Guest Blog with Elizabeth Goddard

When I was growing up, I wanted to be an archaeologist. Well, that along with a lot of other things, which included an astronaut or a marine biologist (and a writer). Still, you get the picture. I love science. I love adventure and discovery. I took a different direction when finally entering college, thinking that I needed a career in something I knew would pay the bills. So, I went with computer science—that’s a science of a form. Back then, North Texas State University had just introduced business computer science. I opted for the more scientific computer science, which included LOTS of math and writing operating systems and building actual computers.


But here I am, years later, writing books instead. What’s wonderful is that I can write stories about all those things I wanted to do but didn’t. Take, for instance, my desire to become an archaeologist. I’ve never been on a fossil dig—archaeology or otherwise. There’s a creation museum in Glenrose, Texas, about three hours from me, so maybe when the kiddoes are old enough we can all go together.

Because I had never been on a dig, I had to find an expert to confer with when writing Exposing Amber. I found a paleontologist who also conducts fossil digs. He was a wonderful resource!

Writing Exposing Amber allowed me to explore many facets of the science that I love—including archaeology and paleontology. Since I home school young children, we spend plenty of hours on dinosaur talk. I think they know much more than I do about these intriguing giant lizards created by God. Because these creatures are created by God, Exposing Amber (there is no amber in the Badlands, by the way) is packed with additional conflict—how do we reconcile modern evolutionary science with creation science?

I’ll touch more on that tomorrow.

Question of the Day: Have you seen the movie Night at the Museum? If so, who is your favorite character from among the museum exhibits?