Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. – Isaac Asimov
I’m a twenty-something fantasy and science fiction novelist. Stories are important. They’re an escape, a release, a joy. It’s always been my dream to chase ideas down and put them into concrete words.
Currently, I’m undergoing enlightenment at a community college in Texas and plan on getting an English major in the hopefully-not-too-distant future.
While science fiction is where I started professionally, I originally was a fantasy-centric writer. There are many plans to get some fantasy series produced within the next couple years, promise.
In short, I’m socially awkward at times and adore a good pun. I love gaming and TV, reading (obviously), movies. And of course I taste like spaghetti.
Spaghetti?
On deviantART, my tagline became “tastes like spaghetti” because, well, when I created it I was eating spaghetti — and I do so love my pasta. It sort of stuck. That and I just tell myself my writing should taste like spaghetti anyway. You know, zesty, rich, not too overbearing. Just right. This ties in to the “adore a good pun” part of my bio.
My Inspirations
Anne McCaffrey: Dragonriders of Pern series, especially the original three books.
Robin McKinley: The Blue Sword. It was the second fantasy book I’ve ever read and the one book I’ve read more than ten times.
Tolkien’s The Hobbit. I’ve yet to actually finish his Lord of the Rings trilogy, though I’ve watched the movies countless times and they do count as big influencers.
Dune by Frank Herbert was the first science fiction novel I ever read. Not long after, I watched the 80s film adaptation and then SciFi’s mini-series version.
Because these were my foundations, I quickly gobbled up all fantasy and, over time, science fiction movies. SciFi (not the SyFy it is now) literally had me glued to the couch for hours. I also grew up on anime like Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin, Gundam Wing, and all Miyazaki films. They’re huge influencers, mostly towards fantasy, but movies like Steamboy sparked interest in historical and science fiction, too.
Questions?
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Hmm…are we talking carbonara, or a full-on meat sauce? I loved watching Dune with Patrick Stewart in it. I too saw the Lord of the Ring movies before reading the novels, but it is striking to me how much Peter Jackson included, much of which makes no sense at all unless you know the background from the books. I can’t wait for The Hobbit later this year!
I bought your novella after J P Marshmans blog mentioned it. I really liked the idea of a post apocalyptic civilization populated by hybrids! awesome writing btw
Is the spaghetti flavor-of-choice chocolate linguini? A meal for any time of day and desert at the same time
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it! And chocolate linguini isn’t something I’ve heard of, maybe I should be experimental and find out what that tastes like. Do you know how decadent that would be? My gosh.
The same goes for chocolate pizza though id add chili flakes or paprika, makes it taste spicy instead of nutmeg or cinnamon. Try this recipe if you cant find anywhere that makes it
http://www.italian-cooking-made-easy.com/ChocolatePasta.html
Haha, man, if I didn’t love pasta before…
Thanks for the link, and thanks again for the compliments on Dominant Race.
Wow, thank you. I really appreciate it.