Last weekend the family went to visit Newark, Ohio on a research trip for some storylines I want to write for The Way to Freedom series. I wanted to have a look firsthand at the prehistoric earthworks that are located around the area. There are quite a few of them! The Newark Earthworks are the largest…
I thought that I might tell you all a little bit about where I got the idea for the group known as ‘The Kalarthri’. The Kalarthri are drawn from the second born children of the Suene Empire and are used as an indentured ‘slave’ workforce for a period of thirty years. After that, the Kalarthri are pensioned off…
Real life dragons! (or cool looking lizards….) I thought I would share these here, as I love lizards and reptiles and these are beautiful little creatures. I might have to feature something like them in a future story. Armadillo Girdled Lizard – Cordylus cataphractus – from South Africa. If you enjoyed this article, get email…
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Data from the ISS-based Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment supports the idea that dark matter consists of the invisible particles called weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs. The universe seems to be full of dark matter, yet no one knows what it’s made of. The best guess is that invisible particles called weakly interacting massive particles,…
Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube This book is chock full of site plans and photos, artifacts and loads of maps. This is a highly informative work considering that most of Maya history comes from the Glyphs/writing left on buildings and monuments….
Evidence of contagious yawning in chimps, dogs and now wolves suggests that the behavior is linked to a mammalian sense of empathy By Helen Thompson SMITHSONIAN.COM AUGUST 27, 2014 Chimps do it, birds do it, even you and I do it. Once you see someone yawn, you are compelled to do the same. Now it seems…
Hello Everyone – I hope you are all doing well? As well as writing, I absolutely love to read! Here are some books in various genre’s that I have read and enjoyed. If you are looking for something to read, then maybe you might find something in this month’s recommendations list 🙂 -Hayley NB:Genre’s will…
by DANA FARRINGTON For the main article, click here A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky over the Lovell Radio Telescope in Holmes Chapel, U.K., on Aug. 13, 2013. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The annual Perseid meteor shower will streak the sky tonight. The best time to watch is between 3 and 4 a.m., for all…
by Tia Ghose, Gravity is the force that attracts two bodies toward each other, the force that causes apples to fall toward the ground and the planets to orbit the sun. The more massive an object is, the stronger its gravitational pull. Fundamental force Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces, along with the electromagnetic,…
A post by Lindsay Buroker that I would like to share. For New Indie Authors: What I Would Do if I Were Starting Today Sometimes when you give publishing and marketing advice on your blog, you get a little resistance from new self publishers. But you’ve been doing this for 3+ years. You have a fan base already. You…
