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Reviewing Douglas Preston's Extinction
Can Scientists Really Bring Back The Wooly Mammoth? Welcome to my first edition of From Fact to Fiction: Thrilling Book Reviews. Each...
Linda M. Whitaker
Apr 101 min read
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ChatGPT Basics - The Language of Numbers
In this Blog Post, I'll try to give you an idea of how ChatGPT works. In later posts we can talk about implications and ethics. What is...
Linda M. Whitaker
Jan 17, 20245 min read
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Ride a Wagon Train to the Stars with ChatGPT.
My friend David sent me this interaction he had with ChatGPT. With his permission, I am posting to evoke emotion, thought, and...
Linda M. Whitaker
Jul 1, 20239 min read
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Georgia's Playlist
A few weeks ago, I confessed to my writing group that I had lost Georgia's voice. It can be hard, not just to maintain your characters...
Linda M. Whitaker
May 14, 20231 min read
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A New Thrill Ride
The thriller magazine you've been waiting for has launched on Kickstarter! Quarterly issues, exciting themes--adventure, betrayal, and...
Linda M. Whitaker
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Titanium Web Pre-Release Giveaway!
I'm giving away 100 pre-release copies of Titanium Web, the sequel to the award-winning The Crucible of Steele.
Linda M. Whitaker
Dec 30, 20221 min read
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Could Doomsday Bunkers Become the New Normal?
What happens when paranoia meets pandemic? Don't just stay inside, go underground. Titanium Web, the second Georgia Steele book, will...
Linda M. Whitaker
Aug 2, 20221 min read
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Why So Many Steps?
It's been almost two years since publication of my first novel, The Crucible of Steele. Days later, in July 2020, I wrote down my first...
Linda M. Whitaker
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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New Brain Implant Turns Visualized Letters into Text
The next Georgia Steele book will come out at the end of 2022. I thought it might be fun to start sharing the scientific research behind...
Linda M. Whitaker
Jan 25, 20221 min read
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Implant gives rats sixth sense for infrared light
The next Georgia Steele book will come out at the end of 2022. I thought it might be fun to start sharing the scientific research behind...
Linda M. Whitaker
Dec 31, 20211 min read
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A Ghost Story
Here's mine: In 1998 we moved to Christiansted, St. Croix, starting what would be a decade of island living and the start of many close...
Linda M. Whitaker
May 4, 20212 min read
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The Healing Tree
How far would you go to save the life of a loved one? To keep your lover from finding your dark past? To become rich beyond your dreams?...
Linda M. Whitaker
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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The Darwin Letters
While I was doing a few book launch events, folks remarked about the preface and the opening chapter. The former is an actual quote from...
Linda M. Whitaker
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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What I'm Reading - Still Life
“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead. Most [immature]...
Linda M. Whitaker
Jun 18, 20203 min read
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What I'm Reading - Ask Historians on Reddit
Ask Historians on Reddit r/AskHistorians How is it that I just learned about this? This honestly has to be one of the best forums ever. ...
Linda M. Whitaker
May 17, 20202 min read
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What I'm Reading - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
A first novel by UK author Stuart Turton You know those books that you just can’t initially get into, but for some reason you keep...
Linda M. Whitaker
May 17, 20201 min read
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How Trees Talk to Each Other
This amazing TED talk is a few years old, but worth a listen. As I do more research into our world for my books, I'm amazed, humbled,...
Linda M. Whitaker
Dec 15, 20191 min read
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Science Thrillers versus Science Fiction
My novel, The Crucible of Steele is technically Science Fiction, but maybe best categorized as a Science Thriller or Techno-thriller....
Linda M. Whitaker
Dec 15, 20191 min read
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What if our creator left us a message?
This article was published in the New York Times two years ago, but it has stuck with me, and I keep meaning to share it. Who Needs Hard...
Linda M. Whitaker
Aug 15, 20191 min read
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