How do you get creative juices going again once they run dry? I’ve tried walking and pushing through my writer’s block. I’ve tried working on other stories. But I’ve also got one more little trick up my sleeve. News articles!

Articles help give me new information and are quick to read. Plus, who doesn’t love learning something new? I try to stick to science and historical articles because they fascinate me. Today’s batch of articles are heavy in science.

My list includes juicy science discoveries and mysteries. Let me know if any of these articles spark your creative genius. I’d love to hear about your story idea. At the end, I include the story premise I’m writing.

Article list:

‘Spooky action at a distance’ could create a nearly perfect clock | Live Science

Dawn Aerospace aims to launch New Zealand’s 1st space plane from a conventional airport | Space

Humans could move to ‘floating asteroid belt colony’ within 15 years (nypost.com)

Scientists Want to Shorten the Minute to 59 Seconds | Leap Second (popularmechanics.com)

Scientists reverse human aging process in breakthrough study (nypost.com)

Trove of ‘Ancient Treasures’ Found in Shipwreck Off the Coast of Greece | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

Israeli scientists claim to reverse aging process – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

Did an Alien Life-Form Do a Drive-By of Our Solar System in 2017? – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

These articles inspire my work. Take a peek at my story premise:

Renata Espinoza lost her Papá, college dreams and feels her best friend slipping away from her when she and her best friend get dragged 300 years into the future.

Now she’s forced to play the doppelganger of a missing social leader while they figure out a way to get back home without getting lost in the machinations of a world yet to come. 

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Candice Yamnitz

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