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October 25, 2022

REVIEW: Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 3) by Nghi Vo

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / non binary / novella / POC / POC author / storytelling / The Singing Hills CycleNo Comments

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The Ignyte and Locus Award finalist, and Crawford and Hugo Award-winning series continues as Chih finds themself in the riverlands, home to near-immortal warriors and ancient feuds Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists who haunt the ... more >

December 11, 2020

REVIEW: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 2) by Nghi Vo

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Fantasy / LGBTQIA+ / non binary / novella / POC / POC author / storytelling / The Singing Hills Cycle / tigersComments Off on REVIEW: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 2) by Nghi Vo

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The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with hunger. To stay alive until the mammoths can save them, Chih must unwind the intricate, layered story of the tiger and her scholar lover—a woman of courage, intelligence, and beauty—and ... more >

December 13, 2016

Tuesday News: AI & storytelling, the dangerous apology, 100 strangers write a book, and more bookish gifts

JanetPublishing Newsdefamation / gifts / lawsuits / storytelling / technology / writing a book5 Comments

Spoiler Alert: Artificial Intelligence Can Predict How Scenes Will Play Out – Although still at a very early stage, this technology is a step forward in the ability for machines to predict how a scene will play out, which has implications for everything from automatic video tagging in Facebook to self-driving ... more >

August 30, 2016

Tuesday News: Pokémon Go, the ideal sentence, and unexpected effects of viral posts

JanetPublishing Newsbook sharing / life of a writer / Pokémon Go / storytelling / writing style8 Comments

Pokémon Go and the evolution of publishing treasure hunts – With an average of 7 million downloads A DAY, Pokémon Go has made location-based gaming bigger and more popular than ever before. But according to Guy Gadney, the game also has the potential to change the future of publishing, as new media affects ... more >

July 8, 2016

Friday News: building blocks of story, Snapchat faces lawsuit, Chennai book clubs, and cookbook archive

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / cookbooks / India / Internet Archive / lawsuit / Snapchat / story arcs / storytellingComments Off on Friday News: building blocks of story, Snapchat faces lawsuit, Chennai book clubs, and cookbook archive

Data Mining Reveals the Six Basic Emotional Arcs of Storytelling – According to this new “data-mining” of 1,700 literary works in English (can you already spot some problems?) with more than 150 downloads from Project Gutenberg,  there are a grand total of six “building blocks of complex emotional narratives.” Additionally, the team ... more >

March 11, 2016

Friday News: Cuba, China, story and bees

JanetPublishing Newscensorship / China / Cuba / music / nature / publishing / storytelling / trade embargoComments Off on Friday News: Cuba, China, story and bees

Publishers Petition White House to End Cuba Book Embargo – With 40 signatories thus far, publishers, trade organizations, and agents have signed a petition to lift sanctions that constitute a trade embargo on US published books. Since Congress is not expected to completely end the sanctions before Obama leaves office, focus ... more >

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