Author Archives: paleololigo

Scientist (Paleontology, Geochemistry, Geology); Writer (Speculative and Science Fiction, plus technical and non-technical Science); Mom to great boy on the Autism spectrum; possessor of too many hobbies.

On-line Meetings

National Blog Posting Month – July 2013 – Connect

Prompt – Who was the first person you met over the Internet?

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I had to respond to this prompt. It made me giggle.

No doubt I did meet other people via e-mail when e-mail was brand new (Yes, I’m that old. I remember life before e-mail, Facebook, and blogs.)

But the first person I ever really met online is the man I’m now married to.

Yup, back when online dating services were experimental (and free) I posted a personal ad. I married my first responder (although he was my second date from the experience).

It worked out for me.

How about you?

Stink Bug – Chapter 14

I stared at T’r’bl for a long time. She didn’t move, other than the occasional blink in that curious way that birds blink. I broke her stare and scanned the other Vrr’a’kl. They too stared back at me, many of them fluttering their feathers. W’oo’woo was among them, quivering quietly beside me. K’eel had her head down, her beak resting upon the ground. She was the only one not looking at me.

I focused back on T’r’bl. “I-.” I didn’t know what to say. I needed to say something. “I don’t know what I can do to help.”Continue reading “Stink Bug – Chapter 14”

Things to Occupy My Time

The day’s nearly over, and I have no blog post for today yet, so here it is.

What things might distract me from writing? Today it’s sewing.

 

Continue reading “Things to Occupy My Time”

Scrivener and Writing Technical Manuscripts

I’m working on a technical science manuscript. Most science types default to MSWord, or OpenOffice, and LaTeX for technical writing. I don’t like any of those.

There’s this writing software out there called Scrivener. I was introduced to Scrivener after winning my first NaNoWriMo in November of 2011. Primarily, Scrivener is marketed toward writers of fiction, or of books, but it has application well beyond that. I can tell you that I use it for almost all of my writing, if what I’m working on is more than 1,000 words long.Continue reading “Scrivener and Writing Technical Manuscripts”

Stink Bug – Chapter 13

T’r’bl told her tale:

Not so long ago, and yet it seems an eternity, we lived happily as a large tribe of more than one thousand in the foot hills of the T’t’t Mountains. A day’s flight in nearly any direction would put us in contact with out neighboring tribes of N’rr’t, K’arr, and Zz’t. Two day’s flight into the mountains would put us with the K’t’tk. Our lives were peaceable. There were many chicks, abundant food, and rare fighting. We got on well with neighboring tribes. We traded husbands and fostered children. And, on the occasional difficult season, we shared resources. There was little conflict, but for a few hard heads.Continue reading “Stink Bug – Chapter 13”