Diane Gabriel - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

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Dawn

Submitted to Contest #210

I read somewhere that the reason Sequoia trees stop growing to the height of four-hundred and twenty feet is because of gravity. That if the earth’s pull were to be slightly less than it is, we’d have taller trees. Earth, bound by the constraints of physics, maintains her uniqueness, in the transient nature of her processes. Once yearning to coax more forms into being, she whispered into the waters “Multiply yourselves.” As if on cue, the waters split; salt and fresh pockets sprang up in new places, with many new forms to fill them. And Eart...

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Hi, I’m Diane. Previously a Clinical Researcher, and Stem Cell Technician in San Diego, I left California to become a full-time Graduate Student in Surrey. After earning my master’s thesis in Microbiology, I spent roughly a year in a Quality Control team in Central London and found that my real passion is in writing and engaging topics on the conservation of important ecosystems and species. I spend most of my time with my veterinarian husband writing at home, cooking experimental cuisine, exploring the English countryside, or travelling to beautiful places. I’ve become a recent wine scholar Level II through WSET, deepening my knowledge of how plants interface with commerce, the environment, culture, and gastronomy. I bring my knowledge in the wide array of sciences I have experienced to explore worlds that could be in the speculative science fiction realm. I have a blog thoughtsinagarden.com where I share literature, stories, and pertinent knowledge.