Failing again. Failing better.
That’s right. In just about three weeks, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) will start. Are you ready? Are you getting your sleep now? Are you outlining? Will you be ready to write 1,667 words per day come November 1? I’ve been working on my outline and maintaining my daily writing habit. I’ve also been increasing…
…is a failure to communicate. You see, for a long time, Scotch was not allowed on the sofa. But, he has become older, sicker, and whinier. And, as Laura and I do not like to listen to whining (and as we are big suckers), we now let him up on the sofa. But we have…
I have no idea why, but I can’t keep my eyes open. There just isn’t enough coffee. I need all the coffee.
So the story I’m working on involves a caldera, so I’ve been doing a little research into volcanoes. And the fun thing about research is that you come across all sorts of cool stuff, even if it doesn’t make it into the story. Anyway, here’s one of those cool things: the science of Krakatoa. The…
According to the WWF, 50% of the Earth’s species were lost in the past 40 years. This cuts across all life: in the air, in the sea, and on the land. And the biggest causes are all caused by humans. We’re screwing up big time here. This echoes a conclusion Science magazine came to earlier…