Fiona L. Woods's Blog, page 94

Free Classic Mystery Movie: Behind Green Lights*

Finished for today.
Panzer found this noir film on the Timeless Classic Movies channel on YouTube. Behind Green Lights is a 1946 black and white murder mystery movie. It's a 1 hour long classic movie.
  Make your favorite beverage and a big bowl of popcorn is enjoy the film.
To watch the movie tootle over to Behind Green Lights
    *(Panzer accidentally did classic mystery movie night last night. Last week we attended Book Brush's BookMARCon Thursday through Sunday. This week we attended Infostack's AI Summit Monday through Friday. Hopefully, we can rest for a while now.)

Your Free Something Is Going To Happen Mystery Blog Post: ShortCon

Looks interesting.
For those of you interested in writing conventions as much as he is, Panzer stopped in at the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Something Is Going To Happen blog and found something for you.
 There's a post by Michael Bracken called ShortCon. The post describes a short fiction convention to be held June 22 in Virginia. It lists the presenters and their seminar topics.
  
To read the post tootle over to ShortCon

Free Sweet Romance Audiobook: There I Find Hope

Here's today's romance audiobook for you.
If you like sweet romance sudiobooks, Panzer found one for you. The Christian romance There I Find Hope is written by Jessie Gussman. It's narrated by Jay Dyess and 5 hours 18 minutes long. Get something warm to drink, wrap up in a blanket and enjoy the romance.
 To listen to the audiobook tootle over to There I Find Hope

Free Classic Mystery Movie: The Ninth Guest

Keep the sound down while I'm napping.
Here's tonight's murder mystery movie. It's from the Sallis65 YouTube channel.

The classic drama The Ninth Guest is a 1934 black and white movie. It's 1 hour and 7 minutes long.

Get your favorite beverage, lean back and try to figure out who-done-it before the movie ends.
To watch the movie tootle over to The Ninth Guest

Free Clean Romance Audiobook: Love and Charity

The AI sounds okay.
If you like romance audiobooks, Panzer found one for you.
The sweet romance Love and Charity is written by Bree Livingston. It's AI narrated and 7 hours and 10 minutes long.
Make a cup of hot cocoa, grab your favorite blanket and enjoy.
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Love and Charity

Free Classic Mystery Short Story: The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran

Follow the clues.
If you like the short mystery form, Panzer found a short story on the Voices of Great Works channel on YouTube.
The Lord Peter Wimsey mystery The Vindictive Story of the Footsteps That Ran was written by Dorothy Sayers. It's 33 minutes long.
Make a cup of tea, sit down and enjoy this classic murder mystery.
To listen to the story tootle over to Dorothy Sayers Classic Mystery

AI heats up as OpenAI, Google and Mistral release new models - The Guardian

No more interruptions. It's nap time.
Panzer didn't make it home from his trip to Publishers Weekly before another storm of clapping and cheering got him on a new adventure quest. This time he found himself led to The Guardian site. With no digging in the posts at all he found one about AI (Artificial Intelligence) was the cause of all the jubilation.
Alex Hern says in his post that during a twelve hour period OpenAI announced GPT-4 Turbo's release, Google announced Gemini Pro 1.5's release and Mistral announced Mixtral 8x22B's release. The post goes in,to more details about the releases and reactions to them. It's a long-medium length post, so there's a lot more information.

Panzer says, "Inquiring kitty minds want to know: If all three of them were in a chess match, who do you think would win?"
 Note: When you get to The Guardian site, the popup ad isn't a paywall. It's asking for a donation to keep the site open. If you don't want to do a donation, click the "X" on the right hand side to disable the wall.
  To read the post tootle over to OpenAI Google and Mistral

Rakuten Kobo Releases First Color E Ink Reader - Publishers Weekly

Exciting news.
Today, Panzer was shaken from his nap in his kitty bed by clapping and cheering coming from the Catosphere. Our brave kitty pilot jumped in the Panzermobile and set out on his adventure. Following all the joyous noise took him to the Publishers Weekly site. There he discovered news about Kobo was causing the uproar.
 According to Andrew Albanese's post, Kobo has announced the upcoming sale of the first color E Ink readers. Kobo has two color readers available for pre-order now. The post includes links to the readers specifications.
Panzer says, "Two color readers available at once."
Note: This is a short post. You won't need anything to eat or drink while you read the post, but, if you want to follow the links, you'll need a cup of tea and a brownie.
 To read the post tootle over to Rakuten Kobo

Free BookFest Replays Available

I am still recovering from last week.
Last week Panzer and Mom went to Book Brush's BookMARCon. The con ran online Thursday through Sunday afternoon. They had a lot of fun and learned a lot.
 
Because the BookFest con ran Saturday and Sunday, they missed it. However, when Panzer went into the Catosphere today, he discovered BookFest had uploaded both days' events to YouTube. So, if you missed it, you can watch it online.
  Note: Each day's video is about six hours long.
 To watch day 1 of BookFest tootle over to BookFest OneTo watch day 2 of BookFest tootle over to  BookFest Two

Printing cost will not change in 2024 - KDP Community Forum

I did it in one sentence.
Panzer discovered in four sentences on the KDP Forum Home page Amazon announced 2024 printing costs won't increase over 2023 costs.
  Note: It's a very short post. You won't need any snack while you read it.
 To read the post tootle over to Printing Costs