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I am a college student picking away at a degree in English Writing with a minor in Biology. As for credentials I have taken numerous classes in biology as well as courses in writing including fiction, nonfiction, and technical writing. In my spare time I am a prolific fiction writer and a proud nerd driven by random desires for obscure knowledge.
My areas of expertise are varied, but my primary field of knowledge is in the realm of paleontology/zoology. As a child I gobbled up every available fact I could. I was six when my mom used PBS video cassettes about dinosaurs to put me to sleep. As a freshman in college I ducked below the radar and entered a junior-level class on vertebrate zoology. The professor warned us that it would be hard and when I told him I was a freshman he told me to drop but I left the class with a solid A. I'm the kind of nerd that enjoys watching a kid's show about dinosaurs, but I can't stop myself from pointing out what's scientifically wrong with it (I mean things other than the fact that the dinosaurs are talking).
Aside from my holdover childhood obsessions I have an interest in human and comparative anatomy, diseases, space exploration, botany, aquarium keeping and other pets, and geology. I was employed for two summers as an intern with an iron ore mine.
I have become a weird authority on the Sims 2, a very silly but popular game. My multitude of articles on the game come from my own detailed research on boolprop. I won't be happy until I've created every weird monster on the Sims 2, and so far that has proven quite a challenge.
As a fiction writer I am seeking an agent and trying to sell my work to publishers. I have taken technical writing courses that examined the differences between proper journalist writing and web writing. I have a small amount of experience with writing grants as well as editing. With this background knowledge I hope to make the best of my time with this site and gain a greater, wider understanding of the real-world application of technical writing.