Journalism.
Hello there! I’m Lucas.
In this lefthand column, I’m a journalist who covers the natural sciences.
In my journalism I go to extremes to ensure that what I’m presenting is factual, while simultaneously aiming to make writing that’s a joy to read, whatever the topic. I have a bachelor’s in Earth science from UC Santa Cruz, a master’s in geology from UC Riverside, I was a writer for the recently-extinct EARTH Magazine, and these days I freelance for The New York Times and I’m the Sr. Science Writer for the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. (Though, of course, the actual story isn’t nearly as clean as all that implies.)
Fiction.
And, in this righthand column, I’m a fiction writer.
One reason I love written and spoken words is that they ignite your imagination. You see and hear words, and your heart and mind take care of the rest; they create images and sounds that are completely unique to you, conjured by nothing more than 26 letters and a few punctuation marks. That’s why reality is magical, and it’s why my favorite writing genre is magical realism.
Here’s a good sample of my fiction to start with — a story born in the cold in my old home of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Then, head over to my front page or archive and see if any titles tickle a click-le out of you.
See you again soon,
-Lucas