Writing, etc.
...Last updated September 2019.
1. Taylor's Polynomials
This was a web serial that I both wrote and illustrated. It was based on the personification of mathematical equations, including characters like Lyn(ear), Para(bola), (Square) Root and so forth. It began in July 2011, updating twice weekly (Wednesdays and Sundays), and included song parodies and the occasional video. In January 2014 I cut back to only Sunday updates, and it ended in May 2014 (with Series 6), in large part because despite me constantly shouting about it for 3 years - and even doing a complete deconstruction for people back in September 2013 - it was only getting about 30 hits per update. I decided I needed a break, and shifted focus to other writing efforts. Then it came back as a webcomic, still at that above link with this expanded cast, and ran until the birth of my daughter in June 2018.
2. Anime Fanfiction
We all start with fanfic, right? A lot of mine was Sailor Moon related, as I was able to write more in the late 90s, when it was first popular. (Now with "Sailor Moon Crystal", here we go again?) A lot of my fanfic is also in multiple parts, though I also submitted shorter works to the Anime North Fanfiction Contest, eventually winning and then becoming a judge myself (in 2005). I also judged the AC-Cubed contest (in Ottawa) in 2006 and 2007. Not everything is online; send me email, let me know if there is something you would like to see.
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The first fic I ever wrote,
Dark Slide of the Moon,
was a Sliders/Sailor Moon crossover (formerly at the site moonromance - may see about restoring it). 10 parts.
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The most popular Sailor Moon fic I ever wrote was called What Evil Lurks. A retelling of late Season 1 in 16 parts, each part told from the viewpoint of a different character. This made Mercury "evil" BEFORE the live-action series.
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Marmalade Mercury was a Sailor Moon/Marmalade Boy fusion (characters of one experience the plot of the other). Stalled after 13 episodes - but then I finally wrote the conclusion in August of 2017! It may take 20 years, but I finish things gosh darn it.
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An SMR fic entitled A Stitch in Time featured Ami and Setsuna, tying up some loose ends. Because time travel. 12 parts.
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On the linked page given is a run-down of all fanfiction I submitted to the Anime North Fanfiction Contest, from 1999 on. Includes the 2004 Grand Prize winning "Read or Die: Time and Tide".
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How about fanfiction written to a deadline? Here's a fic I wrote in 2 hours at Anime North's "Iron Author" event in 2001, on the subject of "Dominance": Pooling of Efforts. Foolishly I followed this up in September 2002, at an "Iron Author" event in Ottawa organized by SOAP, with a fic written in just under ONE hour. I've replicated the written word here exactly with the fic Descendants, that I titled in the last thirty seconds.
3. Fanfiction Parody Mashups
Because comedy deserves it's own category.
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For Iron Chef fans (the original Japanese): Irony Chef, a Sailor Moon/Iron Chef hybrid, is stored locally. It has sequels
Irony Chef 2 (Fushigi Yuugi/Iron Chef) and
Irony Chef 3 (Nadesico/Iron Chef).
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For MXC fans (from Spike TV): Check out my Sailor Moon/Cardcaptors/MXC dub parody called Takeshi's MXC!
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For ReBoot fans: A silly story taking place in Season 3.2, called Reboot-tan tells of Matrix meeting OS-tans.
4. Original Fiction
I have produced some original works, Time Trippers being the one I am most proud of (see below). Here is a rundown of my main projects; a few shorter entries are online:
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Time Trippers is about 1,000 pages long (double spaced), the basic plot being teenagers discover a time machine. The more complex plot being a future war spilling into the present. It was originally written in episodic format, comprising two seasons of 22 episodes each, plus a pilot episode. Completed in 2009, it was re-edited into four entries (of about 250 pages) to remove hard date references, their titles being Awareness, Escalation, Destruction, and Resolution. I started running it on my serial site in 2015. You can learn about the Main Characters here. The sequel continues to be something I think about.
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Virga Mysteries is about a university student named Melissa Virga who runs a supernatural investigation agency. There is the brief Introduction, then three parts. The Invisible Girl (2003), Net Worth (2004) and Borderline (2010). It was also the setting for my recent JulNoWriMo in 2012, so 51,000 words later we have Balancing Act. That was edited in 2018 and you can find it here.
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Last Magical Girl was a concept from 2002, revived in August 2010 as I attempted to do my own NaNoWriMo in a more convenient month for me. I achieved over 50,000 words, ending at a convenient time skip, but still with some loose ends. Feedback as to whether it's worth finishing/editing would be appreciated; it is in Word format at this link: LMG.
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Time for a Superheroine was a short work of fiction I wrote as my 100th post over on my blog. It concerns a little problem in our society. I have other short works over there for the 200th, 300th, 400th and 500th posts.
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The Substitute probably deserves a mention, given my occupation; based off of a peculiar dream, it involves a substitute teacher (Kitty Holmes) discovering that the English teacher she's replacing belongs to a secret group of faculty members who fight crime. The writing never took off much past the premise in 2004, but the idea continues to amuse me.
5. 18A-Rated Fiction
Oops, yes, been there. Not for violence, merely short tales involving (not very explicit) implied or direct sexual content. The only particularly noteworthy (read: completed) items seem to involve yuri, yet I feel compelled to mention Cherry's Jubilee, a story whose genesis was a doodle in 2001. Featuring Cherry Blossom, Glen Forest, Berri Patches and Peaches N. Creme, it continues to resurface in my mind - primarily due to Peaches - whenever I'm in the mood to write this sort of thing. Even spawning the adventures of Nectarine and Chorizo as a sequel. At any rate, here's the short list, you'll need to email me if you want the texts. And I'll need to know who you are to respond.
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Never Too Late is a Sailor Moon Lemon featuring Ami/Makoto. (2001)
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First Meeting is a story of Connie and Erica bonding over a peculiar issue. (2003)
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What You Wish For is a story of Kelly and Nina getting three wishes... sort of. (2007)
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Seasonal Affective Disorder concerns a spell going haywire in a world of science and magic. (2011)
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Temporal Girlfriend about how far you might go to save the world - or a single life. (2012/2015)
6. Creativity Subsection
This section is for published items and other miscellaneous.
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I maintain a blog of scifi, education, and randomness, when I find time. You can find it at Mathie x Pensive.
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Here's a page with information about the mathNEWS articles I've written over the years. Ranges from articles containing math puns to "Quantum Leap" parodies. (Links spotty; mathNEWS updated their archives.)
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For AC Cubed 2006, I produced a short AMV based on the "Sandglass of Summer Colours" OVA. Find it at 7 Days of Summer or on YouTube here.
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I was able to use my Windows ME operating system and "Windows Movie Maker", to produce the following decent ROD/Nanoha audio mix. I moved on to FinalCut Express on a Mac for my math videos, but don't have much time for it any more.
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