Eureka!
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Good news, everyone! Check out the new issue of the Times of London science magazine Eureka for two stories by yours truly on dinosaurs and paleontology.
Posted by Brian Switek at 9:03 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Laelaps
Musings on evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature
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Laelaps is the blog of freelance science writer Brian Switek. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking, and he is a research associate at the New Jersey State Museum.
Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published on November 1, 2010 by Bellevue Literary Press.
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Written in Stone:
Early Praise for Written in Stone
Category: Paleontology
The early praise has started to come in - Written in Stone is "unique, informative and entertaining."
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:03 AM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What's new with Written in Stone
Category: Communicating Science
I can't help it - every time I pass a bookstore, I wonder whether they are going to carry my book when it comes out this autumn. November is still a long way away - summer does not even...
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:20 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tracks and Traces 5.8.2010
Category: Books
Written in Stone is now available for pre-sale on Amazon.com (as well as a few other online stores)! The description of the book, author bio, etc. will have to be updated, but otherwise it is good to see it get...
Posted by Brian Switek at 8:34 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Written in Stone - Wrapping up is hard to do
Category: Books
Now that the details about Australopithecus sediba have been published, I am faced with an important question - how am I going to fit the new hominin into Written in Stone? When I started composing Written in Stone I...
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:35 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Written in Stone, the series, and a plea for some advice
Category: Books
A few weeks ago, during the last part of the "So you want to write a pop-sci book" series, I briefly mentioned the idea of creating a series of mini-documentaries which would help promote my forthcoming book Written in...
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:00 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So you want to write a pop-sci book, Part 4: Getting the word out
Category: Books
In this last entry of the series, I discuss how to let people know about the dead-tree product you have poured so much effort into creating.
Posted by Brian Switek at 11:51 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So you want to write a pop-sci book: Answers to your questions
Category: Books
What goes into writing a pop-sci book? The conversation continues here.
Posted by Brian Switek at 1:37 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So you want to write a pop-sci book: Open thread
Category: Books
Is there anything you would like to know about publishing a popular science book? Have your say here.
Posted by Brian Switek at 11:09 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So you want to write a pop-sci book, Part 3: Writing the damn thing
Category: Books
What actually goes into writing a popular science book? I describe the experience of composing my first title, 'Written in Stone'.
Posted by Brian Switek at 10:30 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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