When I was at the BEA the end of May, someone asked me some questions about my writing. He said he'd heard that it was better to "show" with you style than to "tell" the reader. He wanted an example of that. I told him I do it by dialogue rather than narrative writing. For example in Secret Agenda, Nahir is giving an investigator a tour of the Ngawangeesh city of Ngawang, and I do it by dialogue, i.e.
Then he pointd at a large concrete structure they were approaching on the left.
"That's our hospital."
"Do you have some of your own doctors and nurses.?"
Nahir smiled, slowed the pickup and looked at her. "All of the doctors and nurses here in Ngwang are Ngwangeesh. As a matter of fact, most of our members practiced professions, ran businesses, or performed their trade as artisans before they were converted. Later I'll show you the dam our engineers built and the farming operations set up by our agronomists. I head a small law firm with 7 lawyers, and we have accountants who keep our books and follow the tax laws."
Hall shook her head. "What about taxes? Do you pay property taxes?"
"Property taxes presently, but income taxes no. We take the position that none of us produce income. What we produce is for the consumption of the community. We haven't been challenged yet."
Basically, what you see is the character showing, rather than the author writing a narrative.