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— Man, I love driving. I think I should increase the distance which I decide to drive (as opposed to fly) when going to a conference. How’s 1000 miles? — Pro-tip: When driving in the middle of the night, find a truck and just stay behind it. It shields you from the wind and rain and
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I am traveling for work again. I hope to have a number of “Notes from the Road” posts for you! I have some paper resubmissions to work on while away, as well as my editorial and refereeing duties. But, I also have to carefully inspect a paperback proof of “Academaze” so we can finalize the text for the
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Well, not me, at least not yet. But Melanie of Annorlunda Books has received print proofs for the paperback version of “Academaze!” Squeeeeeeeee!
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It’s official! “Academaze” will be published on Monday, June 20th! Thanks to Susan Lavoie for the beautiful cover design and to Dora Dalton for editing services! Preorders (for electronic version) are available through Amazon, GumRoad, iBooks, Kobo, and Smashwords! The print book is not available for preorder, but you will definitely be able to order a copy
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The boys’ left hands: 16, 9, and almost 5 years of age. Aren’t they beautiful? The kids didn’t even grumble too much at this photo shoot, just rolled their eyes at Mom and posed. Do any of the readers remember Probably Handy Fun? Well, it turns out that Smurf is left-handed, like Eldest, which makes the right-handed Middle Boy
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It’s Memorial-weekend Sunday, so I should be allowed to not think about work, right? Well, it sort of… worked. DH, Smurf, and I spent some time at a local attraction, slathered in SP-50 Coppertone and working on our vitamin D reserves. But, I have been thinking about procrastination today. Why do I procrastinate? I see Eldest,
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The first one is by a fellow scientist (go say ‘Hi!’ to Physicist at Large) There’s No Good Coffee in the Martian Lowlands I stumbled upon two stories by a young writer of increasing acclaim, A. Merc Rustad Once I, Rose Tomorrow When We See the Sun Aaaaand, 2016 Nebula and Hugos! Hungry Daughters
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Academaze will come out on June 20! Preorders will start on May 31st! Of course, I will share all the information here. Today was a very busy day, plus a day of the monster headache… So nothing serious on the blog tonight. The book will be under the pseudonym Sydney Phlox. (My publisher recommended I pick a
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This one was inspired by a recent conversation in my group meeting. Generally, the outcome of a review of a manuscript in the physical sciences is one of the following options (I am sure it’s basically the same in the biological and social sciences, and maybe even in the humanities, but I have no direct experience):