Neural Wraith - Detailed Commentary
Added 2022-07-05 14:45:56 +0000 UTCIntro
As always, this is the commentary
Comments
I think this one may be my new favorite going forward. I love these commentaries of yours. They help me to understand your writing process. I often decide to return to the novel for another read after. And I enjoy the comparisons and differences between English speaking languages. For the coffee thing I suspect that you didn't get any push back because it's not something we typically use. Also, takeout and takeaway are sometimes used interchangeably in the U.S. Typically we just say coffee alone without the descriptor before it. "I'm grabbing a coffee, you want one?" Often, if it's takeout, we'll just refer to it by the company name. "I'm grabbing Starbucks, you want some?" Could be influenced by region though we'll get heated debates going over stuff like, real chili has beans or doesn't. Though we will put aside our differences to mock those maniacs in Ohio who put noodles in theirs. Or how the South will refer to all soft drinks as a coke. "You want a coke? Which kind?" A little further North and they're called pop. There's another name as well but I'm blanking on it. Hell, people have comes to blows over whether corn bread should be sweet or not.
Matt Miller
2022-07-06 05:22:11 +0000 UTCI personally enjoyed your commentary since I really enjoy seeing behind the scenes to how authors go about writing their books. This book was a refreshing read away from traditional harem power fantasy novels where their situation seems somewhat enviable, whereas there's nothing about Nick's situation I'd want to be anywhere near. Between being an outsider looking in, and his growing harem of intrusive, overly controlling women who are bad at sex because they weren't built for it I end up wondering more about how the guy stays sane than anything else, lol
hawkshe .
2022-07-06 03:49:05 +0000 UTCYeah, they definitely do vary a lot. Early in my career, most execs were real ivory tower types and I do suspect that was an organisational culture thing. Right before I became an author I worked in a small management consulting firm and dealt directly with some brilliant people, including former c-levels, and they influenced the way I wrote Kim. I definitely have some wacky (and depressing) stories from earlier though. Interesting that Lieu didn't hit a familiar cord. Could be that startups keep his type out. Although I did write him as a twist on the usual BS type.
K.D. Robertson
2022-07-06 02:46:25 +0000 UTCYeah, I'm aware of the true meaning of neural network from my IT background (as it's used in AI and came up at times). But I wanted a term to differentiate the implant communication network from the normal wireless network (which still exists for non-neural communication) so I just used it anyway. As you said, I don't think many readers would know the actual meaning or be too thrown by it.
K.D. Robertson
2022-07-06 02:39:12 +0000 UTCGreat commentary. Definitely one of my favorite books and I’m looking forward to the next.
GooseQuack
2022-07-05 21:25:13 +0000 UTC“Poking fun at American serving sizes is a tradition for non-Americans” This is very much a tradition for at least my wife and I and we’re both very American. She keeps saying she needs to open a restaurant named “Reasonably Sized Portions”. I will also mention one thing about the book that struck me was that your use of “neural network” is completely different from what a neural network is in real life. In your book it seems to be just a regular internet style network between computers in people’s brains. But in real life, a neural network is basically a mathematical model of how people think neurons work in human brains. That was a huge disconnect for me until I thought about it and came up with what I thought you were talking about. But, I suspect my background is a bit more technical than most of your readers. Anyway, I really loved the book! Thanks for the commentary!
Tanner Lovelace
2022-07-05 21:14:31 +0000 UTCAs an American, C-level execs can be all over the place. I've had a CFO strangle the budget of essential jobs to the point the company failed. I've had Senior VPs stop every night to talk to me. Most of my experience is in startups, but even there they very greatly. Both Kim and Andrews hit familiar cords. But luckily Lieu didn't.
John Smith
2022-07-05 18:53:35 +0000 UTC
