Michael Culp spent over 35 years at the intersection of technology and creativity before deciding to make that intersection his full-time address or at least his full-time after-hours address. By day he serves as Executive Support Lead for a Fortune 500 printing company. By night he’s a publisher, developer, author, and relentless builder who has never once been satisfied with the tools available to him. That dissatisfaction has produced a variety of computer driven tools including laser cutters, CNC routers built from scratch, and now software — because if the right tool doesn’t exist, Michael builds it.
His latest creation is WordCrafter.Pro, an AI-assisted writing application that pairs writers with a cast of virtual specialist personas, each one guiding a different stage of the creative process using a unique multidimensional genre system that keeps stories architecturally sound from first idea to final draft. The Professional Writing System powering it includes a growing skill library, and a free author support community on Skool called the AI Pro Writers Studio. He also runs DragonWorks Publishing, where he writes across multiple genres under several pen names — including the Hazel Thornfield Cozy Mystery Series and the short fiction titles The Hollow Bean and The Apothecary of Small Regrets. His backlog to be published grows as WordCrafter.Pro gets updates.
Away from all of the above, Michael and his lovely wife Amanda co-run a maker business crafting custom woodwork, jewelry, and laser-engraved pieces — some on machines they built themselves. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky. He does occassionally sleep and can be found at his personal website https://probablyinneedofsleep.com or at https://www.skool.com/ai-pro-writers-studio/about.
OLD ABOUT (circa pre 2015)
This is my website. After many years and attempts at making a variety of pages work for a variety of purposes I have decided to only have one place to hang my hat now. All of my varied interests and directions will be housed here. A number of other names point this way but will always end up here.
So what does “Freelance mage” mean?
Over the years I have had a variety of jobs (see my linkedin page) and at everyone of them I always end up doing things on the side. Eventually this worked out to be a full-time gig and I very happily worked for myself for some 8 years until the hunger pangs finally overcame the stubbornness and entrepreneurial thoughts. I finally found a job I truly love, but cannot now leave my customers, friends, and fellow Macintosh users in the cold. So I still answer my phone when it rings and answer questions and see people as I can. (as I’m doing as I write this)
AppleService.Net / ASNComputers.Com
AppleService.Net Opened its doors on October 1st, 1999 and changed names to ASNComputers.Com in 2004. The new and improved company officially started in January of 2004 and closing its doors in December of 2006. I had an offer for a job I could not turn down working as Technology Coordinator for the UK College of Design and now work as a Freelance Mage on the side. That job lasted until 2017.
I can be reached at Eight-Five-Nine-229-1268 or at michael@freelancemage.com or mkculp@gmail.com
