KiheBard

Been writing one thing or another since I was, um, kinda young. Yup, I come by the gray hair & beard honestly (three boys, an ex-wife, various other people in my life, and now being a Granfaw), although it has become thinner and whiter since my normal profile pic was taken. By training, I am a geek or something like it (degree in Psychology, 30+ years as a professional computer analyst / programmer / project manager) who would have been a historian if he could have figured out a decent way to make a living at it other than teaching college. Would have been a physicist but kept bouncing off the second calculus course. History is a serious hobby in more than one sense (I am a wargamer and also a member/participant of the Society for Creative Anachronism, meaning among other things being a calligrapher, herald, cook, armorer, costumer, fencer, embroiderer, researcher, lecturer, perpetual student, and bard). Yes, I have paid writing credits. Yes, I have unpaid writing credits, too. I write a little of this, a little of that, and a whole lot of the other. Game scenarios (Star Fleet Battles, Starfire, D&D) brought me my first pay for writing. I wrote an activism column for a human rights magazine some years ago, and also served as editorial assistant for the same (including quick-we-gotta-have-a-cover calligraphy for cover art, reading slush, copy editing, convention attendance, etc.). I have had an article on the writing of corporeal undead published (thrice, that I know of...) and another covering non-corporeals (only published once so far). I have written / submitted / even have some published fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, dark fantasy, documentation, a technical glossary, articles, commentaries, ceremonies, collections, poetry, blogs, websites, and even "pure" essays. And filk. Can't forget the filk. I also sharpen knives, and wits. WIP: Life! and, as far as writing goes, Destiny Reach (series of tales sharing same universe; twelve major installments generated through NaNoWriMo plus more backstory than I ever expect to use [none yet published, but SOON]) RPG Environment(S) including fiction using the same setting(s) Anything else that attracts my attention long enough to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) Respectfully, Mike C. Baker (Curmudgeon-in-Training) Mike/Kihe/Amra AKA Rev. Kihe Blackeagle PULC (the DreamSinger Bard) SKA al-Sayyid Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra (OSCA, F.o.B.) Opinions? I'm FULL of them!