Authors

Martius Catalyst is the brainchild of Casondra Brewster and Samantha Tiner. Casz and Sam have known each other through an online writing community for three years. In a daring move, especially since the two have never met in person, Martius Catalyst is a dive-in feet-first splash into self-e-publishing with the hope of exploring new method of bringinga quasi-flash fiction via an episodic Web novel to an audience hungry for adventure and fun, with a dash of the unexpected since the audience will learn the story almost at the same time the authors do.  Earlier Conceptual Artwork on the site was done by Jackie Fedyk, a friend, neighbor and fellow Cascade foothills artist of Casz.  Jackie and Casz met through the writing group SnoValley Writes! and discovered they had been living on the same rural street for some time. With their shared interests in writing, art and all things punked out, the partnership to add depth to Martius Catalyst was born. Current resident artist is Dan Breaux, made known to Casz by the media he’s done inspired by a steampunk-esque rock band. With the addition of Dan, the project has grown considerably. Now all Martius Catalyst needs is you! Read. Comment. Come back.

Casondra “Casz” Brewster has been a word smith for more than two decades, mostly as a journalist and corporate communicator. Stories are not the only thing she creates – if not at her desk getting words down, she may be found in her garage banging a motorcycle into submission or creating nonsensical things into artful beauty. Besides sharing her home with the voices in her head, she resides in the Cascade Foothills in Western Washington with husband, children, a shelter-rescue dog and a 55-gallon aquarium of fish that lead an enviable life of leisure.

Resident Artist:  When Dan Breaux isn’t working at his day job in the cutting-edge laser industry he is a freelance graphic artist, illustrator, and animator living in Oakland CA, with his loving wife and infant son.  Raised by two gifted artistic patents, Dan has been drawing for as long as he can remember.  A student of multimedia arts and technology, with a deep-rooted foothold on traditional technics, Dan truly is a modern day renaissance man who’s interests of study run the gamut from theoretical physics to ancient astronaut theory, with an emphasis on history, industrial innovation and science fiction. In addition to his work over the years as an independent comic book writer, lead artist, and comic strip cartoonist Dan has also maintained a successful freelance corporate branding design service. As a Steampunk enthusiast, Dan is most well known for his animated music videos for renowned Steampunk band Abney Park.

 

 

 

Conceptual Artist:  Jacquelyn Fedyk is an up and coming musician/song writer for Seattle band The Little Black Bottles. She is a published writer, poet and photographer.