Strange Biology

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Get in touch!

Hello! I do continually use this blog! But here are my other accounts if you want to follow.

Instagram: RollTheBones

TikTok: RollBones

Flickr: StrangeBiology

I’m also working on a book about carcasses, so I have a few accounts dedicated to that process:

Twitter: BestCarcass

Tumblr: @carcassafterlives

Facebook: Carcass: The Afterlives of Animal Bodies

Instagram: CarcassAfterlives

You can read my writing here.

and you can buy merch on RedBubble or TeePublic.

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I love social media, I use it all the time and have a lot of followers! I love how you can communicate with the public without such strong gatekeepers, and I love talking to the community of people who like my book topic (@carcassafterlives.)

But the majority of people trying to “grow their readership” by starting a TikTok/Twitter/etc account they don’t really enjoy are just wasting their time. Write articles for actual professional outlets first; if you’re a writer, write, and the outlet will have their professional marketer do the marketing. Same with a traditional publisher for your book. Notice people selling “social media marketing for authors” courses will happily take your money but they NEVER tell you the ROI from their customers.

From this piece:

“If anyone tells you they are successfully using Twitter to sell books, ask to see their recent sales numbers and then watch them clam up.”

“While many unpublished authors spend lots of time sharing advice and guiding each other on social media, bestselling authors spend that time writing.”

not biology publishing book writing social media

I’m running a panel on vertical video (like TikTok, Instagram Reels etc) in October and I’m going to be the change I wish to see: I’m going to actually include the money/ROI situation that no one ever wants to talk about

Man I’ve been to a lot of panels and read so much writing advice online, and no one talks about money. If they’re asked, they just spout “this isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme” Like OK great. Is anyone making a living wage ever? Is the average person? Is the person giving advice here making anything off of this? I have bills to pay, and yes I do lots of fun and charitable things for free, but money is a factor in everything so you should be discussing it if you’re getting up on a podium and promoting it! And make sure the numbers are useful to the audience: just talking about the success of a handful of people is not relevant to most people. Averages can be ok but the more specific, the better.

I’m gonna dedicate like 20% of this talk to money. Maybe once I get a nice document together with exact numbers I’ll post it here.

Once I posted my salary here and I got a message saying basically “you’re so rich and privileged” and then others amounting to basically “aren’t you ashamed that you’re in your 30’s and still making so little money? If you weren’t so entitled you’d give up your career and do something more practical.” So, admittedly I understand why people don’t want to say anything about money because there is literally no number that will stop people from having extreme opinions about it.

But, I’m going to share anyway because it will help people make choices and maybe mitigate some pay discrepancies.

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My newest article for LiveScience is about a ton of Pleistocene bones found in a cave in Siberia!

We’re talking:

  • Mammoths
  • Horses
  • Wooly Rhinos
  • Wooly Bison
  • Brown Bears
  • Wolves
  • Yaks
  • Deer
  • Gazelles
  • Rodents
  • Birds
  • Fish
  • Frogs
  • and of course, cave hyenas! Including baby ones!

All the bones are chewed up too

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(Image credit: V. S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy)

My writing LiveScience My Articles My Livescience Articles

My first article for LiveScience. Look at the teeth on that (extinct) dolphin!

The scientists examined the bones and made some educated guesses as to what, and how, they ate…

Dolphin Paleontology Bones Cetaceans

eccentwrit asked:

My mom was gifted a cow skull and some miscellaneous bones by some friends who found them on their property. They're obviously a few years old and seem to have some demineralization going on.

My mom asked me to do what I can to clean them, as she would like to display them. I'm concerned about the fragility of the bones. All the resources I've found online assume you have somewhat fresh bones. Any advice for strengthening the bones? Can I still do a peroxide soak or would that be too risky?

Hi! Well if they’re clean, that’s generally enough. If they’re disintegrating that could be from being improperly cleaned. Peroxide can do a little damage. Maybe just make sure you’re applying it to the parts you want clean and not parts that are damaged?

Some people strengthen bones using glue or this thread on Reddit suggests Polaroid B72.

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