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Blatant advertising versus convenience
Can you live with the advertising for the benefit of a quick link to a book description and other people’s reviews? I hope so.
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Pretty pictures, one click?
I promise I’ll review Soulless by Gail Carriger soon–I’ve already read it twice and intend to reread. It’s great fun–however at the moment I’m testing whether this link/image gadget from Amazon works. It’ll be much easier than saving book covers to my computer. And Soulless is a stand out cover. Changeless is pretty cool too.
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Smells
Having just washed the dog for Christmas, my hands smell of wet dog and dog shampoo despite the efforts of human soap and moisturiser. Which brings me neatly to the impact of scent on writing, or more correctly, how using all senses including that of smell, increases the reader’s immersion in a scene. When I…
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Live and Breathe Another World
It was really hot, here, on Saturday, and that started me thinking of other places I could be. Some authors have a gift for transporting the reader. This isn’t a comprehensive list of those with this talent (remember my brain was frying as I scribbled it), but it’s a beginning: Dana Stabenow, mystery series–AlaskaGerald Durrell,…
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3D Printing
My big problem with writing science fiction is that I have trouble believing what already exists, let alone imagining the world beyond today. Take 3D printing as an example. In a few years, before committing to building a new home, you’ll be able to print out a 3D model of it at your desktop. Or…