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Born into a military / engineering
family, his lifelong dream was to join NASA and become a mission
specialist; to that end, he attended the Academy
of Aeronautics in New
York, as well as enlisting
in the Air National Guard. While working towards his goal, a sudden illness
brought a halt to these dreams.
After recovering, he came to grips with his new
reality; so he chose to put his hard-earned technical skills and imagination to
use as a graphic artist, writer/editor and game designer.
Current Projects:
A number of stories
based on the Alliance Archives (All'Arc) series and its related Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG);
a manual-based, military science fiction that realistically portrays the
consequences of warfare. Scheduled for released in 2010 by Dark Quest Games.
The Alliance Archives Conpendeum (All'Arc'Con) and overview of the series, intended for use as a writer's guide, and a source book for the MRPG.
Editing and illustrating the Defending the Future series: book I Breach the Hull was released in November of 2007; book II So It Begins was released in March 2009; book III By Other Means is scheduled for 2010; book IV No Man's Land (a DTF special project) is still on the drawing board; book V Best Laid Plans is currently under negotiations.
Book reviewer for the science fiction review site MilSciFi.com.
Mike McPhail's Overview of 2009
Bibliography:
Amazon:
2009- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002HESFH2
Facebook:
2009- http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-McPhail/100000415194065
Publishers Weekly:
2009-The Stories In Between, "Beyond Image"
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6707975.html
Short Stories:
2005-No Longer Dreams, "Chimera (All'Arc)", Lite Circle, Inc.
2007-*Breach The Hull, "Wayward Child (All'Arc)", Marietta Publishing.
2009-*So It Begins, "Cling Peaches (All'Arc)", Dark Quest Books.
2009-Breach The Hull, "Wayward Child (All'Arc)", Dark Quest Books
2009-The Stories In Between, "Beyond Imagine (All'Arc)", Fantasist Enterprises
(2010)-(), "By Other Means ()", Dark Quest Books
Articles:
(20xx)-"Hyperspace Engineering"
Editor:
2007-*Breach The Hull
2009-*So It Begins
(2010)-By Other Means
Cover Artist:
2007-*Breach The Hull
2009-*So It Begins
2009- Breach The Hull (Dark Quest Edition)
(2010)- By Other Means
Illustrator:
2007-*Breach The Hull
2009-*So It Begins
(2010)-By Other Means
Awards:
2008-Winner of the 2007 Dream Realm Awards,
Best Anthology, "Breach The Hull".
2008-Finalist in the 2007 Dream Realm Awards,
For Cover Art, "Breach The Hull".
2009-Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards,
Anthology, "So It Begins"
2009-Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards,
Short Fiction, "So It Begins"
Prepress (Graphic Arts):
2005-No Longer Dreams. Lite Circle Inc. Cover art, image and color correction.
2005-Blessed To Give. Digital photography and adaption of cover art.
2007-*Breach The Hull. Marietta Publishing, Cover design and layout.
2007-To Battle Beyond. Marietta Publishing, Digital photography for cover art.
2008-Tomorrow's Memories. Mundiania Press, Asst. spine layout.
2009-*So It Begins. Dark Quest Books, Cover design and layout.
2009-Skein Of Shadows. Dark Quest Books, Image addeptation and layout for
hardcover edition.
2009-Breach The Hull. Dark Quest Books addition.
2009-Designing the new Dark Quest Books logo.
(2010)-By Other Means. Dark Quest Books, Cover design and layout.
Technical Advisor:
2007-*Breach The Hull, "In The Dying Light (All'Arc)", Danielle Ackley-McPhail.
2008-Barbarians at the Jump Gate, "Building Blocks", Danielle Ackley-McPhail
2008-Space Pirates, "Carbon Copy", Danielle Ackley-McPhail
2008-Trails of Indescretion, "Zinn Mencsh", Danielle Ackley-McPhail
2009-*So It Begins, "First Line", Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Interviews:
http://www.milscifi.com/files/inter-MMcP-BTH.htm
http://www.milscifi.com/files/inter-MMcP-SIB.htm
http://thescifigenrereview.blogspot.com/2008/07/five-questions-withmike-mcphail.html
http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=363719#
Note: "All'Arc" stands for the "Alliance Archives" series.
Note: "*" indicates Award Winning.
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