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Writing as a Craft:The Craft is a page with hints on the craft and writing, but it’s not too serious... including the all purpose simile and other really bad suggestions. Articles:“The scientific method: steps of faith not leaps,” Examiner.com, June 8, 2010. “Fermilab contributes another piece to the matter-antimatter puzzle,” Examiner.com, June 3, 2010. “Science vs Religion (pt2): the creation of science,” Examiner.com, May 28, 2010. “Science vs Relition and the nature of truth,” Examiner.com, May 26, 2010. “Inarguable facts in the global warming/climate change debate,” Examiner.com, May 18, 2010. “Celebrate International Nurses Day by thanking the angel nearest you,” Examiner.com, May 11, 2010. “The true value of oil and the insanity of burning it,” Examiner.com, May 6, 2010. “Earth Day at the dawn of creation,” Examiner.com, April 22, 2010. “A science-based litums test for Supreme court nominees,” Examiner.com, April 16, 2010. “Can quantum physics explain the bleep?” Examiner.com, April 13, 2010. “Proton Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider - What’s in it for You?,” OpenDemocracy, March 2010. “Booking the Future,” openDemocracy, June 2009. Ransom’s predictions for the future of books and publishing. “Expert Training: Lift, Bike, Run, ... Score!” published in Real Solutions Magazine #77, February 2009. “Hammer Made of Wood,” (Featured article for special Christmas editions) The Monthly, December 2008. “Hey Petaluma, Don’t be Stupid!” published in The Petaluma Argus-Courier, August 21, 2008. “Coming Home,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in The Monthly, June 2008. “The Properties of Paradise,” published in the anthology Writin’ on Empty edited by Joan Cehn, Julie Renalds and Risa Nye, 2008. “Just Say Know,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in Sacramento Parent, May 2008 and reprinted in Baltimore’s Child, June 2008 “Your Invitation to the Scientific Global Warming Debate,” published in the green-techZONE, July 2007. “Dry the Rain,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in More Bridges: The San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology, 2007. “After the Storm,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in Building Bridges from Writers to Readers: San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology, 2007. “Heart of Glass,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in the August 2005 edition of The Monthly, a regional general interest magazine of culture and commerce. Also see the Publication List for a longer, but still incomplete, publication list. |
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The Future of Science in Literature Not science fiction, not allusions to science and extrapolation (e.g., Michael Crichton), and absolutely never poorly informed utterly inaccurate pseudoscientific plot twisting (e.g., Dan Brown) but the real thing. Fiction and narrative nonfiction that incorporates real science like quantum physics and relativity with none of the inaccurate semi-mystical <bleep> that permeates so much of mainstream literature whenever the word “quantum” is mentioned. Instead, the science is integral to the plot and the passions of the characters, it’s accurate, fascinating, and in a setting where it feels real, but with enough tension that readers can use as much (or as little) of their brainpower to understand it as they want, without getting lost in the narrative. |
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Check out The Craft!
“I learned more reading this page for fifteen minutes than I have at just about any multi-day writing conference I’ve ever attended.” - David Corbett, author of Blood of Paradise, Done for a Dime, and The Devil’s Redhead. Contribute to The Craft at Ransom’s Notes! You’ll get a byline for every point you contribute. And don’t stop at good ideas, send the bad ones, too! |
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