I’m Paul Reeves and I’m based in the suburbs of Boston, MA these days. I’m a married, retired dad of 2. I’ve always thought of myself as a writer albeit non-practicing.
After college, I taught English in Tokyo for 7 years. While there, I published freelance fluff pieces on music in an English newspaper and bought my first computer (1994?) When I returned to the US (Indiana), I quickly fled to the San Francisco area where I took a Tech Writer training course. That, plus an English degree, landed me my first job in Silicon Valley as a tech writer. I was in high tech for 20+ years and wrote various business blogs and ghostwrote chapters for business books. The last 15 were in Customer Success management. I wrote very little fiction.
Fun fact: I keep meeting folks from my distant past who ask me, “Did you ever write that book?” So embarrassing.
I’m finally going to write those SF stories I’ve been talking about. My writing goal this year is to finish a mature draft of an MG/YA SF novel I started years ago.
I’ve taken a few Gotham Writers courses, which have been very helpful. In one of those classes, I met a member who recommended I check out Litopia. I'm thankful she did. I love the Prime Directive.
A few authors/books:
Happy to be here.
After college, I taught English in Tokyo for 7 years. While there, I published freelance fluff pieces on music in an English newspaper and bought my first computer (1994?) When I returned to the US (Indiana), I quickly fled to the San Francisco area where I took a Tech Writer training course. That, plus an English degree, landed me my first job in Silicon Valley as a tech writer. I was in high tech for 20+ years and wrote various business blogs and ghostwrote chapters for business books. The last 15 were in Customer Success management. I wrote very little fiction.
Fun fact: I keep meeting folks from my distant past who ask me, “Did you ever write that book?” So embarrassing.
I’m finally going to write those SF stories I’ve been talking about. My writing goal this year is to finish a mature draft of an MG/YA SF novel I started years ago.
I’ve taken a few Gotham Writers courses, which have been very helpful. In one of those classes, I met a member who recommended I check out Litopia. I'm thankful she did. I love the Prime Directive.
A few authors/books:
- Octavia Bulter: Kindred
- Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary
- Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead
Happy to be here.
p.
