What is the secret to writing authentic medical scenes?
I won’t mislead you––healthcare professionals do have a slight advantage in creating dramatic dialogue and medical scenes that feel lifted from real-life emergencies. However, novelists benefit from knowing the craft of writing in ways most medical professionals do not.
Read More“You get it,” Angela said. “You wrote my pain.”
Read MoreI hope everyone will soon have access to the vaccine. The country is administering over 2 million vaccine doses per day, on average, and President Biden promised that the government would have enough supply to vaccinate any adult who wants a vaccine by the end of May. That is nine weeks away, people—nine more weeks. T
Read More“I got you, doc.”
And he did. He transported me safely back and forth to the hospital as if it were nothing. As if waking at 0530 to drive on treacherous roads with a stranger was nothing. It wasn’t “nothing”. It was everything. It meant we are a community that takes care of one another. We are not alone.
Read MoreFor the past year, I’ve been processing patients’ death to this cruel, unflinching disease. I have done my best to educate the public about prevention (staying home, masking up, washing hands, keeping social distance) and sounding the alarm on how horrific COVID is. But I was utterly unprepared for the death of a fellow doctor.
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