Skills and Research assistance

[Fishwings]

That's because chemistry is fun!

 

I can help with air force, engineering, satellite construction, Alaska, teaching, asperger's, physics, chemistry, animal behavior and training, first aid techniques, catholicism,and the customer service behind social networking sites like myspace/facebook/gaiaonline/etc.

 

Ermergerd <3

[scotty94]

The list requires a lawyer, an accountant, a doctor phd, a chemist, dentist, and a space ship engineer/designer. Also a specialist on anything cosmic. Thanks.

 good luck finding a spaceship engineer.

[scotty94]

That's because chemistry is fun!

 

I can help with air force, engineering, satellite construction, Alaska, teaching, asperger's, physics, chemistry, animal behavior and training, first aid techniques, catholicism,and the customer service behind social networking sites like myspace/facebook/gaiaonline/etc.

 dark is there anything you cant help with you are amazing give me your brains

[Graeme]

You can add me for general knowledge on Australia.

[rustle]

The list requires a lawyer, an accountant, a doctor phd, a chemist, dentist, and a space ship engineer/designer. Also a specialist on anything cosmic. Thanks.

 

Cosmic? As in astrophysics, or metaphysics?

[LJH]

Cosmic? As in astrophysics, or metaphysics?

Yup, both will be beneficial to the skills list.

[JMH]

You can add me in for Biochemistery, Genetics, Politcal Science, and World History.

[nostic]

It's not fair; everyone has so many cool skills and I can make a list of things I can't do but here are the things I don't suck at:

Metallurgy, Linguistics, Rock climbing, and some Middle Eastern stuff, my Arabic is not that great but I'm better than google translate  

[LJH]

Updating tonight

[Aaron Penrose]

I don't know enough about anything to ever be of use to someone doing research, but I do have a set of skills you lot might find useful. I can do photo ops. I can also paint. Therefore I can edit photographs to make them look virtually however you want, i.e. add different hair, alter colors, change facial features, anything you like. I never have a good reason to fire up Photoshop anymore since I dropped out of art college, so if there's anyone who would like some images edited for graphics or just to have as a character reference, just ask me. I love the opportunity to help authors. As a writer I know it can make a huge difference to have a personalized image of a character.

 

See Cole Matthews' "Gaia Town" signature title for an example of both my photo editing and graphic design skills.

 

I can also digitally paint extremely realistic portraits, but for that you will have to compensate me.

[Fuego21]

Hello I love scifi/fantasy stories/novels and such. I'm good at coming up with ideas, characters, plots/themes and stuff. I was just wondering if there were any authors looking for any new ideas or any of the aforementioned skills. If so message me and I'll get back ASAP.

[The Pecman]

I'm reluctant to mention this, but I work a lot in the film & TV business here in LA, so if anybody wants any background on what actually goes on in film studios, TV sets, agents' offices, editing rooms, meetings, and all that stuff, I'm your guy. I've read a few gay stories that got all this stuff woefully wrong, and a lot of it was just head-smackingly stupid and wrong.

 

I think a lot of fiction writing involves a lot of research to make sure you get the subtle details right, particularly in how people speak, what specific cities look like, and how the situation feels. It's so much easier now to do this than it was 20, even 10 years ago, but too often, I encounter writers who don't want to do the work. 

[Former Member]

I'm an Astronomy major but I'm not to sure how much that can help anyone.

[C J]

I'm an Astronomy major but I'm not to sure how much that can help anyone.

 

Why would you major in that?

[Thorn Wilde]

Why would you major in that?

 

Why wouldn't he? Astronomy is awesome! <3

[C J]

Why wouldn't he? Astronomy is awesome!  <3

 

Yes it is awesome, but how many jobs can there be for that?  Usually people study for a career because school takes a lot of time and work.  There might be a reason for it I don't know about, so I asked.  I doubt he's made it his major just because it's awesome. 

[Former Member]

Because I'm interested in it and very good with physics.

[Thorn Wilde]

Yes it is awesome, but how many jobs can there be for that?  Usually people study for a career because school takes a lot of time and work.  There might be a reason for it I don't know about, so I asked.  I doubt he's made it his major just because it's awesome. 

 

Astronomy is the stepping stone to astrophysics, at least over here. I was gonna do a bachelor of Astronomy and master in Astrophysics, before I realised that I'm hopeless with maths, and thus also with physics. Anyway, there's lots of interesting work within the field, most of it research. Not to mention that it's just really interesting; when you study astrophysics you're studying the foundation of the universe. It's relevant to everything!

 

If I ever write some space-faring sci-fi, I'll be sure to ask Ryan for help to get all the astronomy related stuff right.

[C J]

Astronomy is the stepping stone to astrophysics, at least over here. I was gonna do a bachelor of Astronomy and master in Astrophysics, before I realised that I'm hopeless with maths, and thus also with physics. Anyway, there's lots of interesting work within the field, most of it research. Not to mention that it's just really interesting; when you study astrophysics you're studying the foundation of the universe. It's relevant to everything!

 

If I ever write some space-faring sci-fi, I'll be sure to ask Ryan for help to get all the astronomy related stuff right.

 

I was only trying to figure out the value of doing that much work for something that has limited opportunities as far as making a living at it.  It ain't about being critical, it's about being open and asking relevant questions.

Ryan said himself he didn't know how much that could help anyone, so there ya go.

[Thorn Wilde]

I was only trying to figure out the value of doing that much work for something that has limited opportunities as far as making a living at it.  It ain't about being critical, it's about being open and asking relevant questions.

Ryan said himself he didn't know how much that could help anyone, so there ya go.

 

With respect, he said he didn't know how much that could help anyone in this context. That is not the same as opening for a line of questioning as to what he's gonna do with it himself.

 

I studied popular music. That's never gonna do me any good at all in the job market, but it's not about that either. It's about learning about something you're passionate about, and sometimes opportunities come from where you least expect it.

[C J]

With respect, he said he didn't know how much that could help anyone in this context. That is not the same as opening for a line of questioning as to what he's gonna do with it himself.

 

I studied popular music. That's never gonna do me any good at all in the job market, but it's not about that either. It's about learning about something you're passionate about, and sometimes opportunities come from where you least expect it.

 

Your right, and I didn't mean to start a discussion that's off topic.  I just had to wonder how useful it would be to him to spend so much in time and money on something like that.  If the question was offensive then I suppose any question would be.  Anyway, Ryan answered the question so that's really all that matters.

[Former Member]

I was just trying to be helpful. Never mind though.

[WestcliffWriter]

I was just trying to be helpful. Never mind though.

 

I actually think that's a very interesting subject to fill your time with. Better than Most subjects I remember from school. Anyway I'm sure he meant nothing by it

[Kev de Cauchery]

May add me for general knowledge of China if it helps. But I don't really mind if it's added to the list or not.

[Mark Arbour]

I was just trying to be helpful. Never mind though.

 

Ryan,  In my experience, it's better to have a major that you like and to do well in it, than to force yourself to do something you don't like and to not be as interested.  I once had a student tell me that her father had insisted that she major in accounting, because it was easier to get a job with that degree (which is probably true).  I asked her if she liked accounting, and she said no, that she hated it.  I replied that in that case, she may very well end up with a job, but one that she hated.  How is that success in life by any measure?  (BTW, she didn't major in accounting. )