It took me a long time to get into blogging; that's no surprise when you realize that I've also never been able to keep a regular diary. I've found that my thoughts are best recorded by writing fiction and parodies. So that's what most of this is.

I've completed several smallish novels; the only one I've made available online is Discrepancies, which I wrote from March 2000 to summer of 2001. It'll likely not be published, because the content of it is a bit "interesting" considering the events that happened shortly after its completion. It's not my best writing and can be a bit clichéd at times, but it's highly political and definitely a reflection of my thoughts at the time.

Currently I am working on one book. It is an alternate-universe late-Victorian-era story that includes social commentary, political skullduggery, "magic" as a science, and theoretical physics. No joke. I intend to attempt to publish this story, so I'm not putting any notes for it online.

On the to-do list includes Illusory Ideals, a deeply political sci-fi/fantasy epic that I've been doing off and on for nine years. My notes on it are no longer available online either. For anyone who was reading them without bad intention, I apologize.

• Here is a short, cynical little piece somewhat like a fable illustrating why I am no longer involved in politics.
• I have an ongoing page listing various things that annoy, frustrate, or baffle me.
• "What Do You Do When the Lights Go Out?" is a short story I wrote in early 2001. It's a bit hard to follow or to see the point of it. I don't want to give it all away, but to help with understanding its theme, I'll say this: I was surprised, upon rereading it in mid-2008, just how cynical I was about people when I wrote it. This is not a particularly pleasant story, nor are the characters very likable, but that's deliberate.
• "Road" is a short story that I wrote in 2002. It's a narrative history, for the most part, and it is about a fictional small town that sees itself slipping away after a highway bypass is constructed.
• A PDF file of Discrepancies can be found here. This file is 532 KB and will also take awhile to load on slow connections.
• This is a short political item called the "Game of Hegemony". It's kind of sick satire and is not really funny unless you like dark humor!
• Remember, a LOT of original content is available at my blog, PolitiCalypso.
• Looking for my Middle-earth commentary? It's here.
• Looking for InnoVote? It's here.