what is this, then?

immediacy is the personal weblog of Glen Engel-Cox, focusing on all the forms of media with immediate (or nearly so, in the grand scheme of things) comments post-consumption. Because media does not exist in a vacuum (although there's a question about Roger Water's Music from the Body), immediacy also details the rest of the ephemeral environment, including personal opinions and comments by Glen and anyone who feels the need to post a follow-up.

who is this, then?

Glen is a thirty-something (more something than thirty these days) professional living in Washington, D.C. metro region who also lives on the Internet. He came here from Texas via Los Angeles, Colorado, and Washington State. Glen also likes to talk about himself in the third person.

Glen has been involved in two highly praised small press science fiction magazines. For NOVA Express, he wrote reviews and critical articles on fantasy and science fiction and also served as Managing Editor for two years. Glen also wrote a book review column for the last issues of New Pathways, and also saw his first piece of fiction, "Abraham's Bosom," published there. His fiction has also appeared in the mass market paperback, Alternate Presidents (ed. by Mike Resnick) and as a limited edition chapbook from the World Fantasy Award-winning Roadkill Press. He's been a member of both the Turkey City Writer's Workshop in Austin, Texas and the Northern Colorado Writer's Workshop. Glen's reading diary, "First Impressions," was one of the first book review sites on the web. He completed an MFA in Creative Writing (and his first novel) at American University in 2001 (Got Publisher?) and currently is the Communications Manager for both the Joint Center for Earth Technologies and the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center.

who did this, then?

Most all the work on this Web site is Glen's, although a large part of the design and graphics were contracted from Quixotic Pixels. The software that keeps everything organized is MovableType. The wonderful web host is DreamHost.

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