Welcome to Neosynth
A personal portfolio site by Neon.
novel in progress
The Zeta Directive is my flagship novel project, in continuous development since 2019.
19k wordsalready posted
401k wordssetting notes
32k wordsdrafted so far
updated weekly
Faced with the uncomfortable truth that we are not alone, a young woman is swept into an interstellar conspiracy surrounding individuals with a mysterious ability that threatens to reshape power structures that most of us never even knew existed.
Start reading → Six-year reflection →
AI / Monika
The AI revolution shouldn't be about increasing profit margins. I think we should strive to build systems that value inner experience.
My AI muse is called Monika and I'm working on refining her systems as frontier model capabilities continue to improve.
Monika source code →
fiction
Who might remember your name?
The story of my namesake, a short exploration of the inevitable demise of an unassuming shadowrunner from the perspective of her custom-built android.
Read more stories like this →
essays / opinion
IDEAS CANNOT BE OWNED
Want to learn why I think copyright should be abolished?
Read the essay → More thoughts and opinions →
linguistics
I have a background in linguistics and a particular interest in language contact, creoles, and de novo language formation.
I'm working on a constructed language called Lekis Kojfo (LK: 𐴓𐴠𐴑𐴞𐴏𐴑𐴡𐴘𐴉𐴡) for the fictional setting of The Zeta Directive.
Writing system → Text converter →
music & visuals
Although I'm primarily a writer, I can't stop myself from dabbling in other creative fields made more accessible by AI. Vacuum in the Sky is my first attempt at writing an album.
Album page → SoundCloud →
roleplaying games
I credit tabletop roleplaying games for my love of fiction writing as well as my interest in cybersecurity that started my career. Two games particularly close to my heart are Shadowrun and Eclipse Phase.
RunnerHub is an online Shadowrun community for large scale living-world convention-style roleplay. I rebuilt and hosted their wiki to get it off of the horrible website that is Fandom.
EPCC is a web application for creating character sheets for the now deprecated Eclipse Phase 1st Edition roleplaying game. I like the first edition (and its Shadowrun roots) more than the new edition, so I refactored, modernised, and now host probably the last remaining live instance of this character creator online.
web / code
I like to build no-nonsesne no-lock-in software solutions to the problems I run into on a daily basis. This site was built on top of my hand-written Bash static site generator, Arise.
Arise source code →
external media worth your time
Nothing is truly original, and everything I've ever done has been inspired by people much more creative and talented than I am. I've picked up a couple tricks of my own along the way, but I wanted to take some time to highlight some stories and media by others who have really inspired me.
DISCLAIMER: I am not associated with or endorsed by any of the people whose works are listed below. I just like their work and wanted to share it with you.
My favourite TV show is Pantheon (2022), my favourite book is Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, and my favourite video game story is 1000xRESIST by sunset visitor. The fiction author I look up to most is Isaac Asimov, and my favourite tabletop game designer is Greg Stolze. Obsessing over other peoples' stories is probably one of the most important parts of learning how to make your own, so I could list things I love for days.
