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Mom and the Ankylosaurus

Blogging the Mesozoic

FIRST TIME IN AN AUDIO BOOK!

Hey everyone, you can listen to my story, “Etruscan Afterlife,” starting now. It’s in an anthology, The Reinvented Heart, from Arc Manor Books. My thanks to editors Jenn Brozek and Cat Rambo, as well as

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THOUGHTS ON BOOK REVIEWING

My first book review appeared in Analog just weeks ago. Hope nobody missed it! Amid the excitement of seeing my work in print, I’ve already turned in my next column for the July/August 2023 issue

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YELLOW SUBMARINE IN A PATAGONIAN FJORD

Who knew that one’s bucket list can include sailing beneath the waves in a six-person yellow submarine named Ringo? That’s what I found myself doing last month as part of a cruise down the coast

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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF: A WRITER READS

Calling all you readers, do you want more novels? Yeah, I thought so. I’ve been listening to a neat new podcast produced by the astute editor-writer-reader Rachel A. Brune. Give it a try. Oh, and

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IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! MY FIRST!

Presenting…my very first Reference Librarian column in Analog! I had a great time reading a bunch of recent science fiction novels set on and around the Moon. Having sent some fictional astronauts to the Moon

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MORE OF THE SAME CHARACTERS

Readers sometimes wonder why writers return again and again to the same characters, putting them in new dilemmas after these intrepid heroes already got done saving their family/village/island/universe. Can’t the writers let them have a

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T. REX vs. TRICERATOPS

Look closely at the three indentations to the left of my hand. They are tooth marks in this leg bone of a triceratops. Ouch! If you’re wondering, this is a cast, not the real fossil,

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WRITING ANALOG BOOK REVIEWS

Hey guess what, everyone? I’m now a book reviewer for Analog Science Fiction and Fact! If all goes according to plan, my first column is slated to appear in the March/April 2023 issue. Can you

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