Well, it looks like things are making some interesting changes that I was completely unaware of.
1) Firstly, apparently scientists have developed a way to levitate things via sound. You can find the link here at Tales From the Raven. They levitated an ant, a fish, and a tadpole. I’m rather disturbed by it because, well, that’s just creepy. Can you imagine walking around and suddenly get picked up? And who knows where this technology might go in the future. Perhaps we could use it for targeted attacks of some sort. Perhaps police officers will use it for something. Who knows.
2) Some things on writing of interest to anyone who writes. Over at Quantum Storytelling there is an interesting checklist of scene necessities, especially on the different conflicts necessary. I think it greatly applies to fantasy, but that’s my opinion.3) New Links: You’ll notice several new links over there ——–>
Well, figured I’d explain what some of them are :). First there’s Blogels, a nifty site that links to a bunch of other blog novels such as mine–although not in the same genres. They deserve as much attention as mine I gather. There’s Blogging Poet, a lovely place with poetry, interesting news about poetry and things going on in the world, and it apparently has a poetry search engine that I have yet to use as of yet. Sword & Sorcery/Weird Fiction Terminus is a nice blog that has book reviews and the like–mostly related to fantasy of course. SF Bookworm is a bit misleading at first as the title suggests it is related only to SF, when in fact it is just a big blog about all sorts of speculative fiction writing. This post was about who won the grand master award at the latest World Horror Convention. Of Making Many Books is yet another writing advice blog and recently had some great info on “Show, Don’t Tell”. An Urban Fantasy is a blog by debut author Alan Campbell which is more or less related to writing, whether directly or not, and is rather entertaining to read. From the Cradle to the Slave is a fantastic beginning to a potentially thrilling scifi novel. Hopefully the author will get some more chapters up soon as I have quite enjoyed reading it. Pocket Full of Words is a lovely blog by a fellow writer of what looks to be fantasy. She’s got three novels in progress, so best of luck to finishing all of them. After all, I’m doing one…
Heather Harper I managed to find by accident. She’s also writing a YA fantasy and I look forward to reading more on her blog as she progresses in this endeavor. Lowe Brow is doing the same as the previously mentioned site, posted in installments and also podcasted. All the Billion Other Moments is another writers blog with some helpful insights into the writing life, progress, and the like. Scribblings of a Madman is a journal by a fellow amateur novelist about his writing life. Write, Pam, Write! is a blog by a three time NaNoWriMo winner. She’s currently working on a novel called Eagle’s Heart. And finally there is S. William Shaw, Writer!–a blog about the progress of his novel endeavors in the younger adult field than my own, but still worth a lovely read.
So, this is my midweek post for no real reason other than the fact that I am home and available to do it. Don’t expect midweek posts often, but yeah, here it is.
