The Niemann-Ross Family
I’m a writer, husband, father, coder, musician and chicken rancher. I’m currently employed at Lynda.com as the Content Manager for the Developer Segment.
I Write
I’ve slowly ramped up the quantity -- and hopefully quality -- of my writing. I started with work assignments and then family newsletters. I enjoyed it, and found that other people were entertained. In 2005 I approached Richard Lovett about a co-authored project (NetPuppets) which turned into our first Analog story, and was later included in our anthology “Phantom Sense and other stories.” That story led to others, and then led to launching myself on a solo writing career. I still have plans to co-author more stories with Rick. (There is a complete list of my published stories at the bottom of this page). You can see a video of me reading the start of “A Deadly Intent” from Phantom Sense and Other Stories
Recently, David Brandt and I released an illustrated kids book, “Patches Catches the Sargo County Cattle Rustler.”
I’ve also written for Oregon Music News, yahoo voices, travel, and maintain a blog at goodreads. Related to my writing, I help coordinate the SFWA Pacific Northwest Reader’s Series.
I’m Musical
I work at playing jazz bass. I’m a member of a duet with Don Barnes and as the bassist for the Mike Curtis Jazz Project. I have also sat in with the Minidoka Swing Band and the Rose City Swing Band. I’m also a regular with the Westminster Presbyterian Jazz Quartet. I have coordinated the David Friesen Ensemble Training for several years.
I own a Zeta Crossover and because it fits in the overhead bin of an airplane, I usually take it along when I travel. It has been to China and Japan! I also own a standard upright, and play it through an ancient Acoustic Image Contra Amplifier.
I Code
Mostly web toys, but I can carry on a competent discussion about almost any computer topic. You can hear me discuss Raspberry Pi, coding and rubber fish.
I’m Social
You can find more about me at LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, and some photos on Picasaweb, My author background shows up on goodreads, Shelfari, and my Amazon Author page. You can find my twitterfeed at marknr. And for the more technically minded, I have a presence at github and stackoverflow.
A complete list of my published stories and books
Humanity by Proxy • A Cup of Dirt • The Music Teacher • I Need a Plastic Thingy • Patches Catches the Sargo County Cattle Rustler (with David Brandt)
(Stories with Richard A Lovett)
NetPuppets • Dangerous Intent • New Wineskins • Phantom Sense • Phantom Sense and Other Stories
