by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Aug 15, 2022 | Book Reviews, RAVEN
Some books I read check all of my intellectual boxes. Wednesday is Indigo Blue (by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. and David M. Eagleman, Ph.D) does just that. It explains the current scientific thinking around the neurological condition of synesthesia. It touches up both...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Jul 21, 2022 | Book Reviews, Writing
In preparation for a meeting with an agent at the upcoming upcoming San Francisco writers conference, I spent a few hours reading one of his author’s debut novels: Beauty of the Broken, by Tawni Waters. It’s a lovely book—a coming of age story and a young love...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Jun 23, 2022 | Book Reviews, Writing Habits
My book, Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies For Every Writer, is falling apart. It’s binding on the spine is torn halfway up, and this tear extends through several pages. It has stains and has been “dog-eared” throughout. It’s a book on the last leg of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | May 25, 2022 | Book Reviews, RAVEN, Writing
One of the books I am currently reading right now (or, more accurately, referencing) is Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest, by Ella Clark, initially published in 1953. It’s one of the books I have at home on the subject of Pacific Northwest Native American...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Jan 9, 2022 | Book Reviews, Ikigai
Some books are meant to be read hard and fast, in just one sitting. Here’s the book I am reading now: Cogwheels of the Mind—The Story of Venn Diagrams, written by the mathematician A.W.F. Edwards. It’s only 94 pages long, packed full of both lovely graphics and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD, MS | Jan 3, 2022 | Book Reviews, Writing, Writing Habits
I just had the pleasure of completing Lisa Tener’s writing workbook The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day, and I would like to share some of my thoughts here. (Some background on how I know Ms. Tener. I first met her over 5 years ago...
