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Luke Daniels Signs On To Glory Audiobooks

Luke Daniels, one of the preeminent audiobook narrators in the SciFi space with credits including Marko Kloos’ blockbuster Terms of Enlistment series and classics suck as Phillip K. Dick, has signed on to narrate the Glory audiobooks, which are forthcoming from Podium Publishing.

That second bit is also news, I suppose! 😛 Craig approached Podium at the most recent 20Books Vegas trade show and conference, and they jumped at the chance to pick the series up and produce the audiobooks.

To say...

Day 3,338: Lightening The Load

It’s starting. I’m starting to feel less burned out. Less overwhelmed. Finishing up all the shit that’s built up on my plate over the last year or so is finally, finally starting to get wrestled under control. And I feel SO MUCH BETTER for it.

Liz and I, for example, just had a little impromptu date night. We went over to the Farmer’s Market and got hot chocolate from Willams-Sonoma—if you don’t know about their hot chocolate, holy shit get on that—and then decided to eat there since neither ...

Day 3,337: A Step Up

Giving myself credit just for a moment, here: I’ve come a long way.

The Glory series is doing well. I’m about to write my fourth novel—the fourth of dozens to come. My coworkers are happy with the work I do, and I’m happy with the same. I’m sitting in my bedroom right now in the house that I own along with my wife. Coco is by my side, who just had back surgery that we were able to pay for out of pocket. And, while I’m still not back to 100% from whatever the fuck this bug is that I caught two...

Day 3,336: Narrator

Got word today that a rather big-name narrator is able and willing to do the Glory audiobooks that Podium is handling for us. Who your narrator is matters quite a bit in the audiobook world, so it’s really exciting news.

Glory is the little series that could. We have two books out—just two—with a third in the works—and we cleared five figures just this month in revenue. Granted, much of that is the advances Podium paid out for the upcoming audiobooks, but still; it’s revenue off this series w...

Day 3,335: The Girl Who Plays With Fire

Coco had an interesting little episode today. We were in the bedroom taking a nap and she was out in the living where she likes to hang out, and suddenly we heard her struggling on the hardwood to move around. Liz went out to check on her, and she was laying on the floor. Then, Liz noticed some wet spots on the floor, and a spot over elsewhere by the patio door that looked like throw-up maybe, and Coco started reverse sneezing and kind of collapsed.

Scary.

But…then she was fine. And she’s ...

Day 3,334: Let’s See…

Back in bed! The main bed. I’d spent the last week+ holed up in the second bedroom because I was sick. That’s our hack for not getting each other sick: sleep in separate beds. Mask up when we hang out in the common space. Works pretty damn well, guys. Liz didn’t get what I had. Good to be back. I love our bed. Second bed is nice, don’t get me wrong, but there’s nothing like the main bed.

So…Coco has been barking up a storm lately around bed time. Pretty sure she’s going to do it tonight, even...

Day 3,333: A Night In

What a milestone. 3,333 days ago, I started writing this blog. I haven’t gone and looked yet at 1,111 or 2,222…but I can already tell you this: I was ACHING to be where I am right now back then.

I was floundering with my creativity. Money was uncertain. We were managing an apartment building that was more like an abusive relationship than it was a job. A LOT has changed.

I keep thinking about 2022. It was a year of A LOT. Perhaps not as much as 2020, but it in many ways it was more than th...

Day 3,332: Still Sick

I’m definitely BETTER…but I am still sick y’all. Josh, if you reading this: I don’t think we can podcast tomorrow, man. I still have this cough. Still waking up with post-nasal drip and achy feeling. Getting reeaaalllll old, let me tell you. I’m ready to be back to full strength.

Sigh.

One more week of work, then a week off…and it’s 2023. I’m ready. I think.

We set up our tree tonight. That was really fun. And since I’m under the weather still, I think we’re going to hang out at home to...

Day 3,331: So Close!

Oooohhohoho man! I am sooo close to a perfect 3,333 blog entries. In fact, after I post this entry, I need to double check my day count and make sure I’m accurate. Such a cool thing.

I’ll go back and read my entries for 1,111 days and 2,222 days and reflect on what I’ve done since then, how I’ve changed, or how haven’t I.

Honestly, on this blog, I doubt I’ve changed much. I’m pretty work-obsessed. Writing obsessed. Sports. TV and Film. That’s about it. Dogs. Lots and lots of dogs. Coco, in...

Day 3,330: Unicorn Permit

Okay. So. Another solid day. I had some stuff to get done for our audiobook publisher, and I did that. I got the client work done. Had a great meeting. And crushed the Netflix work, too. Owned that 9-5 life.

Still coughing…but today is the first day that I started to feel better. Could have taken a nap, didn’t get the chance, so the fatigue factor is still there, BUT…I had more energy today overall than I have in almost a week.

So, maybe this damn thing is just a cold, and not the flu. Tha...