TheSpacewriter

About TheSpacewriter

This blog is my daily, or semi-daily record of thoughts and impressions about astronomy and space science, primarily, although I’m not limited to those two. I also write about other aspects of science, particularly as various disciplines relate to politics, education, critical thinking, and other cultural aspects.

I first began this blog in early 2002 as a way to keep my writing chops fresh and share astronomy news that didn’t always make the front page of the papers. It is an outgrowth of my web page, TheSpacewriter.com, which has been around since 1992 and was originally called “The Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater.”

Over the years, my blog has migrated from Blogspot to Blogger-based publishing. early in 2008 I migrated to Wordpress and have transplanted all my earlier entries to this new format.

My Background

I’m a science writer and editor. I work with clients in the observatory and planetarium community, as well as my own book, web, planetarium, and other projects. Over the years I’ve written three books (see my store for more details), edited several others; written many articles, created more than 30 science (astronomy) documentary scripts, and exhibit projects, including the following:

* the complete astronomy exhibition at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles;

* a climate change exhibition for the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, and:

* a spaceweather exhibit for the Children’s Discovery Museum in Acton, MA.

Currently I’m working on vodcast projects for MIT/Haystack Observatory, and writing scripts for a series of fulldome theater production.

Can I do all this for you? Need a writer/editor? If so, please visit my SERVICES page for my projects and availability.

I also invite you to visit the folks whose pages link to mine. There’s an amazing array of like-minded people who read me (and I read them). (NOTE: I try to check on these links occasionally to make sure that they’re still appropriate. However, as usual, I urge you to use caution in your surfing. My linking to these folks does NOT imply that I approve specific or general posts, or that I am aware of changes they’ve made in their blogs since the last time I visited. If you find something objectionable on any of these links (prOn, violence, pseudo-science, harangues, etc.) please let me know so I can change my blogrolls.

This is to acknowledge the creative talent who devised the theme I’ve adopted for this site. Although I’ve changed it a bit to fit my needs, it was still the brain child of JD of JDBlog.net.