At the end of September 2024, I flew to Anaheim, CA to introduce Melton to my community of geologists at #gsaconnects2024. What a success!
Picture a geologist in a green skirt, nerves raging, pumped up on nothing but a Naked Green Smoothie entering her session on Geoscience Education. The room is starting to fill with geologists and educators. As I waited for my time to present my nerves calmed. Why? I was in a room full of brilliant minds focused on inspiring a new generation of geoscientists.
Note the following:
All female panel of scientists. Girl power. Enough said.
Orange tags? That is #geoforce at the University of Texas. The are literally a force to bring students into the Earth Sciences through outreach, youth camps, and programming.
DIVERSITY!
We have science communicators: #geogirl and #grooveygeologist getting the word out to the public in engaging and innovative ways. They are killing it on social.
At the end of my talk, the chairman of the session asked:
When will the book be available?
How could she buy it?
When I shared that Melton would be soon available on Amazon, the room cheered and clapped. "Melton" (Rocklorien Book 1) is a fiction adventure that brings rocks to life. Scientific principles that are the foundation of geoscience are animated in the minds of readers. The room caught the vision.
I WAS THRILLED!
I now have connections with the geoscience education community, members of state geologic surveys, and innovators on college campuses. When I stepped down, my adrenaline rush left me shaking for a carb boost: thank you Doritos.
What an honor! I ended that day of success with Pho. My comfort food.
Stay tuned for the launch date!
Rock on.
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