Here’s a short sample of a scene I’ve been working on. Tell and Lontano are flying to Atlanta, Georgia to record their new album with the band. “I could definitely get used to this.” Tell dropped into the window seat and stretched out his long legs. He peered out the window at the tarmac, squinting…
This is an interesting novel, though a bit of a slow-read in spots. You wander amongst several story lines (a pirate, collectors and storytellers, an innkeeper and the moon, Fate, and several mortals who seem entwined in the above stories) to reach the ultimate conclusion of all tales at the end of the book. Here’s…
Turns out, if you can find just the right temperature and pressure, you can make a substance boil, steam and freeze at the same time. Here’s a video of cyclohexane alternating between solid, liquid and gas.
It’s International Children’s Book Day today. What were some of your favorites as a child?
There’s practically nobody on the face of the planet who doesn’t know what’s been going on these past few weeks. Saw a sign in a bookstore: The Post-Apocalypse section has now been moved to Current Events. That seems to sum it up for me. It’s been over 100 years, since the end of World War…
Here are some jokes that (maybe) only a writer will find humorous: Writing is 10% typing and 90% staring at your computer trying to find a better way to describe someone eating a piece of toast. When I die and y’all go through my search history, you’ll be disappointed to find mostly just definitions for…
I know, I know: old news. But I didn’t read the book nor watch the movie when it first came out. I usually don’t care for books about video gaming, but I kept hearing good things about this one, so I dipped a toe in. Earnest Cline quickly pulls you into the world of the…
The ExoMars programme comprises two missions: the first – the Trace Gas Orbiter – launched in 2016 while the second, comprising a rover and surface platform, is planned for 2022. Together they will address the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars. This is a joint program between the European Space Agency (ESA)…
I’ve been reading a great little “How-To” book on writing recently. The subtitle is “Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different,” and that’s pretty much what the book is – a memoir of the author’s epiphany moments. There are chapters titled “Textures,” “Tensions,” and “Troubleshooting,” interspersed with “Postcards from the Tour” chapters…
I’ve decided to title the chapters with some of Tell’s song lyrics. Of course, this means I now have to write said lyrics … Here’s a sample of the inner workings of my favorite half-velyr: Do you see me? Do you know me? Am I just a backdrop scene? My Melancholy Around and around and…