Shawn L. Bird

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everything in an instant July 15, 2012

Filed under: Commentary,Reading,Writing — Shawn L. Bird @ 6:32 pm
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“Everything that ever has been and everything that ever will be happens in an instant.”

Brian Keaney in The Cracked Mirror p. 15

 In an instant, everything changes.  You meet eyes with a stranger.  The baby is born.   The car swerves into your lane.  You make the phone call.  You send the email.  You drop the manuscript in the mail.  The child dashes into the street.  The news arrives.  A letter arrives.

Whether it’s real life or whether it’s fiction, in an instant, everything changes.  What happens next?  How you choose to respond creates the next chapter of the story.

In an instant, everything has changed.  What’s next?

 

Mind. Blown. June 4, 2012

Filed under: Commentary,Writing — Shawn L. Bird @ 8:09 pm
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In this age of instant everything, e-books are growing in popularity because they can be ordered instantly to your reader.  What if you want a paperback book, though?  Well, instant gratification exists for you, too.  Once, you had to order the book, which the Print on Demand service would quickly print and pop into the mail for you.  It’d arrive within a few days, saving significantly on storage costs, etc.  But three days isn’t exactly instant enough.

Enter the Espresso Book Machine coming soon to a book store, café,or laundromat near you!  Choose a book from the hundreds (thousands? millions?) stored in the data-base, from self-published books and public domain classics, to those from future looking publishers, push a button, and voilá, instant paperback book.  Your book, printed to order, in minutes.

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How?  Well, prepare to be amazed!  Check out this video:

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