Writing novels and short stories, primarily fantasy and science fiction. Drawing and painting in watercolor and digital. I usually paint scenes from the stories I write, but every once in a while the mood for something else will take me. Did I mention mermaids? Mermaids.
Music
All kinds, from '70s prog rock to classical. Regina Spektor, Gentle Giant, Apples in Stereo, The Commodores, The Cranberries, David Bowie, Dressy Bessy, Tilly and the Wall, Frank Zappa, Aesop Rock, Dandy Warhols, My Bloody Valentine, Garbage, Lacuna Coil, Itzhak Perlman, KT Tunstall, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, They Might Be Giants, Tori Amos, The Birthday Massacre, Ween, Weezer.
Books
Any fantasy or science fiction. In no particular order: Charles Stross, Caitlín R. Kiernan, China Mieville, Lois McMaster Bujold, Terry Pratchett, Susanna Clarke, Nick Sagan, Stephenie Meyer, Tad Williams, Paul Kearney, Garth Nix, Tobias Buckell, John Scalzi, J.K. Rowling, Robin Hobb, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Neal Stephenson, Scott Westerfeld, Umberto Eco, J.R.R. Tolkein, Poul Anderson, Steven Brust, Jodi Picoult, Patrick O'Brian, Jonathan Stroud, Robert E. Howard, Anne McCaffrey, Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Larry Niven, Daniel Keys Moran, Mary Renault, Cornelia Funke, Justine Larbalestier, Adele Griffin, Hal Duncan, Maureen Johnson, Gail Z Martin, Holly Black, Jasper Fforde, Raven Dane, Stephenie Meyer, Cara Lockwood, Diane Duane, Scott Westerfeld, Erica Orloff, Ally Carter, Elizabeth Bear, Aristotle, Isaac Asimov, Dan Simmons, Philip Pullman, Guy Gavriel Kay, Elizabeth Kostova, Steven Pressfield, Holly Lisle, Victor Hugo, Richard K. Morgan, and many others.
I was born in Indiana, but as an army brat, I grew up all over: Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Presidio of San Francisco, France, Germany and Japan. I'm a software engineer and part time Aristotelian philosopher.
I blog at http://theophrast.us
My short stories have appeared in The Harrow, Another Realm, Ultraverse, Quantum Muse and others. Nanowhere is an SF thriller I released under a Creative Commons license.
I sketch and paint scenes of the stories I write. Here's one of my portfolios
Who I'd like to meet: Top of the list: Aristotle, but if you mean without a time machine: authors--of all kinds and pens because I read everything from SF to chick lit. Artists, again, from every corner of creation because I can't think of any direction art has gone that has failed to inspire me in some way. Oh, yeah, and mermaids. Where are all the mermaids?
Hi! Thanks for accepting the add! It's nice to meet you. :)
Check out my website some time, for good horror/supernatural fiction. On the website you can safely download a selection of my stories in .pdf format absolutely free!!
Also, check out my blog here on Myspace and subscribe so you know as soon as I put new stories on my website!
If you would like to read a sample of one of the stories from ISLINGTON CROCODILES’ you can do that now as one of the stories is posted on the Islington Crocodiles blog page. RAIDERS is the disturbing story of Barwise and Micky.
As Graham Joyce says in his foreword to ISLINGTON CROCODILES, ‘This is the edge.’
If you would like to read a sample of one of the stories from ISLINGTON CROCODILES’ you can do that now as one of the stories is posted on the Islington Crocodiles blog page. RAIDERS is the disturbing story of Barwise and Micky.
As Graham Joyce says in his foreword to ISLINGTON CROCODILES, ‘This is the edge.’
Whats up! Just wanted to let you know that we are having an event on June 26th. For all my friends that would like to purchase tickets before hand, I can give you VIP enterance and a discount. Come before 12am for your chance to meet Heather Chadwell and an opportunity to win the raffle of Tony's Smoke Shop package.
hey thank you for accepting my friendship request. Hope you and i can have conversations via comments. I am about to post a new blog...so if you have time you can read it. I would appreciate the feed back. Have a good day.
As you may or may not know, I turned twenty-five the other day. Instead of gifts this year, I'm asking everyone to join my Email List on www. jjhebert. net. Unconventional, my newest novel, will be published by Mindstir Media later this year, and joining the Email List will ensure that you receive updates regarding my book release, contests, giveaways, and more.
Diminisher of Peace
