August 2016 – Liana Brooks

2016 August

In which our heroine finally gets to see the belugas…

Since arriving in Alaska in early 2015 one thing I’ve been absolutely keen to do is see the beluga whales at Beluga Point. Just a few miles south of Anchorage proper, along the Seward Highway, there is a turn off near an outcropping of stone where -rumor had it –…

Building a City from the (Under)Ground Up – a guest post by Brooke Johnson

Over the past few weeks I’ve blogged about the basics of an ecosystem, the four simple needs of an ecosystem, and apex predators. Today, Brooke Johnson is going to kick off a series of guest posts about civilization building. She’s going to bridge the gap from basic ecosystem to flourishing…

Quantity Creates Quality

Everyone knows the story of the pottery class divided in two groups… one was graded by how many pots they made, the other half was graded on how good the pot was. Inevitably, the students who were creating for quantity created better quality pots. Why? Because the more you do…

Sustainable Extra-Solar Living – Apex Predators and More! (repost)

Continuing last week’s post on sustainable living, definitions and why they pertain to writing. Biomass Majority Why you need these: This is my own term for all the creatures that fall in the center of the food web in an ecosystem. They aren’t at the bottom, but they aren’t at the…

Another Fight

Someone asked me today what they should do if life is just too overwhelming. When you hurt, and depressed, and you’ve been kicked down so many times by life that you can’t remember not being in the mud… I’m not sure I have an answer for that. It’s a good…

Sustainable Extra-Solar Living (repost)

A few weeks back we set the definitions for an ecosystem. Now it’s time to look at some of the elements that you need to make a self-sustained society, city, or planet. Keep in mind that this is for writing purposes. As the author, you’re creating these elements. You can…