Wanted: self disapline.

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The following are the reasons I have not been writing:1) Now that summer is here, I have so much work to do, I haven’t the time.2) When I get home from work I’m too tired to write.3) The beer is too cold and there is too much of it.4) My new laptop is difficult to operate.5) My brain hurts.  It’s easy …

Does anyone give a shit what it’s called, or does anyone give a shit?

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Global Warming, Climate Change, Mass Extinction: no matter the title given to the storm, the shit’s gonna hit the fan. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110621/sc_nm/us_oceansSome reject any and all evidence put forth by climatologist. The idea that climate change can be observed in a lifetime is unheard of in geological time scales. Anyone over thirty can see the changes. One generation observing changes in the …

Would you read more?

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 “The Last Act of Humanity”  By Dale Langlois Foreword      The World’s population approached the ten billion mark. The destruction of low lying cities along the coasts of every continent pushed civilization inland, taking up valuable farmland. Global flooding destroyed another third of the planet’s fertile soil. Famine plagued all nations.      When the true effects of our carbon foot …

In responce to an editor

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     My novel’s title has changed several times since it’s conception. First it was“The End of Holocene Epoch”, That changed to “The End of The AnthropoceneEpoch”, then with the sub title “The Cyclical Earth”. On to “The SecondIntelligent Species”. I now introduce the last title it will go by,(unless apublisher suggest something else) “The Last Act Of Humanity”.     The editor …

How a science fiction writer thinks

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 The subtitle for this blog is sci fi for the working guy. I try to take the most recent news about science and talk about it so the guys at work can relate to it. Let’s face it, few people follow news about super colliders or new discoveries in space. While they are interested in sports, politics or union matters, …

Have you ever had writer’s block?

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 Lately, my blog’s followings have suffered. I have learned that a blog unattended, is a blog not followed. Should I write just for the sake of writing? My heart says no. Things are moving along in the right direction, so why don’t I want to write? I have two interviews, soon to be posted in Pentalk Communities. http://pentalkcommunity.blogspot.com/  I received an “Invitation only” …

The people of Japan are in our thoughts

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The disasters in Japan involve the whole world, not just one country. Not only do we send rescue teams, money and supplies, but we also send scientist who study the impact of the disaster.Preventing loss of life is the final goal. Learning how the Earth and its atmosphere works is the only way to limit the causalities. Sadly, the best …

The Meteorite Men must be jumping for joy.

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The price of found meteorites just went up. Check out this link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110306/sc_nm/us_meteorites_life Now every cosmic find will be studied within a micro-inch of its life. Will our search for life on other planets stall while we turn our tunnel vision on meteorites? Obviously the cost of studying pieces of space which have already arrived on the planet is far smaller than gathering …

OK, I’ve got the BULL, now what do I do?

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I’ve contacted a proven author of two books, and he’s agreed to give an interview. Questions have been asked, answers have been given. Just send it to my editor and simple as a pimple, I’m a journalist. (I am doing an interview—JOURNALIST). Don’t burst my bubble. Anyhow, being a novice to the language of the PC, I couldn’t open his response to …