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Traveling with my lizard brain
or what I did on my summer vacation
Created on 2009-02-10 23:10:32 (#18524936), last updated 2009-11-27
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Basic Info| Name: | brent_kellmer |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 04-18 |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington, United States |
Contact:
bdkellmer@gmail.com BioI used to be a professional historian until I realized just how bad the pay was, then stumbled head-long into the software industry. I've pretty much studied military history since I was knee high to a grasshopper, and in grad school I spent a lot of time studying early medieval history (especially Merovingian/Carolingian France and Italy to the time of Mathilda of Tuscany). And just to add some spice, I've also studied the history of epidemics (especially St. Sebastian and the black plague, but I'll admit that I'm also rather fond of smallpox. er, so to speak...).
By day, I'm a technical writer, documenting metrology software and otherwise causing mayhem in the Japanese-American economic community. At night, I switch to science fiction (mostly military SF and near-term). I've written a fair amount of non-fiction, including a couple of interviews published by IROSF (the inestimable Jay Lake and Ken Scholes thus far). I've also sold a couple of short stories I don't tend to think in short story terms, so most of the time, I concentrate on longer stuff.
Instead of a wolf, a bear, or maybe an eagle, my totem is a 1936 Remington-Rand manual typewriter. Go figure.
I live in the Seattle area with my beautiful wife (T), my two sons (Primus and Secundus), two cats and a beagle who has only a tenuous grasp on sanity.
As an aside, I also play in the SCA, as Thorgrim the Skald, husband to Constance Davies, and I am "the artist formerly known as"![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
skaldic.
By day, I'm a technical writer, documenting metrology software and otherwise causing mayhem in the Japanese-American economic community. At night, I switch to science fiction (mostly military SF and near-term). I've written a fair amount of non-fiction, including a couple of interviews published by IROSF (the inestimable Jay Lake and Ken Scholes thus far). I've also sold a couple of short stories I don't tend to think in short story terms, so most of the time, I concentrate on longer stuff.
Instead of a wolf, a bear, or maybe an eagle, my totem is a 1936 Remington-Rand manual typewriter. Go figure.
I live in the Seattle area with my beautiful wife (T), my two sons (Primus and Secundus), two cats and a beagle who has only a tenuous grasp on sanity.
As an aside, I also play in the SCA, as Thorgrim the Skald, husband to Constance Davies, and I am "the artist formerly known as"
skaldic. ConnectInterests (44):
ancient history, anna akhmatova, anti-censorship, archaeology, astronomy, books, buzz aldrin, cephalopods, civil liberties, cosmology, cthulhu, edgar allen poe, evolution, forensic anthropology, forensics, free speech, h. g. wells, h.p. lovecraft, history, jules verne, mars, marx, military history, military sf, minoans, mystery, polyamory, robert goddard, science, science fiction, science fiction writing, seattle, sf, sf fandom, smart people, socialism, space opera, space travel, sumerians, technical writing, tibet, writing, zeppelins, zero population growth
External Services:
 | brent_kellmer@livejournal.com |
Schools:
Occidental College - Los Angeles, CA (1985 - 1987)University of Washington - Seattle, WA (1987 - 1990)
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA (1996 - 1998)
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