Sophie is Scarlet October 2022 Newsletter

Current Draft Stats

• Words: 68,540
• Chapter: 12/16 (But probably more on the plane – see below!) (Psych!)
• Characters Killed by Author: 8
• In-Frame Vampires: 0

Patter

I finally figured out the last straggling chapter. Probably. The penultimate chapter will be a cliffhanger. Probably. Meanwhile, As you get this, I am at San Fran, presenting my research at a national conference. I am excited. I hope to bang out a chapter each on the flights there and back, but best laid plans yada yada yada. home, because my lovely wife got the covid, and now I can’t ravel or present 😢

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Don’t hesitate to hit me up with suggestions or complaints and the like.

Currently Reading

The Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan.

In Yalda’s universe, light has no universal speed and its creation generates energy.

On Yalda’s world, plants make food by emitting their own light into the dark night sky.

As a child Yalda witnesses one of a series of strange meteors, the Hurtlers, that is entering the planetary system at an immense, unprecedented speed. It becomes apparent that her world is in imminent danger—and that the task of dealing with the Hurtlers will require knowledge and technology far beyond anything her civilization has yet achieved.

Only one solution seems tenable: if a spacecraft can be sent on a journey at suffi ciently high speed, its trip will last many generations for those on board, but it will return after just a few years have passed at home. The travelers will have a chance to discover the science their planet urgently needs, and bring it back in time to avert disaster.

Orthogonal is the story of Yalda and her descendants, trying to survive the perils of their long mission and carve out meaningful lives for themselves, while the threat of annihilation hangs over the world they left behind.

Next on TBR Pile

The Anomaly: A Novel  by Hervé Le Tellier

Current Research

Use of CT with contrast in patients with kidney disease. If my resident can make up her mind #onBlast

Current Coding

Phone based patient organizer. Still working out the kinks. Maybe on the Google Play store later??

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Until Next Time!

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