It led to a long career of developing WordPress sites and writing technical/marketing copy while he covered international hockey and the NHL for some of the largest names in sports, like SB Nation, Fox Sports, and Versus. He got one of his classmates laughing so hard, she was unable to talk for several minutes.ĭuring college, he took creative writing with his ‘practical’ engineering degree, and starting freelancing. It was called “The Oranges of Evil” and featured quite a few ‘skitters’ and there was a twist ending that turned the Dust Bowl into an origin story for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Mike knew that he had hit on something major when he penned a parody of “The Grapes of Wrath” for his high school English class. A lot of it involved crossovers between some of his favorite franchises, because it made total sense in his head to combine Space Quest and Robotech. It makes sense then that Lucasarts’ X-Wing is one of Mike’s all-time favorite games.Ī young Mike wrote fan fiction before he knew what it was.
Mike’s dream as he was growing up was to either be a veritech fighter (Robotech) or to pilot an X-Wing (Star Wars). He has also covered the NHL for mainstream media outlets. He has ghostwritten corporate articles that appeared in: Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Buzzfeed, as well as others. Mike has contributed to major geek culture websites, such as: The Portalist and The Mary Sue. Mike Chen has been a lifelong writer, from writing fan fiction as a kid to somehow getting paid for his words during adulthood.
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