Ransom W. Stephens, Ph.D.

The God Patent is a scribd.com sensation and will be the first debut bestseller to emerge from the new paradigm of publishing

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Books:

The God Patent is the story of a laid off engineer embroiled in a battle over the origin of the universe and the existence of the soul between Christian fundamentalists and particle physicists, (2009) scribd, San Francisco.

Fade to Pink: From Goth to Graduation is the true story of a single father raising his adolescent daughter in Mansfield Texas. (unpublished)

Articles:

Booking the Future,” openDemocracy, June 2009. Ransom’s predictions for the future of books and publishing.

Expert Training: Lift, Bike, Run, ... Score!” published in Real Solutions Magazine #77, February 2009.

Hammer Made of Wood,” (Featured article for special Christmas editions) The Monthly, December 2008.

Hey Petaluma, Don’t be Stupid!” published in The Petaluma Argus-Courier, August 21, 2008.

Coming Home,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in The Monthly, June 2008.

“The Properties of Paradise,” published in the anthology Writin’ on Empty edited by  Joan Cehn, Julie Renalds and Risa Nye, 2008.

Just Say Know,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in Sacramento Parent, May 2008 and reprinted in Baltimore’s Child, June 2008

“Your Invitation to the Scientific Global Warming Debate,” published in the green-techZONE, July 2007.

“Dry the Rain,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in More Bridges: The San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology, 2007.

“After the Storm,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in Building Bridges from Writers to Readers: San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology, 2007.

“Heart of Glass,” (adapted excerpt from Fade To Pink) published in the August 2005 edition of The Monthly, a regional general interest magazine of culture and commerce.

Also see the Publication List for a longer, but still incomplete, publication list.

Writing as a Craft:

The Craft is a page with hints on the craft and writing, but it’s not too serious... including the all purpose simile and other really bad suggestions.

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Another huge success this year, 170 people packed our Barely Published event and we had a cover story on the SF Chronicle 96 Hours insert!

Our Science and Religion event at the Commonwealth Club sold out.

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The Future of Science in Literature

Not science fiction, not allusions to science and extrapolation (e.g., Michael Crichton), and absolutely never poorly informed utterly inaccurate pseudoscientific plot twisting (e.g., Dan Brown) but the real thing. Fiction and narrative nonfiction that incorporates real science like quantum physics and relativity with none of the inaccurate semi-mystical <bleep> that permeates so much of mainstream literature whenever the word “quantum” is mentioned. Instead, the science is integral to the plot and the passions of the characters, it’s accurate, fascinating, and in a setting where it feels real, but with enough tension that readers can use as much (or as little) of their brainpower to understand it as they want, without getting lost in the narrative.

Check out The Craft!

  • How does Point of View affect your fiction?
  • What are some good ways to increase tension, crank up the heat?
  • How can you write seamless flashbacks?
  • How does the rate of time’s passage affect reading, writing, and the story itself?

“I learned more reading this page for fifteen minutes than I have at just about any multi-day writing conference I’ve ever attended.” - David Corbett, author of Blood of Paradise, Done for a Dime, and The Devil’s Redhead.

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