Nuclear Fiction Newsletter
I am a retired psychologist, now writing novels. Nuclear fission, nuclear families—both are writing themes. In my first novel, fission is a metaphor for heartbreak, but I always write about chain reactions that spark from relationships.
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A FICTION TROPE THAT INFURIATES ME: THE THERAPIST/PATIENT ROMANCE (opens the original)
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FROM PSYCHOLOGIST TO NOVELIST: WHAT DOES SEX HAVE TO DO WITH IT? (opens the original)
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Strange Love: Offspring of the Manhattan Project (opens the original)
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Nuclear Fiction Newsletter, Issue #38 (opens the original)
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