M.A. Granovsky's Blog, page 2

Why I wrote POISON PILL

POISON PILL is a culmination of what I know. I’m a lawyer now, but in my former life, I was a research scientist – got my sleeves wet, hung out with mice, and ruined my back changing heavy rotors in a centrifuge. I wrote a few well-published and well-received papers, too (excuse the brag).

I had a front-row seat to how science is made, published, debated, and hyped. Like any human sphere, biomedical science is rife with egos, politics, financial pressures, and petty and grand jealousies. I wan...

Welcome to The Next Big Thing

My writer friend, Kathy Logan, recently tagged me for a ‘chain’ blog entitled ‘The Next Big Thing’. The deal is: I answer a few questions about my current work-in-progress, then I invite other authors to do the same. A bit like a chain letter, except it is only focused on an author’s work-in-progress. Kathy was tagged previously by Clive Eaton. I’ve included details of their blogs so you can explore their answers to the same questions. The author I’ve chosen is tagged below my answers. So her...

Emails that Bite

By now you have probably heard or read about the U.S. Government’s suit against Standard & Poors

(here’s the complaint – it’s a great read!). The Government’s case is based in part on internal communications in which S&P personnel discuss the deals they are scoring in less than flattering terms. They joke, they disparage buyers, they come across as callus and cynical, and it’s all recorded for posterity. It just so happens that my work in progress, a legal thriller titled BUYING ON MARGIN, foc...