Researching the new novel, I had to look at the current state of UK’s electricity generation, because one of the main characters is building windmills. ‘Energy’ is an industry I worked in back in the Eighties and Nineties. I am well out of date, but once I’d read some of the research and the statistics, itContinue reading “What’s Really Happening With Wind Power”
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More on the DNA Mystery
Another thought struck me today. It relates back to my previous post and it’s this: If evolution depends on random chance (i.e. on random mutations of genes which are preserved when they provide a positive effect), then what you need is a lot of those random trials, and the way to have a lot of those randomContinue reading “More on the DNA Mystery”
A DNA Mystery (in the context of evolution)
So, for the novel, I’ve been doing lots of research on the history of genetics and I’ve come up with an odd problem about evolution. Most of our DNA is junk. It does nothing, codes for no proteins, just sits there like a big lazy telephone cord in every cell carried by every living thingContinue reading “A DNA Mystery (in the context of evolution)”
A Question of Tense – part 3
If you’ve read Parts 1 and 2 of this blog title, you’re probably sick of hearing about verb tenses by now. I’m going to start thinking about something else, I promise, but here’s the last thing I’ve got to say on the subject. Suppose, we are sitting having a drink in a cozy pub andContinue reading “A Question of Tense – part 3”
A Question of Tense – part 2
Now I’ve had some time to stew on the question of ‘tense’ and its relation to narrative voice, I’ve come to an unexpected conclusion: ‘Tense’ isn’t a part of narrative voice, unless you deliberately mess with it.’ I was struck by the number of books I’ve read recently in which the tense changes. ‘The Goldfinch’,Continue reading “A Question of Tense – part 2”
