Polenth's Nothing

About Polenth...

This is where people talk about writing stories since they could hold a pencil. I didn't. I liked reading stories, but I didn't like writing them.

I wanted to be a doctor first. Then a carpenter, because I didn't want to kill people with my mistakes. I ended up becoming an ecologist. This meant I learnt how to cut down trees. You really can save the world by cutting down trees, if you cut down the right ones. There's probably something deep in that.

The downside of ecology is the lack of jobs. I like eating, so I retrained in internet computing.

Somewhere along the line, something clicked. Suddenly, my stories weren't as bad. And here I am now. I blame the pixies.

Blog Posts About Me / My Life

• 100 Books I Enjoyed - The title says it all... see what I like reading.
• 10 Sci Fi Series of Yesteryear - Musings on ten of my favourite pre-1980 sci fi programmes.
• Six Things You Didn't Think to Ask - Six random things that you wouldn't want to know about me.
• Cleaning out a Cockroach Tank - A story in the life of my insectoid overlord.

Blog Posts About Writing

• Inspired by Nature: The Index - 'Inspired by Nature' is a series of posts about applying science to fantasy/science fiction world design. It mainly covers biological issues, with a focus on ecology.
• Filling the Gaps in Multicultural Writing - A psychological approach to why you need to be careful when writing multicultural stories.
• Eating Your Baby Projects - A Fishy Tale - Stories really are like babies!
• Why Silent Majorities are Shiny - Musings on people who don't comment.