tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post301647431216803939..comments2023-08-20T17:36:35.914+10:00Comments on Soooz Says Stuff: March Madness for March 6th Author Tantra BenskoSoooz Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02390489724415063410noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-5354257775891611982012-03-15T17:31:52.621+11:002012-03-15T17:31:52.621+11:00HiSooz...I commented, but as usual....Wrong thread...HiSooz...I commented, but as usual....Wrong thread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-15396097065818362762012-03-10T03:36:51.143+11:002012-03-10T03:36:51.143+11:00One of the unusual things about the book is that i...One of the unusual things about the book is that it's transmedia, so you can put the password that you find in the book into the website, and see all kinds of other fiction as well. <br /><br />And, if you have the color version, which is pdf for ebook, you can read 3 extra stories that are made up of words highlighted in colors throughout the manuscript. I call those trance-media. It's similar to how a hypnotherapist holds her head to the side when saying certain words, to create a story within the story. The yellow story in my book is just for the subconscious, helps become more lucid. The red and blue stories are good to read consciously though.Tantra Benskohttp://lucidmembrane.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-32636183580010872952012-03-10T03:30:11.828+11:002012-03-10T03:30:11.828+11:00thank you very much, Gerry, much appreciated.thank you very much, Gerry, much appreciated.Tantra Benskonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-33988206799805950622012-03-10T03:28:53.754+11:002012-03-10T03:28:53.754+11:00Kate my color ebook is pdf so doesn't require ...Kate my color ebook is pdf so doesn't require that, though i suppose has to be read on a computer.Tantra Benskonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-7108075641731363122012-03-09T02:05:47.130+11:002012-03-09T02:05:47.130+11:00Whoopee!! Thank you for my prize.
Mushrooms spran...Whoopee!! Thank you for my prize.<br /><br />Mushrooms sprang to mind when I saw the cover, Tantra...clearly way off the clam theme.<br /><br />I have sent an email, Soooz, and look forward to reading my new e-book. :DJulia Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126075040304949410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-89886437091761316112012-03-08T22:05:57.988+11:002012-03-08T22:05:57.988+11:00Yah, for Julia! Being Peculiar is promising for fi...Yah, for Julia! Being Peculiar is promising for fitting in with this book. <br /><br />The art is actually made from clams! I used to live in Olympia Washington, by the water, and was wandering around after many folks had been digging for clams in the mud. Someone had cut up clams but left them there, all their internal organs showing. I took them, and put them on my scanner, giving them a kind of funeral you could say, some attention to their lives, while showing off the beauty of their insides. <br /><br />I put one of my giclee prints behind them, with the flowers, when scanning. I was Times Journal of Photography's World Class Photographer, and they had me write some tutorials on technique. I wrote one about using the scanner to create photographic art, so it's a subject I took seriously.<br /><br />To make this art, I then used the clone tool in Photoshop, and other methods, to make it more complex. Thanks for the guesses. Only one person I've asked so far has said clams, and I would never have guessed. Knowing what it is, myself, it seems obvious to me, which of course it isn't. The hearts are kind of kissing, in this image.Tantra Benskohttp://lucidmembrane.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-70310730407416563202012-03-08T14:33:16.543+11:002012-03-08T14:33:16.543+11:00Hey, lucky Julia! I'm the proud owner of an or...Hey, lucky Julia! I'm the proud owner of an original colour copy. Couldn't resist that cover. Tantra is an amazingly talented writer. She's so original, she challenges the reader on every page, and with every sentence, in fact. She's also a wonderfully warm and supportive friend, who deserves every success.Mike Churchhttp://theothermikechurch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-68099610906637521862012-03-08T07:50:36.255+11:002012-03-08T07:50:36.255+11:00I just sent Julia a message, Soooz, to tell her th...I just sent Julia a message, Soooz, to tell her the good news as she's a friend of mine!Kate Jay-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949531996279399373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-88597138734167596952012-03-07T21:02:40.701+11:002012-03-07T21:02:40.701+11:00Thanks to all the lovely folks who participated by...Thanks to all the lovely folks who participated by commenting above.<br />The winner of "Lucid Membrane" has been selected...and the winner is...<br />Julia Peculiar!<br /><br />Congratulations, Julia.<br />Please contact me on suzieb4burke@hotmail.com and notify me where to send your E/book prize.Soooz Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390489724415063410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-5226324884071778742012-03-07T11:23:37.832+11:002012-03-07T11:23:37.832+11:00I already did, but was on a wrong path ;)I already did, but was on a wrong path ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-16675120614283058292012-03-07T11:21:29.628+11:002012-03-07T11:21:29.628+11:00It's lucid and hilariously rewarding - if you ...It's lucid and hilariously rewarding - if you dare reading it !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-39356328203949347812012-03-07T07:57:50.186+11:002012-03-07T07:57:50.186+11:00The cover is so intriguing, I'm guessing a dis...The cover is so intriguing, I'm guessing a dissected mushroom or paw-paw. Some type of fruit...or a breast dissected.Soooz Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390489724415063410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-26054978693120713382012-03-07T07:49:10.572+11:002012-03-07T07:49:10.572+11:00Wow, this has been so beautiful reading your comme...Wow, this has been so beautiful reading your comments! So appreciated, with a big open armed yay. <br /><br />http://lucidmembrane.weebly.com/ tells a lot about the book, has excerpts from some of the stories, and there are quite a few reviews of Watching the Windows Sleep linked there too, which is a chapbook containing 50 pages of stories from Lucid Membrane, so you can get more of a sense of it. <br /><br />Anyone care to guess what my art on the cover of the book is?Tantra Benskohttp://lucidmembrane.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-77612427257800451532012-03-07T04:13:36.374+11:002012-03-07T04:13:36.374+11:00You have gathered together an amazing array of int...You have gathered together an amazing array of interesting authors on your site, Soooz. It's so scintillating to find out about these brave authors who write - and teach - experimental stuff. I wish I was brave enough to write experimental stuff, so better I read this book of the talented Tantro Bensko.Sheila Mary Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830427205405775706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-87228279981710978002012-03-07T03:41:53.421+11:002012-03-07T03:41:53.421+11:00I'm drooling over the review by Kyle Muntz...a...I'm drooling over the review by Kyle Muntz...and I have no idea what it means. I read the words experimental fiction and I'm in. Looking forward to an adventure into Tantra's world! :DJulia Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126075040304949410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-62475078792266578062012-03-07T03:18:37.609+11:002012-03-07T03:18:37.609+11:00These stories sound thought-provoking. Shame I hav...These stories sound thought-provoking. Shame I haven't got a Kindle or that my computer can't get Kindle app either :-(Kate Jay-Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949531996279399373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-47965893764693874762012-03-06T20:54:55.426+11:002012-03-06T20:54:55.426+11:00Sounds interesting. And different. On my to read l...Sounds interesting. And different. On my to read list as of now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-79745310448040811112012-03-06T20:13:19.921+11:002012-03-06T20:13:19.921+11:00Some books just can't be described – you simpl...Some books just can't be described – you simply have to read them. Tantra Bensko's Lucid Membrane is one of those. I looked for the synopsis eagerly, wondering what she would say, but realising that there isn't one, I also realised how impossible it would be to describe such an original, experimental book in a few words.<br />Excellent post, Soooz. And Tantra, keep on keeping on!Gerry McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063245623305522268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43905348168571177.post-90359877494007280362012-03-06T20:10:16.318+11:002012-03-06T20:10:16.318+11:00Sometimes my membranes aren't all that lucid, ...Sometimes my membranes aren't all that lucid, so I probably need to read this.George Polleyhttp://www.geogepolleyauthor.comnoreply@blogger.com