Introduction of Thermal and Fluids Engineering [Custom Edition for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York]

by Deborah A. Kaminski

369 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2000

About the author

As a child, I read everything, including Asimov, which propelled me into science, the Bible, which got me into trouble, and the encyclopedia, which I did not finish. I wrote my first short story in seventh grade, but my teacher criticized it and set back my nascent writing career for almost half a century. Over the years I tried to write novels, always getting through the first few pages and then being stumped. In the meantime, I married, had two daughters, and taught engineering for almost thirty years. It was only in retirement, when I was struck by a mysterious ailment that kept me in bed for many hours a day that I figured out how to write. I rediscovered the "snowflake" method of novel writing. Think of a premise, and then a conclusion. Then tell the story in one paragraph. Then three paragraphs, then five paragraphs, and soon you have a detailed outline of a novel. It worked for me!! Hallelujah!