Re-engineered E. Coli is being made to function normally, but with the safety valve of being dependent on synthetic amino acids to survive. Such a recoded organism would be resistant to viral infections. http://bit.ly/rma_rewritten_genome
Rick Marcks does a commission at our Floating Dock Comics booth in Artists Alley at Rose City Comicon in Portland. Missed Stan Lee, but saw a lot of old customers, family, friends, and fans. Thanks everyone for making it a great weekend!
David F. Walker, Marvel writer of Iron Fist poses with Iron Fist himself, my grandson, at Rose City Comicon.
Book – ***+ Lauren Oliver has proven that YA mysteries can make it to the New York Times bestseller list. Her story about sisters with great love but some tragic history between them has excellent descriptions and well-drawn characters. A missing child, Madeline Snow, provides the impetus for the older…
A troubled teen and a troubled loner are forced to go on the run together in the New Zealand bush changing both. Lovely film.
Earthlike planet, Proxima b, found around Proxima Centauri 4.22 light years away. Check out all the good and bad possibilities including the possibility of taking a robotic look-see within twenty years http://bit.ly/rma_to_new_planet .
After the Willamette Writers Conference in early August, I came away with notes from two agents who wanted to know what other YA mysteries my YA novel, Wasted in Waldport, was like. I realized I was not reading YA mysteries, because I didn’t want mine to be derivative, even subconsciously.…
Although the evil rabbit took over the film, a step up as family entertainment with something for everyone.
Wonderful foreign film about an out-of-work cellist who goes home with his new wife and unexpectedly finds work as a funeral director’s assistant, a profession looked down upon in Japan.
