Portfolio
Fiction
- Ba’byl, a short story in which a part-time thief journeys to a dying city and asks the queen why she ever built it. A study in arrogance, value, beauty, and unrewarded effort. 13 July 2016. Available on Amazon for Kindle, including the free Kindle app for iOS and Android, and Amazon Cloud Reader in your regular browser.
- Unwish, a one-page short about a human who received a wish from a fairy. A brief study in what it means to be human. August 2007
Essays and Other Posts - Christianity
- Art and the Church: Bringing Beauty and Hope, Elevate Design Co., 12 April 2024
- The Gift of Death: The Good Place, Star Trek: Picard, The Silmarillion, and the Holy Bible, Geeks Under Grace, 10 September 2022
For other essays and similar writing, see the archive from my Substack, Letters from Rae Botsford End.
Editing
- Currently editing a client’s sci-fi book
- Previously, an assistant editor for SpaceFlight Insider
- Previously, a named editor for Viera MD magazine
- Co-edited and formatted Faces of War: Iraq, the Road to Heaven or Hell by Michael Foster
- Edited Striperman by Sherwood Lincoln
Articles - Aerospace
This list is a small selection of articles I wrote for SpaceFlight Insider, an apparently now-defunct aerospace news outlet. For the Wayback Machine’s archive of the articles I wrote, click here. The headlines in bold are the most-cited articles I wrote for SFI.
- Rocket Lab’s Rutherford engine qualified for flight, SpaceFlight Insider, 24 March 2016
- Amateur Spaceflight? Copenhagen Suborbitals, SpaceChain Space Program give it a shot, SpaceFlight Insider, 4 June 2015
- Rocket Lab: the Electron, the Rutherford, and why Peter Beck started it in the first place, SpaceFlight Insider, 2 May 2015
- Falcon 9 landing attempt number 2: ‘Excess lateral velocity,’ says Musk, SpaceFlight Insider, 16 April 2015
- What makes a Dragon: A quick guide to SpaceX’s capsule, SpaceFlight Insider, 9 April 2015
- 2015 edition of NASA’s annual Spinoff publication shows space-inspired tech advances, SpaceFlight Insider, 27 January 2015
- Perfect: EFT-1 – from liftoff to splashdown, SpaceFlight Insider, 5 December 2014
- NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale to study space weather in March 2015, SpaceFlight Insider, 27 November 2014
- NASA reveals early results of LDSD “flying saucer” test flight, SpaceFlight Insider, 8 August 2014
- Space Florida prepares as SpaceX plans partial move to Texas, SpaceFlight Insider, 18 July 2014
- OCO-2 satellite successfully launched to ‘A-Train’ orbit, SpaceFlight Insider, 2 July 2014
- ULA Atlas V 401 rocket successfully carries classified NROL-33 satellite to orbit, SpaceFlight Insider, 22 May 2014
- SpaceX wins injunction against ULA’S purchase of Russian engines, SpaceFlight Insider, 1 May 2014
Articles - Local News
This is a selection of my articles based partly on what’s available online and partly on which ones I like best.
- Breast cancer can go take a hike, Viera MD, November 2014
- Dr. Sands and Dr. Perry have a special skill in common, Viera MD, August 2014
- Toy invention teaches geometry, engineering to kids, Viera Voice, July 2014
- Major League Medicine, Viera MD, June 2014
- Viera gardener’s exotic plants thrive in Florida, Viera Voice, June 2014
- Golf cart drivers: do you know the law?, Viera Voice, June 2014
- Viera students donate to children’s charity, Viera Voice, June 2014
- Little League opening day is a major league success, Viera Voice, March 2014
- Not just a pretty face, these models are veterans too, the annual Boomer Guide, February 2014
- Treetop Trek adds new Black Diamond section, the annual Boomer Guide, February 2014
- Groups donate toys to foster “sense of normalcy”, Viera Voice, December 2013
Articles - Music
- A Brief and Tangled History of Simone & The Supercats, LiveByMedia.com, 19 November 2013. PDF of the unedited version. LBM underwent major changes some time after this was written and did not retain their old content.
- Exclusive Interview: Poppet, Rising Star of Eclectic Electro-Pop, LiveByMedia.com, 26 August 2013. PDF of the unedited version. LBM underwent major changes some time after this was written and did not retain their old content.