Tag Archive | Technology
You’ve got mail…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I thought it was too easy. A week of long, fraught hours, early starts and late finishes, coupled with some bug or other to sap my remaining energy, ended with technical glitches… and, just for good measure, the internet went down too. By the time I got…
Could It Happen?
Originally posted on The Author's Mission:
[Preface: the two men in this fictional story, Eddie and Presley, are retired dock workers from New York City, retired to ‘The Valley of the Sun’ in the Phoenix area of Arizona – only because I say it’s so. The story is intended to amuse and to present in…
The Best Kind of Bot: The New Yorker’s Poetry Bot
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
As many of you know, I am a poetry nerd, which is why I am incredibly excited to share The New Yorker’s new Poetry Bot. By following the Bot on Twitter or Facebook Messenger, people can receive excerpts from different poems every day for the next three months. The poems have been…
Ideas and the Philosophy of Books in a Video Game
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
The discussion of alternative facts, censorship, the freedom of the press, and the value of information has become more and more important in recent months. Luckily book lovers and video game creators are working to make those questions more accessible. I had the chance to look at Quote, a video game…
What Happens When We Judge a Book by Its Cover?
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
People usually respond in one of two ways to the phenomenon of judging a book by its cover; they mourn man’s shallowness, or they consider a book’s marketing potential. But how much does the look of a book matter? How do people feel about book covers? And how do those…
Science Fiction and Young Adult Lit: An Interview with Author Ree Kimberley
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
I’m thrilled to add another interview to my series of discussions with editors, writers, and other folks in books publishing. I had the opportunity to speak with the marvelous and ever brilliant Ree Kimberley who is the author of Rat City, a young adult science fiction novel, as well as…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 