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About Dr. Wells
Doctor by day, writer by all hours of the night, Christian, wife, mother, and speaker, I’ve written fiction for over 20 years.
I help you imagine deadly diseases and figure out how to maim, kill, or even heal your characters!
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Recent Posts
12.16.2024
Writing About Gunshot Wounds
Thankfully, I’ve never had a gunshot wound. I've treated nail gun injuries and gun shot wounds in the E.R. None are pretty! One brief article can’t give you the full story of…
10.19.2024
How to Write About Retrograde Amnesias: Amnesia Part 2
RETROGRADE AMNESIAS Recently, I got the privilege to assist Denise Hunter with her latest book “Before We Were Us” (just released in September, it’s great – go read it!) where the heroine…
07.03.2024
Writing About Transient Global Amnesia
Amnesia, Part I A tale of three worlds. If you plan to use amnesia in a novel, it’s important to know what type of amnesia your character has, how they got it,…