T-shirt: “The most dangerous animal in the world is a silent, smiling woman.” 😁
Next: a silent, slightly scowling woman? 😉
I like Gary's thoughts on the ebook. I don't know about incorporating animated GIFs (we've just published ebooks on Kindle and Apple Books — Deb's books have illustrations, which came through nicely, but we never even thought of animations). The idea of animated muses feels delightful!
Hmmm…. SubStack is enjoying these “Hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer, Let’s roll out the soda, and pretzels, and beer.” (Nat King Cole)
In the sense that this post isn’t showing up in the app on my phone? 🤷🏽
Back on topic. Your mention of cicadas then the robin paying Cal a visit stimulated a mental video: from the swarms of cicadas to a squadron of robins to Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” Whatever it takes. 😬 Is there a particular sound female cicadas emit in response to the males bellowing? Giggles? Mere eye rolls? (I’d expect the effect to dazzle with compound eyes 😂)
Today’s post had a feeling of time travel with your harkening back to the incident a year ago then updating to right now. Nicely done!
One final random thought: for producing the book inspired by “c” and your creativity, what if it were completely an ebook? Someone far smarter than I could quickly swat away my following thoughts.
This would be more than a regular ebook with mostly words and sketches. Could actual photo images be incorporated? Could GIFs be included for a sense of animation?
My frame of reference comes from my use of Twitter to occasionally shout into the Void…. But GIFs and photos and videos are interwoven into other folks’ tweets on a routine basis. 🤔🤷🏽 That sort of format would allow full featured images to accurately convey the right colors. This would likely require using space on a server to store and provide access to the book?! A quick look just now indicated that Cloud Server space can rent for as little as $5/month!
How to access and upload to the server is above my pay grade. 🤗
A tiny bit of research indicates Interactive e-books exist. I watched a couple of YouTube videos and felt like a seedling planted in far too big of a pot!
Such a project would involve acquiring skills and/or collaboration. I’ve seen animated book summaries on YT that are very cool! 😎
One step at a time? I’ve yet to come up with a framework for how to tell the story.
So many ideas percolating because of this thread. I see a book as a potential expanded version of a business card… With that said, idealistically, the book would guide the audience to your blog and potentially an interactive website of support and infinite possibilities beyond any diagnosis or treatment, we’re talking stories of not just survivors, but thriver’s. Those who found the hidden gift wrapped up and disguised as cancer… The golden ticket 🎫 that awakened them from the walking sleep that was life before “c.”
T-shirt: “The most dangerous animal in the world is a silent, smiling woman.” 😁
Next: a silent, slightly scowling woman? 😉
I like Gary's thoughts on the ebook. I don't know about incorporating animated GIFs (we've just published ebooks on Kindle and Apple Books — Deb's books have illustrations, which came through nicely, but we never even thought of animations). The idea of animated muses feels delightful!
Hmmm… I’ve done a little research on interactive books and the tech skill involved seems well beyond my current understanding.
That said… I can begin organizing my thoughts, and as happened with Val and the t-shirts, the resources I need might appear?
I like that word! “Delightful!” 😊
Hmmm…. SubStack is enjoying these “Hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer, Let’s roll out the soda, and pretzels, and beer.” (Nat King Cole)
In the sense that this post isn’t showing up in the app on my phone? 🤷🏽
Back on topic. Your mention of cicadas then the robin paying Cal a visit stimulated a mental video: from the swarms of cicadas to a squadron of robins to Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” Whatever it takes. 😬 Is there a particular sound female cicadas emit in response to the males bellowing? Giggles? Mere eye rolls? (I’d expect the effect to dazzle with compound eyes 😂)
Today’s post had a feeling of time travel with your harkening back to the incident a year ago then updating to right now. Nicely done!
One final random thought: for producing the book inspired by “c” and your creativity, what if it were completely an ebook? Someone far smarter than I could quickly swat away my following thoughts.
This would be more than a regular ebook with mostly words and sketches. Could actual photo images be incorporated? Could GIFs be included for a sense of animation?
My frame of reference comes from my use of Twitter to occasionally shout into the Void…. But GIFs and photos and videos are interwoven into other folks’ tweets on a routine basis. 🤔🤷🏽 That sort of format would allow full featured images to accurately convey the right colors. This would likely require using space on a server to store and provide access to the book?! A quick look just now indicated that Cloud Server space can rent for as little as $5/month!
How to access and upload to the server is above my pay grade. 🤗
Do you ever imagine little gremlins running through our tech systems, giggling and kicking up mischief?
This reference indicates female cicadas are quiet: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-didnt-cicadas.html
A tiny bit of research indicates Interactive e-books exist. I watched a couple of YouTube videos and felt like a seedling planted in far too big of a pot!
Such a project would involve acquiring skills and/or collaboration. I’ve seen animated book summaries on YT that are very cool! 😎
One step at a time? I’ve yet to come up with a framework for how to tell the story.
Thanks for sparking a new possibility!
So many ideas percolating because of this thread. I see a book as a potential expanded version of a business card… With that said, idealistically, the book would guide the audience to your blog and potentially an interactive website of support and infinite possibilities beyond any diagnosis or treatment, we’re talking stories of not just survivors, but thriver’s. Those who found the hidden gift wrapped up and disguised as cancer… The golden ticket 🎫 that awakened them from the walking sleep that was life before “c.”
I could go on, but I won’t… 😊😉
Hmmm…
You add another dimension by referencing “thrivers”.
Thanks Bobby!