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Newsletter: Limit of Infinity Happenings 08.01.21
by Caleb Fast
Sent out 08.01.2021 to 622 fans.
We made it to 2021, everyone! 😀
Writer Update!
Alright, I've got some nifty news!
If you're like me, then you grew up reading a ton.
Lots of science fiction, the occasional book from another genre, and a healthy dose of pirates.
Admittedly, I really liked pirate books.
Because of that love, I'm working on some sci-fi pirate books of my own! Are there any higher seas for pirates to sail upon than the oceans of void between the stars? I think not! Hopefully a lot of you are as interested in pirates as I am, and I'd love to hear what you all think about the book idea!
Short Story!
Picking back up with Roland
Chapter Twenty-One
West of Paradise, Galatia
Roland looks around at everyone that he had gathered after the hybrid attack that morning. All in all, just six people were missing. Maverick assured him that at least two of those who were missing were still safe, something about Sylvia knowing how to protect herself. Frowning, Roland mutters to himself, "If she was so good at staying safe then she wouldn't have ditched the group."
"We're still looking for Meghan, Tyson, Lilian, and Craig," someone quietly reports to Maverick. They exchange a few words quietly and Roland can't make anything out.
Roland waits for the person to leave before he makes his way over to Maverick. He pauses long enough to confirm that no one was eavesdropping and then asks, "Any idea where those four are?"
"Not really," Maverick sighs. Looking around he seemingly zones out for a few beats before coming back to reality and answering, "I wouldn't be surprised if Meghan followed Gideon and Sylvia on their little mission though."
"That doesn't sound very assuring," Roland shakes his head. He couldn't see how Maverick could be in charge of a team if he had lost track of so many people and gone through a munity. The fact this had all happened in the course of a day or so added to Roland's doubts.
"Well I'm not very sure. Everything happened so quick."
"That's just how things happen out here, you'll have to get used to it."
"How often do the hybrids attack you and your team?"
"They haven't for quite some time, that's something that has been worrying me. I think they might have been tracing your friend who was injured though."
Maverick purses his lips and a look of worry washes over his face. He quickly wipes the look away and asks, "So they were hunting us?"
"Do you think they…"
"…Killed your friend? I don't know, it could be possible. However, there weren't any kill zones around camp, so he must have gotten away at least initially. Maybe the other people we haven't tracked down are still with him."
"I hope so,"
"Wherever they are, we'll find them," Roland pledges. He considers adding 'or what's left of them,' but opts against it. There was no knowing what their fates were for sure, not until the twins got back with their scouting reports. Scanning the treetops, Roland eventually says, "We should get back to camp, I doubt they came this way. We would have seen something by now."
Nodding morosely, Maverick agrees, "Lead the way."
Yeah, I know this chapter was uber short, sorry not sorry! I'm working on several other book projects, so this got purposely backburnered.
Miss any chapters? Check them out on my website!
https://calebfast.com/2020/12/02/accolade-home-page/
Weekly Promo!
Here's a sweet selection of promos for all of you!
Starting the Year with a Bang!
Looking for a book with some explosions?
Love wars and rumors of war?
If you said yes to either of those, then this promo is for you. Inside are a bunch of tales of conflict that I'm sure will excite! 🙂
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/b6DhHp8 Midweek Madness Goodbye 2020!
Here's the last Midweek Madness promo you'll be seeing any time soon. I'm stopping them. 🙁
Before y'all ask why, it's because there are just too many genres and too many authors taking part. A lot of these stories don't fit the interests of a lot of readers, so I'm cutting my losses with these. If I resume them, they'll be all things that should appeal to us cool, sci-fi readers. 🙂
So feel free to check out the last Midweek Madness! 😀
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/Y1h1I70 To the Moon and Back
Here's a sci-fi promo that I hope y'all enjoy!
If you're in the market for a new sci-fi book with some space travel, then this promo is worth checking out!
Trade your email for a story in this giveaway! 🙂
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/yCctu9mThe Battle for Allegra Announcement!
This week the last book in The Battle for Allegra: Season One will be released.
That's ten books to the series!
For those of you who've been anxiously awaiting its release, here's a link to it:
US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P5SFY18
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08P5SFY18
CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08P5SFY18
AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08P5SFY18
Thank you for exploring the future with me!
-Caleb Fast
Stay safe, and stay awesome everyone!
The Limit of Infinity Starmap
I'm a big map guy, I love maps. Yes, I'm a nerd like that, but that's what you get when you find a science fiction author!
To help and keep my stories straight, I make maps, many are hand-drawn, but others are on my Photoshop. The starmap of the Milky Way that I'm sharing now is the second generation of the map that I've been basing everything off of.
No, it isn't absolutely complete, there are going to be plenty of other planets that I'll be creating as time goes on, but here's what I've got for now!
The Limit of Infinity Starmaps
Milky Way Starmap One
The first map is just one of the Milky Way with various planets. You'll see several planets that are the scenes of my books, my characters' backstories, and quite a few that have yet to show up.
You have the obvious planets like Galatia, Allur, Strehim, and Allegra where the main characters in several of my stories spend quite some time, but there are plenty of other worlds. In due time I hope to make an encyclopedia of sorts for all the different worlds and even the alien species that we encounter in my universe. I hope you all love this map!
Milky Way Starmap Two
This map shows us what planets are under Coalition control (blue), which ones are contested (red), and those that are Alexandrian (green). These borders are going to change as the books go on and this map is only as accurate as Clive Ranger is aware of in Renaissance: The Limit of Infinity.
We're about to see a big galactic civil war here, so there is going to be a ton of moving borders, shifting allegiances, and we'll see what'll happen!
Once again, the area marked blue is Coalition controlled, green is Alexandrian, and red is "no man's land". I hope this map can help paint the picture of where my stories take place!
Other Map Projects:
I've got lots of other maps kicking around that I've made to help me in my story writing. Some are of specific buildings, structures, and ships, others are of planets and cities.
I'd love to see what you all would like to see next, so drop a comment on this page with your specific requests!
25 December 2020Merry Christmas, everyone!
And Happy New year as well!
The Battle for Allegra books are now dropping, book seven is live right now. Be sure to check it out! 🙂
Also, I've got a special Christmas story that I put together!
It takes place a little bit before The Limit of Infinity series starts and follows our hero Clive Ranger on a special Christmas operation that he ran before his time in Paradise. I hope you all enjoy! The usual short story of the week is directly below the Christmas story. Short Story!
The Limit of Infinity: Christmas Special
(I hope this is better than the Star Wars Christmas Special)
Christmas Abroad
Clive Ranger
Shaking his head, Clive chuckles softly at the man that is sitting across from him. The man had been complaining incessantly ever since they had left their base. Letting out a long breath, Clive finally says, "You and I both know that this mission is a lot more important than just dropping off some food."
"If it's so important, then why are there only seven of us?" the man fires back pointedly as he motions around the cramped truck that they are in.
Weary eyes stare back at Clive and the man as they look up from their thoughts. Everyone was tired. Everyone would have preferred being home right about now.
"Because we didn't need a bunch of manpower," Clive shrugs as he tugs on the collar of his shirt in a weak attempt to cool off. Between the combined body heat of seven burly soldiers and the planet's natural stuffiness, Clive was sweltering.
"At least we know that the crew we're dropping all of this off for will enjoy it," another man finally sounds, "That makes all of this at least a bit easier."
"That it does," Clive agrees as he looks over the merchandise once more.
The narrow aisleway that follows the length of the vehicle is heavily ladened with a huge array of goods. Thanks to the sheer amount of it all, Clive can't even see several of the other people who are with him thanks to how much stuff they are carrying.
"It'll make for a fine Christmas indeed," the second man notes as he lets out a nostalgic sigh.
"Hopefully we'll be able to make it back to base in time to celebrate Christmas ourselves," Clive nods.
The truck lurches suddenly and throws everyone to one side. Several discontent groans and harsh comments directed toward the drivers sound before everyone falls silent once more.
Everyone knew that they got the short straw and that this mission was the last thing they wanted out of their Christmas.
"Hey, Charlie," one of the men that Matthew can't see sounds after several minutes.
"What?" Charlie grunts.
Seemingly unfazed by the gruff response, the unseen speaker says, "You never told us what Christmas was like for you when you grew up."
"That's because I don't like thinking about it, Oscar" Charlie snaps.
"Oh, come on," Oscar presses, "You heard all of our stories."
"Yeah? So what?"
"So… why don't you return the favor?"
"I don't think so,"
"It can't hurt, Charlie," someone prods.
Several others join in and Charlie finally relents. Clearing his throat, he starts, "Well, my family used to get together around whatever kind of tree we could track down. More often than not, we'd just make a tree though. Those sad things didn't even look like trees most of the time…"
Several people chuckle at the thought of such a sad excuse of a Christmas tree.
Charlie lets out a shaky breath and his voice cracks as he continues, "I haven't seen my family for the last six years. I don't even know if they're even alive anymore."
"We'll get to see our families again soon," Clive quickly pledges, "Soon as this war is over."
"Not all of us," Oscar quietly points out, "Mine's gone."
Sighing, Matthew says, "Mine too, but we can find new families. Adopted families, if you will."
Charlie laughs and a smile crosses his face. Still smiling, he chuckles and shakes his head a bit. A twinkle glints in his eye before he recollects, "Last year I had a family invite me to their Christmas celebrations. We were stuck in the siege of Goshen… I knew that the family didn't have the food to spare, but I still showed up. I don't know why, guess it was something about missing family… Anyhows, I ended up eating probably half the food on their table before I realized that the kids hadn't even been able to eat their fill."
"Well, was the food good at least?"
"Oh, no," Charlie laughs, "It was horrible. But being with a family made it feel so… holy. Felt like I was back at church after all this time. I forgot about all the stuff I've done since I got into this fight."
"Mmm," Clive nods as a peaceful smile tugs on his lips. He loved the moments that he lost himself in the beautiful moments of life.
"Well, back to the story," Charlie interrupts everyone's thoughts, "I ended up leaving their party early and I raced back to where my team and I were holed up at the time. I grabbed all my rations that I could find and raced back. Scared the family silly when I pounded on their door, but they said that I made their Christmas."
"Sounds to me like they made yours as well," Clive nods.
Sighing loudly, Charlie nods, "Yeah, that they did."
"Guess that's exactly what we're doing here now," one of the men announces hopefully.Short Story!
Picking back up with Gideon here, enjoy!
Chapter Twenty
Gideon cowers even lower to the ground as a bird suddenly flutters overhead. He casts a longing glance up to the creature and he momentarily wonders how such a helpless and frail creature could survive out here in the hybrid-infested wilds. As he eyes the bird, Gideon watches it hop between a few branches in the tree canopy before it takes flights and abandons him and his companions.
"I'm thinking that the place is abandoned," Sylvia announces after a few moments of silence.
"Well that much is obvious," Gideon sarcastically agrees and chuckles.
In front of him the vast concrete structure stands in stark contrast against the greenery around it. Vines, moss, and a massive array of small foliage are beginning to overtake the building and larger plants have long since retaken the area around the building.
The dark grey structure itself if situated in a valley that is surrounded by some smaller hills. Part of the building appears to have given way and fallen into the peaceful river whose banks must have risen since the building's construction. Gideon isn't certain, but he thinks that he can just make out the forms of several smaller outbuildings beside the large main building. However, thanks to the large amount of foliage, he can't be certain.
"I meant there aren't any hybrids," Sylvia clarifies with a slightly irritated tone.
Letting out a strained breath, Meghan whispers, "I'm not so sure, something scared the birds on the far side of the complex and it wasn't us."
Clearly not dissuaded, Sylvia points out, "Well we can't just wait here forever,"
"I'm not sure if we should just rush in either," Gideon reminds her, "We decided to scout things out from up here first for a reason. We don't have the manpower or the firepower to take on much."
"Well we've got the womanpower!" Meghan exclaims unhelpfully.
Rolling his eyes at Meghan's comment, Gideon sighs. When no one says anything else, he continues, "If we're going to go in then we're going to have to set some traps behind us as we go so nothing can sneak up on us."
"We're going to have to find somewhere defendable in there soon too," Sylvia adds.
Nodding, Meghan agrees, "Yeah, night'll be here soon, and I don't want to get caught out in the open again."
"What do you think this place used to be?" Gideon asks when no one makes any moves to descend from their lookout point. Something about the dark, overgrown buildings added an unneeded amount of spookiness to the entire setting.
"My guess is an old town," Sylvia ventures a guess, "There are a bunch of old foundations all around that look big enough to have been houses."
"All Pre-Inundation, I'd bet," Gideon nods as he finally realizes why he couldn't make the smaller structures out for sure before—they were just the remains of buildings.
"Yeah," Sylvia agrees.
Shuffling for a moment, Meghan clears her throat and inquires, "What's up with the big building though? It seems so out of place out here on its own."
"Looks like some sort of open-air hangar," Gideon notes as he looks at a series of large landing pads on top of and attached to the building. Most of the pads are nearly indistinguishable thanks to the plants that made quick work of most of the flat surfaces, but some concrete is still peeking out here and there.
"It's a spaceport," Sylvia announces confidently.
"A what now?" Gideon asks with a breathy and confused chuckle.
"It's where spaceships used to land," Sylvia answers.
"Spaceships?" Gideon presses, still very much confused.
"Yeah," Sylvia nods.
Seemingly just as lost as Gideon, Meghan inquires, "You going to let us in on what you're talking about, or are we just going to have to pretend that we're following?"
Sighing, Silvia starts, "This little secret is what got me stuck in the Stalwart Program. As it turns out, we're not alone in the galaxy."
"You telling us there're aliens out there?" Gideon laughs as he points to the heavens.
Nodding, Sylvia affirms, "Aliens and a lot more humans like us. The Coalition cut us off from the outside worlds for some reason. My mom let it slip once that there were other planets run by the Coalition and I just had to know more. I wanted to know why they decided to cut us off from everyone else too. They didn't like me looking around, so they sent me here."
"What all did you find out?"
"A whole lot of nothing."
"Nothing? You just told Meghan and I a lot more than we ever knew."
"But I didn't figure out why any of this is happening. There are so many other planets that we could live on—why are they keeping us here?"
"Maybe we're some sort of lifeboat for humanity?" Meghan offers.
Furrowing his eyebrows, Gideon probes, "Lifeboats? Aren't those supposed to be safe places? Nothing about this planet seems lifeboat-like to me."
"Well maybe that's the thing," Meghan continues down her train of thought, "Maybe they figured that no one would think to check a planet full of monsters for some humans that are hiding out."
"And who would we be hiding from?" Gideon asks, wondering how Meghan could have come up with this whole scenario.
Laughing at Gideon, Meghan condescendingly answers, "The aliens, duh."
"From the files I went through, I'd say that's not the case," Sylvia shakes her head.
"Then what is it, oh wise one?" Meghan demands in a demeaning voice.
"I don't know for sure," Sylvia shrugs, "It sounded like this was all some sort of sick experiment or something. I don't know. All I can say for sure though is that this isn't a lifeboat for humanity."
"Eh, I'm not convinced," Meghan shrugs back as she turns her attention back to the ruins before them. A moment passes and she rises to her feet and says, "Let's get down there to find out what's the big deal."
Everything is current to this week on my website, and, as I said before, I gave the website a facelift! Accolade was the main recipient of said facelift, so I hope you all love the new navigation for it.
Here's a sweet selection of promos for all of you! Midweek Madness Turn Up the Heat
Here's the weekly Midweek Madness promo!
I know I can't write enough for all y'all, so I share these so you can find other authors …just don't forget about me! ;P
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/7XTnP5X Wonder Lit: Christian Speculative Fiction
Here's another Midweek Madness promo!
Here's a slew of clean fantasy, sci-fi and paranormal stories. 🙂
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/QFHDzrO The Last Thing I'd Expect to See Up Here
Here's a sci-fi only promo that I hosted!
If you've got a KU subscription you might want to check this promo out!
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/0m2t6Sc Startling Adventures Among the Stars
Here's another sci-fi-only promo geared toward KU readers–anyone else can check it out too though!
https://storyoriginapp.com/to/fk5XGXu Launch Announcement!
The Battle for Allegra: Secured
Book Seven of The Battle for Allegra is now LIVE! It's also at it's holiday price of just 99 cents!
Pick it up on Amazon today!
US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P3R8JCF
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08P3R8JCF
AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08P3R8JCF
CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08P3R8JCF
The Battle for Allegra Preorder Announcement
They're finally up.
Each and every one of the books in The Battle for Allegra – Season One.
Can I just say, "Phew"?
After nearly an entire year since I penned the first word of The Battle for Allegra: Conscripted, we are finally about to see the final book in the season drop.
Admittedly, I'm super excited. As I see it, I have plenty of reason to be too! The completion of Season One means that I will finally be able to drop my first box set of books. What does that mean? It means I'll be offering all of Season One as one book, rather than ten. That development is still a way off, but I'm nonetheless excited for it.
Now, back to the matter at hand…
The Battle for Allegra Books 7, 8, 9, and 10
I'm releasing each book one week apart. That's my rapid release schedule and I'm sure that everyone will enjoy that a lot more than the months-long wait for episode six! (Sorry for that.) Season two of my sci-fi saga will hopefully come out more consistently, but I can't make any promises right now.
Curious what the release dates are? I'll put that question to rest right now!
Matthew leads the Glendoveer twins in a raid against the Fulcrum bunker in an attempt to secure Marie's freedom from them.
Can he make it?
Harborage
After his raid on the Fulcrum bunker, Matthew needs to get back to safety. He needs to find his safe harbor.
Will the Fulcrum get to him first?
War is full of rude awakenings. It reveals things that people never wanted to find out about themselves and others.
Will Matthew's discovery destroy him?
Outstanding performance always grants promotion to good soldiers. Being in the commander's good graces also helps.
What did Matthew do to get a promotion?
I was so excited to finally put these books up for preorder. I've been working tirelessly on them for what felt like months. To be rightly honest, I think they encompass some of my best work to date as well! There were so many parts that I just had to stop and smile as I threw myself for a loop or I did something else that I was just so proud of.
I felt as proud as a kid who just got their finger painting put up on the fridge.
My excitement extends beyond my pride in these pieces, however. I was most excited by what Matthew was able to achieve in just a few short books. The completion of Season One really gets things set up for Season Two where–spoiler alert–the war will get even more intense.
Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra.
The Battle for Allegra
The Battle for Allegra takes place on a planet on the outer fringes of the Milky Way. It is a planet that was originally colonized by a largely Greek populace, hence all the cities with names that have Greek origins.
This series is the result of several years of brainstorming and more than a few failed attempts at getting it down on paper. Now, all this time later, it's finally seeing the light of day.
I wrote this series with several different books in mind.
For starters, one can likely see an immediate link between The Battle for Allegra and Starship Troopers. While The Battle for Allegra is a much more serious military sci-fi, it does have "Bugs" that assault space marine soldiers that are in trenches. The government is also rather terrible as well. This, however, is about where the comparisons can stop.
I also wanted to expand on some thoughts that I had with Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. I thought about how alien invaders that were so bug-like didn't have to be such advanced beings. I reasoned that there could be some brainless brutes in addition to the smarter aliens that would be leading the attack and building the invasion craft. Because of that consideration, you will see plenty of cannon fodder like the Beet that Matthew took on in First Kill, but you will also see more advanced creatures as the series goes on.
Due to the serious tone of The Battle for Allegra, I quickly discovered that it was becoming a lot like The Red Badge of Courage as well. It was no longer the "what if World War One happened against aliens" plot that I originally wrote it to be. Instead, our hero, Matthew Campbell, finds himself exposed to the horrors of war. Like The Red Badge of Courage's Henry Fleming, Matthew is anything but thrilled by bloodshed. He immediately discovers his hatred of war. Not only that, he is faced with fears that he never thought he might face.
As Matthew fights on, many readers will see that Matthew's reluctance to make war is not helped by his propensity to win fights. As he wins each fight, Matthew grows more and more accustomed to the rigors of war as well. This is another issue which I try to give enough thought to within the short story/novelette format that I am writing in.
All in all this series is turning into a thing of its own as I write it. No longer is it a format for me to give backstories to characters that will take part in my science fiction novel series: The Limit of Infinity. Instead, The Battle for Allegra is commanding special attention for itself. It's its own beast now.
Why is Matthew Such a Good Fighter?
I have seen this question asked more than a few times. I've even had some negative commentary because Matthew is fighting without any training.
Beyond this being the entire point of the first book (Matthew is thrown to the wolves without training as a punishment), I did foresee this issue. No one is naturally a skilled fighter that can handle himself and knock big burly men out.
As such, I sprinkled in backstory for how Matthew became the scrappy fighter that we know him as throughout Season One. I will likely continue fleshing him out with brief backstory references and memories throughout the series.
I know it leaves a lot of questions regarding young Matthew, but that is not without intention on my part. Mystery keeps all of us coming for more!
Additionally, I can only slip in so much backstory in a story that is this short. If I do too much then the whole book is memories of our little soldier who's taking on millions of dangerous alien invaders. Memories and backstory getting fleshed out like that can be boring as everything. I'm not here to bore you, I'm here to entertain you. I've got a paper that has Matthew's full backstory written out and I might share it with the world when I have more books out. However, I won't be doing that any time soon because it'll spoil more than a few things!
Additional Series Info
Every book in The Battle for Allegra will be at least ten thousand words. I found that this was the shortest length that I could write in while still having the book go somewhere. That being said, I have no intention of writing books that will stop prematurely at that point. I will (and I have) written books in this series that were longer. As it stands, my average word count is about 13,000 words so far. The longest book is just shy of 19,000 words!
This series started out as my own personal sandbox to declare the war that I have been wanting to write about for quite some time now.
I wanted a sci-fi with trenches. Mud. Blood.
I wanted one with big old mechanized legions.
One with bug-like aliens that were just a wee bit harder to kill than real life insects. …Alright, that's an understatement. I made them so they'd be insanely hard to kill.
I wanted to create characters who were adverse to conflict and have them get guided to the ways of war by battle-hardened individuals.
I wanted to make a science fiction coming of age story that was moving. One that tugged on the heartstrings. One that included more than a little war.
I wanted to write a story that played out like a TV show because who doesn't like that?
With all of that in mind, I wrote The Battle for Allegra. I chose the novelette format over that of short stories, novellas, and novels because 10-20 thousand words seemed to fit the "TV show" timeslot a lot better while still telling a worthwhile story. Short stories were just way too short to smash in enough stuff. Novels and novellas on the other hand were too long for what each episode demanded. So, by happenstance, I ended up landing in the "novella" category for most of the books in this series.
If you haven't picked up The Battle for Allegra yet, here's a link to the series page on Amazon so you can join right in on the defense of an entire planet.
The Battle for Allegra Series Page
The Battle For Allegra – Season One Announcement!
After nearly a whole year, Season One of The Battle for Allegra is complete.
That's ten episodes and well over 100,000 words.
Yeah, that's a lot of word!
To be rightly honest, I know that it's a lot more words than just that, but I'm keeping the final total as a secret for those of you who preorder the books to find out.
I have the covers complete for all of The Battle for Allegra books and the books themselves that are up for preorder are going through the final rounds of edits. I am working with Amazon still to get everything 'live' on Amazon still, so bear with me! 🙂 Once all these books are live, I'll make another post with links to preorder them for my top four countries for sales (US, UK, Australia, and Canada).
A lot is happening and I can't wait to see how much you all love the books!
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List of Advanced Reader Copies Available:
Ellendawn:
This is a short story and it drops you in on the lives of two brothers who just lost their parents. It's got some sweet worldbuilding to show you just what's going on in The Limit of Infinity Universe!
Use the link below to download the PDF directly!
A Father's Blessing:
An Inheritance of Blood
This is a short story and it drops you into the life of Markus Killian, a bounty hunter who has spent his whole life trying to live up to his father's legend. The story takes place beside the bedside of Markus's father, not too long before he dies.
His father has one last thing to impart to his son, read the story to find out what it is!
This helps tell the backstory of a character that shows up later in The Limit of Infinity series.
A Man Travels Light When He has Nothing Left
This is a short story and it drops you into the life of a man named Howard Gage.
Howard Gage didn't have a terrible life, but it was anything but good.
Today, what little he had, is lost.
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Sit Tight!
I have SEVERAL other short stories that are currently unnamed, but their names are coming, as are their covers! Check back often because I'll have lots of great books available here.
Sent Out: 28.09.2020 to 472 fans.
As promised, I pushed super hard and I got book six of The Battle for Allegra finished in time for my birthday!!! (Sorry it took me so long)
Think of the new release as a birthday gift from me to you! 😀
This is the week for launches!
What do I mean? Well:
First off, I'm launching The Battle for Allegra: Sanctuary
You can preorder it here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GQ52LC7
I liked this book more than the others, and I think it really sets the tone of what the following books are going to be like. Scroll to the promos part of this email to see a bigger writeup on it! 🙂
And… there are a bunch of rockets getting launched this week!
If you like watching rockets take off like me, then you'll love this!
-ULA launch Aug 28 02.08 EDDT (TODAY) (rescheduled from the 27th)
-SpaceX Aug 28 @19.19 EDT (Also today)
-Rocket Lab Aug 29 @23.05 EDT
-SpaceX Aug 30 @10.08 EDT
-Astra Aug 30 @22.00 EDT
(You can check out the article I got this info from on space.com)
The calm never lasts in books. At least not the ones I enjoy. Here's a nice break from the calm… but it does start with some calmness. (Just press through, my action lovers!)
Chapter Seventeen – Part One
Rolland and Haley sit a few paces away from the nearest cliff face with a small fire to their backs for warmth and to keep the hybrids away. Ahead of them, they watch as the sun slowly begins peeking over the hills to the east. The sky above is glowing orange as if the sun were igniting the atmosphere as it shone on their humble planet. The hills and forests are painted a breathtaking green as the trees are awakened to yet another sunny day. As far as Rolland is concerned, life is good.
The duo sit in silence as the sun tentatively creeps upward, almost like it had forgotten how to rise and was relearning the skill. Once it is nearly a third of the way above the horizon, Haley quietly asks, "I don't know if your dad would approve of bringing the Domers to the village."
"And why's that?" Rolland asks without taking his eyes off of the sunrise. He and Haley always liked to watch as the sky became a work of art every morning. Rolland had always reasoned that he liked it more than Haley, but she seemed content to wake up early and enjoy the view with him.
"Their leader, Maverick, clearly doesn't have their respect," Haley quickly points out, "I mean, several of his own people tried to kill him yesterday!
"From what I heard, it sounded like a longstanding rivalry," Rolland points out. He takes a long, gentle breath as he watches the sun emerge the rest of the way from the hills that had hidden it. He didn't know how, but the sun always seemed to speed up for the final moments of its rising.
"And how are we supposed to know that more of his people won't try to do the same?" Haley presses. She sighs as she looks away from Rolland and toward the sunrise and she stares at it in silence. Rolland can tell that she is choosing her words carefully, so he opts to keep silent and let her think. After a minute or so, Haley finally says, "You know how much I like to help people. There's just something about these people that seems off. They're hiding something big, and I know you can sense that too."
"Yeah, they're hiding things, but Maverick says it's nothing we should worry about."
"And you took him at his word?"
"We don't have a lot of other options."
"No, we have plenty of options. They are the ones who are limited. We can leave whenever we please."
"Can we though? You and I both know that leaving Maverick and his team out there would eat at us. It'd kill the twins too."
"Well, have you talked to them about it? I'm sure they'd see things our way."
"Julius and Nick talked to the two of them…"
"Well, Astrid seems to have taken a liking to one of them."
"And Warren?"
"Well, he likes another one of them. He says she's the one for him."
"What does Astrid say about her guy?"
"I actually didn't hear that one. I don't even know who it is."
"Well, I guess our hands are tied then."
"Well, it doesn't help that Nick and Julius both have crushes on the same Domer."
"Yeah, they don't know that they're vying for the same girl though. I think it'd be best if we let them find that out on their own too. You and I have bigger things to worry about."
"True, true," Haley slowly nods.
Haley and Rolland remain silent for several minutes when Rolland suddenly gets and idea, "You know what?"
Haley jumps slightly at Rolland's suddenness, but she recovers and asks, "What?"
"I think we—" Rolland is about to say that he thought that it couldn't hurt to bring Maverick and the others back to their village when he is cut off by the sound of an explosion and some gunfire.
Rolland and Haley's heads both snap back as they look to the source of the blast. When they see that the explosion had been in the direction of the camp, they both leap to their feet. Haley quickly tumbles to the ground and Rolland quickly helps her back to before he leads the way back toward the camp.
As they make for the camp, Rolland can hear the sounds of multiple weapons firing. As far as he can tell, seemingly everyone over there is shooting.
"Do you think Maverick's friends came back to finish him off?" Haley questions as she and Rolland tear through the brush in a race for their companions.
"There's no way they could have gotten that close without our noticing them…" Rolland answers, mostly in an effort to reassure himself. He had absolute faith in his team, there was no way they would suddenly be so bad at standing guard. At least if they were still alive… Rolland shudders at the thought of losing one of his teammates. They were his closest of friends. He grew up with them. To lose one of them, any one of them, would be the same as losing part of himself.
"There's too much shooting for it to be Maverick and his team turning on us," Haley notes, "They're clearly fighting something."
"I know," Rolland agrees with a nod.
Before either of them can say another word, another massive explosion sounds, followed by several smaller blasts. Rolland suddenly fears that the Coalition might have sent in one of their gunships after them. But how could they have found us? There's no way they would have tracked us. Unless one of Maverick's people betrayed us to them… Rolland begins to get angry at the last thought when he suddenly realizes the improbability of it. If Maverick or one of his teammates betrayed them, then they wouldn't be there to be shooting right now, and there were far too many weapons firing for it to just be the remainder of Rolland's team.
"We got one!" Rolland hears a voice shout out triumphantly from somewhere in the firefight ahead.
"There are plenty more to be worried about!" another voice snaps before another blast sounds.
"What are they fighting?" Haley wonders aloud as she and Rolland slow down considerably. There was no use in charging into the middle of a fight if you didn't know what was going on.
"I don't—" Rolland's voice catches in his throat when he sees a dead hybrid laying on the ground a short way ahead of them. Much of the creature had been blown away, leaving quite a few burns on its shredded flesh.
"Why would a hybrid of come after us now?" Haley wonders aloud, "After all this time?"
"Get out of the way, Gideon!" Astrid's voice cries. A moment later, the sound of Astrid's favorite gun sounds amidst the sound of the battle.
"Think you can climb on of these trees?" Rolland asks Haley as his heart lurches. Haley happened to be quite averse to combat like this. Not because she didn't believe in fighting, but because she physically couldn't fight. Thanks to her injuries, firing a gun was immensely difficult. If it were anyone else, it would be impossible, but Haley had found a way to shoot, despite all her shortcomings. But the problem remained that she couldn't fight well in a heated scene like the one they would be heading into.
"You and I both know I can't" Haley shakes her head, "Besides, I can't just hide while you and the others fight for your lives."
"I'm going. Don't worry, I won't leave your side!"
"That's exactly what I'm worried about," Rolland bemoans as he passes his well-used sidearm to Haley. If Haley were to follow him, then he wouldn't be able to move around as quickly as he would have liked. Not only that, but he also wouldn't be able to run into the heat of the fight since he didn't want to risk Haley's life. He knew he could make it out fine, Haley he wasn't so sure about. The hybrids would likely target her if they took notice of her thanks to her frailties.
Seemingly sensing his thoughts, Haley quips, "This way I'll keep you out of the worst of it."
"Don't make me regret this," Rolland says as he purses his lips. Raising his rifle, he mentally prepares himself for anything. He takes a slow breath to steady himself and, breathing it out, he continues toward the fight.
Yep, I just did that. Big cliffhanger! Bwahahahaha!
Hey, don't judge me though. This thing is coming to you for free. Because of that, I get o mess with you guys a little bit! Don't worry, I don't do this in my books.
Stay tuned for Chapter Seventeen – Part Two!
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11 September 20209/11
I may be very young, but I still remember when the Twin Towers fell.
I was all of three years old at the time, but I still have the images of the towers burning etched into my mind forever.
I remember the fear.
I remember wonder.
I was lost.
Even 19 years later, I still can relive those moments, it is as if time has no effect on them.
I can still remember hearing the news and fearing for my dad who was working in Downtown Portland at the time. I was scared that he would be next. That some evil person was going to bomb him too.
As has been the cry of every tragedy, we will "Never Forget" what happened on this fateful day all those years ago.
(Thanks for bearing with me through my little tribute!)Writer Update!
Alright, long story.
So, I live in Oregon,
and for those of you who watch the news, you know that isn't great. We've got wildfires out of the wazoo. What's worse is that I live just outside of Portland. Conveniently, I live on the side of Portland closest to the fires.
The smoke is thick, the skies are orange and red, and people are scared.
Things aren't really going too well.
I actually just finished helping my sister to evacuate her own home because the fires are racing toward it.
All that to say, bear with me if my next book takes a little longer to release! Something about the end of the world tends to put a hamper on things. Hahaha
Also, I'm fine at the moment, don't worry, I'm not dead yet!
Speaking of not dead yet, our friends on Galatia are still alive and kicking as well!
Chapter Sixteen – Part Two
Rolland coughs as a thick smoke hits him the moment that he bursts through the final bush into the clearing that he had been camping in the night before. Ahead of him, fires are burning wildly and the forms of quite a few hybrids lie dead. Several of the hybrids look like they had been caught in explosions while others were mowed down with bullets. The ground underfoot is thick with bloodied mud from the slain creatures.
Just a few paces away, one of the hybrids is gorging itself on the flesh of another hybrid. Without hesitating, Rolland dispatches the beast with three well-aimed shots to its back. The hybrid crumbles to the ground without much of a struggle and Rolland nods approvingly at his work. He knew how to kill hybrids, it was one of the few things that he had had to teach himself, his father had shown him just about everything else that he knew.
"Rolls!" Astrid calls from her perch in a nearby tree.
Rolland waits a moment as Astrid shoots at an unseen target before he asks, "What happened?"
"Hybrids came out at first light," Astrid answers as she scans her surroundings for any additional hostiles that hadn't been cut down. She frowns when she doesn't see anything and she then continues, "One of Maverick's people sounded the alarm. Everyone split up from there."
"Why'd they split up?" Rolland asks, concerned. Smaller groups were a lot easier for the hybrids to pick off.
Astrid quickly shimmies down her tree and she replies as she works her way down, "Some of Maverick's people made a run for it when the hybrids blitzed the camp. Maverick then sent some of his people after them while the rest of his people stuck around to put down the remaining hybrids."
"Oh," Rolland breathes. Splitting into small groups was one thing, they could actually defend themselves from hybrids, albeit not as well as one large one. Single people making a run for it on the other hand was as good as a death sentence. Being as capable of hunters as they were, hybrids could make quick work of lone targets.
"Rolland?" Haley asks, drawing Rolland away from his worries.
Looking over to Haley, Rolland sees the concern in her eyes. Her emotions quickly become his and he hesitantly asks, "What?"
"What about Flin?"
"He probably made it home by now,"
"It's a long trip though."
"These hybrids didn't come from the northwest though," Astrid offers, "So they couldn't have gotten him."
"But he's never been good with directions," Rolland maintains as his heart sinks. If he had just kept his cool, then he wouldn't have sent Flin off on his own all those hours ago.
"We stuck markers on the paths, only an idiot could have gotten lost," Astrid shakes her head, "Now, we've got more urgent matters to attend to right now, so snap out of it. We gotta worry about the here and now, that's what we can change. We can't change the past."
"Fine," Rolland gives in. He didn't like the idea of forgetting about Flin, but Astrid was right. Right now, everyone depended on him and he couldn't let them down.
"We need to find everyone," Haley adds with a nod as she slowly looks around their clearing.
Rolland joins Haley in the survey and he can't help but feel discouraged. A knot forms in his gut and he catches his breath when he realizes that the sounds of fighting are coming from seemingly every direction. There was no knowing where he should start.
Likely seeing that Rolland is unsure of where to start, Astrid announces, "Maverick and a few others took off to the north, Nick and Julius went east with a small group, and a lot of the other guys went south."
"And where's Warren?" Rolland asks.
"I don't know," Astrid shrugs, "He's probably around here somewhere though. You know how he is."
"There one second, gone the next," Haley nods knowingly. Warren had a history of stealthily sneaking around and disappearing all the time.
"So, what's the plan, Rolls?" Astrid finally asks.
"I don't know Ash," Rolland admits, "Maybe we should go after the Domers that went south. Warren, Nick, and Julius know how to handle themselves, and I bet Maverick does too."
Nodding, Haley picks up her pack after finding it nearby and she urges, "Alright, let's get moving then!"
Astrid glances over to Rolland and gives him a look that says how they shouldn't bring Haley along since she would only slow them down. Noting the logic in her thinking, Rolland inquires, "Shouldn't someone stay behind in case anyone comes back to the camp?"
"You're not getting rid of me that easily," Haley shakes her head. She had clearly seen through Rolland's ruse. Adjusting her pack, Haley continues, "Let's go, time is of the essence."
"You heard her," Astrid nods, giving in a lot faster than Rolland would have liked her to. She starts off after Haley who is already blazing a new trail to the south.
"I guess we're moving then," Rolland whispers to himself as he quickly finds his own gear and then closes the distance between him and the girls. He stops at the edge of camp and looks back to it wistfully. Sighing, Rolland asks himself, "Why couldn't this just be an easy day?"
Yep, I just left you on another cliffhanger. I hope this one isn't as bad though. (Sorry if it is!)
Stay tuned for Chapter Eighteen!
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As promised, I've got some great book news!
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I recently finished the rough draft for The Limit of Infinity Book Four!
Yes, you read that right, Renaissance, Escapade, and Overcomer finally have a book to follow them!
SPOILER ALERT:
I had but one mission in writing Book Four and that was to get our heroes off of Strehim. So, you can bet that they make some strides toward that! 🙂
***WARNING!!!***
This week's short story is a spoiler! It's one giant spoiler.
If you don't like those, sorry!
This week I decided I'd drop a bit from Book Four of The Limit of Infinity that I thought was cute.
I'm sure many of you who've read Renaissance and the rest of The Limit of Infinity saw this one coming, but it's still a bit of a surprise to some of my Beta readers (who also loved this scene).
Without further ado, here's the spoiler!
WAYWARD (Excerpt)
THE LIMIT OF INFINITY BOOK FOUR
I'm dropping y'all in at the end of chapter ten which is from Trix's point of view. It continues into chapter eleven which is from Clive's
"Then we might just stand a chance." Clive smiles as he looks at Trix. After a few moments, he finally speaks up, "Trix?"
"Yes?" Trix asks, her heart skipping a beat. She can tell that Clive is up to something, but she doesn't know what, which is making her nervous. She wasn't even this nervous when she was diffusing bombs. Something in the air tells her everything that she needed to know, Clive was up to something. Her chest feels like it's being constricted, as is her throat, momentarily leaving her speechless.
Jericho, Strehim
Clive can't believe what he is about to do. I've already done this once, so this time can't be too different, Clive thinks as he stares into Trix's enthralling eyes. He bites his lip as his train of thought progresses at a snail's pace, What am I thinking, this is nothing like last time!
Clive is idly toying with a small greasy cog that he had pulled from the wrecked pirate cutter before he fell asleep. He burned nearly an hour scouring the wrecked engine before he finally found an intact piece that looked like it would fit Trix's finger. He feels wildly unprepared for the question he is about to ask, especially with his petty offering. Last time, he had a ring which was worth a fortune. The comparison just made this old cog all the more pathetic. Factor in how he had momentarily lost the ring just a little bit ago and he can't help but feel more nervous. He could run around doing odd missions for the Resistance until the day he died, somehow, that felt like nothing compared to what he was about to do.
Biting his lip once more as he plays with the cog, he wonders, What if losing this thing was a sign? What if I shouldn't ask? …I wish T was here, Clive thinks as a tinge of pain stabs into his heart. Everything going on right now made him fondly reminisce about his first proposal, if only for a moment. T had stood by him the entire time, making sure that Clive followed through on what his heart was telling him to do. Things had been so different back then. Everything seemed so simple—so straightforward. Thanks to T, he actually went all out and proposed to Stephanie, his late fiancée. Now they were both gone.
"Clive, I can tell something's wrong, what is it?" Trix's voice draws him back to reality.
Clive's heart momentarily feels like it stops altogether. The feeling in his chest makes him think of what it must feel like for the gun when it is jammed because you stuck too large of a bullet into it. Clive takes a shaky breath to steady himself and get his heart pumping again as he is faced once again with what he is about to do. His fingers squeeze the small part and he draws some courage from the fact that it is still in his pocket.
Clive slowly pulls the cog out into the open; his knuckles are white from how tightly he had been clenching the piece of metal. He takes a slow breath before he drops to a knee in front of Trix. Taking one of her hands in his free hand, he continues staring into her eyes, those perfect pools of blue and green that he had found so mystifying since the moment that they first met. The green at the center of the oceans of blue made Clive think of an island. A safe harbor that he could weather a storm in. Her eyes made him think of the security of home. He feels like he had been staring ever since the moment he first saw her. He holds up the worn cog and without thinking, he hears himself blurt out, "Trix, can you—I mean, will you, marry me? I—well I—"
"Yes!" Trix exclaims, somehow not put off by his clunky proposal or shoddy ring. She yanks Clive back up to his feet and her lips meet his as they exchange a kiss that momentarily reminds Clive of Steph. His world slows down much in the same way as it does when he exhales and holds his breath as he lines up his sights to take a shot. However, unlike when he prepared to shoot someone, he didn't want this to end and he wasn't afraid of what might happen next.
"I got a ring," Clive babbles after awkwardly tearing himself away from Trix, "It's not much, but—"
"I love it," Trix interrupts Clive yet again. Smiling broadly, she holds out her hand for him to put on the ring.
"I can get another one, once things calm down a—" Clive starts once more, trying his best to make amends. He can't stop his mouth from moving before he can think, but he's happy that Trix keeps stopping him from sounding like too much of an idiot.
"Clive," Trix cuts him off, "I love it."
"But—" Clive starts to protest.
"Just put it on my finger!" Trix orders as she lets out a joyous laugh that puts Clive's strained nerves to ease. Something about Trix's laugh, presence, and care just had such a soothing effect on Clive. Everything about Trix was like a fountain of cool water in the midst of the harshest of deserts.
"Trix Callaghan, I pledge my life, and my love to you," Clive proclaims as he gently slides the greasy ring onto Trix's finger. Once the ring is in place, Clive takes both of Trix's hands in his own and he can't help but smile for all he was worth.
"I love it," Trix breathes as she looks down at the ring.
Clive looks down as well and he admires how well Trix's hands fit in his own. His eyes rove between the dark metal on her left ring finger and the old wooden one on her right. Oddly enough, the two rings look good together. Clive and Trix both look up, and they lean in for another kiss.
"Incoming!" someone cries out, "Take cover!"
Trix drops to the ground and Clive wraps himself around her protectively. A moment later, a ship screams overhead, followed by a torrent of gunshots as seemingly every security team opened fire on the small craft. Clive looks up once the ship had passed over them. Seeing the vessel, he lets out a mournful groan. Sure enough, emblazed on the side of the sleek scout ship, the unmistakable crimson red insignia of the Coalition stands out proudly against the scout's muted grey hull.
"It's a scout!" Clive calls out over the thundering of countless gunshots as the Resistance soldiers open fire. Clive looks to Trix and upon seeing that she is alright, he continues into his comms, "Knock that scout out before it can relay any intel!"
***END OF SPOILER!***
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WHERE'S BOOK FOUR!?!?!
Alright, bad news:
I don't have an Amazon link up for Book Four quite yet. I decided to tell all of you about it before then so I could get you excited!
I also wanted to give all of you a chance to read the rest of the series for the first time, or to go back over it!
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Happy Friday everyone, I hope all is well. 🙂
I know I'm late, sorry! Hahaha
In my defense, yesterday was my mother's birthday and we were up through midnight (when I normally send this out).
And then, lucky me, my internet went down today as well. It's back up now, and I'm hoping I'll be able to send this email before it dies again! (If you're reading this, then I made it!)
Also, those wildfires from the last email are a little more contained. We've been blessed with tons of rain, so things are soggy. Big improvement over smokey and firey!
Today's story is uber short, sorry not sorry!
Chapter Seventeen – Part Three
"Where are our horses?" Rolland asks worriedly as he follows the two girls away from their camp.
"The hybrids got them," Astrid answers flatly, "They were the first thing that were targeted."
"Oh," Haley sounds, her sadness evident. Since she had spent so much time tending to the horses over the years, she had really taken to them.
Rolland's heart breaks momentarily at the hollowness in Haley's voice as her sadness momentarily becomes his own. Out of all people to lose something in this attack, Haley should have been the last in line. She had already gone through so much. Frowning, Rolland moans before he offers a weakhearted joke, "Well, my dad is definitely going to ground me for this one!"
Astrid looks back to Rolland and shakes his head, signaling that now wasn't the best time to joke around and he returns the look with one that said that he was just trying to make Haley smile. Shaking her head, Astrid turns back around and continues following Haley who is still dead silent.
Several minutes pass by at a snail's pace as Rolland resists the urge to speak up. As much as he wanted to say something, he couldn't bring himself to after Astrid's correction. It just wasn't a good time right now, he could tell that now.
"Astrid?" Haley says suddenly, making Rolland jump slightly.
Stopping behind Haley who is now standing still, Astrid asks, "What?"
"These tracks don't look very promising," Haley answers as she points at some tracks that Rolland can't quite see.
Craning his neck around the girls, Rolland is greeted with the sight of several sets of footprints which are spaced far enough out and depressed deep enough that he can tell that those who left them behind were running for all they were worth. However, what was most worrying was the large webbed prints that followed the same trail. A hybrid was tracking the group of kids who ran this way. Broken branches on either side of the path show Rolland and the others some even more frightening news—the hybrid was massive. The largest he had ever seen, without a doubt. Judging by the broken foliage, the creature was at least four meters tall and two meters wide. Up until then, the biggest creature he had ever seen was only about half that size.
As Haley and the others continue staring, Haley quietly breathes, "I sure hope Maverick's people are alright…"
Stay tuned for Chapter Eighteen! We'll be picking things up with either Maverick or Gideon (spoiler alert, Gideon is getting into some trouble!)
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The Best Projector with Low Input Lag
Written by James Core in Buying Guide
So you want to play Uncharted 4: A Thief's End on your PlayStation 4, Grand Theft Auto V on your Xbox One, or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on your Nintendo Switch, but not on the HDTV. Oh no, you want a more cinematic experience this time around. You want to play with a projector and the 100-inch screen that came with it. So you set everything up, you play, then you stop, grimacing. There's too much input lag! The controller isn't responding as fast as you want! Is the problem your projector itself?
We consider the ViewSonic Projector PX700HD as the best projector in the game when it comes to low latency or low input lag, which is great if you want your video to be in-sync with the sound from your speakers or if you want to play videogames with the twitch-reflex, real-time quickness of 8-bit or 16-bit gaming or even a pinball machine.
What Is Input Lag and Why Is It Important?
Input lag or delay is when the input from your videogame controller comes with a delay, especially when using a projector. This didn't use to be an issue with CRT TVs and simpler game consoles, but as both appliances became more advanced and PC-like, problems with lagging or latency started cropping up. Latency problems can also crop up when watching movies in the form of the sound coming before the video, with them not being in sync.
Because graphics are so advanced now, there's a bit of a delay in movement from when you press your controller button and when your player avatar moves, even if it's by mere milliseconds to a full second. Sure, with movies, you can use a delay switch to sync sound with video, but wouldn't it be better to have a faster, low-latency projector instead?
Is It an Important Factor to You as a Consumer? Input lag might matter to you a lot or not at all depending on what you want to use your projector for. If the lag is so minuscule that it's barely noticeable, it becomes a non-factor. If you're not a gamer and you merely wish to watch movies, then the bare minimum delay in latency is all you care about. As long as the sound syncs with the video you're good to go. If you're a gamer, then lag is a huge deal for you, especially in light of the fact that high latency is a notorious issue for projectors and other factors such as online play can exacerbate existing latency issues.
Low Input Lag Is Always Good: As a rule of thumb, you want low latency in your projector, but some projectors specialize in lowering the latency as much as possible to ensure gamers of responsive quick-twitch controls in real-time gaming. Low latency ensures that video and movies won't require an audio delay in order for sound and video to synchronize together. This also means that games will move quicker (or almost as quickly as) their simpler 1980s and 1990s counterparts. However, for non-interactive media, a simple audio delay can fix the latency problems of an otherwise fully serviceable projector. Many A/V receivers include this circuit by default. Otherwise, you can buy solutions or gadgets for this.
Gamer Want and Need Low Latency Projectors: Gamers want low-latency projectors because an audio delay switch won't solve their latency or controller responsiveness problems the same way passive viewers of movies and shows on Netflix would. Sure, there are plenty of games that can be played on high-latency projectors without issues such as a puzzle, strategy, or RPG games that rely more on menu manipulation than split-second timing. If you're dealing with first-person shooters, fighting games, shoot-'em-up games, beat-'em-up games, sports games, and driving simulators, it's a whole different ball game.
Latency or Lag as It Affects Games: Latency won't affect console games like turn-based games or casual mix-and-match tile games that might even belong more to a smartphone than a home console. Many 8-bit games from the Virtual Console feel responsive and snappy on projectors as well. Laggy gaming is fine for many casual gamers for sure. However, hardcore gamers that are quite competitive won't last 5 minutes dealing with laggy FPS gaming for Overwatch or Fortnite. It would drive them crazy. For those who require twitch-reflex, split-second responsiveness from their controls, low-latency projectors like ViewSonic HD Projector PX700HD is a must.
What Does The ViewSonic 1080p Projector PX700HD Bring to The Table?
The ViewSonic PX700HD is specifically advertised to be low latency. What this means is that its HDMI connection speed is as fast as possible so that when you input your command, there won't be any delay to what your game avatar is doing. It reacts in real-time or near real-time, which is especially important in online FPS gaming since certain connections bring with them a bit of lag by the milliseconds that could turn to full seconds when paired up with high latency or lag projector.
Low Input Lag: The ViewSonic PX700HD specializes in low input lag. With that said, how does it stack up against other gaming projectors like those from Optoma Corporation and the like? For one thing, it's an excellent DLP (Digital Light Processing) projector with all the trimmings of a great gaming projector, from its verifiable low input lag performance to its 3D technology, dual HDMI ports, and 3,500 lumens of brightness that works on both low-lighting and ambient-lighting situations. It's also an excellent home theater projector on top of being a specifically gaming-centered projector to boot.
Gamers and The PX700HD: Do gamers love the ViewSonic Projector PX700HD? Yes, they do. The delay is so slight that they can do online without worrying about latency or lag ruining their online experience, whether they're playing FPS or fighting games. What's more, those genres of games are quite hot at the moment. Additionally, many other games—such as survival horror or even platform games—require a modicum of twitch-reflex quickness from the gamer that is ruined by lag. Playing those games on PC or console will always require some sort of decreased latency because you want your input and reaction to happen in real-time with no delay for a solid gaming experience when all is said and done.
Super-Sized Movies and Games: McDonald's isn't the only company offering you super-sized options of your usual favorite items to enjoy. The ViewSonic Projector PX700HD is also available to give you a bigger gaming and cinematic experience at home without paying hundreds of thousands of dollars on huge HDTVs. A projector and a house or room big enough to contain a 100-inch projector screen is all you need in order to play games in a super-sized and low-lag format while also not needing audio cue delays when watching movies because of latency issues with your projector. After months of debating, we've ruled out the Panasonic 2,000-lumen projector and went with this beauty instead.
Extensive Connectivity Options: Gamers also require extensive connectivity options aside from your usual HDMI inputs. The projector even features dual HDMI inputs and USB power, allowing you to use a multitude of devices on it. It also offers PC connections, VGA ports, audio in/out ports, and Mini USB ports for handheld devices. By getting HDMI converters or adapters, it's also possible to connect to vintage game consoles from the 1980s and 1990s that range from Atari consoles to Nintendo and Sega consoles as well. As a home entertainment solution, it's also possible for your ViewSonic PX700HD to play classic movie players ranging from VCRs, Betamax players, Laserdisc players, older DVDs with no HDMI input, and more through the right adapters.
Works with a Myriad of Modern Devices: The ViewSonic specifically lacks RCA ports or those with the red, yellow, and white cables with it. It's best used for HDMI devices like modern 2010s or 2020s cable/satellite boxes, the latest gaming consoles (Sony PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Wii-U, and Nintendo Switch), and the latest DVD and Blu-ray Disc players (for 1080p Full HD—this projector doesn't have 4K). For our setup, we used a 3-in-2 HDMI Matrix Switcher with remote control and AC adapter that allows us to switch from multiple devices in our home entertainment system. This enabled us to work with all of the above as well as with our Apple TV, HDTV, and Roku streaming stick as needed. We just unhooked what wasn't in use and hooked up what was in use.
Mounting the ViewSonic HD Projector: When mounting the ViewSonic HD Projector PX700HD on the ceiling using the amount we've used on at least two other projectors we've reviewed, it fits perfectly in our designated mounting place. The device comes with a standard bolt-up for ceiling mount usage. Additionally, it also has several display options or the image to allow you to manipulate it in case the aim and placement are a little off and you've already installed the mount for multiple projector use as we have. In any case, the projector can work on a table, ceiling, and when front-mounted or reverse image for darkroom projection purposes. Long story short, the projector was quite versatile.
Easy Setup, Piercing Brightness, and Immersive Gaming: In our setup, we mounted the short-throw ViewSonic Projector PX700HD about 13 feet from our motorized Homegear projector screen with 110-inch diagonal screen size and great reflective properties. This worked excellently with the high lumens of the PX700HD. We even tried the projector on a blank wall and it still worked great because of how bright it was, especially when the lights are all turned off. Nevertheless, if you want the fine details from your 1080p BD or your FPS videogame-like Doom Eternal, a projector screen is a must. The projection image from this device is so vivid that it looks like it came straight from an extra-large HDTV. The low-latency also helped keep the immersion from breaking as well.
The Immersive Super Color Technology: The ViewSonic 1080p Projector PX700HD also comes with what it calls Super Color technology. According to its advertisement or sales copy, the tech provides the image with a wide gamut of colors for beautiful image reproduction. What this means to the average viewer is crisp images and details that move with live sports smoothness. How does this bolster the low-latency features of the PX700HD? Nothing ruins your smooth viewing or gaming action like out-of-sync sound or a delay in your player avatar's reaction when you press a button or move the directional pad. The interactivity of the game requires low lag and detailed rendering to give gamers and viewers the ultimate eye-popping immersive experience from movies to games.
The Native Resolution of The ViewSonic PX700HD: As its name suggests, the ViewSonic HD Projector PX700HD has a native 1080p resolution of 1920 x 1080. It's not at 720p that's then blown up to meet 1080p (thusly losing fine details and image sharpness). It's a truly Full HD projector. It's not for 4K use though. Regardless, when playing your movie or your game, you will see crisp lines on the text such as subtitles, titles, credits, and so forth. Everything is clean and smooth. You won't lose details here and only 4K offers even more depth and accuracy when it comes to showcasing image clarity and minutiae. It also sports a wide color range thanks to its Super Color technology for good measure. It gives even flatscreen LCD HDTVs a run for their money in both size and quality.
The Multi-Function Remote: The ViewSonic Projector PX700HD also showcases its excellence from how well its remote functions. With it, you can set the picture settings and the keystone correction so that you can place your projector anywhere without readjusting your ceiling mount or moving your coffee table. The ViewSonic Projector remote also has a red "on" button and a green "off" button, which might seem reversed to some but you can get used to using it pretty quickly. It's weird to have separate buttons for turning the projector on and off but at least when you accidentally push the on the button you won't turn the system off immediately.
Energy-Saving Super Eco Feature: Another thing that makes the low-lag ViewSonic HD Projector PX700HD such a delight for gamers and movie watchers alike is the fact that it saves you energy. Your movie marathons or your long dungeon-crawling campaigns in action RPGs like Dark Souls will consume loads of energy from the power grid that should translate to expensive bills when push comes to shove. The Super Eco feature of the HD projector from ViewSonic can extend its lamp life for 15,000 hours, which doesn't only mean cheaper monthly bills on your part but also a longer-lasting projector for gaming and movie-viewing when push comes to shove.
Cost-Effective Low-Latency Projector That Lives Up to Its Pledge: The ViewSonic HD Projector PX700HD is an excellent investment because it has a very affordable price due to its use of cost-effective LED projector technology. This projector meets and exceeds our expectations from it, even if we're primarily concerned about getting low-latency performance from it. In gaming terms, one-off our staff is a PC gamer and his experience with the projector yielded positive feedback. He told us that his controls were reactive and it felt like he was playing on an old CRT in terms of reaction times and instant video to controller feedback. He had great things to say about how the projector handled Call of Duty on the PlayStation 4 as well.
Is This ViewSonic Projector Strictly a Gaming Projector? Movie viewers and casual gamers need not fret regarding what the ViewSonic HD Projector PX700HD brings to the table. Low input lag is something that's always good, but the main concern of some consumers is that gamers will probably appreciate this feature more than them. However, low latency is what you need in order to get faster and smoother frame-by-frame action, especially when you activate a sports mode feature to watch the Super Bowl or the NBA Finals. When viewing things on the big screen where every movement counts, you need a fast-action projector to give you fast-action results that your eye can see and appreciate.
We've ultimately chosen the ViewSonic PX700HD as our low-latency projector of choice because as a projector, it's a gift that keeps on giving. Even if you're a single-issue "voter" when it comes to projectors and you only want to get the PX700HD because it specializes in ensuring low-latency gaming, it's not, in turn, a single-issue projector. It gives you its specialty and many other sides and alternative dishes plus desserts you're sure to adore.
For example, this "gaming" projector features 3,500 lumens of brightness to ensure that even in daylight or ambient light, you can get your game on without shutting off the lights or pulling down your curtains or blinds. Additionally, it's in full HD 1920 x 1080p native resolution, which means it won't shrink down your HD games then blow it up on your projection screen, leading to missing details and artifacts. It also comes with a user-friendly design that's easy to set up and install on a chassis that's sleek and white to boot. The bottom line is that it's a great gaming and home video projector for its price that gives more expensive options a run for their money.
Bill Livolsi, "Input Lag and Projectors for Gaming: What it is and why you should care", ProjectorCentral.com, May 19, 2015
"ViewSonic 1080p Projector (PX700HD)", Amazon.com, Retrieved May 13, 2020

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I'm a big (big!) fan of iPad stands – and when I first saw the iSlider iPad Stand I thought it looked quite promising. Rain Design, the makers of the stand, were kind enough to provide me with a review unit, and I've been using it for several weeks now.
With a unique sliding design, iSlider stand is easy to carry, use and keep. Simply slide out its base, adjust to your preferred viewing or typing angle and put on your iPad. iSlider's aluminum casing serves as a firm support and protection, while looking sleek with its streamlined profile.
The stand is quite light, weighing in at just 0.5 pounds. It's compatible with the iPad (all generations) and the iPad mini, and supports both portrait and landscape orientations.
— The iSlider really is very compact and portable. It doesn't take up much space at all if you're throwing it into a gear bag or a sleeve style case for the iPad with a pocket for accessories. It even fits comfortably in the pocket of a pair of jeans or shorts. And it comes with its own little carrying pouch too.
— The stand has a minimal footprint on your desk or wherever you choose to use it. When an iPad is in it, you hardly even notice it's there.
— The sliding design works very well. It slides out, back in, and into various angles very easily. It offers good angles for both viewing and typing while in the stand.
— The stand works well with the iPad and a Smart Cover, the lovely VersaCover case for the iPad mini, and likely with quite a few other slimline iPad cases. I always think it's a great bonus when you don't have to mess with removing cases in order to get the iPad into a stand.
— On first sight I thought this stand might be a little flimsy, since it's so diminutive. That's not the case at all. My iPad mini and iPad 3 both feel good and solid and secure when they're in it.
The iSlider iPad Stand is an excellent all-rounder stand for the iPad and iPad mini. As in, it's great to use on a work desk and also sleek, compact and perfect for taking along with the iPad when you're out and about.
It has become my joint favorite iPad stand, alongside the trusty Just Mobile Encore iPad Stand.
To see more details or place an order, check out the iSlider product page.
Disclosure: The post author was provided with a review unit of the iSlider by Rain Design. For information on our review policies please see our About page.
Nice post, great images thanks for sharing…..


Street lamps fuel was one of the earliest natural gas exploit.
For many years common believe was that natural gas is useless. Even today in some countries, people are trying to get rid of this gas by burning it in large torches. This gas is mainly made out of the methane, a simple union that consists of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Methane is highly flammable with almost full combustion. After combustion, there are no ashes, and air pollution is almost negligible. Natural gas has no color, taste, smell or shape in its natural form, so it's indiscernible to people. Because of this reason companies are adding chemical to it which has smell of rotten egg. That smell enables people easy detection of potential gas leaking in house.
In year 1821 in Fredonia, New York, William A. Hurt drilled 27 feet long drill with the purpose of increasing the natural gas flow to surface. Because of this event, this year is remembered as the beginning of the intentional use of natural gas. First manuscripts mentioning natural gas are dating all the way to the year 100 after Christ when for the first time in history eternal flames were registered on area of today's Iraq. Those eternal flames are most likely result of the natural gas leakage through earth's crust, lighted by a lightning. In 19th century natural gas was almost solely used for street lamps. In those times there was still none of gas pipelines so the mass distribution to the households wasn't possible. About year 1890, majority cities started using electrical energy for the illumination, so natural gas producers started to search new markets for their product. Robert Brunson invented in 1885 burner which mixed air with the natural gas. This invention has enabled exploit of natural gas for cooking and heating chambers. First more significant gas pipeline was built in 1891. It was 120 miles long, and was transporting gas from middle Indiana all the way to the Chicago. After this period very few gas pipelines were built until the end of the World war two. During the second world war great progress in metal characteristics, welding techniques and pipes manufacturing was achieved, so pipelines manufacture became economically appealing, and withal use in economy and households as well.
When pressure lowers it is necessary to pump the gas out of the earth. For this use pump called "horse head" is designed.
When pressure is being still big enough, gas comes to surface through a pipe system called "Christmas tree".
In many cases, natural gas is an ideal fossil fuel because it's pretty clean, simple for transport and convenient for use. It's cleaner than oil and coal, so it's more and more spoken to be solution for actual climate changes and problems connected with poor air quality. Opposed to oil and coal, natural gas has bigger proportion hydrogen/carbon and has the smaller emission of the carbon dioxide to an atmosphere for the same amount of energy.
When extracting natural gas, limits of today's technologies are still very obvious. Natural gas isn't located only in pockets, but is also in many cases resided with oil. Often, both oil and natural gas are pulled off from the same well. Like in a process of an oil production, part of natural gas comes independently on surface because of the big pressure in deepness. These types of gas wells are demanding only pipe system called "Christmas tree" (picture) for controlling the gas flow. Number of these wells is shrinking, because majority of this "cheap" gas is already pulled out. Because of this it's almost always necessary to use some sort of pumping from underground. Most often form of pump is "horse head" (picture) which rises and lowers staff in well and out of it, bringing natural gas and oil on the surface. Flow of the gas can be often improved in a process of creating a small leaks in rocks, which have function as tracks for gas flow. Under the high pressure some liquid (for instance water) is pumped in the rock, and that liquid then breaks the rock.
Natural gas is found in different underground formations. Some formations are heavier and more expensive for exploit, but are also leaving the place for the improvement in future gas supply. After the natural gas is pulled to the surface, it gets brought across the gas pipeline system to containers, and after that to the final consumers as well.
Decreased bad environment's influence and technology progress made natural gas to be considered as the preferred fuel. In the last ten years natural gas production had constant growth. According to researches conducted in 1999, natural gas consumption in that year was about 2.4 x 1012 of cubic meters, which is progress of 4.1% related to year 1996. Trends are showing that constant production growth will be continued in upcoming years because fuels with less coal are preferable.
In China coal consumption decreased in 1999, and natural gas consumption increased for 10.9% till 1998. In Asian-Pacific region natural gas consumption has grown for 6.5%. With approximately 50% of world's population and growing economics in need of energy, this region has very big potential in natural gas' consumption. Regionally, Africa's continent has the highest consumption growth, with the growth of 9.1% in 1999. Africa has growing potential not just as the natural gas market, but as the producer as well. Developing countries will need help in technology in order to increase its natural gas production (and with that would decrease consumption of coal and oil).
Reserves are pretty big, but not endless. Russia leads the way, followed by countries of Middle East. Middle East' countries are for now more concentrated on oil production, and this is the reason why they lack bigger natural gas production. This gives them high future potential, because when oil exploit will be coming to an end, their economies will be transformed to the natural gas production. At this moment Russia is the biggest natural gas producer with 590×109m3, followed by USA with 530×109m3. USA is biggest consumer with about 620×109m3, followed by Russia with 395×109m3.


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Q: ChromeDriver version mismatch error: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 91 I have found out that my current chrome version is 96.0.4664.45
Now, when I install the correct ChromeDriver version from here and run, it still throws this error-
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 91
Current browser version is 96.0.4664.45 with binary path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

Can someone please help me sort this out?

A: It seems a problem with system executable path. Try linking your chromedriver.exe with correct path with adjusting your old path;
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r"NEW_VERSION_PATH\chromedriver.exe"

A: Please download chrome driver from here.
Once downloaded please place it in the current project directory, or any directory which is not sensitive from the Windows OS perspective.
and then use it like this
driver_path = r'C:\\Users\\userid\\some_folder\\Desktop\\Automation\\chromedriver.exe'

driver = webdriver.Chrome(driver_path)

A: This error message...
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 91
Current browser version is 96.0.4664.45 with binary path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

...implies that the ChromeDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new Browsing Context i.e. Chrome Browser session.
Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

*

*You are using chrome=96.0.4664.45

*Release Notes of ChromeDriver v96.0 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome version 96

*

*But you are using chromedriver=91.0

*Release Notes of chromedriver=91.0 clearly mentions the following :

Supports Chrome version 91

So there is a clear mismatch between chromedriver=91.0 and the chrome=96.0.4664.45

Solution
Ensure that:

*

*ChromeDriver is updated to  current ChromeDriver v96.0 level.

*Chrome is updated to  current chrome=96.0.4664.45 (as per chrome=96.0.4664.45 release notes).

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The prolonged and extreme cold spell we are currently experiencing across North America and Europe in December 2017 and January 2018 is due to the cooler than normal sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. This cooling effect started more than a year ago, and seems to have continued.
Back in June 2016, Earth Haven Learning Centre interviewed Dave Philips, Senior Climatologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada, and at that time, based on several international oceanic temperature monitors, Philips predicted a weak La Niña effect for the 2016-2017 winter. And that's how it turned out. We experienced a slightly colder winter and a prolonged and very wet spring.
Generally, La Niña encourages more tropical storms in the North Atlantic. In hindsight, the numerous and extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean from August to October 2017 corroborated La Niña's continued influence.
One consolation for all this cold weather is that the Great Lakes have just about completed freezing up, and the "lake effect" snow resulting from unfrozen waters is minimized. In addition, all this extreme cold weather helps control the exuberant growth of the tick population.
The old saying, "time will tell" is still relevant. Meanwhile, stay warm, keep an eye on the animals and make sure the pipes don't freeze.


For over five years I worked on long term freelance assignments with this leading retailer as a designer and creative artworker. Major projects included a visual merchandising manual for 'home' department, work with the brand manager on the Debenhams brand, 'Designers at Debenhams' and sub-brands, ticketing and the Christmas and Sale events.
My first major project for Debenham was for graphics and photographics in the home department. I created a typographic system simplifying new tickets. I then went on to design the 'home' visual merchandising manual – the manual included guidance for colours with a subdued palette, typography and the photographic mood for in-store graphics.
For my next long-term project I worked with Debenhams brand manager to update the visual identity of 'Britain's favourite department store'. The general principle of our work was to reduce the amount of visual clutter across all departments in stores. We chose a limited palette of colours, black (predominantly) and white, Red for sale, turquoise for offers, the Christmas event alone was allowed its own broader range of colours. We chose Myriad, a simple sans, as our new Debenhams font.
Tickets have always been very carefully considered as part of the Debenhams brand. They are much more informative than tickets seen in most other UK department stores. Price tickets, designer or brand names, infographics about products, store directories and information display panels all require templates. Debenhams Print Services, Taunton, has a bespoke software system so that custom tickets are ordered directly by staff in stores. These all had to take on the new Debenhams look, and with variable amounts of text I had to create a large number of templates.
I worked with the ticketing manager to design and write a manual for all stores and all departments to use when they order tickets. The purpose of the manual and templates was to automate the Debenhams ticket creation process as much as possible. I designed templates for all the most common sizes and varieties of tickets, and carefully adjusted them after review, re-designing or re-writing any special cases. Some bespoke infographics, eg. a guide to all kitchen knife shapes with descriptions of their uses, had to be custom-designed but since the manual/templates have been published/released the large bulk of tickets pass from order point to print, despatch and up in stores quickly and most of the process is automatic. Tickets have a common and consistent typographic structure with very few errors and very little waste.
Christmas is the major event in retail. A large part of 2007 was, for me, spent working on Debenhams Christmas having previously been a member of the team working on the 2006 event. Window and interior displays, visual merchandising collateral and directional signs all take on the seasonal theme. I started out in early February working with the packaging team, then closely with the Christmas Visual Merchandising manager, working in-house with other members of Debenhams in-house design studio.
The store 'sparkly' Christmas theme required a huge amount of Photoshop work which we all, as a team, tackled. I then created a manual to keep a check on all items through their various stages of approval and artwork production before printing by Debenhams Print Services and by various external London and Far East printers right up until the stores put up their decorations. Even in November and December I was adding to and adapting display graphics whilst working also on the next big calendar event – January Sale.


We are extremely honored that CNN included us in their list of the 50 best Chinese restaurants in the United States. Considering the fact that there are an estimated 41,000 Chinese Restaurants in the country, and there is only ONE restaurant from Minnesota selected, we're obviously excited about the great honor to be on CNN's list. Many thanks to our staff and customers for making Little Szechuan to the national level!
You've been abroad. You know your way around a pair of chopsticks. Now where do you find the best Chinese food in the U.S.?
Becoming a successful Chinese restaurant in the United States is tricky. You need to cater to the American palate, but still be authentic enough to be considered a reputable Chinese joint.
With more than 41,000 Chinese restaurants in the United States, it's not easy picking a top 50. But since we're suckers for controversial jobs (checked our reader comments lately?) we've gone ahead and done it.
Based on interviews with chefs and Chinese restaurant associations, surveys of local food writers and polls, and our own experience, here are the 50 best Chinese restaurants in the country, arranged by state.
Little Szechuan's mapo tofu and typically spicy Sichuan fare will leave your taste buds screaming for water, but don't worry; there are plenty of milder options. For those unfamiliar with authentic Chinese foods, pictures are provided on the menu.
Entrées tend to be larger than expected. We're not complaining.
please being back spicy crispy chicken ..
Ryan, thanks for asking about Spicy Crispy Chicken. We love the dish as well. However, because of its dry texture, it's not the best on our menu to most of our customers. Its making requires extra process and the meat will be wasted if it cannot be used up the same day. That's why we took it off our menu. But, if you call us ahead of time, we will make this dish specially for you!