Excerpts - dannistories: "Series
A string of connected books. Lord of the Rings is a series, and includes four wonderful books by JRR Tolkien.
Novel
What you see as a book. A long story with chapters that takes hours to days to read. They are usually longer than 150 pages and can be whoppers of a thousand pages [think Gone With The Wind]!
Novella
A short novel. Mine are divided into named chapters. These are usually 40-150 pages long but formatting can change the number of pages.
Novelette
A very long short story. I usually give mine chapters with names. These can be 20-40 pages or so.
Short Story
A story that takes minutes to hours to read. They can be 5 pages up to about twenty.
Short-Short Story
These are less than 5 pages, and take just a few minutes to read. I don't write many of these because most of my stories go on longer than this. Basically, a short-short is an anecdote, a story you might tell a friend in talking. It is one scene. All of my short-shorts will be available in Prude Reads from amazon.com
My page estimates are from 250 words to a page, written in Courier New font in 12-point size and double spaced. If formatted for a paperback book, or a hardcover, it might be less to a lot less pages! Books come in a lot of sizes. The print of the manuscript must flow onto the pages of the print book. Even word counts can change in the process of publishing! So these guides are from personal experience, not copied from another site. The guides and titles come from word counts of the Nebula Awards, awarded to outstanding science fiction and fantasy books every year by the Science Fiction Writers of America. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_count
"
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Friday, November 11, 2016
Home Is Not Areon
Coming Soon! Home Is Not Areon. I split Home Is Not Home and will be uploading it as soon as I finish the cover, which involves creating and rigging a twin-fingered hand in Blender. The hand is created, but not yet rigged. Then, I can put Zheien on my covers! Then I will work on the cover for Home Is War. These titles will be the new Volume 1 and 2 of the Home Is Series.
I plan to split all of the books in the series, and collect all of my shorter stories into books also. I also have a book of poetry that will come out soon. Watch my Amazon Author Central page for further developments! It is:
http://www.amazon.com/Dannis/e/B002JHTNNW
I plan to split all of the books in the series, and collect all of my shorter stories into books also. I also have a book of poetry that will come out soon. Watch my Amazon Author Central page for further developments! It is:
http://www.amazon.com/Dannis/e/B002JHTNNW
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Tennessee — Total solar eclipse of Aug 21, 2017, the Great American Eclipse
Tennessee — Total solar eclipse of Aug 21, 2017, the Great American Eclipse
Where will you be on Aug 21,2017? I'm planning to be somewhere in this yellow area watching the total eclipse!! Who's going, too?? This site has maps for ten prime locations from Washington State to South Carolina. Plan early!!!
But, keep your vision safe... use specially made eclipse glasses until the Ring of Fire appears, and put them back on before the Ring begins to not be a ring. Or, poke a hole in a computer circuit board and hold it over a piece of white paper and watch the shadow [you can safely observe sunspots this way].
Caution your children not to look at it! Don't even try regular sunglasses or smoked glass... these methods will not protect your vision. Be prepared to travel in case a cloud blocks your view. But even if clouds are there, animals around you will prepare to go to sleep and it will get dark for up to 2 mins 40 seconds, depending on how close you are to the center of the path.
The last one was in 1984 and the next one will be in 2024, so prepare now to see this celestial event! Don't say I didn't warn you. Best option is for a visit to a star party; there an astronomer will have a telescope set up and want to share his or her expertise on the subject. What a great educational experience!
Some parents will want to keep their kids indoors between one and three pm EST, but I think it is much better to train them and practice with them. Then, they can explain how to keep your eyes safe to all their friends. Think of the kids you know...in your apartment complex or subdivision...you could save someone's sight, just by spreading the word! Tell your teacher and library worker friends!!
Even if you feel it is better for your child to miss it indoors, please tell them why and ask them to warn their friends. Any of you who work with young folks, now is the time to start teaching them eye safety during a solar eclipse. Start now, teach often, and especially as August 2017 gets closer, never stop mentioning that you should never, never look at a solar eclipse with naked eyes.
I think kids, period, should only use the pinhole method and watch the shadow on paper. Enlist the help of a helpful adult for every child to make sure they don't peek. If you do this and your chosen adults are serious about keeping them safe, the kids can also enjoy the novelty of watching a solar eclipse safely.
As a former Girl Scout leader, I can tell you with early preparation, and often, kids will often surprise you as to how they can help keep themselves and others safe. I emphasized safety in every activity [and Girl Scout and Boy Scout leaders are equipped with manuals stating how many adults to what age kids is necessary for safety, and how to prepare kids to work with pocket knives, kitchen knives, and how to cook over open fires without cooking fingers or worse. If they can do this, they can keep themselves safe during an eclipse! Early preparation is key. If you are a fan of astronomy, or keeping kids' eyes safe, repost this on your social media. You might save someone's sight!
Where will you be on Aug 21,2017? I'm planning to be somewhere in this yellow area watching the total eclipse!! Who's going, too?? This site has maps for ten prime locations from Washington State to South Carolina. Plan early!!!
But, keep your vision safe... use specially made eclipse glasses until the Ring of Fire appears, and put them back on before the Ring begins to not be a ring. Or, poke a hole in a computer circuit board and hold it over a piece of white paper and watch the shadow [you can safely observe sunspots this way].
Caution your children not to look at it! Don't even try regular sunglasses or smoked glass... these methods will not protect your vision. Be prepared to travel in case a cloud blocks your view. But even if clouds are there, animals around you will prepare to go to sleep and it will get dark for up to 2 mins 40 seconds, depending on how close you are to the center of the path.
The last one was in 1984 and the next one will be in 2024, so prepare now to see this celestial event! Don't say I didn't warn you. Best option is for a visit to a star party; there an astronomer will have a telescope set up and want to share his or her expertise on the subject. What a great educational experience!
Some parents will want to keep their kids indoors between one and three pm EST, but I think it is much better to train them and practice with them. Then, they can explain how to keep your eyes safe to all their friends. Think of the kids you know...in your apartment complex or subdivision...you could save someone's sight, just by spreading the word! Tell your teacher and library worker friends!!
Even if you feel it is better for your child to miss it indoors, please tell them why and ask them to warn their friends. Any of you who work with young folks, now is the time to start teaching them eye safety during a solar eclipse. Start now, teach often, and especially as August 2017 gets closer, never stop mentioning that you should never, never look at a solar eclipse with naked eyes.
I think kids, period, should only use the pinhole method and watch the shadow on paper. Enlist the help of a helpful adult for every child to make sure they don't peek. If you do this and your chosen adults are serious about keeping them safe, the kids can also enjoy the novelty of watching a solar eclipse safely.
As a former Girl Scout leader, I can tell you with early preparation, and often, kids will often surprise you as to how they can help keep themselves and others safe. I emphasized safety in every activity [and Girl Scout and Boy Scout leaders are equipped with manuals stating how many adults to what age kids is necessary for safety, and how to prepare kids to work with pocket knives, kitchen knives, and how to cook over open fires without cooking fingers or worse. If they can do this, they can keep themselves safe during an eclipse! Early preparation is key. If you are a fan of astronomy, or keeping kids' eyes safe, repost this on your social media. You might save someone's sight!
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