I often say that I majored in journalism and minored in art and Dungeons & Dragons in university. D&D, without a doubt, consumed the majority of my free time on weekends. I was therefore saddened to hear today that Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D, has died.
Download the audio version.Get my science column weekly as a podcast. To receive these columns weekly by email, just provide me with an email address at edward(at)edwardwillett.com or in comments. *** A few years ago, I wrote a children’s book on hemophilia, an inherited condition in which the blood fails to clot properly. Which meant …
And the winner of a signed copy of Marseguro for the fourth and final week of February is (drum roll, please): Andrew Jesse Heinsen of Colfax, Indiana. See, I told you you didn’t need to have a name that started with K to win! Thanks to everyone who participated. The give-away has been such a …
I may have to get me one of these. It’s a USB Speedometer that plugs into your computer and tells you how fast you’re typing in words per minute. And just like your car, it also has an odometer to show you how many words you’ve typed in a given day. On the other hand, …
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I just discovered that my children’s biography of Jimi Hendrix for Enslow‘s American Rebels series, Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky, is on the 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers selection list, announced by the Young Adult Library Services Association at the American Library Association’s ALA Midwinter Meeting back in mid-January. The Quick Picks …
The first sentence I wrote today: The first thing Richard saw, as he started to climb out, was the towering cloud of dust and smoke to the east, behind the first range of mountains.The last two words I wrote today: THE END Yay! So, here’s the final tally: Total words: 109,298Final batch of words written: …
Download the audio version.Get my science column weekly as a podcast. *** There’s been a lot of attention paid to the movies this past week due to the various awards handed out between old clips of previous awards being handed out that aired on TV Sunday night. Which got me thinking about the food that …
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