Research Project: The Final Idea

UC Santa Cruz is one of the cooler universities in America. Being a research university, it offers ample opportunity for science majors and similar majors to get some hands-on experience. And guess what? The humanities have no been forgotten either. The university offers a research grant to undergraduate students who are majoring in something within […]

Ask the Bloggers Series: Question #7 (I’m in it!)

Note: Grasping for the Wind has renamed this segment to “Inside the Blogosphere.” So from now on I will call it that. So, I’m up on another of Grasping for the Wind’s little blogger Q&A. The question was: In SF&F, should sex be included in the narrative or not? Should there be different standards for […]

Update On Me

…because I’m really so obsessed with my self-importance that I must update you all on what’s going on with my life. Actually, this is more so all you readers out there don’t think I’ve died or been kidnapped by aliens or Sasquatch or even, heaven forbid, the chupacabra. So what’s going on: I’ve moved, successfully. […]

School’s In

I’m on my last year at UC Santa Cruz. A part of me is glad to be back. I’m weird, I know, but I actually missed school. But then another part of me is sad, because this is my last year here and I have to start applying for grad school, among other scary ideas […]

Tech For Writers: I’m In It!

Just thought you all should know that I’m in episode 2.3 of Tech For Writers. I have a short little segment where I talk about some software I use for writing and world building. Check it out! (Don’t click the read more, there isn’t any more after this!)

Rejection: Archaeopteryx

Well, after being super excited that I got another honorable mention in the Writers of the Future Contest, I’ve been brought back down to earth by a rejection. “Archaeopteryx” is one of my flash pieces. I’m thinking of perhaps submitting it to a literary magazine next. We’ll see. So, my honorable mention moment was short […]