I’m a writer and a teacher. I love research and am actively looking for more ways to do research in my life. I’d love to pivot to user experience research! I have a Ph.D in English Rhetoric and Composition and have been teaching college writing for a decade. My research focuses on looking at digital media and genre in ways that value audiences and fans while appreciating creator work. I am especially interested in game studies. I write optimistic but complex second-world fantasy. Sometimes I stream on Twitch.
This blog focuses primarily on teaching, writing, and digital media. Sometimes cats.
I also spin and weave. If you want to see that side of my work, head on over to Roving Cat!
This is an inclusive space, and we’re all learners here. Let me know if you have any ideas I can implement to make my work more accessible!
My most recent blog posts are below. Thank you for visiting!
–Dr. Cox
Building a Writing Habit that Works for You
There is no one right way to be a writer. Let’s start there. I don’t care if Brandon Sanderson accidentally writes whole novels while on vacation. I don’t care if Stephen King gets up early to write. I don’t care if you know someone who writes 2,000 words every day. They aren’t you. The important…
Picking Perspective in Fiction Part 3: Narrative Structures
Perspective is one of the most important choices a writer can make in fiction. It’s also a complex concept with a lot of parts. In Part 1 of this discussion, we broke down the basic grammatical foundation for perspective, which accounts for the common 1st and 3rd person terms as well as past and present.…
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