Category: Comment
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A discussion of failures.
For me November has been a month of new experiences and learning curves. I started this month with the high minded idea (along with thousands of other people all over the world) of writing a 50,000 word manuscript for a novel in under a month. I failed; miserably. After the first week and a half…
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NaNoWriMo… Day the Third
A Post containing the third chapter of my NaNoWriMo novel… I hope you enjoy it!
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NaNoWriMo, Call of Cthulhu and Character Creation
In which I talk about the way I’m going about character creation for my NaNoWriMo experiment!
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The L’Aquila prosecutions; a dangerous precedent?
In a landmark legal case in Italy yesterday, six scientists and one politician were convicted and sentenced for manslaughter charges. Benjamin Brooks looks at the case and what precedents it might set. (Originally written for The Graduate Times)
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What happens when a scientist tries to write a novel?
Today I talk a little bit about a small challenge I’m undertaking over the next month or so.
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“A Volcano… in Somerset”
In which I tear into a 2011 science article…
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Technorati Claim…
So apparently there’s a blog-search-engine called Technorati… how I didn’t know this before now is baffling… but I do now, so here I am claiming my blog for the engine! W8PYA8X9PMVD So here’s hoping that works… I’ll be posting a proper blog post tomorrow, I know it’s been a while, but it’s my blog…. so…
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The Adventure Begins – Dispatches from Montana 1
Following on from my previous post “Diggin’ Up Dino’s”; I flew out to Montana on the 3rd. I quietly celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee for the entire 30+ hours that I was in the air which proved to be an interesting experience in and of itself. Despite some minor delays in Toronto caused by US Customs…
Benjamin David Brooks 