I recently saw a literary agent on Twitter ranting about the types of books that are a turnoff for them, and it struck me, exactly because my most recent book fit right into one of those categories. Now, I’ll freely admit the book I’m writing is a story that’s been told countless times, and I could …
Like many other authors out there I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo again this year. In other words, don’t expect much from me this month. When I’m not in a caffeine induced craze of keyboard abuse I’m either sleeping (less than usual), working (less than usual), and/or (usually and) thinking about my novel. This year I …
Go see it. That is all.
A few weeks back I was toying around with the idea of a brain “connectome”. This is the concept of a complete map of all the interconnections in a brain. To date computer scientists working with neuroscientists have been able to take small-scale structures, like insect or mouse brains, and map them with very good …
We lost a dear friend this weekend. Our beloved pet cockatiel Auggie passed away last Thursday night, apparently from natural causes.