Old Green World

I've started writing a book. It's a lot of fun! The working title is Old Green World. It's a science fiction novel, and I'm planning to release it by the second half of 2013.

I'm experimenting with adapting software development methods to the writing process, so, if you want, you can help me review and test.

If you're interested in reviewing work in progress, or just about hearing more as the process goes along, you can sign up!

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Scholarship

I did my Ph.D. work at UT Austin, where I studied digital media, popular stories and games, genre theory and semiotics. In my dissertation, I put together a description of what I called fiction networks, and I analyzed the deformative effects they have on narrative. Nowadays, a lot of these ideas have coalesced around the term "transmedia."

Anyway, I wrote a dissertation about that, and there's a more digestible conference paper as well.

I kept a blog during the dissertation writing process. You can also take a look at The Annotated Flex Mentallo. This was a conference course project that has ended up becoming the most popular part of this site.

By Day

I build software for learning -- Web applications, simulations, interactive learning resources. I also lead teams of smart people who do this work. You can get all the details at my LinkedIn profile.

I live in South Austin with my husband Mike.