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Asascientist,youareaprofessionalwriter:yourcareerisbuiltonsuccessfulproposalsandpapers.Successisn'tdefinedbygettingpapersintoprint,butbygettingthemintothereader'sconsciousness.WritingScienceisbuiltupontheideat
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IgrewupinNewYorkCity,lovingtheoutdoorsbutthinkingIwantedtobeachemist.IonlydiscoveredsoilscienceafterIgraduatedfromCollegeandwasworkingasatechnicianinanecosystemecologylab.I'dneverlikedbiologybutI'dneverrealizedthatitcouldletyoudochemistrywithaviewoutthewindowthatwasn'tlookingovertheEastRivertoBrooklyn,butoverToolikLakeandthearcticcottongrasssouthtotheBrooksRange,andtheworld.It'sevenmorefunwhenthesnow'sflyingandthemosquitoesarenot.IbecameaProfessor,firstattheUniversityofAlaskaFairbanks,andnowatUCSantaBarbara,aswellasjournaleditor,ProgramChair,andotherjobsthatneeddoingtokeepscienceandAcademerunning.Buttherealfuninbeingascientistwillalwaysbetherushofanewdataset.Thereisnothinglikethe"Huh!?"ofa"WhatanIdiot"moment,whensomethingthathadbeenpuzzlingsuddenlybecomesclear,leavingmewonderinghowI'dbeensuchanidiotnottohaveseenitbefore.SomewherealongthelineIbecameinterestedincommunicationandhowwetellthestorytoexplainourresults;marryinganaspiringwriterdidn'thurteither.IputtogethermyfirstworkshoponwritingsciencewhenIwasspendingthesummerinalabinMontpellier,France;thatmorphedintoafull-blowngraduateclassbackinSantaBarbara.IstartedwritingupnotesfromclassandthoughtImightfleshthemoutinafewcolumnsfortheBulletinoftheEcologicalSocietyofAmerica.Everythingwasgoingsmoothlyuntilthe"WhatanIdiot"moment:Iwasn'twritingafewessays--Iwaswritingabook.Huh.
