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Tue, 12:37 : FYI, there is a 1st day only bonus (ends 8/26) for those backing BLACKGUARDS, which has a NEW Simon Canderous tale! https://t.co/aJFRqmZ1yn Tue, 12:51 : What I really want is a dark, grizzled Peter Venkman as the last living Ghostbuster, fighting the ex-Ghostbusters..make it happen, @nerdist! Tue, 13:29 : Spotlight: Hear the early days of @MykeCole's journey as a military fantasy writer on @OandFPodcast episode 20! http://t.co/B0YkXCRe3C Tue, 13:37 : Apparently @scalzi does more than school internet lame asses... rumor has it he writes too... Lock In is out today! http://t.co/ifuC95gpoD Tue, 14:20 : Do me & my precious @OandFPodcast a favor... go Subscribe to the show & rate us over at https://t.co/eqARpmhPpT #iTunes Tue, 19:30 : The first rule of Twins Club is..HEY! Come back here with that! You put your brother down NOW! #twinsanity Wed, 01:07 : Reminder:Fund BLACKGUARDS by midnight tonight to get a free digital copy of @author_sullivan's novel, HOLLOW WORLD! https://t.co/RPH3m3e06i Wed, 01:17 : You can tell me that a Pumpkin Spice Latte is made of ground up babies, plutonium & the souls of the damned and I will still be drinking it! Wed, 02:23 : Bricksley might be overestimating his role in INCARNATE, but his message for you is on point... preorder today ! http://t.co/hrDnRaGKEI

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Mon, 12:38 : Just went ahead and read all the True Blood finale stuff cuz there was no way in hell I was going to watch the rest of the season anyway Mon, 12:44 : Guardians of the Galaxy is a much better Star Wars film than Episodes 1,2, and 3 combined. #MayTheGrootBeWithYou Mon, 12:51 : *Adds Richard Attenborough to the list of people I already thought was dead* Mon, 13:46 : Today's spotlight is for one of my fave Once & Future Podcast episodes: #33, my conversation with @YasmineGalenorn http://t.co/19bfbr4sK8 Mon, 14:22 : RT @bibliotropic: Book spotlight! @antonstrout's upcoming "Incarnate," book 3 in the Spellmason series! http://t.co/J6An962krY Why haven't … Mon, 14:41 : RT @penguinusa: Win a trip for 2 to the #moviepremiere of #TIWILY starring @batemanjason #TinaFey & @Janefonda http://t.co/dnmVmTlUQg http:… Mon, 15:00 : Season 3 of The Once & Future Podcast approaches & here's how we could use your help leading up to it! @OandFPodcast http://t.co/Xa34q3EqZf Mon, 18:25 : I declare that @Michael_Rooker hereby be referred to as Space Merle! #badass Mon, 18:33 : More of a druid & Swedish metal fan? Let me turn the Once & Future Podcast spotlight to ep. 29 with @KevinHearne http://t.co/oYY0qI2cnn Mon, 19:11 : RT @HectorMovie: Don’t look now @SimonPegg, but here comes #happy! #SearchForHappiness http://t.co/NqWnNwTdVJ Tue, 00:11 : Want the NEW Simon Canderous short story? (You effing DO!) BLACKGUARDS is the @kickstarter anthology to back! https://t.co/gIs1aEGZIO Tue, 00:11 : RT @martinjm70: Go to BLACKGUARDS: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues | @RagnarokPub via @kickstarter http://t.co/x8WsYpIdSi http:… Tue, 01:40 : Holy crap! The Canderous Chronicles just too the #EmmyAwards for Best Existent Book to Non-Existent TV Series! #blessed Tue, 04:25 : RT @arrhyth_mia: Like winning an #Emmy! An anthology w/ @Mark__Lawrence @author_sullivan @DjangoWexler @antonstrout + many more! https://t…

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Mon, 03:38 : Loving Capaldi as the Doctor

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Sat, 23:46 : Gosh, I cry a lot over talking raccoons and sentient trees #GOTG

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Fri, 12:56 : If we learn any lesson from the Spider-Woman cover, it should serve as a reminder that Valentine's Day is coming #heartshaped #justme..? Fri, 13:07 : Let's start Friday off right with one of my FAVORITE songs EVER! Such Great Heights by The Postal Service http://t.co/WrLvuOcCSw Fri, 14:05 : Go wish @allison_pang a happy birthday, who you can also get to know her books better on episode 23 of @OandFPodcast http://t.co/1i3Z8NWmpu Fri, 15:05 : Ad/promo/marketing people & retailers: here is a link to the Sponsorship details for The Once & Future Podcast http://t.co/N5aZsUsfJn Fri, 15:53 : I wonder how many raccoon bites will be reported in a post-Guardians of the Galaxy world...? Fri, 18:31 : Given that most of my coworkers have already left for the weekend it is even MORE unlikely there will be cookies in my mouth than yesterday! Fri, 20:13 : these last 20 minutes today are too damn quiet and lasting forevvvvvver! Fri, 22:39 : I can not get my baby-free hands to food and friends fast enough #weekend

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Thu, 13:29 : @ginatrapani thanks for the retweet... love your brand of ..hmm.. let's call it nerd punditry! Thu, 13:41 : Watch this amazing documentary of a likely scenario for Vermeer's near-photographic paintings, directed by @MrTeller http://t.co/kfTmb6KKme Thu, 19:27 : If one of my coworkers doesn't provide cookies in the next half hour I may have to destroy all mankind! Fri, 00:00 : RT @sblackmoore: Grab @antonstrout's stuff because his name sounds like Astronaut Stout WHICH IS THE BEST NAME FOR BEER EVER http://t.co/xq… Fri, 00:10 : Fans of @PatrickRothfuss: hear your bearded story monkey on 15,18 & most likely future episodes of the @OandFPodcast! http://t.co/1i3Z8NWmpu Fri, 01:47 : Once more, @muskrat_john is wise! Games for Girls – DORK TOWER 21.08.14 http://t.co/KWGmt9WyyJ Fri, 02:15 : If you have nerdy stuff YOU love, The Once & Future Podcast is looking for sponsors... we can be contacted at onceandfuturepodcast@gmail.com

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Wed, 15:25 : For all of you helping get the word around about the return of The Once & Future Podcast, thank you! The rest of you? Get on it! :D Thu, 00:47 : Fan of UF author/Buffy alum @amber_benson? Find hours of her in convo w/ me over at http://t.co/zmXocqHWVb in Eps. 3,7, 22, 46 & 49!

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Tue, 12:39 : Ear/throat pain: minimal. Eye crustiness: Vision not too obscured. Ass: in the seat at my work desk. Brain: already out to lunch. Tue, 12:57 : RIP Don Pardo... a hell of a run! Here's my fave moment of his: "Weird Al" Yankovic - I Lost On Jeopardy: http://t.co/QSJkPt3Owy Tue, 13:05 : I may need to hire marketing cuz SOME people think my #BucketOfSlugsChallenge isn't the best way to promote the 9/30 release of INCARNATE Tue, 14:49 : Wondering about the future of The Once & Future Podcast? Then read on, true believer! @OandFPodcast https://t.co/zIAQDCQ92d Wed, 01:21 : A Call to Action, or What’s up with the Once & Future Podcast? http://t.co/02N18F1A3t Wed, 01:41 : A Call to Action, or How you can help my precious Once & Future Podcast @OandFPodcast https://t.co/CoGs6FoDbc

A Call to Action, or What’s up with the Once & Future Podcast?

Hang in there... this might take a minute.

You may have heard whispers in the halls of the bookiverse that the much missed and beloved Once & Future Podcast will be returning this fall… and I’m here to tell you those rumors are indeed TRUE!
Now, please bear with me a moment while I explain just what has been happening/what will be happening.

Since the twins arrived at Castle Strout last year, time has become a premium thing to be had. Who knew? What free time I have had has been dedicated to getting word count in on my books, but the thing I’ve missed most outside of that is producing the podcast. In order to make Once & Future work going forward, I’ve decided the show needs to go with a sponsorship model if it's going to sustain itself in the future. I'm already busy researching what companies are going to fit best with the type of show I want to produce.

I only want to have sponsor content that is relevant to my own and/or our audiences interests… things I am passionate about, filled with geekery or booky goodness. So I’m hoping to get all that rolling with the launch of Season 3 this fall. Nothing too intrusive, but something to justify the time spent producing the show that’s also a benefit to Clan Strout. If it works for Nerdist and WTF, why not O&F?

One of our very recent issues has been the show’s ENTIRE disappearance, thanks to what I’m calling the Great GoDaddy QuickBlogcast Purge of 2014 (insert your own ‘GoDaddy, really?!’ comments here). With little warning, they service cancelled all podcast feeds and statistics, which not only took the episodes out of my website, but killed the iTunes feed. Poof! All of it gone, just like that.

After talking to my podcasting pals, I’ve migrated the show to the much more reliable structure of Squarespace, and it’s been delightful if not exhausting. Once more, all of the past episodes are now up onhttp://www.theonceandfuturepodcast.com/ as well as back on iTunes.

However, all of the listener love and statistics proving the show’s worth are gone. So I’m asking for a little help here, to sort of revalidate the show to the greater public so that when I launch Season 3 it doesn’t happen in a complete vacuum.

I realize this may be asking a lot, so do feel free to ignore me, but there are several ways in which you can help rebuild the Death Star that is our nerdy little show.

The super easy stuff:
Go like us at: https://www.facebook.com/Once.And.Future.Podcast and on twitter: @OandFPodcast
That’s where most of the information on future shows will be laying down.

Authors: The greatest way for former guests to help right now is to share and point people to the episodes you were on. I’m trying to rebuild some semblance of our metrics and make sure eyes are front and center as we push forward into season 3. As far as the new sponsorship model goes, if you think your publishers should be putting you in front of our listeners, have them contact the show at onceandfuturepodcast@gmail.com.

Listeners: There are a few things that would help us, actually. First, go to iTunes and Subscribe to the podcast. All our old metrics were trashed when the Quick Blogcast service was pulled from my web host, so it’s like day one for us all over again. Second, rate the podcast. We lost all that too. Third, if you recall episodes you really enjoyed, please give those individual ratings. We’re hoping to rebuild the lost empire and all this will truly help. And last, share the love. Let people know which episodes were your favorites. Use your Jedi Mind Tricks to bring them on board.

From the bottom of my nerdy little heart I appreciate any time you put into this big push towards Season 3. I look forward to bringing you more of the science fiction and fantasy books and authors that YOU want to read!

Sincerely,
Anton

The beloved guests of our past (whose episodes you should check out):Charlaine Harris, Jackie Kessler, Paperback Dolls, Jim C. Hines, Amber Benson, Jeanne C. Stein, Kelly Meding, Michele Bardsley, Carolyn Turgeon, Jeremy F. Lewis, Maurice Broaddus, Laura Anne Gilman, Matthew Cody, Lev Grossman, Kelly McCullough, Ari Marmell, Patrick Rothfuss, Jaye Wells, Diana Rowland, Lucienne Diver, Myke Cole, Saladin Ahmed, Allison Pang, Official Patricia Briggs, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Chris Farnsworth, Kevin Hearne, Ann Aguirre, Paul S. Kemp, Alethea Kontis, Devon Monk, Michael R. Underwood, Kat Richardson, Chloe Neill, Doyce Testerman, Kari Stewart, Keith Baker, Thomas Sniegoski, Matt Forbeck, Christopher Golden, and Faith Hunter.

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Mon, 14:12 : One sick papa staying home with one sick Benjamin... the party never ends at Castle Strout!