lot of use these days. That doesn’t stop me from considering a PhD from time to time.
Aside from writing I’ve recently been asked onto projects as a kind of ‘new media consultant’ and coordinated events stemming from my interest in new applications such as Twitter and Seesmic. I’m looking to do more of this in 2008, once I find a way of describing it that doesn’t make me nauseous.
Looking back on 2007 I notice that I’ve written less fiction than ever before. So that will be fixed in 2008 and I’ll also get an archive of older stuff up. I’ve also been asked to consult on a couple of TV and film projects so this should be an interesting (and busy) year.
I’m also breathing some fresh life into my five year old blog by adding some new video content. Looks like I can add vlogger to the list of titles that tend to confuse people outside of our little online commune.
December 2007
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