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This weekends RAW selection, to enjoy with your favourite beverage. Saturday morning I will be enjoying a simple Long Black.

Five Digital Publishing Questions for Rick Chapman
Gaming the system: Simon Scarrow's Cato, Macro, and the boys
Hachette Had An EBookstore Which Could Go Head-To-Head With Amazon, But They Won’t Launch It
Update on above story:Hachette Confirms The Demise Of EBooksForAll, Their Anti-Kindle EBookstore

And don't forget my latest post:

Proxima - A Different Approach to Storytelling

Here is a hard Sci-Fi book where none of the characters are interested in discovery. But forget what is in the book, the book description is a study on how to turn away readers. Read more ...

Five Digital Publishing Questions for Rick Chapman

digitalbookworld.com - This is the fourth installment in our “Digital Publishing Questions” blog series, featuring Rick Chapman, an author as well as the Managing Editor of Softletter. Read more ...

Gaming the system: Simon Scarrow's Cato, Macro, and the boys

thebookseller.com - Simon Scarrow, suiting up to take on the boys of Britannia -- the boys who aren't yet bookish in Britannia, that is, those reading-reluctants who look a lot like his son's mates. Read more ...

Hachette Had An EBookstore Which Could Go Head-To-Head With Amazon, But They Won’t Launch It

the-digital-reader.com - As the year draws to a close many are looking back at 2014 and reflecting on the year’s events. Today I would like to take a look at an event which would have been a huge news story if it had ever happened. Read more ...

Update on above story:Hachette Confirms The Demise Of EBooksForAll, Their Anti-Kindle EBookstore

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Verner Vinge and The Fermi Paradox | A Fire Upon The Deep

There are two things about this book that I really like: The first is Verner Vinge's take on the Fermi Paradox and the second are the Tines, an alien race he created for the story. [Would you rather watch the video edition of this post? - releasing soon.] I love reading Science Fiction and Fantasy stories and one of my favourite things about these books are all the different non-human races that we encounter. In Fantasy it’s normally just a handful of races like Elves and Dwarfs, but in Science Fiction there is an unlimited amount of different alien races out there… but what about in real life? In real life… Have you ever wondered where all the aliens are? Have you ever been looking at the stars and wondered ‘Are we alone in the universe ?’ If so you’re not alone. There has been a lot of discussion about this topic by people from all walks of life including philosophers, scientist and writers. In fact this discussion has a name: The Fermi Paradox. The Fermi Para...

The Most Mysterious Book in the World - The Voynich Manuscript

Bibliophiles who love a good mystery, or conspiracy, should be familiar with the Voynich Manuscript. In the article that follows I’ll take you through a quick overview on this mystery and then provide you with some links for further reading. Enjoy! The mysterious Voynich Manuscript has been hanging around for almost 500 years, most of that time it was lost among a private collection but is now the focus of intense of scrutiny. It is famous for being written in an unknown language or code which, so far, has yet to been deciphered. The Voynich manuscript, or Beinecke Ms. 408, is thought to be the only medieval document on the planet in that category. This handwritten codex famous for its indecipherable language also contains drawings of strange plants, Zodiac star charts, and what looks like women bathing in green water.

Cycling In The Dark - A Technique For Writing Fiction.

I’ve been reading a lot of ‘ how-to ’ books on writing novels recently, the majority of them talk about creating an outline even before writing the first draft. For those of us who have attempted this sort of thing it does make sense. Step 1: Create and outline of your story, know where and when everything will happen. Step 2: Write your first draft, don’t worry about spelling mistakes or typo’s just let your creative voice have free reign so you can get the story out there. As Joanna Penn says ‘ splurge on words and ideas ’ in this first draft. Step 3: Spent time editing. That is using your critical voice, correcting the spelling mistakes and typo’s, rewriting and polishing the story. The problem is that we spend a lot of time on step 1 and never seem to be able to finish.

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