"Stars are not important. There is nothing interesting about stars. Street lamps are very important, because they're so rare. As far as we know, there's only a few million of them in the universe. And they were built by monkeys." - Terry Pratchett
Writing is My Life
If I had to pick one thing to do for the rest of my life, it would be writing. I love using words to make people feel things. I am a firm believer in the power of storytelling, and nothing gets you there better than a well-crafted piece of writing. I’ve included links to the many things I’ve written, but a comprehensive list would be impossible, and you don’t want to read everything I’ve ever tweeted anyway. Which reminds me, if you’re looking for my social media work, you’re in the wrong place.
Newsletter: The Collected Foremania
I have a semi-regular newsletter about me, but also focused on the variety of topics that interest me. The link leads to my newsletter about Brains, which is my favorite. [website link]
Long Form: Entering the Chaos of Immigration
This is one of my favorite things I wrote during my time at Carlow University. This brings together a lot of my other interests, like social justice and immigration. It was a joy to talk to Jessica and learn about her work. [PDF link]
Web copy: Carlow’s Got You Covered
A big part of my duties included creating pages that addressed specific needs by internal clients — in this case, we needed an answer to the impending employment crisis in the Pittsburgh region. Carlow University was uniquely situated to support those adult and graduate populations, and I sought to engage those groups directly. [PDF link]
Novel: The Walls of the World
This is just a little sample of a whole entire science fiction adventure novel I wrote, about a guy and a girl and an impending apocalypse (that maybe the hero caused!). This excerpt is from the middle of the book. It’s fun and fast and full of clever banter and big ideas. Just like me! [PDF link]
Humor: An Open Letter
This is one of my proudest moments as a writer, having my writing featured on one of the most consistently funny websites around. Even years later, this little piece delights me whenever somebody mentions it. [website link]
Short Story: Heat Death of the Universe
An anthology of short stories called Machine of Death, an overarching premise: what if a machine could predict the method of your death? My story was picked out of hundreds of submissions. I’m very proud of it. And how neat is that illustration by Eisner Award winner Ramon Perez? [website link]