Lisa L. Spangenberg
About Me
I’m a Medievalist, a Celticist, a technologist, and I write.
My Books
The Games Fairies Play: Otherworld Intruders in Medieval Literary Narratives.
The iPad Project Book.
The iPad 2 Project Book.
Borrow Library Ebooks for Your iPad
Meet iPhoto for iOS.
My Sites
Celtic Studies Resources
Floccinaucical.blog
Something Downeast
Lisa Spangenberg.com
What I’ve Done
- I have a Ph.D in English from UCLA, with an emphasis on Medieval English and Celtic languages and literatures.
- I taught English composition, business writing, Shakespeare surveys, and British literature surveys from 800 to 1832 (the Norton Anthology of English Literature Vols I & II), as well as basic HTML, and various software applications.
- I worked on the first generation of commercial and scholarly ebooks at UCLA, and at The Voyager Company.
- As a freelance technical editor and writer I tech edited and wrote consumer technology books. I also wrote white papers and blog posts for various companies, publishers, and sites.
- I am a retired Site Admin and Community Manager for the Absolute Write Forums (2006 – 2022), a community for writers.
- I spent several years as a farrier’s gofer and horse-holder.
- I am currently a full-time caregiver for my Mom.
Where to Find Me
I’m not active on social media. I do have a Bluesky account, but I read rather than post, and follow mostly people I know.
I am aggressively pursuing time to sleep, and read, and listen to music, when I’m not helping Mom.
I have a Now page which is the best way to keep up with me (I know, nobody cares).
My Interests
- Apple technologies: I’ve been using Macs since System 6 and HyperCard.
- As much as I love digital technology, I am a daily user of fountain pens, pencils and paper.
- I read a lot, especially SF & F, and non fiction in my academic areas of interest.
- I am an avid bird watcher.
- Here’s what I’m doing now.
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This page was hand-coded using Bare Bones BBEdit. The background for this page was created by Brian Speight for The Voyager Company’s Macbeth CD-ROM. Used with permission.
October 19, 2025