oops
The reviews for "Tag" got my attention, but not necessarily in the best of ways...
I don't understand the significance of what Julia discovered...I don't know molecular biology so maybe there's some significance...but I don't get it.
I hate to sound like an idiot...but I don't get it.
Oops. The point of the story was that Julia, while doing research to stave off winter boredom, unintentionally stumbled into evidence that the Syndrome was genetically engineered. This ties in with a larger theory that I'll be bringing back up in Seventeen Months, but uncovering evidence of artificial development was all I was trying to demonstrate here.
Unfortunately, I demonstrated a little too well. I got so caught up in the scientific explanations that I forgot my audience. Most people know what genetic engineering is; but the specifics of it generally aren't interesting unless you're interested in molecular biology and/or genetics. As it so happens, I am (although my post-secondary education and career are in business). I've taken elective coursework in the area, and that was what I was drawing upon when I wrote "Tag."
Key word: elective. As in, not required.
So I've re-written the original 591-word response to add in some more exposition. The original version is intact; I only changed it here and there to accommodate the new parts more smoothly. Hopefully this version will work better for general readership. All of the links are the same.
I'm also going to admit I'm amused. I never thought I'd be the one who got a little too scientific in the science fiction writing. I've never even come up with a strategy for handling it, although I can identify a couple of other authors' strategies. I suppose it's time I did.
I don't understand the significance of what Julia discovered...I don't know molecular biology so maybe there's some significance...but I don't get it.
I hate to sound like an idiot...but I don't get it.
Oops. The point of the story was that Julia, while doing research to stave off winter boredom, unintentionally stumbled into evidence that the Syndrome was genetically engineered. This ties in with a larger theory that I'll be bringing back up in Seventeen Months, but uncovering evidence of artificial development was all I was trying to demonstrate here.
Unfortunately, I demonstrated a little too well. I got so caught up in the scientific explanations that I forgot my audience. Most people know what genetic engineering is; but the specifics of it generally aren't interesting unless you're interested in molecular biology and/or genetics. As it so happens, I am (although my post-secondary education and career are in business). I've taken elective coursework in the area, and that was what I was drawing upon when I wrote "Tag."
Key word: elective. As in, not required.
So I've re-written the original 591-word response to add in some more exposition. The original version is intact; I only changed it here and there to accommodate the new parts more smoothly. Hopefully this version will work better for general readership. All of the links are the same.
I'm also going to admit I'm amused. I never thought I'd be the one who got a little too scientific in the science fiction writing. I've never even come up with a strategy for handling it, although I can identify a couple of other authors' strategies. I suppose it's time I did.