I have just discovered that talented writer Jenny Hinsman has nominated me for a Liebster award! You can find out more about Jenny and get work here: https://hinsmanj.wordpress.com

Like Jenny, I am new to blogging, but this is a wonderful chance for us all to discover more about the blogging community and I get to answer some of Jenny’s questions about my writing, then pose some new ones to some other bloggers I admire.  The idea is to bring more traffic to all these fabulous blogs.  The ‘Liebster Blog’ Award is a wonderful way to spread the word about our work and connect with other bloggers, readers and authors. I have listed the rules of the Award below this post.

Here are my answers to Jenny’s questions:

If you could have dinner with one fictional character who would it be?

Dinner with Indiana Jones would never be dull!

If you could live in a book, TV show…

It seems that everyone around me is blogging their asses off! Yet again, I arrive to the game a little late!! Hi… sorry… don’t mind me, I’ll just be over here out of the way…

Source: My First Blog… Prepare to be mahoossively underwhelmed!

For me, I don’t think a writer should measure progress by word count alone. Word count matters, but if you’re a self publisher like I am, there are other chores that must be dealt with.

I managed about 2000 words on my novel today. I kind of glazed over the Strength card from the tarot deck. I like the symbolism, but don’t feel like the lesson here is central to my story. It’s there if you look hard, but beyond the yak talking about it, I left it short. Next round will bring in the Hermit.

I worked through my critiques and made a few changes based upon their advice.

I also finally finished the book I was reading. It was a great story, I just took too long reading it. I left the guy a nice review too. Not for nothing, but it takes time to leave a review…

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by Kate M. Colby

‘Comparisonitis’ is the most infectious disease in the writer community. Can you blame us? When John’s book has 100 five-star reviews and Jane has written six books this year and Joe has landed a major publishing deal, it’s difficult not to feel jealous and shame yourself for what you are/aren’t accomplishing.

Here’s your gentle reminder to CUT. IT. OUT.

Post originated fromEthos3.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

D. E. Howard was born and raised in the small seaside town of Southport where she still resides and dreams of a wo
rld where chocolate is better for you than an apple and of giving up her day job to become a full time writer.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Do you believe in magic?
Ellie Forrester didn’t.

Raised an only child by a mother who never hid her resentment Ellie learned from an early age to be self sufficient.

Finally moving away from her mother’s negative influence Ellie thought her small run down flat was a little piece of paradise.

The old book she found hidden away didn’t seem to be anything remarkable but Ellie soon discovered that it contained far more than just the words on the pages.

Ellie soon discovered that not only did magic exist but it was within her reach.

Do you believe…

This post is written due as a follow up to my fleeting mention of symmetry breaking in my last post.

Symmetry is very simple when spoken of with regard to the geometric idea of placing a mirror-line on a shape and observing the same image, but as with most things when you involve Physics things get a little more tricky. It is not so much that the concept becomes so different, it is just that we must be a little more creative in our approach expanding the definition of a symmetry. Any serious modern theoretical physics needs a deep understanding of particle physics, which makes symmetries unavoidable. Being an integral part of the quantum world and relying heavily on group theory, I find myself naturally drawn to this area when in truth I should be completing my mathematical methods.

Particle symmetries need not be taxing – I the majority of this in Hamburg’s Hotel Meridian after many pints of good…