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Can’t travel? Tips for writing about places you’ve never been Advice for authors from historical fantasy author Olivia Helling

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018

Title of post interpost over photgraph of person outlining routes on a paper map

Historical and dark fantasy author Olivia Helling stops by to share writerly insights from her recent travels. It turns out that Google Maps doesn’t show you everything. … Read more

Studying Penis Bones at the Smithsonian

January 7, 2018January 6, 2018

red fox (vulpes vulpes) skeleton at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

I got to visit one of my favorite exhibits at one of my favorite museums this week: Bone Hall at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. And what better to focus on this trip than the baculum, aka the penis bone, an actual bone that appears in the penises of many actual animals—just not in humans. … Read more