musings on science and writing
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling! Read March 2012: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K....
Grammar Divas has a great post on incorrect use of participles, or as they like to call them dangling participles. So what’s a participle again? A participle is a verb form that no longer functions as a verb but instead …
In this edition of Bookshelf Porn, another great art installation. Maybe a not-so-convenient bookshelf, but a great way to distinguish between read and unread books. All Rights Reserved niko economidis From the artist’s website: Niko Economids is a product designer …
- Choice of Chuck Wendig‘s e-book Irregular Creatures or Confessions of a Freelance Pen Monkey: Hunter Liguore – Colin F. Barnes & Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff‘s e-book Killing My Boss: Joris Vandalon – Donated by Diana Gill, editor at Harper Voyager, …
Ever wonder why a drop of coffee dries in a ring and not a drop-like circle? Wired has an article about physicists at the University of Pennsylvania who have done great imaging research to find out. From the article; ‘So …
StereoDax led me to the Canberra Society of Editors who postulated Muphry’s Law. It was first published in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s internal bulletin. Reposted from their website: ‘Muphry’s Law is the editorial application of the better-known …
In this episode; London! All Rights Reserved Damian Damjanovski Why I like this photo; Even though it’s technically imperfect, I think the subject is an excellent idea. Also, I’m starting to self-identify with England. I live in Cardiff. (Don’t tell …
Wired has a post on Britain’s rarest spider. All Rights Reserved Maarten Bos This stunning spider was released into the Arne reserve in Dorset by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (hmmm… ironic much?). The spider was near …
Today another writing-science crossover post. I like these. They make me smile. Livia Blackburne has a great analysis of an article by psychologists Shira Gabriel and Ariana Young. They have done research on what they call narrative-collective assimilation, which is …
Not a bookshelf in today’s edition of the Bookshelf Porn series, but something I thought would be particularly suited to my own situation today. All Right Reserved pkam. This is the furthest I could trace the source. If this is …
Today’s writing-related post is admittedly extremely loosely related to writing, but every now and again I just have to feature a xkcd comic. All Rights Reserved xkcd. (The hoover-over comments are always the best, so click the comic to go …
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