Writing is hard.There just are so many things to consider, and then after your work is finished it may, or, may not strike a chord. With a publisher or producer. And then with the public.This raises an important consideration: did you write to satisfy yourself, or, did you write to satisfy your reader or viewer?The following research...
The real Robinson Crusoe: Alexander Selkirk on Gunpowder Island explored
Credit: iStockphoto/Duncan Walker A scene from Robinson Crusoe, showing Crusoe and Friday.Not unlike many, one of the first works of classic literature I remember reading as boy was an abridged version of Robinson Crusoe. So when I later learned...
The Snowstorm personal flying machine
Looking for something special under your Chanukah bush this year? How about your very own personal flying machine?The first book I remember reading in the second grade was about a boy with his own personal flying machine - a jet pack - that he...
No, not all scientists are atheists
First worldwide survey of religion and science: No, not all scientists are atheistsAre all scientists atheists? Do they believe religion and science can co-exist? These questions and others were addressed in the first worldwide survey of how scientists...
Chomsky was right: We have a 'grammar' in our head
ceasefiremagazine.co.ukNoam ChomskyThis story about each of us possessing an internal grammar buried in the functions of our brains brings this blog full circle. It was a post, Your Brain Spots Grammar Error You Might Miss, that gave me the...
The 'snunkoople' effect in literature quantified. The what??
Credit: © flytoskyft11 / Fotolia The Snunkoople Effect: what makes a word funny?Every writer at some time has wondered, what makes a word funny? Is it the unexpected usage a' la S. J. Perelman? ("I once shot an elephant in my pajamas....
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