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I looked at all the YA SF nominees in the Locus Awards...

...I went to the Kindle pages and read the opening chapters, just to see. And ALL TEN of them are written in first person POV. This boggles me. A couple decades ago when I was reading a lot of "how to write SF" advice, the most consistent message was "1P is a trap for noobs, don't use it!" Now it is apparently required to get a YA novel nominated. Amazing.

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avtech·AV Techbyfernly

Can amateurs join

I am part of a committee of volunteer AV techs at a large senior residence. We handle typically 15 events per month, lectures, concerts, or showing movies. A couple of venues are casual, where we roll in a portable sound system so presenters can use hand mics, and a portable 70" TV so they can show their powerpoints. Our main venue is a nice auditorium with a stage, roll-down screen and projector (soon to be upgraded to 4K). A complication is that since Covid, it's become expected by the community that auditorium events will also be on zoom so people can watch from their apartments. To that end we use Zoom Room hardware, but the setup gets complicated to give a good experience both in the room and remotely.

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