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Blurbfest Bloghop

[image error] The Hookers and Hangers Bloghop really got the ol’ hamster in the wheel inside my head going. I am so inspired to raise my level of writing simply by reading some of the amazing opening and closing lines writers use to engage the reader and keep them up late at night, continuing on to the next chapter.
Then it occurred to me, why not take the next step and work on the promotional end. I hear all too often writers have a surge in sales, then their numbers flat line. Frustration sets in because...

Bits and Pieces

[image error] The Backworlds Book 2, Mary Pax’s sequl to The Backworlds, is Out!


The interstellar portal opens, bringing in a ship that should no longer exist. A battleship spoiling for a fight, yet the war with Earth ended two generations ago. The vessel drops off a Water-breather, a type of Backworlder thought to be extinct. She claims one of Craze’s friends is a traitor who summoned the enemy to Pardeep Station. A betrayal worse than his father’s, if Craze lives to worry about it.
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Stopover at the Backwo...

Weekend Follies Doomsday Style!

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It'sThe End Of The World!!!

[image error] Doomsday prophecies. Doomsday predictions. Doomsday viruses. Doomsday clocks. Doomsday Preppers. Doomsday novels. Doomsday movies. Doomsday video games. Doomsday zombie apocalypses. Is this the end of the world?
We have been flooded with doomsday this and doomsday that through just about every media outlet. The Bible covers extensively in the Old and the New Testaments of an apocalyptic time that seems to be right around the corner. There is a common belief the Mayan calendar holds a prophecy...

Bits and Pieces

[image error] Thanks to everyone who responded to my research survey of Boxers vs. Briefs. I will forward the data off to CERN. And please, do NOT send me your boxers and briefs. Mail them directly to CERN as they use these to fuel the Large Hadron Collider:
European Organization
for Nuclear Research
CERN CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerland
I have finished reformatting OPENING as I was having the same problems as I had with BREAKTHROUGH. Exaggerated indents and font changes and such. And thanks to those who provide f...

Boxers Vs. Tightie Whities

[image error] Hi everyone. As always, thanks for stopping by. It’s time to break up the theme of the CERN, Higgs Boson, and extra dimensions and such with a fun blog. Today, we’ll try to settle the age old question of boxer shorts vs. tightie whities. Sure, this doesn’t carry the same weight as Ginger vs. Mary Ann, Republican vs. Democrat, or paper or plastic. But if we could solve this complex problem perhaps we could help balance out the universe and make our world a better place to live.
I thought of th...

The Bible, Extra Dimensions, and Parallel Universes

[image error] Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Stephen Hawking talked about reading the mind of God in the context of discovering a Theory of Everything. Sir Isaac Newton first proposed the idea. Three great minds. Yet they found the challenge to be, well, challenging. How can one read the mind of God?
Could It Be that a Theory of Everything will need to not only reconcile the science of the very big (Einstein and general relativity) with the science of the very small (quantum mechanics), but also include the s...

The Higgs Boson: Why Should I Care?

[image error] The Higgs Boson, a theoretical particle that is key to the scientific understanding of all matter, has been discovered (but still needs to be confirmed).


Okay. So What. Big deal. What's the significance and what does this all mean to me?


Glad you asked!


Physicists believe the Higgs mechanism enables us to understand how particles acquire mass ... It could be that the Higgs particle acts as a bridge between ordinary matter, which makes up atoms, and dark matter, which we know is a very importa...

Weekend Follies Higgs Boson Style

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Insecure Writers Support Group

[image error] Here it is the first Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means. It’s time for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group.
Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! [image error]
My doubt and concern is stepping up and doing the intermediary steps between writing a book and having it come to mark...