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    Snatch Me: Capture Role-Play Romance

     When I talk about capture role-play or virtual world romance, most people give me a blank look. When I explain further, sharing some of the adventures I had in virtual worlds like Second Life while researching capture-roleplay to write Snatch Me, and in making this video, then they’re intrigued–leaning in to hear more, asking how they can visit such a world. Well, one way is to read Snatch Me. Another is to click that Nara’s Worlds tab in the navigation bar above and visit the links for the Quarterz City, Quarterz Swamp, and Quarterz Wasteland. But the quickest way to get a taste of what capture role-play and the novel…

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    Authors Beware: Recipe for Disaster

    This is why it happened.I was on autopilot–my head writing a story,the rest of me in the kitchen. Always a recipe for disaster.Virtual world FLAMES crawledinto the Real world.The smoke detector SCREAMED Two pots got welded together. Forget dinner.Stick to the story:Writers cook best outside a kitchen. ~~Can you tell I’ve been working on a book trailer for Snatch Me all week? The story has nothing to do with cooking, but some of the pictures are from my work on the story trailer. A story that’s apparently hot enough to scorch my kitchen. Hope you enjoyed my Friday 55. Drop by G-Mans site to see what others wrote or to…