by Matthew Rehrl MD | RAVEN, Writing Habits
One of my go-to writing coffee mugs has a raven-inspired Native American design on it (see above). It acts as a reminder for me to work on my raven-inspired work of fiction: The Raven Singularity. Is this a trick? Sure. But it does work, and that’s good enough...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | 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 | RAVEN, Writing
The raven is a symbol and a character (through the power of artificial intelligence and quantum computing) in the novel I’m writing. Because of this, I find myself running across interesting facts during my research on ravens. Here’s one: Did you know that a flock of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | RAVEN, Reading, Writing
One aspect of novel writing is research. Since my current project requires understanding the history and pre-history of the Pacific Northwest’s indigenous population, that’s what I’ve done. Specifically, I’ve spent the last two years reading about...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Mind, RAVEN
I have an odd habit. Whenever I buy a new book—such as Folk-Tales of the Coast Salish, shown above, which I am using for research in my RAVEN books—the first thing I do is open them up wide, take a deep sniff, and smell the fresh print on paper. But why? Well, we all...
