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Read more about movies, writing books and self-improvement by fantasy/sci-fi author Ron Vitale.
She plopped herself down on her chair and tossed her phone across the room and it landed on the down comforter on her bed. Then she kicked off her shoes and let her hair out of the bun and covered her face. She took a breath, slowly counting to four, then held the air in for another four seconds, and then exhaled from her mouth for eight seconds.
The prince is back from hunting and he came to see me late last night. As much as I try, he still calls me “Cinder.” He thinks it’s a pretty nickname, but I don’t like it. Last night he came to me and kissed me like when we first met. But when he whispered in my ear, “Cinder...” and kissed me some more, I pushed him off of me.
What’s an NFC? NFC stands for “near field communication” and businesses are using them for everything from commerce, identification, and everything in between.
Here’s a simple example of an NFC use that’s related to indie author publishing. Buy a pack of 30 NTAG215 NFC Tags that are tiny stickers that you could put on the back of a bookmark. When a reader puts their phone against the bookmark, the phone reads the data on the sticker and opens up a browser to bring that person to a special webpage on your website where they can get a free book.
I thought that 2021 was going to be the year that we left the Coronavirus pandemic far behind us. I didn’t foresee variants, supply chain issues, or resistance to public health recommendations. When I look back at 2021, I realize now that the world has changed in ways that we’re never going back to again. To be honest, I’m still coming to terms with navigation through this part of the pandemic. This year hasn’t been easy for me.
