Podosphere

Music to watch words by

December 16, 2010

If there is one talent I wish I had above all others, it is the ability to play a musical intstrument. But, much like my attempts at ballet, I knew when to quit. So I enjoy listening instead, and my tastes are pretty diverse ranging from celtic to hip hop, Sinatra to Nine Inch Nails. [...]

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Love and fire

September 19, 2010

A while back I wrote a short story for my good friend PG Holyfield. The Tales of the Children are set in the world of Caern, and supported the release of Patrick’s Murder at Avedon Hill. Writing in another person’s universe was a really fun opportunity, and it was nice to get to play with [...]

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Guest Lolita – getting steamy!

June 17, 2010

I feel like I am remiss in saying how much I enjoyed Balticon- and it wasn’t just being able to announce the Eos deal. It was without doubt the most fun I have ever had at a con. Low drama, high friendship. I got to meet old friends, and meet lots of brand new ones. [...]

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Give it away…

May 14, 2010

If you are in the podcast fiction sphere you will have heard of P G Holyfield and Murder at Avedon Hill. Patrick spent countless hours entertaining people with his full cast production of this fantasy murder mystery. As well as being full of great voice talent (achemmm) MaAH is a great story- so it was [...]

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The endless list

May 6, 2010

Week Two of professional writer and gentle reader, I do hope you have stuck with me. [CAUTION; this blogpost contains more than its fair share of brackets...see I already I am knee deep in them] Here’s what I have been up to. Dropped into LA, and this was the first time I have actually been [...]

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Baby birds revealed

April 2, 2010

About a month ago I asked you about paying for podcast fiction. It might not have been a perfect survey, but it has certainly given me some ideas going forward. Here are the results 1. I would find this method for generating revenue from podcast fiction acceptable Short sponsored advertised 96.55% Small payment per episode [...]

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Diversity is king

March 27, 2010

If I haven’t said it explicitly I’ll say it here: I have officially handed in my notice at the corporate library. I will be a freewheeling writer and podcaster for the next 8 months or so at least. If things go well this may be a permanent lifestyle change, if not… well I will go [...]

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Citizen writer

March 23, 2010

Every now and then I like to do a roundup of where I’ve been on the net. View from Valhalla- keep an eye on this blog- Odin is doing a series of these ‘How I Do It’ from all kinds of podcast authors. I look forward to reading answers from others. Great Hites – the [...]

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Litopia and the nemesis

February 11, 2010

Last week I had the honour of being one of the panel on Litopia After Dark. Hanging with the wonderful folks and talking writing was a lot of fun. I was a little nervous, but the panel made me feel at home very quickly. Peter and Litopia do a great deal for the writing community- [...]

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Visionaries

February 5, 2010

Podioracket has been doing great work to promote and help podiobook authors. How Heather, Rhonda and the gang do it all I don’t know. So when I was invited to be part of their first Anthology series I was very flattered. This series aims to expose listeners to a range of authors work, but rather [...]

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Together we are mighty

January 7, 2010

This year has not started how it was meant to. My dear friend, collaborator and colleague has found himself with the prospect of raising his child without her mother. I know Tee wanted to keep this a private matter, but word hit twitter within hours and now the genie cannot get back in the bottle. [...]

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Goodbye 2009 and welcome in 2010

January 1, 2010

2009 – what a mixed bag of nuts you were. A bunch of personal stuff was dealt with and sorted- which needed to happen. However there were a number of writing and podcasting successes that made up for all that. The highlight has to be the two-book deal with Ace. As I have mentioned in [...]

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Is there anybody out there??

December 3, 2009

I’ve mentioned before how lonely it can be writing (except when you have a energetic collaborator like Tee Morris but that’s another story for another post) so it is always nice when people send in voicemail, emails- or go that extra mile and review my work. Recently two lovely ones have been posted over at [...]

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So many cool friends…

October 2, 2009

The great thing about the internets is knowing so many talented folks. It challenges me, makes me work harder to be a creative individual. So here are three examples of cool, interesting, talented folks that are rolling out new projects. Gail Carriger‘s Soulless is a book that we need to buy. Seriously. Everyone. It’s the [...]

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Pirate Chapbook

August 26, 2009

I love when authors and podcasters try new things, pushing their stories, and taking the bull by the horns as far as their own carreer goes. Justin Macumber has been doing a lot for his fellow authors with the Dead Robots Society- one of my favourite podcasts for writers. So when Justin bought out his [...]

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Watch out boys she’ll chew you up

May 12, 2009

May 15th and Nina Kimberley the Merciless is coming out. If you love comedy, fantasy or women with swords (heck have all three) then on that day, buy this book. Christiana is a talented writer and we want her at the top of the charts on Amazon. UPDATE And now the generosity continues- yes a [...]

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Far away into the silent land…

March 31, 2009

Forgive me as I sway towards melancoly. Today is April 1st and you will find a number of podcasters remembering Joe Murphy on this date, because two years ago he passed beyond the Veil. Yet he is not forgotten. I never got the chance to meet Joe in person. I was preparing for my first [...]

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