Carbon nanotubes?
Photo of the Day: A Bottle of Seagram’s…
…that’s actually a lighter. What I can’t help wondering is…do you really want people to think of your fine Canadian whiskey as the apparent equivalent to lighter fluid? From the “things I found in my mother-in-law’s house” series. More photos here.
The first sentence I wrote today…
…had nothing to do with the new novel. I’m now concentrating on finishing up my children’s biography of Janis Joplin, which is what this is from: She arrived home in Port Arthur in May, 1965, and, wrote her sister Laura, “We welcomed her with open arms.” I should have this out of the way by …
The first sentence I wrote today…
The reinforcements from Hansen’s Harbor arrived two hours after the message went out from the grounded Sanctification. Current word count: 100,184New words this session: 4,210Percentage of novel completed: 100 Yes, that’s right. That’s the first sentence I wrote today, up above, but the last two words I wrote today on the new novel were my …
My Jimi Hendrix biography is out!
It must be, because I got my author’s copies today. Here’s the cover! It’s published by Enslow, the same folks who published the J.R.R. Tolkien and Orson Scott Card biographies I wrote previously, and who will publish the Janis Joplin biography I’m working on now. Like those, Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky is intended for …
Movie monster biology
Not long ago I wrote an article emphasizing that science fiction is, first and foremost, fiction, and that a little fudging of the science for the sake of the story is expected and accepted. Having said that, however, I must also admit that nothing warms the cockles of my heart (what exactly is a cockle, …
Photo of the Day: Argon Gas
It’s everywhere! More photos here.
The first sentence I wrote today…
He didn’t have any problem spotting the remaining Holy Warrior. Current word count: 95,974New words this session: 4,340Percentage of novel completed: 95.9 A record number of words today, partly because I needed to make up for not writing at all on Saturday and Sunday, and partly just because I’m SO close to reaching the end …
Hey, that’s my name!
Intellectually, each of us knows that there are probably other people in the world who share our name, unless it’s a very unusual one. I’ve gotten used to the fact there are various other Edward Willetts (both living and dead) and Ed Willetts. But it was a shock today to discover that there is also …
"This Is Strange"
It’s my niece’s blog. Nothing earth-shaking, but the girl knows how to put words together. She’ll make a fine lawyer some day. Check it out.
A new way to kill disease-causing bacteria
Clay: not just for pottery any more.
Photo of the Day: Alabaster Orange
From the “things I found in my mother-in-law’s house” series: an alabaster orange in a really lovely alabaster pedestal fruit bowl, both bearing small labels proclaiming them to have been “hand-carved in Italy.” More photos here.
My latest live walk and vlog
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