Alex T. Dragonson's Writing Portfolio

Technical writing and editing (as Alex Katz)

Chrome web development (as technical editor)

• Learn JavaScript
• Learn Testing

Android Open Source Project (as technical editor)

• Compatibility Test Suite section
• Developer-Powered CTS
• Running Tests (Atest)
• Vendor Test Suite setup
• CTS Verifier Audio Tests

Magic: the Gathering technical copy (as freelance author for Card Kingdom, published as Alex Katz)

• "Trans and Nonbinary Representation in Magic
• “What Are Core Sets?”
• A Beginner's Guide to Magic Formats"
• "Building your First Commander Deck"

Fiction

• Editor, The Wideness of the World (Historical short fiction anthology forthcoming from Transcendent Fiction Publishing)
• “The Seekers of Winter” (Fantasy short story published in The Heavens Within our Grasp [2024])
• "Long Road Home" (audio, Voice of Dog podcast) (transcript)
• "Your Family and Mine" (audio, Voice of Dog podcast) (transcript)
• "Distant Cousins" (audio, Voice of Dog podcast) (transcript)
• "Chump Change" (audio, Voice of Dog podcast) (transcript)
• "Welcome to Connection" (published as Mara Katz in Fantasy Twists)
• Wayside Parliament, a worldbuilding blog for a WIP novel

Reviews

Published on Ars Technica

All Ars Technica contributions to date were published as Mara Katz.

• Good podcast vibes for the nerdy set: Our recent faves in science, research" (published 31 May 2020)
• Music theory meets game theory in 400+ episodes of a great game-music podcast" (published 26 April 2020)
• The science of audio: How a podcast reveals the pleasant mysteries of hearing" (published 16 November 2019)
• Because Internet makes a linguist’s case for l33t speak, other online-text fads" (published 2 November 2019)
• When MS Paint ruled the fandom world: An innovative webcomic, 10 years later" (published 19 October 2019)

Personal blog posts

• Review of Donut County (January 2019)
• Review of Just Shapes and Beats (August 2018)
• Review of Akata Witch and Akata Warrior(June 2018)