Writing My grandparents gave me a little, blue plastic typewriter when
I was 9 or 10. The first thing I did with it was write a handful of 300-400
word stories. Epic in scope and, well, let's say economical in
description, these were my first forays into the world of writing.
The act of writing itself is one I enjoy, and I've been lucky enough
to do it for a number of different reasons. I've written fiction, screenplays,
TV and Radio advertising, gaming content, brochure copy, editorials and
more.
To the right are a few samples of different types of writing I've done.
If you'd like to something more or something from a different field, please
email me and I'll be happy to provide
more samples.
Thanks for looking, and don't hesitate to contact
me for any project you have in mind.
Fiction Sample
Steam rose from the smooth black
surface, the misty exhalations of a thousand tiny mouths. That the
river had a mouth he was certain. It would expel things on occasion
– the trunks of drowned trees, battered canoes, a thousand silver
cans stripped clean on their journey and presented up as glittering
nonsense toys for the young to exclaim and the old to lament.
Occasionally
it would also suck things in.
Non-Fiction Sample
But I’m sidetracking myself. The
point of the space program is that it represents, to me at least,
the ability of the human beings to think beyond their own immediate
needs; the ability of the human race to dream and plan and aspire
to something more than filling our bellies and getting that hot new
Xbox game. It says that sometimes – only sometimes mind you
– we are willing to see if our reach can exceed our grasp.
Game Sample
Every child understands that magic is
simply the manipulation of the world and every child understands the
basics of doing so. Reality is malleable and can be shaped. However,
reality is elastic and will resume its shape eventually. Sorcerers,
hedge-wizards and herb-women make use of magic with the understanding
that on any given spell their grip on reality may slip and the fabric
of the world may rebound – with disastrous consequences. The
Locksmiths have made a science of shaping the world and “locking”
that shape, making spells more stable and permanent. Those who choose
the path of the Locksmith spend their whole lives in training, for
to make the journey from Knotman to Master Locksmith can take decades
or more.
