The most interesting week in a long time for science, I think. First, the Austrian Academy of Sciences grow themselves a brain. Not in a jar as sci-fi would have it, but in a spinning bioreactor. The scientists say that this matches ‘closely but not perfectly’ brain development in the first nine weeks of foetalContinue reading “Three Hits For Science”
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What to Write Next – the Author’s dilemma
So here I am, sitting at a desk, wondering in which direction I should let my mind wander. Here’s my problem: I recently finished a first draft; it’s out there sloshing from slush pile to slush pile, no doubt so wet by now that the ink has smudged and it’s hard to read the words.Continue reading “What to Write Next – the Author’s dilemma”
RIP Elmore
I just read on line that Elmore Leonard died. I can’t let that go by without recording this acknowledgement: everything I know about dialogue writing (which might be very little) I learnt from reading Elmore Leonard and copying what he did as best as I could. He was the guy who said, if you’re doingContinue reading “RIP Elmore”
The Problem with Sequels
So I am, for the first time ever, trying to write a sequel, and in the first few chapters, a couple of revelations have come to me out of the blue: 1) It’s damned difficult to write when one half of an audience know nothing about your main character and the other half know theContinue reading “The Problem with Sequels”
The Bizarre Truth About Athletes
So here’s something weird I learned recently: elite athletes are generally asymmetric. For some reason, I find this surprising. I always thought that being good at something implied a kind of physical perfection and physical perfection always struck me as meaning you had the same perfect form on both sides. For example, if youContinue reading “The Bizarre Truth About Athletes”
