Who is rln?
I've been a writer for as long as I can remember. When I was ten years old, I would staple ‘pocket’ book-size sheets of paper together and fill each one with a story. By the age of twelve, I’d written my first 95-page novella—still with me, preserved within the pages of that year's diary.
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I got my first laptop—a Compaq—in 1995, which I used primarily for writing, and but for an extended sixteen year hiatus—from 2004 until 2020—have been honing my craft ever since.
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Through my writing, I try to adopt a posture taught to me by my Dalmatian. She would show her 'side-face' to another dog to signal non-confrontation while mediating a tense encounter. Science Fiction has become my side-face; it is the allegory that allows me to discuss some of reality’s sharpest edges.​
Since 2018, my office has been the backseat of my car. I live, work, and edit from the road, with my dogs beside me. I write every day, usually stopping only when the laptop battery runs dry.
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Why do I write?
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Quite simply, because I love it. Even in a confined space, there is nothing quite like the freedom of conjuring other worlds.
My two silent muses, waiting patiently for me to finish a sentence.