That moment when you find yourself with so much to do, and so little time, not to mention mental energy, that you are sitting in front of the bookshelf indulging in a little light research instead of doing anything else. Even the research is kinda useless, because there’s no writing brain. The writing brain has… Read More Too Much
The death of critical thinking and logic in our culture has become more and more evident in the last few years, reaching a feverish peak during the recent crisis. It doesn’t matter if this was engineered – and no, I do not mean that the virus was engineered (it was clearly not) nor do… Read More Fresh Air for the Mind
I don’t have a lot of time this morning, so here’s some stuff I’ve been reading/looking at of interest. You might be amused by it as well. There’s a recipe for a Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Pie I’ve been eyeing. The First Reader doesn’t care for sweet potatoes, but the rest of us do!… Read More Clear the Tabs
I’m gonna be on a list. I’m gonna be on such a list. Looks around. I’m a writer! Really, this is for writing. Sigh. Do you think they heard that bit? Well, ok… We were having a conversation at work the other day, and it came up that one of us, who formerly worked for… Read More Fiction, Smuggling, and Research
I was talking with the Little Man last night, and he was being gloomy. He told me what he wants to do when he grows up: he wants to get a degree in Electrical Engineering and help design a plane that hovers. But then as we were chatting about that and the Arduino kit he… Read More Low-Hanging Fruit
I’m having a strange morning, due to a delayed getting-to-work time so I can deal with an appointment. The GinjaNinja is under the weather, so I’m sitting at my desk with the house all quiet around me. The First Reader headed off to work early, and we missed our usual morning coffee and chat time.… Read More Strange Days
I learned a new word, so of course I had to share it with you all! I was reading an article in the Journal of Criminology about serial killers, as we define them in modern times, and how the media has played a role in their creation (first paper at the link). The method of… Read More Bricolage
I’m a writer, and I live, breathe, and eat research most of the time. Tasty, tasty research, in some cases. But that’s a different blog post. A lot of my friends are also writers, and they understand this. But what if you couldn’t research? I’m writing this post from a dead time at work, while… Read More A World with no Research
For other writerly thoughts today, you could check out my Mad Genius Club post. This post is about how a story was killed by research. Or: facts and fiction get muddled easily. I was chatting with a colleague about mustangs, and how I was wondering that the BLM rehomes mustangs in the Tennessee area. She… Read More Killer Research
I decided recently that I need to be reading in the field that I plan to work in. I have been doing this, for school, research, and pleasure, but usually with books and papers I picked up for specific points. I follow Derek Lowe’s blog with pleasure, and have for years, but it’s unlikely I’ll… Read More Science Blogs
While I usually review fiction on this blog, I do read a lot of nonfiction, for pleasure, school, and professional purposes. My reading ranges broadly, according to what I’m required to read, or what catches my fancy. This week, though, I will confess to an ulterior motive. I read this book because of who wrote… Read More Review: Slavery among the Indians of the Northwest
I found a really interesting article floating around the other day, and stopped to read it. It’s not that I’m so much interested in the buffalo, as I was reminded of what people don’t know about them. When I wrote Pixie Noir and sent it to beta readers, one of them wrote back a note… Read More We’ve all been Buffaloed