Spekked - BETA

The people that make b5media one of the best blog networks to work for are the bloggers themselves. We are a tight knit community full of ideas and passion and each blogger brings something special to the table.

• Alexandra Violet Dyer

  Alexandra Violet Dyer is an Internet marketing consultant, freelance writer and enthusiastic blogger at Spekked. She has worked in various industries, including IT, legal and academia. While other kids spent their summers playing outside, she was thoroughly involved in analyzing scary movies, and reading horror and sci-fi novels. Alexandra brings that passion for writing to the4400guide.com. Alexandra thinks that if you have something good to say, you should just let it out there in any responsible and thought-provoking way you can.

  Alexandra Violet Dyer's blogs:

  • Screamstress
  • FBI Dramas

• Arieanna Schweber

  Arieanna Schweber is a professional blogger and is the Channel Editor for b5media's Entertainment (Spekked) sites. Arieanna has worked with b5media for many years, and writes such sites as GilmoreGirlsNews.com and HilaryNews.com. As CE, Arieanna feels privileged to work with many talented and dedicated bloggers who bring passion to this great space. Her personal blog is Blogaholics.ca, though she writes quite a few more than that. Arieanna lives in Vancouver, BC and has a degree in Business Administration (BBA) from Simon Fraser University.

  Arieanna Schweber's blogs:

  • Gilmore Girls News

• Becky Scott

  Becky Scott is a writer, editor and professional blogger. Her writing expertise covers a variety of areas: technology, software development, telecomm, SEO, social marketing, higher ed, and parenting. She finished her degree in English just before welcoming her son into her life. She loves to snark about the absurd things that people do, so writing at Simply Dumb for b5 is the perfect place to be sarcastic and get paid for it. In addition to writing at her personal sites, misspriss.org and beckyscorner.com, Becky writes about weddings, celebrity property gossip, and car advice for women.

  Becky Scott's blogs:

  • Simply Dumb

• Brian Allen

  Brian Allen is an award-winning print journalist with 10 years experience in newspapers, magazines and the web. His writing has appeared on sites like Gameworld Network and in Undefeated Magazine and he served as the editor for Today Newspapers' "Culture Shock" section for two years. Now he's bringing his passion for all things sci-fi to b5media. Brian is also an avid gamer and you can read about his card gaming exploits at his blog newcardsmell.com

  Brian Allen's blogs:

  • Simply Dumb
  • SF Universe

• Chandra Williams

  Chandra Williams is a TV nut. She says it’s not so much that she spends a lot of time in front of the tube (okay—that might be a small lie), but rather that she has an amazing memory for all of the little irrelevant details and scooplets that make up much of the entertainment industry. Aside from her elephantine recall, sh also has two degrees in Linguistics and a paralegal and college teaching background. Chandra is a full-time editor who specializes in content written by non-native English speakers. Chandra's personal blog is tvjots.blogspot.com

  Chandra Williams's blogs:

  • Comedy Centric
  • Grrl TV

• Cheril Vernon

  Cheril Vernon is a print journalist, freelance writer and blogger. She is a TV junkie who loves watching a wide variety of television and switching the channels often to make sure she’s not missing anything good. Her hobbies include writing romantic fiction, blogging, learning to build websites, reading and crafts. She and her husband have two sons and live in Texas.

  Cheril Vernon's blogs:

  • New to TV

• Cynthia Boris

  Cynthia Boris has been a TV fangirl since she was a young teen but now she’s a freelance entertainment reporter, which means she can chase down TV stars for a living instead of just for fun. A true TV junkie, she loves the process as much as the finished product and she made her own primetime TV debut in a (tiny) role on Blue Collar TV. She writes about SciFi for B5 and her own general TV blog can be found at TVoftheAbsurd.com.

  Cynthia Boris's blogs:

  • SF Universe

• Dana Franks

  Dana Franks has worked in online news media for 14 years now, and has garnered an Emmy nomination herself (Well, a regional Emmy.) Currently, she's a Web content manager for a local TV affiliate. In her off hours, she loves to watch and write about television as much as she can. She has a special love of British shows, from "Doctor Who" to "Two Pints of Lager and a Pack Of Crisps" to 'Britain's Got Talent" and hundreds more. She writes about those shows at her personal blog, A Place to Crash (http://ariedana.com/wordpress/) and on twitter.com/ariedana.

  Dana Franks's blogs:

  • Media Scribbler

• Dexie Wharton

  Dexie Wharton is a mother of a 10 yr old boy who thinks he’s 30 and an 1 yr old baby girl who is just as feisty and fashionable as she is. Dexie brings her fashion know-how to, among others, styleitless.com and styletots.com Dexie began “journalling” way back in 2000, and delved into pro-blogging in 2006. She has 4 b5media blogs under her belt and 3 others. Her husband is quite relieved that her keen bargain shopping and love of fashion are not coming at the expense of his 401K!

  Dexie Wharton's blogs:

  • Soaps on ABC

• Diana Earle

  Diana Earle is a writer from Toronto, Canada. She spends her days working lowly positions within Toronto’s entertainment industry and dreams of one day making a living writing from home in her pajama’s. She’s a recent university graduate, who when not working or writing spends her time either with friends at downtown pubs or with her four nieces and nephews. Diana heads up 24Headquarters.com for b5 and in her spare time, blogs about everything entertainment on her personal site, MediaObsessed.com.

  Diana Earle's blogs:

  • 24 Headquarters

• Erin Balser

  Erin Balser's blogs:

  • Top Model Gossip

• Grace Ibay

  Grace Ibay is thrilled to have the opportunity to blog "semi-professionally" - taking something she got hooked on in personal journals to the next level. She's been with b5media since 2006, where she started on FilipinaSoul.com with her sister Maricar. Grace is married and lives in Maryland, but her heart belongs to the Philippines, where she grew up. Grace has her MS in Genetics (Biochemistry), taught this for some time at the university level, and an MHS in Genetic Epidemiology. Grace is putting her specialized knowledge to work on flupatrol.com, not to mention being a scientist at Johns Hopkins. Grace is not all about science, though. She has a secret fascination with superheroes, from which superheroprofiles.com was born, to cover heroic shows and movies such as Heroes, Smallville, and X-Men.

  Grace Ibay's blogs:

  • Superhero Profiles

• Gray Miller

  Gray Miller's blogs:

  • Fame or Famine

• Ingrid Diaz

  Ingrid Diaz is originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and has lived in exotic locations like Cooper City, FL and New Brunswick, NJ (go Rutgers!). Ingrid moved across seas to Lyon, France, in the hopes of mastering the French language. Ingrid has spent the better half of her quarter century on earth writing fiction in the hopes of one day releasing such (sure-to-be) bestselling titles as '2,001 Ways to Embarrass Yourself in France', and 'Why the French Are Out to Get Me'. Ingrid's personal blog is puertoricaninfrance.com

  Ingrid Diaz's blogs:

  • Grey's Anatomy News

• Jane Boursaw

  You know how some people say they were born to do something? Well, Jane Boursaw was born to write about movies and thanks her lucky stars that FilmGecko.com came her way. Jane loves everything about it – from posting new trailers to writing reviews to interviewing actors and people scurrying behind the scenes. She also blogs at AOL’s TVSquad.com and has written entertainment content for People.com, CinemaBlend.com, and Kaboose.com. Over the years, Jane has written for Family Circle, Woman’s Day, Ladies’ Home Journal, Emmy Magazine, MovieMaker Magazine, SELF, Fitness, and many other publications. She was also a regular contributor to USA Weekend for many years. Check out her Web site, www.ReelLifeWithJane.com, home base for her family movie column, syndicated to 300+ regional family publications.

  Jane Boursaw's blogs:

  • Film Gecko

• Jeanne Dupuis

  Jeanne Dupuis is a full-time graduate student in Calgary, Alberta and is a married to an amazing man and mom of three great kids. Jeanne's time is a little full, including her seven blogs, but she makes time for the things she loves. Such as hockey! Her favorite team is the Calgary Flames. Jeanne is committed to recycling and to encouraging others to Go Green.

  Jeanne Dupuis's blogs:

  • Idol Stalker
  • Daytime Talk

• Jillian Cohan

  Jillian Cohan has spent her career in the media. She has been an editor at an alternative teen magazine, a freelance features writer and a newspaper reporter covering live music and, most recently, education. She's also a guilty-pleasure TV junkie who can't get enough of the disturbed yet thrilling characters on Showtime's original series, which she blogs about for b5media at Showtimefan.com Jillian is a New England native (born in Vermont, land of Ben and Jerry's and civil unions) recently transplanted to the Midwest (land of beef cattle and Bob Dole). She has a B.A. in English literature and a master's degree in journalism. She and her boyfriend moved to Wichita, Kan., in 2005. They write for the local newspaper when not catering to the needs of their orange tabby cat, Miles.

  Jillian Cohan's blogs:

  • Showtime Fan

• Jonathan Ramsey Wenski

  Jonathan Ramsey is a musician, a writer, a web and desktop developer, and a blogger. His musical home on the web is JonathanRamsey.com, where he began blogging to communicate with and respond to the friends he had made while performing and publishing. Jonathan knows the importance of community, and how reaching out to friends, clients, readers and more is a powerful way to expand your horizons. Jonathan sends thanks to his wife, Krysta, who inspires him in his writing.

  Jonathan Ramsey Wenski's blogs:

  • Supernatural Scoop
  • Reaper News

• Julie Bonner

  Julie Bonner has been making a living online since 2002. She started out with websites and affiliate marketing and was introduced to the world of blogging in January of 2007. She was on a quest to be able to stay at home with her children and do what she loves and blogging has made that possible. Julie has 3 wonderful children and an amazing husband who support her fully in her efforts. Julie’s blogs consist of topics on organizing your home and office, fun things and toys for kids and Disney Channel shows and movies. When she’s not blogging, she’s hanging out with the family and just having fun.

  Julie Bonner's blogs:

  • Desperate Blog
  • Disney Society

• Jyle Dupuis

  Jyle Dupuis is a graduate student who enjoys playing videos games, skating and watching movies with his three children. He is married to DaytimeTalk.com's wonderful blogger, Jeanne Dupuis. Jyle is studying History, so when he and his wife aren't watching and writing about their favorite talk shows, he tries to get his family to sit through historically important films and listen to his "boring" lectures.

  Jyle Dupuis's blogs:

  • Evening Talk

• Katelyn Thomas

  Katelyn Thomas lives in an old farmhouse in rural Maryland, although the county is developing at alarming speed. Katelyn has a closet full of rubber stamps for crafts, and started at b5media with stampingmad.com. Katelyn now also writes a blog on Medium for Spekked. Katelyn has two dogs and three cats who keep her company while she writes. She works full time in the library and part time for the Small Business Information Center. She loves children's programming and publishes a parenting magazine called Cecil Child for local residents.

  Katelyn Thomas's blogs:

  • Medium Dreams

• Kelly Phillips Erb

  Kelly Philips Erb is (gasp) a tax attorney. Being a tax attorney is not quite like the drama in Matlock, it’s about who can present the best version of the truth to the judge, jury, IRS - or whomever is listening. As a blogger and an attorney, that’s exactly is what she does every day. Kelly lives in Philadelphia, PA. She clerked with IRS, worked in private practice for a couple of law firms and a trust company. Kelly one day told her attorney husband they should quit their jobs and start their own law firm. Which they did. They also got a dog and had three children. Kelly likes to travel and garden, and is writing her second novel and a book on taxes. Oh, and she likes to blog. A lot. She calls it a sickness. Kelly also blogs at taxgirl.com and lawmummy.com

  Kelly Phillips Erb's blogs:

  • Gossip Girl Report

• Kevin Palmer

  Kevin Palmer's blogs:

  • Pointless Banter

• Lynn DeVries

  Lynn DeVries is an avid jewelry designer, traveler, reality show addict, web designer and cat lover. Lynn thinks life is never so fascinating as it is when edited for TV. And is happy to be your TV evangelist. Lynn loves the thrill of eliminations and showmances, and is also a huge fan of dramas featuring technology to solve crimes and save lives. Hey, everyone has to have a hobby, right? Lynn has several blogs with Spekked and b5media, and also three of her own. You can visit her at cree8iv1.wordpress.com

  Lynn DeVries's blogs:

  • House is Right
  • CSI Fanatic
  • VH1 Reality World
  • Searching Bones
  • Reality Exploits
  • Dance Watcher

• Nikki Katz

  Nikki Katz was introduced to the Internet industry when she began working for About.com corporate in 1999, shortly after she and her husband moved to NYC. Before they moved back to Southern California a year and a half later, she had hopped across the street to iVillage.com and had worked her way up to a Vice President in their Commerce department. Nikki is a freelance writer, including allinfoaboutwomensissues.com and allinfoaboutmathforkids.com. She began blogging in 2004 with at nikkikatz.com and now has several blogs in Entertainment and Celebrities. Nikki has written 4 non-fiction books including 'The Everything Card Games Book' and 'Zen and the Art of Crossword Puzzles'. Nikki feels lucky to do what she loves most - write - and to spend time with her three kids.

  Nikki Katz's blogs:

  • Approaching Lost
  • Prison Break Buff

• Samantha Cabrera

  Samantha Cabrera is the Market Editor of Papierdoll.net, and a freelance writer/stylist. She has a background in journalism and art history, and hopes to never have a job that includes a dress code. Her style icons include the usual gals like Carrie Bradshaw and Kate Moss, along with Olatz Schnabel, Carine Roitfeld and Marilyn Manson. Samantha enjoys browsing brick-and-mortar shops, but is an avid online shopper making her the go-to girl for all things fashion. Samantha has been obsessed with fashion ever since she was a nine year old girl reading Vogue at the supermarket, and creating “looks” for characters in the countless books she read. She writes on fashion and analyzes trends from her cozy home in Texas making her career disturbingly awesome.

  Samantha Cabrera's blogs:

  • Style Television

• Shana Scott

  Shana Scott's blogs:

  • Science on TV

• Shea Sylvia

  Shea Sylvia lives in Kansas and has been blogging since 2003. Moving from Beverly Hills to Kansas, she started californiagirlinkansas.com soon after. Shea is an addict of reality tv, and keeps us up to date with everything on MTV's reality shows. She is a sucker for celebrity gossip and trashy TV. Shea has recently completed her BBA and works for a large corporation in Kansas.

  Shea Sylvia's blogs:

  • MTV Reality World

• Tom Landers

  Tom Landers is a musician from Nashville, Tennessee. Yes, that Nashville. Tom writes incessantly: blog posts, newspaper columns, the Great American Novel, sermons (I am church lay-speaker), computer code: constantly writing. When not writing or playing music, Tom works full time as a computer programmer/web designer. Most importantly, Tom is married with two tween children (Hannah Montana rules his house). Tom is nuts about ABC’s Ugly Betty, which led him to writing Ugly Betty News. Tom's personal blog is shootthemoose.wordpress.com

  Tom Landers's blogs:

  • Ugly Betty News

• Victoria Lutz

  Victoria “v.v.” Lutz is a writer, college instructor, all-around mentor and self-proclaimed quasi-television zealot. With two teenagers, two cats and three feisty Chihuahuas, her life is far from being lackluster. Blogging is a natural outlet where v.v. can not only talk trash about reality TV, but live vicariously through the minuscule sniveling of the various wannabes that invade American homes on a regular basis. It is a dream of v.v.’s to become the next Kathy Griffin of Bravo TV’s “My Life on the D-List” fame. To be paid to be sardonic, use pretentious vocabulary and cater to other fans of Bravo television is her motivation to “be all she can be” within the confines of her living room. Someday, she hopes to develop the next self-help book titled, “How Blogging Saved My Life: The v.v. Story of Luxury Travel, Fame and Fortune on the Divine Red Carpet.” Other personal blogs include: http://sarcasmcafe.multiply.com, www.sarcasmcafe.com, http://thesarcasmcafe.blogspot.com

  Victoria Lutz's blogs:

  • Bravo Fan

• Wendy Boswell

  Wendy Boswell is a blogging pro, though she didn't set out to be. Wendy was looking for a way to stay at home with her kids, and stumbled upon writing for the web. Who wouldn't love getting paid to surf the web? Wendy has a degree in Liberal Arts and has three kids and three cats. She loves to watch Family Guy and Sci-Fi movies, or read just about anything. Wendy writes the insanely popular SnarkyGossip.com as well as many others. Wendy is also editor of websearch.about.com.

  Wendy Boswell's blogs:

  • Gryffindor Gazette
  • Stewie's Playground