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Closing Out 100YSS: Antimatter, Gravitational Lensing & a Modified Orion Posted From Centauri Dreams
Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:53 AM PDT I don’t envy the track chairs at any conference, particularly conferences that are all about getting large numbers of scientists into the right place at the right time. Herding cats? But the track model makes inherent sense when you’re dealing with widely disparate disciplines. Earlier in the week […]
Kindle Unlimited in the UK
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
KINDLE UNLIMITED UK Amazon just launched Kindle Unlimited in the UK (for the amazon.co.uk website). Now UK customers can subscribe to Kindle Unlimited for £7.99 per month (with a free 30-day trial period). This allows UK subscribers access to unlimited reading of over 650,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks. This includes…
Anthology to Raise Money For Guide Dogs – A Further Update
Originally posted on K Morris – Poet:
I posted on 17 September regarding my idea to raise money for the Guide Dogs For The Blind Association (GDBA) by producing an anthology of stories and poems, (http://newauthoronline.com/2014/09/17/possible-anthology-to-raise-money-for-guide-dogs/). Many thanks to everyone who reblogged and agreed to provide material. I have now received the first story from…
“Coal miners don’t get coal miners’ block” John Green’s Dad — Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
I delete about 90% of my first drafts…so it doesn’t really matter much if on a particular day I write beautiful and brilliant prose that will stick in the minds of my readers forever, because there’s a 90% chance I’m just gonna delete whatever I write anyway. I find…
The ten most valuable writing tips I’ve received
Originally posted on Suffolk Scribblings:
image source: mcargobe.wordpress.com ? The internet is full of advice on how to write and it can be confusing and contradictory at times, especially when you are starting out. This isn’t because people like to give false advice but because each writer – and their writing process – is different. However, out…
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Gail Anderson-Dargatz What is your latest release and what genre is it? Search and Rescue is a mystery for literacy learners. Reading level: 3.0 (Part of the Rapid Reads adult literacy series published by Orca Books) Quick description: When a young woman goes missing on a nature trail, small-town journalist…
Fred Stenson
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
I’ve known Fred Stenson since I managed Sandpiper Books in Calgary, when he first came into the store to promote a new book he had edited, Alberta Bound: Thirty Stories By Alberta Writers. And, oh-my-goodness, the memories of that time (1986) have just come flooding through when I looked up…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 