Kids (Life)

An uplifting story of a waitress who took a potential crisis with an autistic child and turned it into joy. My hope is more people read this story and think about their interactions with children, autistic or not. Recognizing their personhood and world view goes a long way toward improving communication.
http://www.today.com/moms/autistic-girls-broken-cheeseburger-goes-viral-after-kind-waitress-saves-1C9124679

Tonal Generator (Music)

A web generator that allows you to create tunes based on the wave motion of sound across a triggered board. Click a square to start and save your tun by clicking the copy link at the bottom.
http://tonematrix.audiotool.com/

Self-Publishing Statistics (Publishing)

It’s very important to understand why you’re making the decision to self-publishing if you do so, and that the decision is grounded in fact. This article offers some insight into the other side of the numbers thrown around by so many. While it doesn’t speak to the number at the low end that reflect niche books never intended for a bigger audience, it’s a good balancing of the all too common strike it rich mentality.
http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2013/05/27/survivorship-bias-why-90-of-the-advice-about-writing-is-bullshit-right-now/

3D Printing (Technology)

There’s been so much talk about printing guns and things that harm, but then a story like this comes along where a tech savvy doctor takes advantage of the bleeding edge to save a life:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/23/186273900/3-d-printer-makes-life-saving-splint-for-baby-boys-airway

Supermantis (Zoology)

A crustacean with abilities similar to those given superheroes, except these incredible beasties are real.
http://deepseanews.com/2013/03/supermantis/

Fall into a world where beauty is a facade, and one elf is pushed beyond reason to rid herself of the smooth-skinned curse. ~ Now available as an eBook:
Curve of Her Claw