Coronavirus

As you will no doubt be aware by now, the globe is currently under the throes of a health crisis known as Covid19. It has already claimed numerous lives as well as affected countless others, from workers to shoppers.

We all need to stand together in times like this.

The ransacking of shop shelves shows, sadly, that we are indeed living in the midst of a selfish generation, new decade or not. It is proof that many of us are looking no further than our noses as far as how we live our lives.

But it is not for me to decry, or to attack, as instead I want to ask us all to consider whether we really do need even a fraction of things we are bulk-buying. Surely there comes a time when we need to recognise that there is more than just us in existence in this world.

Next time you are shopping and you're tempted by bulk buying think: -

Is this really necessary?

Think twice and buy once. Not multiple times.

Stay safe everybody!

===TLP===

RV011 - The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt

For fans of intelligent science fiction, you should enjoy this one.

I couldn't put it down and it's honestly been quite a while since I could say that about a book I am reading. It might not be perfect, but then by whose standards would I compare this perfection?

Instead, it seeks to tell a story of mankind's first contact with aliens, only to usurp the trope, introduces a character midway through the telling of the story by introducing an encounter with a once stranded human being who claims to have been a witness to said first contact. In other words, the first contact that had already taken place was countermanded by an alternate claim to the same thing...

RV010 - Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

Imagine, for yourself, if death wasn't the end. If losing consciousness for that final time was not the end of your life.

That's what this book asks you to buy into for its narrative and I must say it's quite an enjoyable ride, for the most part, though some parts will be not for those of a sensitive nature...

A Snapshot II - Snapback

Hello everyone!

I have been making extra effort to keep my blog updated this week as, admittedly, it has gone off the list of my priorities for a while, but it's okay because I have been taking plenty of time to think about the future of The Write Dimension 3.0.

As you can no doubt tell I have wiped the formatting of this blog's layout to make way for the long-delayed revamping I have been promising since last year. I like this approach because it gives me time to tinker with the other formats, find one that works with my vision for the future of this blog and eventually update it.

I am processing my latest "Off the Scale" posts so expect that to resume on a coming Monday as we return to business as usual. In addition, expect a review or two as I am putting together some content to restart them once again.

It's going to be a gradual phasing in of the content I have planned rather than an overwhelming upload and change around. That works better for my fluid, dynamic vision for where I want to take this blog now that we are in a new decade!

Hope to see you with me on this and, as always, any feedback in the comments below would be appreciated. If you like the content, as always, feel free to share it with others who might benefit accordingly.

===TLP===

A Snapshot

Hello everyone!

I have tried to conjure up content for you, dear readers, but the books I have been reading lately are just not up to scratch for my calibre to produce a review from.

I will, however, endeavour to keep you all in the loop with my progress because you have shown tremendous patience in giving me the space to work through my issues outside of the blogsphere. It has had to be scaled back on a permanent basis because there has just been too much demand upon my own personal resources that I have had to reprioritise everything and everyone in my life.

Thankfully, God has been my Rock throughout this period of my life where I have just wanted to journal my way through it and nothing more. I know that I would not have made it through without Him.

===TLP===

Back Once Again

Hi everyone!

It's been quite some time since I've been able to post on here as I've been going to through quite a rough time of it, what with losing my uncle before Christmas and a rather unexpected encounter with a friend.

But I'm back now, or at least I intend on being. I have read a fair few books since I last wrote on here and will be looking to resurrect my review series, yet without rushing into too much. I know my limits a lot better now and have been trying as hard as I can not to push them, merely to lean against them to increase personal capacity...