No frills. Busy reading. I am making up for years lost, years focused on 10-page medical review articles, chapters on next-generation sequencing, neurofibromatosis, Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome. For at least a decade, the number of novels read per year has been in the low single digits. If there is to be a transition to a life as … More Gap year, week 20
This week the journey from medicine to writing has been full of adventure. My new friend, Monika Maeckle, whose book, The Monarch Butterfly Migration, will be published in August, strongly encouraged me to attend the San Antonio Book Festival, which I did last weekend. That really got me depressed. There were just too many great … More Gap Year – Week 15
Welcome or welcome back to my travels between respectability and susceptibility. Less than three months ago I was an employed clinical geneticist. Now I’m the retiree ordering a cappuccino in the forenoon. This month my plans have been to focus on nonfiction, including medicine, but I have not been especially efficient. We took a week … More Gap Year -> Week Eleven
This goalie says, “I find your aim to be …. disappointing.” Springtime, or close enough to spring, means one important thing. Lacrosse season is here. I watched Georgetown (ranked 19) beat Notre Dame (ranked 1) in Indiana. Very exciting. I played lax WBITD (Way Back In The Day), and my family has some lacrosse heritage … More Gap Year – Week 8
For the better part of a year I’ve been thinking about an MFA in writing. … More Gap Year: Week 6
Scott D. McLean, MD 