Today someone tweeted me to the effect that they had just finished listening to my podcast novel for the second time, and how was the sequel coming along....
I replied that the sequel had been started but progress was slow, due to the fact that I'd been doing other things. I assured them, however, that the sequel would be forthcoming. And I really meant it, despite not having touched the draft for several years. Every so often I get a query about the sequel, and I generally reply in the same vein, though each query fills me with guilt for withholding stuff from my listener/readership. This time the request spurred me to read what I'd got so far, and it turns out I really want to know what happens to the characters in the story.
There is only one way to find out, so I'll have to schedule some regular, major time to continue with the first draft.
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Monday 19 August 2013
Thursday 10 April 2008
Blazing a trail for Podiobook authors: Scott Sigler & Seth Harwood (repost from other blog)
Look what just arrived!
A package from Amazon.com outside my door yesterday evening contained these two new releases:
A package from Amazon.com outside my door yesterday evening contained these two new releases:
- Infected by Scott Sigler, (hardcover) published by Crown
- Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood (paperback) published by Breakneck Books
Labels:
fiction,
novels,
podcasting,
Podiobooks,
publishing,
Scott Sigler,
Seth Harwood
Sunday 14 October 2007
How long before Richard Dawkins appears in Hell?
Last Wednesday's episode of Old Harry's Game on BBC Radio 4 almost features Professor Richard Dawkins as a character - but he's there in spirit, as it were.
The episode (number 3 of 6) is currently available on the BBC's 'listen again' service:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/old_harrys_game.ram
Info for this episode is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/oldharrysgame/pip/xg5aa
Here's a 5-minute (mp3) clip of the relevant section (the link takes you to RapidShare, from where you can download the file):
http://rapidshare.com/files/341866773/Old_Harry_s_Game__excerpt_.mp3
(Edith is in Hell after being murdered by person or persons unknown. She's struck a deal with Satan - she will write his biography in return for him finding out who murdered her. As the clip begins, she's doing a bit of background research.)
The episode (number 3 of 6) is currently available on the BBC's 'listen again' service:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/old_harrys_game.ram
Info for this episode is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/oldharrysgame/pip/xg5aa
Here's a 5-minute (mp3) clip of the relevant section (the link takes you to RapidShare, from where you can download the file):
http://rapidshare.com/files/341866773/Old_Harry_s_Game__excerpt_.mp3
(Edith is in Hell after being murdered by person or persons unknown. She's struck a deal with Satan - she will write his biography in return for him finding out who murdered her. As the clip begins, she's doing a bit of background research.)
Monday 13 August 2007
My latest appearance... (repost from other blog)
'Appearance' in the title of this post is metaphorical - you can't see me, but you can hear me reading Stephen Gaskell's story "Everyone Carries a Shadow" in the 50th episode of Pseudopod, the weekly horror podcast.
I enjoy reading for other people, especially short stories, but I appreciate that my voice is only appropriate for some. This is my third reading for Pseudopod, and I'll be interested in the reaction this story garners. My previous two readings were Michael Stone's "Sacred Skin" and Eugie Foster's "Oranges, Lemons and Thou Beside Me" - both of which were extremely creepy (the Foster was also highly disturbing).
I've also read in the past for Pseudopod's elder sibling Escape Pod, my first being Scott Janssens' flash story "Paradox", and subsequently a two-hander with Tee Morris, "Are You Ready For the End of the World?" by Danny Adams. But the story I had most fun with was Steve Eley's "The Malcontent" which he asked me to read for Escape Pod's 50th episode.
(I like stories that operate on more than one level, and "The Malcontent" was one of those - lots of fun, but with deeper meaning evident as the story progressed.)
I've also read for The Time Traveller Show, and for its offshoot Wonder Audio, whose stories are now available for purchase from Audible and iTunes.
And in a fit of enthusiasm I read three chapters of Jules Verne's A Journey to the Interior of the Earth and one chapter of Bram Stoker's Dracula, both for LibriVox.
Labels:
Escape Pod,
fiction,
horror,
Pseudopod,
science fiction,
SF,
short stories
Saturday 9 June 2007
Potter's witchcraft - a threat after all?
I used to think that the Christian outcry against Harry Potter was just plain silly. I've said as much online. More recently though, I've come to the conclusion that Christians are right to be concerned. J K Rowling's blockbuster series could indeed be a serious threat to religious belief. Children who read about Harry's exploits may eventually come to realise that the events depicted have about as much basis in fact as those in certain other books they are being asked to take seriously.
So perhaps the religious uprising against Harry Potter should be welcomed. At least it should prompt people to think about what they are being told to believe.
My own prompting for this post was this article at Guardian Unlimited:
"Teaching assistant quit in protest at Harry Potter"
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2098322,00.html
(via RichardDawkins.net)
So perhaps the religious uprising against Harry Potter should be welcomed. At least it should prompt people to think about what they are being told to believe.
My own prompting for this post was this article at Guardian Unlimited:
"Teaching assistant quit in protest at Harry Potter"
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2098322,00.html
(via RichardDawkins.net)
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