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Is Outer Space Real?
Read more: 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 other things in the universe. I’m eliminating all planets and stars and asteroids and all space junk and photons and atoms and molecules and gas…
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Movement
Read more: MovementAs 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. Instead of a post asking inane questions about a whole bunch of different items, this time I thought I’d throw out a question or two…
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A Few Questions
Read more: A Few QuestionsAs 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 of life in general, in particular physics, outer space, space flight, and any of several other topics that enter my interest field about who we…
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EXPLORER Now Avaliable
Read more: EXPLORER Now AvaliableMy 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 for a couple of weeks now. You can get it through the link on the “EXPLORER” page on this website, or through a bookstore (which…
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EXPLORER Now Available
Read more: EXPLORER Now AvailableNow! 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 order it through any bookstore (most bookstores at this time won’t have it in stock), or order it through this website—just click on the “EXPLORER”…
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Smallpox vs. Monkeypox
Read more: Smallpox vs. MonkeypoxThe 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 to be more of a human virus rather than a monkey virus, which was what it was when it first jumped from monkeys in central…
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Book Review: Eyes on the Horizon, by Carrie Lynn Fazzolari
Read more: Book Review: Eyes on the Horizon, by Carrie Lynn FazzolariI 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 the Horizon, is Carrie’s first novel, and we both worked on our respective first novels at the conference in between other activities. So when she…
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Tools of a Writer
Read more: Tools of a WriterI’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 is very general in content, and ranges from the A to Z of the instruction on good writing. I can’t comment on all of that,…
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The Adventure Story
Read more: The Adventure StoryI 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, dwarves, eagles, one huge dragon named Smaug, and of course, the hero of the story, the one and only hobbit, Mr. Bilbo Baggins. It is…
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Metric System Revisited
Read more: Metric System RevisitedI’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 few countries that don’t use the metric system of measurements for most of the common functions we have. We measure distances in feet and yards…
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Real Time
Read more: Real TimeAs 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 can see and hear it happening with no perceptible lag in time between the occurrence and the recognition of that occurrence. My dictionary defines it…
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To Quit or Not to Quit
Read more: To Quit or Not to QuitAs 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 papers and other science-related articles, I’ve seen, met, talked to, and listened to a lot of other writers, both established and newbies, young and old;…