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SWR 006: Ricki Lewis on the difference between writing about science and science writing
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Today, we hear from Ricki Lewis, an author and blogger. She holds a PhD in genetics and is the author of the textbook Human Genetics. She says that “Some years I write textbooks, and will do so for as long as they exist” which is a point we get into during our conversation. She also wrote The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It.
When not working on the latest edition of her textbook, my guest writes genetics news the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Medscape Medical News. She also posts at the popular weekly DNA Science blog at the Public Library of Science.
Most recently, she helped launch CureForward, a website about cancer that debuted in May of this year, where she is a contributing writer.
In this 31-minute episode, Ricki Lewis and I discuss:
The dying art of textbook writing
The sixth sense of a good textbook author
The shift from hardcopy to digital in science education
The changes that have occurred to make science writing as a profession so difficult
The distinction between science writing and simply writing about science
Science communication and the public
Writing 14 hours a day
Resources for science writing
Ricki’s favorite sci-fi show this summer
And much more…
Links and the full show notes can be found at http://www.filamentcommunications.com/swr006
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