Friday, October 30, 2009

Writing update

I'm 162 pages into the third book in The Adventures of Curtis, Connie, and Cosmic Cat. It's really going to be difficult to hold it the the 150 page goal. This is especially true as I'll have to add about 15 to 20 pages for illustrations and forward pages. I still have at least two more sections to write. I guess this will end up being closer to 200 pages when I'm finished. I'll have to go with what the characters and the story tell me to do. I'm still correcting and re-writing the first three chapters of The Next Step. This is a full length Science Fiction novel for young adults and older readers. I've got reviews for the first book, "Astronaut Training," on various sites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I'd appreciate anybody who has read the book putting up a review.

I'm going to pass on the science snippet this time but I'll attempt to do one next time. I need to write my blog more often, at least once a week.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Update on Writing

It seems like forever since I've last visited this page. It has been awhile. I've been revising the third book in, "The Adventures of Curtis, Connie, and Cosmic Cat." I've also been working on getting reviews of the first book, "Astronaut Training." Anybody want to do a review? I expect to have some additional reviews start showing up in the very near future. Anybody that has read my book hopefully will do a review.

As long as I'm here I might as well insert one of my Science Snippets.

Why does a refrigerator get cold?

When a liquid is forced through a small hole (orifice) into an area of reduced pressure the liquid expands and usually turns into a gas or at least into a cloud of droplets. It takes work for this to happen. Work is a form of energy which is taken out of the closed system. The result is that the gas is at a significantly lower temperature than the initial liquid. The resulting cold gas is circulated through the refrigerator coils and cools the refrigerator. Excess heat is transferred to the air around the refrigerator by external coils. The transfer of heat to the air allows the circulating gas turns back into a liquid to continue to get colder and subsequently cooling the refrigerator.