Tag: scientist

  • Distracted by Death: New York Stories

    Distracted by Death: New York Stories

    I used to have an obsession with death. Lately, I have come to think of it as more of a distraction but it still definitely sparks my imagination. I’ve just published a new collection that contains all of my novellas and short stories in one place, titled Distracted by Death: New York Stories on the…

  • Change 1 Thing for New Years

    What would it be, if you could change one thing in the New Year? This is a question I ask myself at the end or beginning of a year, before New Years, at birthdays too. My friends’ responses to the question this year ranged from the personal to the political, and even global: look in…

  • Writing Brindle 24 – the Last Day in the Life of a Town after Fracking

    How is a book conceived? I would say, not alone – but together. Where does a new story come from? I think, from many people sharing their thoughts in a cloud of possibilities. Writing the book, Brindle 24, I was inspired by the brave people who shared their experiences about the impact of gas drilling on their…

  • Physician and Scientist Authors

    The main attraction of science for me when I was growing up, was writings of scientists and physicians on my father’s and mother’s bookshelves. No book was denied to me, at any age, if I took it down to read. The parents might not want to talk about it, but they would let me read…

  • Publishing Your Writing – A Test for the Ego

    Have you been writing for years and years, and hoped to publish one day? I have, ever since I was a child. I can’t even count on my fingers and toes the times I sent treasured poems and stories out, hoping they would be published. I published my 2 new fiction books in the span…