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By the time it does someone will have invented a super new snazzy way of accessing the internet, but it still won't work in certain areas.....
Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "By the time it does someone will have invented a super new snazzy way of accessing the internet, but it still won't work in certain areas....."
David wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "By the time it does someone will have invented a super new snazzy way of accessing the internet, but it still won't work in certain areas.....""
that is well and truly being wired for sound :-)
Just to say that I've got a story published in a new anthologyQuantum Soul: A Sci Fi Roundtable Anthology
"What is Life? Is it awareness or the ability to interact and understand the world around us? As we dig deeper into reality, what will we discover about ourselves and what it means to be alive? When we stare into the mirror, are we really sure that what we see staring back is the only definition of life in the universe?"
I've not read all the stories in there yet, but so far I've found some real gems :-)
That looks interesting. Maybe when I've cleared my backlog... ;)
Kath wrote: "That looks interesting. Maybe when I've cleared my backlog... ;)"any decade now, given the way these authors take advantage of your time :-)
Haha! Just finished a proofread - jut about to start another. See what you mean!
Kath wrote: "Haha! Just finished a proofread - jut about to start another. See what you mean!"I'm as guilty as anybody ;-)
Looks like a quality collection, Jim.
I'd like to think soAt least they didn't charge me to be part of it :-)
thanksI'm interested to see how it goes. I've still not read all the stories in it myself, but some of them have been real gems, as good as you'd find anywhere
That's good. How did you get involved with it?I don't recognise any of the authors mentioned in the info page.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "That's good. How did you get involved with it?I don't recognise any of the authors mentioned in the info page."
they advertised for contributions on the facebook group SciFi Round Table.
Anyway I had an idea that I felt fitted the bill so just submitted it.
Technically with anthologies we do get some money, but I'm looking at it purely as an advertising method
Also because it now appears on my author page, I can compare its sales to my own books. In theory, given that there are 16 authors AND a facebook group promoting it should go well because surely the authors will be reaching out to entirely different groups of followers.
we shall see :-)
Your reasoning makes it sound worth the effort. I hope it is.
Well it's cost me just over 1500 words. So metaphorically I think of it as a blog post on another person's blog :-)Admittedly they were excellent words, well chosen and perfectly formed, and slotted together exquisitely
And the new bookhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077C89YDH/
And sometimes I just sits?
Another collection of anecdotes drawn from a lifetime’s experience of peasant agriculture in the North of England. As usual Border Collies, Cattle and Sheep get fair coverage, but it's mixed with family history and the joys of living along a single track road.
And sometimes I just sits?
It has Quad Sheep in it?
well they've got four legs and good cross country capabilities :-)
Hows the fuel economy?
not only that but they eat it rather than smoke it so there's less CO2
Ah but they do fart, which adds to the greenhouse effect. Snigger.
Yeh, you can chalk me up for a sale today, too.
Even if farting sheep are going to destroy the world?
Yep. Even. It's the farting cows that will be trashing the world though.
M.T. wrote: "Yep. Even. It's the farting cows that will be trashing the world though."remember that the farting cows have only replaced farting antelopes, wildebeests and elephants. The world was designed for that level of farting.
It's all the farting people who are causing the problems, there are probably six billion more of us than the design specs allowed for
Hitting stratospheric heights for meAmazon Bestsellers Rank: #14,454 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#67 in Books > Humour > Cats, Dogs & Animals
I confess to being modestly chuffed :-)
Chuff, chuff, chuff wait a minute, we have to get onto the replacement bus service here...
Now scaling the giddy heightsAmazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,658 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#63 in Books > Humour > Cats, Dogs & Animals
on a different topic, saw a review for The Quantum Soul: A Sci Fi Roundtable Anthologyhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Quantum-Soul...
Jacqueline C. Simonds reviewed The Quantum Soul: A Sci Fi Roundtable Anthology
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Thought-provoking works on the nature on sentience and what that means November 7, 2017
Quite a few really terrific and thought-provoking works on the nature on sentience and what that means. Let me give you the highlights—which is not to say that all the pieces weren’t good reads. But some had better “punch” than others.
“By Design” by Alan VanMeter is a fast look at machine sentience and what that means. There are no limits to sentience, nor the moment to realize it. And speaking your truth may have more impact than you anticipate.
“Aether Technician” by Jim Webster read like a very compelling outline. I wanted a whole book, if not an entire series. THIS is interesting stuff! What happens when the very thing that sets a race free may be the thing that destroys it’s soul?
“When Words Are Not Enough” by Cindy Tomamichel spoke to today’s writer who is stuck in a certain company’s endless content-mill mentality. Also contains goodly amounts of snark and hat-tips to members of the SciFi Roundtable.
Wondrous Strange by E. M. Swift-Hook is a cutting edge look from another POV of sentience. And what is rebellion, and what is... godhood?
Highly recommended!
pleased as punch that my story got noticed :-)
How pleased is punch, exactly?
Patti (baconater) wrote: "How pleased is punch, exactly?"immoderately
Especially given the charge sheet!
M.T. wrote: "Nice one Jim."Well both Punch and I liked it ;-)
Good Lord,Surging we are, Surging I tell you
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #12,575 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#61 in Books > Humour > Cats, Dogs & Animals
#129 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences
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Remember us when you're rich and famous.
And when hell freezes over we can all go skating on the ice :-)
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