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Starting a discussion for the folks who aren't happy with how the Amazon Forum discussion groups have been working lately.
If this is where everyone would like this, great. Otherwise, we can get a standalone forum set up.
I like the way you could communicate with your favourite authors on amazon, I am annoyed they messed with it. TY Mr. Dahners
nice to see that humans still control the technology and can work around narrow business interests i.e. Amazon :)
This is built on the same engine that a separate forum would go. It should work.
I don't see either of the following mentioned at all so I will ask the questions that kept being repeated on the Amazon discussion sites (that are now no more.)
- Which series will your next book be in?
- When do you expect that it will be released?
All the series are great. The one that I want to see next is the one that you have a story you are ready to tell. Ed
Next book will be in a new series I am tentatively titling the "Proton Field" series about a discovery of a field that attracts protons that don't have a neutron attached (i.e. hydrogen only). I'm excited about it because it has the potential to do a lot of surprising things that I think it will be fun to write stories about. Hope you'll think the stories are fun too.
Laury
So Laury,
What is your best guess on when we can read about some proton fields?
I have been missing my fill of girl genius
Space Cadet
Space Cadet,
3-5 wks. Nearly done, but then it'll need proofing.
Laury Dahners
I asked about audiobooks for Ell Donsaii on amazon a while back and you told me it was way too labor intensive but have since put the entire Vaz series on audio is there the possibility of getting more than Quicker out on audio? or possibly the hyllis family?
Thomas,
Tantor Media was the one that offered to put the Vaz books up on Audio. Though the ebooks sell very well, the audio books haven't so none of the audiobooks ahve earned back the cost of getting them narrated yet. Since they don't sell all that well, no one's lining up to get more of them narrated, sorry.
Laury Dahners
Glad to hear you've got a new book coming out! You are definitely top of my very short list of 'buy everything this person writes!' ;)
Is there any way to follow this discussion group?
I get mail when people post to the discussion.
I also get mail when someone posts, I think that to get that you have to check the little box at the bottom of this page that says "Notify me when people reply --"
Thanks for sending the email address. I'm not as tech savy so I appreciate the help.
For some reason, it doesn't give me that option. I will save the email with the link to here.
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Laurence wrote: "Next book will be in a new series I am tentatively titling the "Proton Field" series about a discovery of a field that attracts protons that don't have a neutron attached (i.e. hydrogen only)"
Great! I love the science-based questions and theories that your books are based on. Looking forward to the new book while also hoping you've got time to continue Ell Donsaii's (and now Zage's) saga.
steven a rowe wrote: "Laurence wrote: "Next book will be in a new series I am tentatively titling the "Proton Field" series about a discovery of a field that attracts protons that don't have a neutron attached (i.e. hyd..."
New book comes out tomorrow, Feb 17, if you didn't know
Any idea of when a new Ell Donsaii book will show up?
I'm thinking I might write a Donsaii this summer, if I have good ideas for it.
Laury Dahners
Reuben,
Yeah, I liked the possibilities of Proton Field so much I started right into #2. Hope you like it.
Laury Dahners
I did like it, so I'm looking forward to number two.
What exactly happens to the electrons when the water is compressed?
My concept is that (if you think of them as particles) they get closer to the nucleus. You've probably heard the (not totally inaccurate) analogy that if an atom was the size of St Peter's basilica in Rome that the nucleus would be the size of a housefly. There's a LOT of empty space in an atom. Of course, then there's the issue of whether you're thinking of the electron as a particle, or a wave, or a statistical probability, none of which are very satisfying.
Laury Dahners
I really enjoyed the new book and am looking forward to the next one in the series. I have to say that I really love the Hyllis family series and am hoping for #4 this year.
How do you write so much and have a medical career? You must not sleep much. :)
Thanks!!!!!
I've gone to half time on my day job, but don't seem to be getting much more writing done. Gettin' lazy - well that doesn't fit since I think of writing as a hobby.
L
I'm sure everyone has their opinions of what should happen next with the Donsaii story line. Since I'm new to the discussions, I thought I would post what my idea is for the core story line of the next book. Perhaps if we all post our best ideas, something might be interesting to the author.
I think the disruption occurring in the world economy should be especially difficult for certain groups in China. The faction ultimately responsible for the multiple attempts to kidnap Donsaii should decide that if they can't force her to work for them and since she was instrumental in stopping their military actions, they should decide to just kill her. More, they want to slow down the production of ports to minimize disruption on their industry. Using a drone to fly around the area of her house and Quantum Research, they disburse radioactive material through a lead pipe inserted through a port and contaminate the entire area. Many people at or near the facility get seriously sick. Zage, having had success with his own projects realizes he can use the research he has done to create a treatment to deliver the DNA sequence Reggie was working on at the end of the last book. At the end, the faction in China that opposed the action should get word to Donsaii about who was responsible.
Heh, one of the amusing side notes that could come up with further stories is the media running editorials on how Howard Hughes like Ell has become. I mean, as far as they can tell she works all the time, creates stunning new projects, then goes and hides away on her private farm with no apparent social life or companionship and just her security...
With the latest Nobel Prize wins, plus the Golf tournaments, and the unanswered questions of just what changed the President's mind and got Ell off the Most Wanted list you'd expect a whole heap more of the investigative journalists digging into things.
We've seen her break records on the gymnastics, the track events, and now the golfing arena... How many people are going to start wondering on just what other sports she might be just as capable at?
None of which is even touching on the general politics and assorted loose threads that have been built up over the books.
What are the odds that a former Secretary of Defence might get offered a position within Ell's company for the management/co-ordination aspects since things are getting a tad sprawling?
Sorry to hear about the audio books not selling well. I have all of them and especially like the narrator that did the Vaz books. I have listened to them several times and enjoy them more every time. I hope they start selling better, I would love to listen to all of your books.
Thanks for the ideas above!
A producer has signed up to do an audiobook on Discovery - we'll see how it does.
I've put Ell's Smarter up on ACX to see if anyone wants to narrate it - maybe some of you fancy yourselves as narrators (voice actors)?
Laury Dahners
I'm glad we have somewhere to talk. I want more Ell Donsai and Vaz! :)
It occurred to me that if ports are used in the right orientation, they can nullify gravity. Since electricity, light, and radio frequencies pass through ports unhindered, it stands to reason that gravity also passes through ports without problem. Thus, ports can be used to pass gravity from one location to another, just like light and electricity. Plus, the direction of gravitational pull would depend entirely on the orientation of the exit port.
Thus, gravity can be ported into space to more easily collect rock debris generated by asteroid mining. (Gravity would be unaffected by any vacuum-seal cover on the ports.)
Zero-G manufacturing could be done on Earth. Put some gravity input ports somewhere on Earth, and mount the gravity output ports elsewhere on a frame pointing the output ports down towards the Earth. The gravitational pull coming through the ports mounted overhead would at least partially negate the gravitational pull of the Earth below. Increase the quantity of intake and output ports until you have reached 100% negation. Switch the ports on/off at high speed to fine tune the pull.
Make a zero-G bed for burn patients and people at risk for pressure sores.
Make a zero-G chamber for weightlessness training without leaving the building.
Counteract gravity inside a craft so people can explore high-gravity environments.
Counteract aircraft/spacecraft G-force caused by abrupt maneuvers.
Just a thought...
Laurence wrote: "I'm thinking I might write a Donsaii this summer, if I have good ideas for it.
Laury Dahners"
What about her son? could you branch off Ell to give her son his own series?
Wow, this Goodreads site is awful. I'm logged into Goodreads, I've made two comments in this topic, and I can NOT find this topic or the comments I've made without clicking on the original emailed link from Dahners that informed me about this topic at Goodreads.
I'm finding Goodreads astoundingly user unfriendly to someone on a smartphone. Yes, I do have Goodreads Desktop mode turned on.
Since I made a comment in this topic, I wanted to turn on email notification of topic activity, but...
OK, now I see it once I made a comment in Desktop mode.
I like the post-appoliptic series with the healers. There's so much untapped potential.
I don't know how you do it... FIVE series!!! Have you written an article on the process you use to write the books? I would be very interested...
How to write a book!!!
I've written many technical articles and books and given hundreds of technical speeches, and that seems easy to me.
But every time I try to write a fictional story, it just doesn't work. I am very interested in the process you use.. and how it has changed over the years.
thanks,
clay
Hmmm,
There are a lot of books out there on how to write books. For me (I'm sure it's different for most other authors) it's about a crazy idea like:
What if your nerves were faster than other people?
Wouldn't teleportation be useful for other things besides moving yourself from one place to another?
How did cavemen discover early tech?
What if someone on the autistic spectrum, verging on idiot-savant, was interested in physics?
What if you could briefly stop time except for yourself?
What could you do with stasis fields besides travel through time?
How about a story on someone like Charley Parkhurst set in the future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley... ?
I haven't actually written anything about the last three -
Then I have to figure out an antagonist for the protagonist and try to come up with a story about how they overcome said antagonist ideally using the tech they've discovered. I've been imagining stories in my mind (whenever I'm bored) since I was a kid and think it's really fun working it all out so...
Laury Dahners
And that's why you have so many amazing series... each time you stumble across a new cool idea you write about it. Thanks for all of them. I look forward to whatever comes next.
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If this is where everyone would like this, great. Otherwise, we can get a standalone forum set up.
I like the way you could communicate with your favourite authors on amazon, I am annoyed they messed with it. TY Mr. Dahners
nice to see that humans still control the technology and can work around narrow business interests i.e. Amazon :)
This is built on the same engine that a separate forum would go. It should work.
I don't see either of the following mentioned at all so I will ask the questions that kept being repeated on the Amazon discussion sites (that are now no more.)- Which series will your next book be in?
- When do you expect that it will be released?
All the series are great. The one that I want to see next is the one that you have a story you are ready to tell. Ed
Next book will be in a new series I am tentatively titling the "Proton Field" series about a discovery of a field that attracts protons that don't have a neutron attached (i.e. hydrogen only). I'm excited about it because it has the potential to do a lot of surprising things that I think it will be fun to write stories about. Hope you'll think the stories are fun too.Laury
So Laury,What is your best guess on when we can read about some proton fields?
I have been missing my fill of girl genius
Space Cadet
Space Cadet,3-5 wks. Nearly done, but then it'll need proofing.
Laury Dahners
I asked about audiobooks for Ell Donsaii on amazon a while back and you told me it was way too labor intensive but have since put the entire Vaz series on audio is there the possibility of getting more than Quicker out on audio? or possibly the hyllis family?
Thomas, Tantor Media was the one that offered to put the Vaz books up on Audio. Though the ebooks sell very well, the audio books haven't so none of the audiobooks ahve earned back the cost of getting them narrated yet. Since they don't sell all that well, no one's lining up to get more of them narrated, sorry.
Laury Dahners
Glad to hear you've got a new book coming out! You are definitely top of my very short list of 'buy everything this person writes!' ;)
Is there any way to follow this discussion group?
I get mail when people post to the discussion.
I also get mail when someone posts, I think that to get that you have to check the little box at the bottom of this page that says "Notify me when people reply --"
Thanks for sending the email address. I'm not as tech savy so I appreciate the help.
For some reason, it doesn't give me that option. I will save the email with the link to here.
You need to click the line above the comment box that says notify me when people comment
Laurence wrote: "Next book will be in a new series I am tentatively titling the "Proton Field" series about a discovery of a field that attracts protons that don't have a neutron attached (i.e. hydrogen only)"Great! I love the science-based questions and theories that your books are based on. Looking forward to the new book while also hoping you've got time to continue Ell Donsaii's (and now Zage's) saga.
steven a rowe wrote: "Laurence wrote: "Next book will be in a new series I am tentatively titling the "Proton Field" series about a discovery of a field that attracts protons that don't have a neutron attached (i.e. hyd..."New book comes out tomorrow, Feb 17, if you didn't know
Any idea of when a new Ell Donsaii book will show up?
I'm thinking I might write a Donsaii this summer, if I have good ideas for it.Laury Dahners
Reuben,Yeah, I liked the possibilities of Proton Field so much I started right into #2. Hope you like it.
Laury Dahners
I did like it, so I'm looking forward to number two.
What exactly happens to the electrons when the water is compressed?
My concept is that (if you think of them as particles) they get closer to the nucleus. You've probably heard the (not totally inaccurate) analogy that if an atom was the size of St Peter's basilica in Rome that the nucleus would be the size of a housefly. There's a LOT of empty space in an atom. Of course, then there's the issue of whether you're thinking of the electron as a particle, or a wave, or a statistical probability, none of which are very satisfying.Laury Dahners
I really enjoyed the new book and am looking forward to the next one in the series. I have to say that I really love the Hyllis family series and am hoping for #4 this year. How do you write so much and have a medical career? You must not sleep much. :)
Thanks!!!!!
I've gone to half time on my day job, but don't seem to be getting much more writing done. Gettin' lazy - well that doesn't fit since I think of writing as a hobby.L
I'm sure everyone has their opinions of what should happen next with the Donsaii story line. Since I'm new to the discussions, I thought I would post what my idea is for the core story line of the next book. Perhaps if we all post our best ideas, something might be interesting to the author.I think the disruption occurring in the world economy should be especially difficult for certain groups in China. The faction ultimately responsible for the multiple attempts to kidnap Donsaii should decide that if they can't force her to work for them and since she was instrumental in stopping their military actions, they should decide to just kill her. More, they want to slow down the production of ports to minimize disruption on their industry. Using a drone to fly around the area of her house and Quantum Research, they disburse radioactive material through a lead pipe inserted through a port and contaminate the entire area. Many people at or near the facility get seriously sick. Zage, having had success with his own projects realizes he can use the research he has done to create a treatment to deliver the DNA sequence Reggie was working on at the end of the last book. At the end, the faction in China that opposed the action should get word to Donsaii about who was responsible.
Heh, one of the amusing side notes that could come up with further stories is the media running editorials on how Howard Hughes like Ell has become. I mean, as far as they can tell she works all the time, creates stunning new projects, then goes and hides away on her private farm with no apparent social life or companionship and just her security...With the latest Nobel Prize wins, plus the Golf tournaments, and the unanswered questions of just what changed the President's mind and got Ell off the Most Wanted list you'd expect a whole heap more of the investigative journalists digging into things.
We've seen her break records on the gymnastics, the track events, and now the golfing arena... How many people are going to start wondering on just what other sports she might be just as capable at?
None of which is even touching on the general politics and assorted loose threads that have been built up over the books.
What are the odds that a former Secretary of Defence might get offered a position within Ell's company for the management/co-ordination aspects since things are getting a tad sprawling?
Sorry to hear about the audio books not selling well. I have all of them and especially like the narrator that did the Vaz books. I have listened to them several times and enjoy them more every time. I hope they start selling better, I would love to listen to all of your books.
Thanks for the ideas above!A producer has signed up to do an audiobook on Discovery - we'll see how it does.
I've put Ell's Smarter up on ACX to see if anyone wants to narrate it - maybe some of you fancy yourselves as narrators (voice actors)?
Laury Dahners
I'm glad we have somewhere to talk. I want more Ell Donsai and Vaz! :)
It occurred to me that if ports are used in the right orientation, they can nullify gravity. Since electricity, light, and radio frequencies pass through ports unhindered, it stands to reason that gravity also passes through ports without problem. Thus, ports can be used to pass gravity from one location to another, just like light and electricity. Plus, the direction of gravitational pull would depend entirely on the orientation of the exit port.Thus, gravity can be ported into space to more easily collect rock debris generated by asteroid mining. (Gravity would be unaffected by any vacuum-seal cover on the ports.)
Zero-G manufacturing could be done on Earth. Put some gravity input ports somewhere on Earth, and mount the gravity output ports elsewhere on a frame pointing the output ports down towards the Earth. The gravitational pull coming through the ports mounted overhead would at least partially negate the gravitational pull of the Earth below. Increase the quantity of intake and output ports until you have reached 100% negation. Switch the ports on/off at high speed to fine tune the pull.
Make a zero-G bed for burn patients and people at risk for pressure sores.
Make a zero-G chamber for weightlessness training without leaving the building.
Counteract gravity inside a craft so people can explore high-gravity environments.
Counteract aircraft/spacecraft G-force caused by abrupt maneuvers.
Just a thought...
Laurence wrote: "I'm thinking I might write a Donsaii this summer, if I have good ideas for it.Laury Dahners"
What about her son? could you branch off Ell to give her son his own series?
Wow, this Goodreads site is awful. I'm logged into Goodreads, I've made two comments in this topic, and I can NOT find this topic or the comments I've made without clicking on the original emailed link from Dahners that informed me about this topic at Goodreads.I'm finding Goodreads astoundingly user unfriendly to someone on a smartphone. Yes, I do have Goodreads Desktop mode turned on.
Since I made a comment in this topic, I wanted to turn on email notification of topic activity, but...
OK, now I see it once I made a comment in Desktop mode.
I like the post-appoliptic series with the healers. There's so much untapped potential.
I don't know how you do it... FIVE series!!! Have you written an article on the process you use to write the books? I would be very interested...How to write a book!!!
I've written many technical articles and books and given hundreds of technical speeches, and that seems easy to me.
But every time I try to write a fictional story, it just doesn't work. I am very interested in the process you use.. and how it has changed over the years.
thanks,
clay
Hmmm,There are a lot of books out there on how to write books. For me (I'm sure it's different for most other authors) it's about a crazy idea like:
What if your nerves were faster than other people?
Wouldn't teleportation be useful for other things besides moving yourself from one place to another?
How did cavemen discover early tech?
What if someone on the autistic spectrum, verging on idiot-savant, was interested in physics?
What if you could briefly stop time except for yourself?
What could you do with stasis fields besides travel through time?
How about a story on someone like Charley Parkhurst set in the future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley... ?
I haven't actually written anything about the last three -
Then I have to figure out an antagonist for the protagonist and try to come up with a story about how they overcome said antagonist ideally using the tech they've discovered. I've been imagining stories in my mind (whenever I'm bored) since I was a kid and think it's really fun working it all out so...
Laury Dahners
And that's why you have so many amazing series... each time you stumble across a new cool idea you write about it. Thanks for all of them. I look forward to whatever comes next.
