Grey’s Anatomy, 3D Printing & Bright New Futures

It always both amazes me and warms the cockles of my heart when I see, hear or read about things I’m postulating in my own writing. Such as is currently happening on the TV drama, Grey’s Anatomy, in which Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) is using a 3D printer to aid her in her research: growing replacement organs and the like, for patients at the hospital. I started writing my Bright Worlds trilogy way back in 2004-2005, completing book one, Elemental, in 2006, in which one of the lead protagonists, Morgaine, who has undergone torture so brutal, she’s living with a heart that could give out at any moment. And, as one of the plot threads, I have the medical staff start the…