— Now available in the Furmankind audio library:
SUNSET OF FURMANKIND Chapter 3 - The Only Alternative Narrated by Fmily — Now available in the Furmankind audio library:
SUNSET OF FURMANKIND Chapter 2 - A Brief History Lesson Narrated by Fmily — Now available in the Furmankind audio library:
SUNSET OF FURMANKIND Chapter 1 - A Crime of Passion Narrated by Fmily Fmily of YouTube has asked my permission to record an audiobook version of Sunset of Furmankind for his site. I would imagine this to be a tremendous undertaking since the printed book is 739 pages at over 331,000 words, but with experience doing gameplay commentary, he is confident he can put out a good audio recording of all 67 chapters of the story.
I once tried recording myself reading the opening chapter of the book, but I'm not a public speaker and thought the job I'd done on it was hideous. The first chapters should be on his YouTube channel soon, so I'll keep my digits crossed for his valiant effort. I will post links to the chapters as they are available. Fred Patten, Furry fandom's historian and reviewer has given his thoughts on the sequel to Sunset of Furmankind on the Dogpatch Press website.
— Now available in the Other Horizons library:
EXODUS by Jeff Karamales
The short Blue Horizon episode titled "The Easter Bunny" that coincided with the events of "Up From the Ashes" is no longer a separate tale of its own. I've had in mind for years to go back and merge that short passage into its parent episode and I have finally done so. All this has done is to put the context into its proper chronological place within the series where it belonged.
With this action, I have made the change to the website itself, but I have not yet had time to rework this in the ebook or the Lulu book. There's no need to fear that I've "messed things up" for the series. Nothing's been deleted, everything is still there, although the number of episode numbers have changed. As time allows, I will be updating the ebooks and books in print as well. Fred Patten, Furry fandom's historian and reviewer has given his thoughts on the second volume of the Blue Horizon series on the Dogpatch Press website.
I've had a few "best friends" during different chapters of my life and one of them who stuck with me for many years often tried to sway me over to the style of music he preferred. I admit there were a few individual songs that did appeal to me even if the greater sub-genre didn't grab me as a whole, but there was one that has become one of my favorites over the years and it often reminds me of the good times during that part of my life. Listening to it this morning on a drive through town, I had to smile and sing along.
A perfect day Or so I say From where I'm standing This rollercoaster ride Fate will decide the ending Love everlasting Or lost on the way The smiles and the frowns The ups and downs Of fortune turning The twists and turns The lessons learned The bridges burning Nights to remember And never forget Go, seize the day Wake up and say This is an extraordinary life Enjoy today Come what may This is an extraordinary life I gave it all My cards have fallen But I'm still alive And in the end Believe my friend I will survive Glory or heartache And some of the joy Go seize the day Wake up and say This is an extraordinary life Enjoy today Come what may This is an extraordinary life All of the good times All of the bad Responsibility is totally mine I know, I rightly stand accused But I believe Yeah, I believe Yes, I can change my world Go, seize the day Wake up and say This is an extraordinary life Enjoy today Come what may This is an extraordinary life ("An Extraordinary Life" by Asia from the 2008 album "Phoenix") For those who have made this suggestion (numerous times) —
At the recommendation of others, I have tried using a popular speech-to-text program using a microphone to record spoken words to convert them to editable text, but I have discovered numerous problems attempting to write a story in this manner. For one, I’ve always listened to the music of film scores when I write as added inspiration to keep my thoughts on the story I’m telling, and these added background sounds disrupted the quality of the dictated text. Another issue is that when I write, I don't tell the tale in a linear fashion. I will typically write out a few paragraphs at a time and then reread them immediately, often making changes to the action or dialogue before moving on to the next. For some authors, this back and forth method might slow down the rhythm of their work, but for this particular writer, it was a technique I have used for over four decades and have developed the ability while maintaining a level of speed. While it might work for typing, it causes me nothing more than a jumbled mess when tried over a microphone. I appreciate the suggestions in the hope I can continue to produce more stories in spite of my physical disabilities, but using Dragon Naturally Speaking (or other speech-to-text software) is a method that doesn’t work for me. |
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