Book Review: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson – 5 stars

Warbreaker is a wonderful stand-alone epic fantasy. There are 4 main POV's, two sister princesses (one refined, one irreverent), a god returned from the dead, and a mysterious vagabond with a talking sword and a mysterious agenda. Brandon Sanderson does an excellent job building out his characters, who all sound unique and have their ownContinue reading "Book Review: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson – 5 stars"

Writing Conferences 2018, 2019

Hey all! As an update to all of my writing friends about conferences I'm attending: LUW Spring Conference (35$, Apr 14) https://www.eventbrite.com/.../2018-spring-conference... Fyrecon (40$ Jun 21-23) https://www.fyrecon.com UVU Book Academy 2018 (95$, Sep 18) https://www.uvu.edu/conferences/book-academy/program.html Local Authors and You (Free! Nov 3-4) http://www.viridiancenter.org/ev…/authors_LocalAuthorsAndYou NEXT YEART Superstars Writing Seminars (Many $$'s, I have a 100$ offContinue reading "Writing Conferences 2018, 2019"

Bad Research example: Trump’s Media Survey

This is an example of how to analyze research as related to my blog post Recognizing Bad Social Research or News Articles. I swear I'll analyze good examples too! But the bad ones are just such fun. 🙂 The other day I read a survey on Trump's website that hurt my soul. It is leading, biased,Continue reading "Bad Research example: Trump’s Media Survey"

Recognizing Bad Social Research or News Articles

If you don't have the time to read the whole article, ask yourself these questions every time you read some research or a news article: Recruiting: Did they recruit enough people from all appropriate groups to represent the population? Research Methods: Did they ask non-biased and unleading questions which allow for neutral and other opinions?Continue reading "Recognizing Bad Social Research or News Articles"