Lois McMaster Bujold
No, I don't. I don't have a lot of physical activities -- driving, chores, handwork -- that invite hands-free listening, I am (now) part-deaf in one ear, I find oral presentations slow compared to reading, and most of all, I am a very visual processor with a very visual memory. All of that works against listening. Although if I were to acquire some hands-busy-brain-free routine task, that could change. (I once had a friend who used to work at a particularly stultifying data entry job while listening to audiobooks, which I found boggling.)
With my own books, it is pretty much impossible for any narrator to exactly replicate the cadences and intonations I have in my own mind, so that adds an extra level of dissonance.
Ta, L.
With my own books, it is pretty much impossible for any narrator to exactly replicate the cadences and intonations I have in my own mind, so that adds an extra level of dissonance.
Ta, L.
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Adger Williams
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Loois, do you keep track of loose ends you have left behind from each story as you go? (in a list or spreadsheet or some-such)., so that you can glance over the list at some point and say to yourself, "Oh yes, that fits in well with what I'm wondering about now". Or possibly simply have a sense for unfinished business with certain people or situations that may necessitate re-reading before writing further?
Derek Peter Hawley
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
It is repeatedly mentioned in the books that there are sixty Counts, but by my count (no pun intended) only two dozen or so are named so far. Do you have in your head a full list of the Vor family names? Also, are there any Vor families that don't have a Countship, i.e., that became Vor after the formation of the Council of Counts? And what about the terraforming of South Continent? Will new Districts be added?
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