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Comment on Character Micro-blogs by Susan Banghart

Susan Banghart — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:49:50 +0000

Very tempting, Lia, very tempting. I’m also keeping my eye out for the Characters Cafe on Scribblerati. Thanks for stopping by!

Comment on Character Micro-blogs by Lia Keyes

Lia Keyes — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:27:59 +0000

YES!!! You could always keep it to yourself, reserving judgment until you’ve tried it for a few weeks. If you run out of steam or it’s not helping, no one will be any the wiser.

Comment on The Wizarding World by Susan Banghart

Susan Banghart — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:43:04 +0000

Daniel Radcliffe emphasized your point about the weather. He looked to be melting in his interviews at the opening. The searing sun makes a joke of all those snow-covered shops in Hogsmeade. If I were to go, I’d wait until winter when the atmosphere helped set the mood. But I much prefer your suggestion, Lia. England and Scotland are the places to experience Harry Potter’s world. I’ll daydream about that!

Comment on The Wizarding World by Lia Keyes

Lia Keyes — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:03:34 +0000

If you want to walk the magical halls of Hogwarts all you have to do is go on a sight-seeing tour of Harry Potter locations in England! The Hogwarts hall is modelled on the one at Oxford University, for instance. You can take the train ride through the same scenery in Scotland that Harry travels through on his way to Hogwarts.

How can the Florida climate and landscaping possibly give the proper ‘dour’ atmosphere? Can they bottle Scottish mist?

Would be fun to go to Ollivanders, though…

Comment on That Monster – Synopsis by Susan Banghart

Susan Banghart — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:57:52 +0000

Rahma,the difference in my synopsis was night and day. I learned so much. Mary, you’ll get angel wings for taking on the nearly impossible! You didn’t stop until the last question was answered and all those words made sense.

Comment on That Monster – Synopsis by Rahma

Rahma — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:13:07 +0000

What a great class! Now that I know about it, I am sad too that it won’t be offered again. Who knew these peripheral docs would be part of the publishing process? Sounds like it was worth the agony.

Comment on That Monster – Synopsis by Mary Buckham

Mary Buckham — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:04:52 +0000

Susan ~~ Thank you for your very kind words and I do love the quoye “rambling homework ground into sparkling clarity’ – too fun!!

Cheers and happy reprieve from synopsis writing for a while Mary B

Comment on May’s Mind Food by Susan Banghart

Susan Banghart — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:39:49 +0000

That was what made this book so scary for me. Anderson segued smoothly from today into a future that’s not hard to imagine. Brrr…I have shivers just thinking about it.

Comment on May’s Mind Food by Kelly Barnhill

Kelly Barnhill — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:44:58 +0000

I absolutely loved this book, and was subsequently terrified when I learned how very close we are to making this vision a reality. A couple months ago, there was an article in National Geographic about a group of researchers who were able to install wifi implants into the brains of chimps that would enable them to manipulate a robotic arm just by giving commands by thinking (i.e. Pick up Banana. Bring banana to my mouth. Etc.) Computer chips hardwired into living brains. The future, apparently, is now.

Comment on May’s Mind Food by Rahma

Rahma — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:24:00 +0000

You’re right. This is creepy, but it’s the kind of science fiction I like — the kind that can raise social consciousness — something I worry about, among a host of other things.

Great review. Glad I met you over at Scribblerati.
I’m having a look around your blog and love what I’ve seen so far. Awesome art work.