About
Photo by Wolfgang Krause
Micah’s career in electronics got derailed when he accidentally landed a programming gig in college. It’s been software all the way down since then, on projects as diverse as portable heart monitors and search engines. In his spare time (hey, quit laughing) he is an avid mead maker and homebrewer, as well as a nationally ranked beer judge.
After writing a book and several articles in the technical field, he turned toward fiction. In 2010 he graduated from the Viable Paradise workshop (photo). Micah has read slush for the Writing Show and the OddCon OddContest, and moderated the Ancient Urban Fantasy panel at FOGcon 2011. He completed NaNoWriMo 4 out of 4 times, in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2010. You can get a good feel for his voracious reading habits at Goodreads.
His short-story YA technothriller appeared in issue #14 of On The Premises magazine, and his Rainbow Fish fanfic/slashfic piece is coming in the (aptly named) WTF?! Anthology. Some of his favorite ideas at the moment include:
- Historical fiction spanning the ancient city of Ur and the near future
- From the same universe, a story about an ancient brewer making his mark on the world
- A diatribe on why Alan Turing will ultimately be responsible for the downfall of the human race
- A meditation on Unintended Consequences of corporate nano-avarice
- A (cautionary?) tale on religious cleansing done by food
- A completely unrealistic story about a teenager who thinks she knows it all
You can reach Micah via email at <hisfirstname> @ micahjoel <dot> info, on the Codex writers’ forum, or @micahpedia on Twitter.