Once More... a farce in many parts. A comedy in others.

Help me write my contributor bio

Posted on July 14th, 2005 / comments

Okay, as previously mentioned, I am (or rather, some of my work is) going to be in a book. All that remains after the paperwork is filed is for me to write a short, one paragraph blurb about myself for the contributors page. This is where you people come in. I’ve written an average of 200 words a day for over eight years now, and I like to think I can riff on any topic at a moment’s notice, but on this one paragraph I’m totally paralyzed. Help! What sort of things should I include, besides my URL? What tone should I take? Should I try to match the tone of the work? Should I make fun of those faux-serious author bios in the back flaps of novels? The thing that keeps bugging me is that this book may end up in front of quite a few eyeballs. Eyeballs of people who are right behind the crest of bleeding-edge technology, as ultimately frivolous or profound a technology as Greasemonkey/user scripting may turn out to be. People who may have it in their power to give me a job. Okay, now taking all that into consideration, go.