As a scientist and author, I relate to the concept of Creative Nonfiction, since science is all about truth, and scientists strive to see the natural world creatively through a fresh lens, and a writer wants an audience. So I eagerly enrolled in a workshop on Creative Nonfiction taught by Lee Gutkind, acknowledged as founder [...]
I’m aghast at Trump’s election victory, as are virtually all my friends, for reasons that have been listed over and over in editorials and private conversations. There’s no point in reiterating them. An email I just received from a long-time friend said, “I’m devastated and in mourning after Nov. 8. Am ashamed and embarrassed to [...]
I consider myself a writer now, not because I am starting to publish, but because I care so much about how it’s phrased and whether it’s good enough, which it never is. When I gave my friend Warren, who had extensive writing experience, one of my early short stories, he urged me to dispense with [...]
While some might insist that science is strictly factual, I think most would agree that speculation links discrete scientific data – facts – resulting in a narrative that becomes modified with additional data and knowledge. Speculation is not factual. In that sense, I view science as partly fact and partly story, and propose that reality [...]
Ricardo’s back and apparently in a talkative mood. I want him to remain at this website for a little while, but he said that there’s a website for Jellyfish Have Eyes (jellyfishhaveeyes.com) where he plans to settle in. That’s his real home. However, he’s happy to speak out in both websites for now so that he [...]
Scientists, writers and artists of all genres devote their creative lives to draw whatever they can from themselves. Rarely does the final product achieve the imagined vision. For most, including myself, the challenge continues from one effort to another, always banking on the possibility that the next result will be better than the one before. [...]
