With the excitement surrounding the potential “discovery” of planet 9, I just want to caution people who want to use this as the basis of a story, especially doomsday stories. There have been a number of sensationalist articles about the danger it poses: to wit that it could destroy all life on earth any day […]
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This reflects my opinions. Having just been to When Words Collide, I have been editing my novel The Tower of the Ancients, cutting unnecessary words, phrases and sentences. Adverbs are, these days, considered a sign of bad writing. Same for adjectives, although not to the same degree. However, I defend the value of adjectives in
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Just watched Nova (25 March 2015), The Bible’s Buried Secrets. It was a fascinating look at the archaeological evidence for the writing of the Old Testament and Torah, and the development of the idea of monotheism. I haven’t seen a documentary of this subject that was that interesting before. It was a documentary of the
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Usually I stay far, far away from the subject of Awards Shows, and even further from what the women at the shows are wearing. The feminists are right when they say we shouldn’t focus on women’s clothes and appearance. However, this weekend, happenstance caused me to pay attention for half an hour, and in this
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Saw Jupiter Ascending last night. As expected, it is a sci-fi action adventure, and as such it delivers a smooth, fast-paced and gripping conflict. I went to the movie expecting nothing else, and I wasn’t disappointed on that score. The action and the special effects (CG) are seamless and impressive. Moreover, the characters are interesting
Note: This was written in 2014. I have since converted to using Scrivener. Last week a friend mentioned that she’d heard the scrivener software praised in a writer’s workshop. For anyone who doesn’t know, it is software that helps a writer organize, plan, and ultimately write their work whether it is fiction, a paper, an
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I saw this: Planet formation captured in photo. in the news the other day and the implications are staggering.Scientists at the Alma radio telescope have captured this image of a new planetary system around HL Tau in its early formation. Now we can do more than just infer the existence of other solar systems from
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The topic about how fast a person can walk has come up from time to time among writers, RPG gamers and in other situations. From the internet (wikipedia and the like) I find the average is 3 mph or 5 km/h. However, what can a determined person do (walking, not race walking)? As part of
Being Valentines Day on Friday, we watched Pride and Prejudice, the 2005 movie. Now that I have seen both that and the TV miniseries that came out in 1995, I can say that I preferred the latter. I have no complaints about the casting for either. They both used well known skilled actors. They are
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