Early Death Knell
It comes down to this: I need funding. So. Very. Desperately. I’m teaching 7 classes this semester – and I have to design all the lessons for 5 of them. This is the amount of ...
Month: January 2009
Conference Update
Second day of the conference, and what an interesting day it was. The schedule listed a slot at the very end for “prizes”, which mystified us. Were there categories? Awards? Statuettes? I didn’t know, so ...
First Conference Talk
Gave my very first academic conference presentation today. It wasn’t the best experience it could have been. The conference was put on by a student organization, and none of the organizers seemed to be very ...
Beyond the Novelty: Creating Digital Fiction for Mainstream Audiences
My PhD research: I will be writing/creating a digital novel, exploring the ways to appeal to a mainstream market. I will focus on the strength of the story in the novel, first writing a traditional print piece, then adapting it to a digital format.
Forbidden Characters
I gobble up two television shows like an addict in a heroin shop: Stargate Atlantis and House. I don’t care about the plotlines – they’re always the same, recycled from old scifi or old medical ...