Tag Archives: Mike Reeves-McMillan

Jul 26

This stuff may seem basic, but it amazes me how often authors are narrating in simple past tense and refer to…

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This stuff may seem basic, but it amazes me how often authors are narrating in simple past tense and refer to earlier events without shifting to past perfect.

It amazes me, and it also disorients me and throws me out of the story.

Originally shared by Karen Conlin

Usually I share these Cambridge blog posts to the ESL collection, but this time I’m making an exception. Writers of all levels, from those just now starting out to those who’ve been writing for years, can use this basic information. (Refresher courses never hurt, y’know.)

https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2017/07/26/when-no-one-was-looking-she-opened-the-door-using-narrative-tenses/
Jul 22

So many ordinary people became heroes in the dark days before and during WW II.

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So many ordinary people became heroes in the dark days before and during WW II.

Originally shared by Self-Rescuing Princess Society

“They did it because it was the right thing to do, nothing more, nothing less.”

Even so, it was incredible brave. While they weren’t smuggling people out of the Germany, they were helping folks escape by smuggling their material wealth, against Nazi law. And doing it completely under the noses of the Nazi boarder guards.

Jews leaving Germany in the 1930s weren’t allowed to take their possessions, and would have had to surrender them at the boarder. But, many countries accepting refugees, like the UK, required each person to have a means of supporting themselves — money and a job. It was a terrible catch-22 for many.

By helping to smuggle their money and furs and jewels, they helped the escapees meet both of those requirements.

http://buff.ly/2uRyBbz
Jul 20

I have a story idea with a shared lucid dreaming environment (Amazon Deep).

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I have a story idea with a shared lucid dreaming environment (Amazon Deep).

Originally shared by Adafruit Industries

Four Lucid Dreaming Wearables #wearablewednesday

https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/07/19/four-lucid-dreaming-wearables-wearablewednesday/

Four head mounted wearables are about to arrive in the market place all of them with lucid dreaming options. They are monitoring brainwaves and using companion apps for sleep data collection as well as lucid dream manipulation.

The devices are:

Neuroon Open – $99 – EEG/Light/Sound/BLE – December 2017

iBand+ – $160 – EEG/Light/Sound/BLE – December 2017

LucidCatcher – $350 – EEG/200uA brain stimulation/WiFi – January 2018

Aurora Dreamband – $299 – EEG/Light/Sound/BLE d- Now Shipping!

Read more

https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/07/19/four-lucid-dreaming-wearables-wearablewednesday/

Jul 15

Via Laura Gibbs.

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Via Laura Gibbs. Galaxy published some groundbreaking stories in its day; its editor always had one eye on advancing the field.

Originally shared by Tim O’Brien

I sold my collection of 200+ issues of Galaxy about 15 years ago and have kind or regretted it until now. I still have all of the Galaxy Reader anthologies edited by Gold and Pohl. They’re okay, but they don’t have any illustrations.

h/t Winchell Chung

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/14/15970710/galaxy-science-fiction-magazine-online-free-reading-archive