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  • Is Outer Space Real?

    I still have lots of questions.  Like, what is outer space?  Is it real?  Does it actually exist?  Now, I’m defining “outer space” as all the emptiness outside all the […]

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  • Movement

    As I mentioned in my post of two weeks ago, I said I had a lot of questions to ask, and I thought I’d ask a few of them today.  […]

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  • A Few Questions

    As a scientist and a virologist of absolutely no repute whatsoever, I have an inordinate tendency to ask questions about science, virology, science fiction and perhaps a few other phases […]

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  • EXPLORER Now Avaliable

    My first book, a science fiction novel about several explorers who travel to a beautiful new world which they’ve nicknamed the “Blue Planet” because of its color, has been available […]

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  • EXPLORER Now Available

    Now!  My first book, my first novel, and my first science-fiction novel—EXPLORER : The First Book in The Anthanian Imperative Trilogy—is now available for purchase.  You should be able to […]

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  • Smallpox vs. Monkeypox

    The past few months have seen an increase in the number of cases of monkeypox in humans around the world.  [BTW, monkeypox is now known as Mpox because it seems […]

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  • Book Review: Eyes on the Horizon, by Carrie Lynn Fazzolari

    I met Carrie Lynn Fazzolari at the Wildacres Writer’s Conference in 2010, and we have been friends on Facebook for most of the time after that.  Her book, Eyes on […]

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  • Tools of a Writer

    I’ve seen a few comments on social media in the past few weeks concerning writing and what makes a good writer and good written copy.  Most of what I’ve read […]

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  • The Adventure Story

    I just finished re-reading The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, the precursor to the well-known Lord of the Rings trilogy.  The Hobbit is an interesting book, filled with elves, goblins, trolls, […]

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  • Metric System Revisited

    I’ve posted about the metric system before, and now I want to revisit the topic because I think it’s important to the United States.  The US is one of very […]

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  • Real Time

    As the title of this post says, I’m talking about “real time.”  It’s a term used to refer to something that takes place immediately.  It takes place so fast you […]

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  • To Quit or Not to Quit

    As someone who has come to writing lately—and I’m talking here about writing fiction, especially science fiction novels and short stories—after a career spent doing scientific research and writing scientific […]

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