Tag: writing
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Words to Ponder #10
“Ever tried. Ever failed. matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett This happens to be one of my favorite quotes, and one that I have a lot of trouble actually following. Failure is such a scary thing, even when it has little in the way of down-sides. We don’t like failing, and often…
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Simple Is Not Easy
With the release of my latest book (yes, I plan on milking that until the next one), I came to a new understanding: simple does not mean easy. Well — I actually knew that. The only difference here is in the cover for the book. I thought that by choosing to make the book cover…
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Words to Ponder #8
“It was, Stern thought, a classic real-world scientific problem. Weighing risks, weighing uncertainties. Most people never understood that the majority of scientific problems took this form. Acid rain, global warming, environmental cleanup, cancer risks—these complex questions were always a balancing act, a judgement call. How good was the research? How trustworthy were the scientists who…
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Is Michael Crichton The Writer Of Our Time?
I’ve read most of what was written by Michael Crichton. You know, the guy that wrote Jurassic Park? The guy who made the story that the HBO hit show West World was based? You know, the guy who was responsible for ER (the show)? For a long time I would easily and quickly say that…
Jeremy C Kester 