COP26: a historic but imperfect accord

“World leaders signed off on a new climate change agreement after two weeks of intense negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland. While some countries committed to more ambitious cuts to heat-trapping pollution, many nations did not agree to reign in emissions fast enough for the world to avoid the worst damage from climate-driven storms, heat waves and

World building in Science-fiction and Fantasy

“If you write science-fiction or fantasy, world building can make or break your book.” ProWritingAid. World building is harder than you think. It is difficult and takes time. Many details need to come together in a cohesive fashion to produce a believable world. You can be creative and design your own world from scratch or

Why are reviews so important? Tips and Tricks for Authors

Why reviews matter to readers and authors. More than one thousand books are published every week. With so many choices, readers search on the internet for books to read in the genre they like. They read reviews to get a glimpse at the story and how people feel about the characters. Reviews help the reader

A Unique Planet

Let’s celebrate Earth, our unique planet!Earth with its blue oceans and white clouds is very beautiful. It’s also unique. Why do scientists consider Earth unique even in 2021? Well of course, because it’s the home of so many varieties of life forms and also home to the most complex being we know of to date:

Writing pitfalls and mistakes

When I first started writing, I thought I knew how to write but I soon found out that it wasn’t as simple I thought. There are many pitfalls that await the unwary writer and I fell into a few. Here are some common mistakes and a bit of advice. Grammar.Grammar should be simple and straightforward

The Great Conjunction of 2020

Astronomers use the term conjunction when two objects appear to meet in the night sky. The great conjunction is when the two biggest planets of our solar system, Jupiter, and Saturn, the second biggest with its famous rings, meet and form a “double planet” as seen from Earth. Obviously, this is an optical illusion because

An introduction to my sci-fi fantasy novel “I Am Sheffrou”

1 I had another argument with my husband this morning. Sometimes I wish I could change my life. Be somebody else. Be somewhere else. I stomped out on the back porch, fuming. I climbed down the steps leading to the yard careful not to dirty my new sneakers, stopped on the landing, and pondered the