Siggy Simon Jr · Martin S. Siegrist
A brief bio
Influenced by a vast sci-fi collection of books, comics and films, I began to write descriptions of universes of the future trying to find a credible futuristic reality.
I was raised up surrounded by a great amount of reading material, including many science books and, above all, books about space, life, the universe and everything…
Currently studying English Studies —formerly known as English Philology, where I am surrounded by stories, books, literary masterpieces, from the old marvels to the postmodern experimentalist absurdities, which keep on feeding me and drive me to keep developing more and more ideas.
Sadly, the very same studies are robbing me of the time I want to use to keep on working on SpaceHighways (More about the SpaceHighways. series).
During various courses, we students had to create our own stories and —I can’t avoid it— I write too much… Some of the short stories evolved into true mini-novels, others stayed as micro-stories or simple sagas… If you want to read some of my other works, take a look at my (utterly outdated) blog Un·Tales
(This blog is now deleted… When time is to spare, I will upload my old stories either to Medium, Wattpad or similar).
I always wanted to publish a more detailed biography of myself, but, honestly, it’s boring… Boring for me and the reader… It seems I am not able to write a good, happy biography without over-extending or ending crying…
If, someday, I write a decent biography, I’ll post it here ^_^
Me
Rough timeline
| Year | Place | Event |
| 1979 | Zurich, Switzerland | I was born |
| 1984 | Zurich | My little sister Franzisca was born |
| 1986 | Zurich | I began to read science books, particularly about the solar system and space. |
| 1989 | Zurich | I knew more about the Solar System than my teacher, I was punished… |
| 1991 | Moved from Zurich to Tazacorte with my family. | |
| 1991 | Tazacorte, La Palma | A new home on the Canary Islands, Spain. |
| 1991 | Tazacorte | Back to school. |
| 1995 | Los Llanos de Aridane | The fun high school… |
| 1999 | Los Llanos de Aridane | I love high school, I stay two years more… |
| 2001 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | I began to study a Superior-level Training Cycle (similar to BTEC Level 4/5 diploma) called “Audiovisual and performance production.” |
| 2003 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | The first ideas and hints for SpaceHighway begin to flourish. |
| 2004 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Beginning to write the first chapters of SpaceHighway. |
| 2006 | Tegueste | I begin to work at La Mirada Producciones as an edition assistant. |
| 2007 | Tegueste | Promotion to Technical Director at La Casa Animada |
| 2011 | – | Heartbreaking break up… |
| 2012 | San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Took the decision to study, again… |
| Summer 2012 | Los Llanos de Aridane | Major creative impulse since the first ideas for SpaceHighway. Kept on writing for a whole month, just writing… |
| 2012 | Tegueste | Started to study Pedagogy at the UNED (National University of Distance Education, Spain) |
| 2012 | Tegueste | Began publishing SpaceHighway in Spanish. |
| 2013 | Tegueste | Left the Pedagogy degree thanks to a disagreement with the subjects taught. |
| 2013 | Tegueste | Began the English Studies degree at the University of La Laguna. |
| 2016 | Tegueste | Utterly disappointed by the lack of interest in SpaceHighway in Spanish, I began a reboot in English. |
| 2018 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Began to work part-time at tomavision, an animation studio. |
| Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Got promoted to work full time at tomavision as a composting artist. | |
| 2021 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Got promoted at tomavision as a Technical Director and a Composting Supervisor. |
Coding Projects
Websites I made / designed
Wordpress based sites (online)
| Site | Description | Language(s) | Client | Notes | Hosting | Admin, Support |
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| SpaceHighways | Space adventure serial | English | Own |
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| Reisen80+ Reiseblog von Anita und Simon | Travel blog | German | Family |
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| Simon E. Siegrist | Home Page and blog | German | Family |
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Pure HTML, CSS, AJAX based sites (online)
| Site | Description | Language(s) | Client | Notes | Hosting | Admin Support |
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| Siegrist.tv | Family landing page | German, Spanish | Family |
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| istm.es | SpaceHighway project site | English, Spanish | Own |
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| SiggySimon.net | My own "home" site | English, Spanish | Own |
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Wordpress based sites (defunct)
| Site | Description | Language(s) | Client | Notes | Hosting | Admin Support |
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| La Mirada Producciones | Film production, Corporate Site | Spanish, English |
La Mirada S.L. |
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| Siggy Simon Jr: Writing about writing | Writing blog with scribblings. | English | Own |
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| des·Cuentos / unTales | Stories publishing blog | Spanish, English |
Own |
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| La Casa Animada S.L. | Animation Studio, Corporate Site | Spanish English |
La Casa Animada |
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| El Club de Archi | Children's club, Canaries | Spanish | La Mirada, La Casa Animada |
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| Anita Siegrist-Schmid | Home Page | German | Family |
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Other Inactive Projects
Contact
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