I am a retired microbiologist and arachnologist. I specialize in polarized light microphotography. I worked as a paralegal and a grant writer. I have written for several magazines, and I create content for scientific websites. I once talked with Anne Rice about parrots and writing. I miss her. “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right - as right as you can, anyway - it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it.” - Stephen King