Books Worth Your Bucks: A Virtual Romance
This week I thought I’d review a virtual world romance since they are so rare and hard to fine. This offering is from back in 2005. I don’t know when the author did her research or where, but the blurb reminded me of one of my favorite pirate sims in Second Life, Barbary Coast, so I picked up a copy. If you’re a virtual world adventurer don’t expect this story to be about current technology. It’s more about future tech, like the projects underway to create VR headsets. I enjoyed that the characters do get into the whole start a business build a virtual economy and earn a virtual living. …
I working madly to get the final edits back for Blind Heat and blog touring on Snatch Me. Still, I don’t want to totally neglect my own blog. A question I get a lot on Snatch Me is how romance and sex works in virtual reality. Readers want to know how I can write about virtual love scenes like they are real, as if the characters really feel them. I thought I’d give you a glimpse of what happens. And even here you have to keep in mind, you’re looking from the outside, through a window rather than from inside the world. If you were inside one of these avatar’s…