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Although I go by Peter Greenwell on the internet (mostly), my legal name is Peter Booth, and although I’ve been inclined to deed poll it to Greenwell, I don’t consider it important enough to pursue. Yet.
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In age, I’m somewhere between Daniel Craig and Viggo Mortensen. I’m Australian, and I’m probably bits and pieces of everything European.
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I have two adult children.
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I am a PhD candidate.
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I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), and a Bachelor of Environmental Science.
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My Arts major was in Gothic and Dark Romantic literature.
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My EnvSc major was in environmental resource management.
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What this means is that I could give you advice on the anti-Catholic origins of the Gothic while out doing fauna surveys in a rainforest.
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I live in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
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I don’t “do” social media in the main. I have a Twitter account, but use it rarely.
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I do blog, though it is often painful, as I’m opposed at some primal level to journals and diaries.
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I’m a teetotaller, non-smoker and non drug-user. I do like my food and coffee though. Especially coffee.
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Here is my professional library.
Still here?
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I write, which is the primary purpose of this site. What am I writing? Try this.
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I listen to music that largely reflects my age bracket. 70s/80s post-punk, Gothic music in its various forms, paisley underground, metal, psych rock and prog rock. Dark, weird stuff. I’m one of these dinosaurs that despises most modern music.
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I read mostly science fiction and fantasy, though I’ll devour anything that’s well-written. Elmore Leonard is an excellent resource on how to do dialogue right.
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I maintain two other domains. Here and here (not much at that one).
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Although I’m straight, I support and encourage LGBT+ lifestyles and rights.
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And although I hold a few conservative values, I’m probably best regarded as a bleeding heart liberal. As an Australian, “liberal” means a whole lot more than the narrow definitions that are prevalent in some parts of the world. As does “conservative” for that matter.
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While finding many of their policies and approaches needlessly confronting, I support the Australian Greens, and to a lesser extent, the Australian Science Party.