Channeling Miss Phryne Fisher

Channeling Miss Phryne Fisher

I find myself hopelessly enamored of a certain saucy Aussie investigator. Her effervescence and inquisitive nature completely slay me.

The name of my girl crush is Miss Phryne Fisher, of Murder Mystery Fame.

Is it that she drinks too much, dances with too much abandon, and beds too many hot men? Is it her wardrobe of stylish art deco garments? Or is it simply that she owns herself with delightful and delicious aplomb?

I am utterly ravished by her lightness-of-being.

No question, when I grow up, I want to be Miss Fisher. Until then, I shall have to settle for emulation.

Phryne Fisher

 

My latest on the HuffPo. Visionary Medicine: Neurosurgery Simulation and the Potential to Save Lives
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My latest on the HuffPo. Visionary Medicine: Neurosurgery Simulation and the Potential to Save Lives

Last weekend I attended a conference on brain surgery simulation–a fledgling technology with enormous potential. Here is the article I wrote about it.

Visionary Medicine: Neurosurgery Simulation and the Potential to Save Lives

Doctor Bederson remembered my interest and invited me to a conference he arranged last week on the science and applications of brain surgery simulation.

Simulation is regularly used in other high-risk industries, such as aviation, nuclear power, and the military. Pilots practice taking off and landing in simulators and also handling emergencies. I, for one, am grateful they have done so, every time I step onto a jumbo jet.

Simulation is also a tool in many areas of medicine. Residents practice intubating on mannequins; surgeons learn a running whipstitch on a chicken breast. Cardiothoracic surgeons refine their skills on pig and beef hearts. Residents are better trained and better prepared because they have worked this way, learning and refining basic skills before being turned loose on real patients. Safety is enhanced; outcomes are improved. There are many benefits to practicing a skill in a simulated environment.

Brain surgery simulation, however, has remained elusive, both because of its inherent complexity and because of the exquisite, mushy, wet, softness of the human brain itself. It’s also hard to distinguish critical structures within the brain from each other. For example, the optic and the olfactory nerves are similar, as normal brain and pathological brain can be…

Posted: 11/15/2013 7:33 pm

FAR SHORE is  TOP PICK on NIGHT OWL REVIEWS
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FAR SHORE is TOP PICK on NIGHT OWL REVIEWS

Night Owl Romance reviewer HCHarju posted an awesome 5 star review of FAR SHORE on the illustrious Night Owl Reviews blog. The review starts out, “Oh my goodness. Traci Slatton does it again.”  How fun is that??

Here is a quote from HCHarju’s revuew:

I am completely in love with this series. She ups the stakes and the intensity is doubled in every aspect of the book. The mists are even scarier and horrifying than in the previous books. The friction from the love triangle is explosive and the characters are all put to the test of their limits. Emma must face her demons and be strong for herself and for Arthur. Also, my favorite sociopath shows up and has been both a curse and a godsend. 

Find it here.

I must say, I am pleased that such an expert reader as Harju enjoyed our very own sociopath; I took some risks with him in the novel, and some of my readers were not pleased.

Night Owl Reviews designated FAR SHORE a “Night Owl Top Pick Review” which is thoroughly lovely!

 

Crystal Book Reviews on COLD LIGHT

Crystal Book Reviews on COLD LIGHT

The rather delightful Viviane Crystal enjoyed COLD LIGHT and wrote enthusiastically about it on her Crystal Book Reviews blog.

Here is one of my favorite passages:

Cold Light continues with scenes of adventure, treachery, brutality, and passion for these feisty characters who love and live with such fierce intensity that actually seeps into the reader while reading.  Traci Slatton’s series is a notable work of science fiction and/or paranormal fiction that will intrigue and thrill readers who love this genre.  

Find the review here.

 

Nights & Weekends on COLD LIGHT; Seacoastonlineblogs on FAR SHORE
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Nights & Weekends on COLD LIGHT; Seacoastonlineblogs on FAR SHORE

Two new reviews: author and reviewer Margaret Marr of Nights and Weekends wrote a bang-up delightful review of COLD LIGHT,  saying:

Cold Light brings us adventure, suspense, and romance all wrapped within an apocalyptic tale of survival against the strongest forces that mankind has to bear. At the center is a tortured heroine who struggles to make the right choices, making it easy for the reader to relate to her and feel deeply for her. She’s damaged but strong, and it’s easy to root for her no matter what options she chooses, whether it relates to her heart or her survival. 
Traci L. Slatton is an amazing writer, and she proves it once again with Cold Light—a read that’s impossible to put down. It will draw you into a cold world that’s warmed by unforgettable characters and mankind’s desire to survive against all odds. 


Rebecca Skane of SeacoastOnline Blogs posted this thoughtful, careful look at FAR SHORE, writing, 
 

Although endearing, the diversity is meant to illuminate  and enforce the commonalities that all people share:  love, hate, friendship, and the desire to survive.  When the mists destroy most of the population, the rest of the survivors left on the planet have to set aside petty differences that may have once separated them in order to survive as a singular species….

I was positive that I knew how this book was going to end.  I was completely wrong.  I love it when that happens!  It also seems that this third book is not the end, although the series labels itself as a trilogy.  It appears that a fourth book may be coming and the series will have to rebrand itself as a quartet, while Far Shore is more of a bridge to the next and final book.  Or is it?

Find Rebecca Skane on Goodreads here.
Find Margaret Marr on Goodreads here.

To answer all the lovely bloggers, book reviewers, and readers: The After Series is no longer a trilogy, it is a series. I got to the end of FAR SHORE and there was story left over to tell…. So stay tuned for the 4th book in the series!
 
 
Tynga’s Reviews on FAR SHORE
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Tynga’s Reviews on FAR SHORE

Stéphanie of Tynga’s Reviews gave FAR SHOREa wonderful review.

 
She wrote: If you thought dystopian books only worked for YA, Traci L. Slatton will prove you wrong…. 
 
…The camaraderie between the characters also balances out the darker themes of the book, and truthfully, just makes is more interesting to read. The series is really about the human condition so it’s also nice to see how different characters deal with the new struggles of this post-apocalyptic world.
 

This series definitely keeps getting better and better!…” 

Here is the whole review.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

 

 
 
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