About
About Clattertron – I wanted to challenge myself to work on my humor writing and focus on “slice of life” misadventures. As the sidebar states, the stories will be mostly true–names may be changed, and details tweaked for the sake of humor or the story, but the inspiration for the story will come from Real Life.
Posts dated prior to 2012 are not part of Clattertron, and are not guaranteed to be funny, but those which are a part of Clattertron are not guaranteed to be funny either.
What’s does Clattertron mean? Nothing. I just liked the way it sounded. OK, if you want to get technical, Clatter is a type of noise, and the suffix Tron (usually) refers to a type of machine (and in some cases, a mighty robots)–so, a noise machine of some kind, which I felt was an appropriate title for my blog.
More importantly, it is simple (I learned my lesson after Magic of Eyri), short and a made-up word, which makes it search engine friendly.
About Daniel J. Hogan - I’m a freelance writer, a podcaster, a photographer (to some extent) and a geek. I live in Lansing, Michigan. Want more information? View my Resume and Writing Samples. I am also on LinkedIn.
What’s with the eye-patch in the sidebar photo? Exactly. What? OK, ever since I wore it as a joke during an Ignite Lansing presentation (“How to Survive Writing a Novel“), people expect to always see me wear it. In a way, it is sort of my “KISS makeup.” Ray, who took the photo for a class, asked me to wear it for a few shots. I loved the final photo, and decided it fit my new “humor” focus and asked if I could use it.
What’s in the bottle you are holding? Nothing, really. It is mostly empty. All in good fun for the sake of the photo.
The photo of me in the sidebar was taken by Ray Hernandez, the photo above was taken by Becky Johns, and the photo for my favicon was taken by Andrea Kerbuski.
Podcasts
The Magic of Eyri is based on my novel of the same name. I write the scripts, which are adapted from the original novel, and I do most of the character voices myself.
Ginger and the Geek is a comedy talk show I co-host with Kat Cooper. We interview guests and talk about what is going on around Lansing, Michigan. I have a blog for Ginger and the Geek called Geek Speak. We occasionally perform sketch comedy, which I write.
Internet Writing
My online writing has covered a wide variety of areas: feature articles for Lansing Capital Gains, restaurant reviews, movie reviews, a weekly fantasy hockey column for Illegal Curve, blogs about science fiction and fantasy for Elder Signs Press, a blog on urban living for TEDx Lansing, a blog on How to Speak Geek for CiesaDesign, and a blog on plaid in film and TV for Plaidurday to list just a few.
Links to more samples of my freelance articles can be found on my Writing Samples page.
I am a contributing writer for The Idler, an online magazine with the motto “Refusing to apologize for the things we enjoy.” ‘Nuff said. I write for the Gamers’ Club (articles about classic video games) and In the Queue (articles about what is worth a watch on Netflix Watch Instant).
I write satirical review of b-movies and cult films for Lost Highways B-movie Reviews and Cult Films. The reviews are ‘in character’ as Tiger Sixon, a fallen from grace secret agent. Tiger is subjected to b-movies by the government, in hopes he will crack and share his secrets.
Photos
Photography is mainly a hobby, but I have been hired to shoot photos for websites. I also volunteer to shoot photos at Lansing events, including Capital City Film Festival 2011, Ignite Lansing 4, Lansing GiveCamp 2011, TEDx Lansing 2011 and Lansing JazzFest 2011. (Sometimes events contact me to be a shooter)
Other
Interested in visiting Lansing, Michigan? I am a Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) for the Greater Lansing Area. There is plenty to do here, let me help you plan an adventure. Just don’t ask to sleep on my couch.
