Medicine

Get to Know Asian American Children’s Authors: Sayantani DasGupta, Co-Author of The Demon Slay

Our next author in this series is doctor-writer Sayantani DasGupta. I am a huge fan of Sayantani’s writing and am an avid follower of...

Guest Posts over at Redwood’s Medical Edge

Some of my medical blog posts are up online over at Redwood’s Medical Edge. This website is a great resource for fiction writers looking...

Medical Fiction Question #3: A Question So Easy a Brain Surgeon Could Answer It (Oh Wait…)

Q: (edited to remove specifics about the manuscript) In the book my one lead character – a Brain surgeon – will be performing two major...

Book Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

In many other respects, this book was better than the first book. For example, in Shiver, I felt a few of the side characters weren’t...

Biased Review of a Fabulous Essay: From Words to Brain by Livia Blackburne

What happens when you read? How does your brain derive meaning from words on a page? My writing buddy Livia, attempts to answer these...

Medical Fiction Question #2: Labor Pains

Q: From writer DH (question edited for clarity): If you don’t mind, I’m having a hard time writing a scene for childbirth, and I can’t...

My epiphany: it’s about the writing, stupid

After almost two and a half years of writing full time, I’ve finally realized that I need to write. It’s not about being published for...

Medical fiction question #1: The Disorderly Orderly

Abbreviated/edited email: Dear Amitha, I’m working on a short story that takes place in a hospital. The patient is in the room with his...

Have Medical Questions about Your Novel? Email me!

I’ve gotten a bunch of emails about my “How to Write a Hospital Scene” guest post from writers curious about how to fix their...

How to write a hospital scene–Guest post at GLA

Head over to the GLA blog to check out my guest post called “How to Write a Hospital Scene in Your Novel“! Let me know what you think....

Kid’s Medical Book review: Autism and Me: Sibling Stories by Ouisie Shapiro

Autism and Me: Sibling Stories by Ouisie Shapiro is a book of testimonials from children about what it’s like to have a sibling with...

Kid’s Medical Book Review: ABC Doctor: Staying Healthy from A to Z by Liz Murphy

ABC Doctor: Staying Healthy from A to Z by Liz Murphy is a list of doctor’s visit terminology in alphabetical order, ranging from “A is...

Kid’s Medical Book Review: My Friend the Doctor by Joanna Cole

My Friend the Doctor by Joanna Cole is a very cute book about a young girl named Hannah who goes to the pediatrician to get a checkup....

Helping Make Doctor Visits Less Scary — Free Online Read-Along Stories for Kids at HANS

Along that vein (pun not intended), I recently came across the website for the Help Autism Now Society. Because autistic kids often have...