Noelle Hay

Freelance Writer

Article summary:

MEISA - January 2007 - Battle of the Bands Review - a Review of the Battle of the Bands at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar, for MEISA.

Comic Book to Movie: Adaptions - for Collector Times - about the trend in Hollywood (especially lately) to turn comics into big bang films.

Logans Run Remake not Promising for fans of original Film - for Collector Times - Most of the fans of Logans Run are fans of the original film starring Michael York. Can they sit through a movie based on the book which is riddled with sex, drugs, darkness and perversions?

Tolkien's Hobbits show basic goodness of people article/essay for sffworld.com about Tolkiens tribute to the good and simple people that populate the world.  Primarily about his character Samwise Gamgee.

Fantasy Fans and the Happy Ending - an essay/article for sffworld.com about how fantasy fans in particular, are fond of "happily ever after" endings to stories.

Evolution of a Sidekick - Article/essay about the evolution of a sidekick through mythology and literature. I think this is one of my best articles and it's about my favorite subject: sidekicks.

Fan Fiction: Bane or Boone - ARticle about Fan Fiction and the plus and minuses of having such intimate fan involvement in literature and media.

"Trekkie goes Privateering" was the first article I published for scifi.com.  A short informative article about how Trekkie producer director Debra Warner and her attempt to farm a series called "Privateers." Also published a similar article at space.com.

"Children of Borg" published for space.com is an article with interviews of the children who starred in Star Trek Voyager as the Borg Children.

The Women of Babylon 5, published for space.com is an article about a science fiction audio book series.

Bruce Boxleitner talks space published for space.com is an article about BB's apointment to the Board of Governors for the National Space Society (their celebrity spokesman) and his sincere interest in forwarding the space race.

Review of X-Men for "Revelstone" online ezine.  Review of the Movie (as compared to the comic book series).

Short Story Essay summary:

DISEASE - a flash fiction done with the promptword: Disease. I think it came out well. Done in 2006

How to Be a Good Husband - A parody on a "How To" paper, done for Creative Writing, March 2007

The Dead and the Dying - In space, can anyone hear you scream? This is a story about a necromancer in space.

RED Rayne; A short story I'm trying to farm out - I have been encouraged to try and make this a larger story, I'm thinking about it....  Original uncut first draft at ELFWOOD

Bluebonnets - a short story for my writers workshop about "a trip." This story appeals to me because the narrator does not sound like me and I feel like I'm totally in his head (whoever he is).

"Sweat" - is a short flash fiction I did on the topic "sweat".  It is about a dragon and his inability to control his passion while in human form.

My Little Demon - this was a flash fiction about "swords" that developed into an entire series (and I am now working on a novel) about this particular sword.  A petulant princess - cursed to remain a sword.

"Swordplay" - a little more development about the petulant princess as a sword and her grateful student.

Harvell Tentch: Schoolmaster is one of my personal favorites.  Its about a rather unorganized schoolmaster (of magic). 

Poetry: