StoryStorm Ideas
The Blog: I have not kept up with the blog, even though I know good and well there is awesome stuff in there. My Ideas: I have, however, kept up…
Biological Tech in a Fantasy or SF World
Biotech Plants hear the sound of the honeybee and up the sugar content of their pollen quickly. Hadany’s team looked at evening primroses (Oenothera drummondii) and found that within minutes…
Extraordinary Creatures
I attended FenCon 2019 and went to a couple of panels by science fiction and fantasy authors that I thought had useful information for writers. One of those panels was Extraordinary…
Dressing Through the Portal
I attended FenCon 2019 and went to a couple of panels by science fiction and fantasy authors that I thought had useful information for writers. The leaders of the discussion were…
Prairie Dogs
I live in a town with a prairie dog reservation. While I am opposed to reservations, I am grateful that someone thought we might actually succeed in wiping these animals…
Metaphors in Language Learning
While learning Bahasa Malaysia, I have discovered that some birds are metaphors in their language. The children’s dictionary says “owl” in English, for example, but the Malaysian translation is two…
Second-Language Learning as a Writing Tool
Language Learning I am in the process of learning Bahasa Malaysia. I don’t live in Malaysia. I have only visited once, for two weeks. I don’t know if I will…
African Mythical (?) Animals
I went looking for African Mythical animals and I found several. Mostly I wanted to find ones which, like Bernard Most’s creatures, were combinations. However, I did not find a…
My Reading List
My reading list is getting longer. It feels like the more I read, the more I have to read. Books I need to purchase to read, all winners of the…