As a blogger and science nerd, I try to keep up with science news from a variety of sources. Oddly, that curiosity rarely benefits my writing. My writing style follows a diagonal on the chart below: Lawful Plantser, True Plantser, and Chaotic Plotter. And that’s pretty much how my research goes, too. I start with… Continue reading A Writer’s Serendipity or How Research Saved My Book
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The Legacy of Dolly the Sheep May Be Your Future Health
The first mammal cloned from an adult cell, Dolly the sheep. In 1997, The Roslin Institute introduced Dolly to the world. It caused a frenzy of attention. In the twenty-five years since Dolly’s birth, we have cloned many more species of animals with little fanfare. In February 2021, scientists announced they’d successfully cloned the first… Continue reading The Legacy of Dolly the Sheep May Be Your Future Health
Five Secrets to Your Most Creative Self
If you are at all curious about creativity, you can find many famous and not so famous quotes about creativity. What you may not know is that those quotes can teach you secrets to creativity. Below are quotes that reveal five secrets to your most creative self. 1. Allow Yourself to Feel Passion is one… Continue reading Five Secrets to Your Most Creative Self
First Lines from Legendary SF and F True Fans Read
First Line Friday is a blog series posted on the first Friday of every month. These are the First Line from Legendary SF and F. Are you hooked?
Spring Clean Your Way to Increased Creativity
It’s spring in the United States and time for the ritual of spring cleaning. It’s almost a compulsion. And you know what? Done right, you can spring clean your way to increased creativity. Why Spring Cleaning? According to How Stuff Works, the ritual of spring cleaning probably originated in the Iranian New Year’s tradition of… Continue reading Spring Clean Your Way to Increased Creativity