Roxannebarbour
A blog to promote my novels, and post quotations, and articles on science, mathematics, space.
MY BLOGS
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Roxanne Barbour, Author
http://roxannebarbour.wordpress.com/
A blog to promote my novels, and also post quotations, articles about science, mathematics, space.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 147 )
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Quotation – July 18, 2012
You should really stay true to your own style. When I first started writing, everybody said to me, ‘Your style just isn’t right because you don’t use the... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – July 16, 2012
As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – July 12, 2012
Inevitably, you react to your own work–you like it, you don’t like it, you think it’s interesting or boring–and it is difficult to accept that those reactions... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – July 9, 2012
Two questions form the foundation of all novels: ‘What if?’ and ‘What next?’ (A third question, ‘What now?’, is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – July 3, 2012
An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you’re going because you have to drop hints along the way. With th... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 30, 2012
If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 28, 2012
I said the hell with Plot, I’m going to write stories about people that interest me, the way I see them. I’m sick of formula. I’m sick of Hero, Heroine, Heavy. ... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2012 CREATIVITY -
Quotation – June 27, 2012
The writer must always leave room for the characters to grow and change. If you move your characters from plot point to plot point, like painting by the numbers... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Roman Jewellery Found in Ancient Japan Tomb
Roman jewelry found in ancient Japan tombPosted by TANN (The Archaeology News Network)Glass jewelry believed to have been made by Roman craftsmen has been... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2012 SCIENCE -
Invisible Galaxy Centaurus A
“Invisible Galaxy Centaurus A” –Would Appear 20 Times Size of Full Moon If Human Eyes Could See It If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centauru... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2012 SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 23, 2012
I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once, poking up through the hardpan, I see the top o... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 22, 2012
Too many writers think that all you need to do is write well–but that’s only part of what a good book is. Above all, a good book tells a good story. Focus on th... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 21, 2012
The character on the page determines the prose–its music, its rhythms, the range and limit of its vocabulary–yet, at the outset at least, I determine the... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 20, 2012
There is no finer form of fiction than the mystery. It has structure, a story line and a sense of place and pace. It is the one genre where the reader and the... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – June 19, 2012
Discover your seventh sense…. a sense of wonder.Once upon a time there was a future…In that time, there will be A struggle for the stars, An assembly of alien... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Voyager Space Probe Reaches Edge of Solar System
via reutgers.com By Chris Wickham LONDON | Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:36pm EDT (Reuters) – The Voyager 1 space probe has reached the edge of the solar system, extendin... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2012 SCIENCE -
Star Trek at E3
via ign.com E3 2012: Star Trek – BFFs in Outer Space The original odd couple. by Cam Shea JUNE 6, 2012 Digital Extremes’ presentation at this year’s show gave... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Which One’s the Doughnut?
via livemint.com French mathematician Henri Poincaré’s conjecture has profound implications for the shape of the universe. A Matter of Numbers | Dilip D’Souza... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Richard Leakey and Evolution
Richard Leakey predicts evolution debate will soon be history http://bit.ly/KmpvFd Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2012 CREATIVITY, SCIENCE -
Quotation – May 28, 2012
Always trust your fellow man. And always cut the cards.Always trust God. And always build your house on high ground.Always love they neighbor. And always pick... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2012 CREATIVITY