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ISBW METAcast 02

The state of the podcast, server moves, what's going on in my life, February plans, convention plans, and upcoming author interviews!

ISBW #179 – Contests

We talk contests. No interview this week, and a meta podcast tomorrow will explain more. Regular podcasts returning very soon, including a good cop/bad cop!

ISBW #179 – Contests

We talk contests. No interview this week, and a meta podcast tomorrow will explain more. Regular podcasts returning very soon, including a good cop/bad cop!

ISBW #178 Feedback

It's time for a feedback show!

ISBW #178 Feedback

ISBW #178 00:54 FEEDBACK: possibility of interviewees reading excerpts from their books; Scrivener for Windows review by listener Ray; listener Chris wrote 1 Story a Week for A YEAR; turning a novel into YA (age of characters, sex, violence, other factors); new spec fic writers over 50 should check out the Speculative Literature Foundation's Older Writers [...]

Preview of Marco and the Red Granny!

I'm putting only one episode in the feed of my serial novella, Marco and the Red Granny. If you like it, you can go to murverse.com or podiobooks.com to listen, or buy the ebook at Amazon or Smashwords. Or if you want to support free fiction, just donate at the site.

Episode 1, where we meet Marco, and learn about his sad, depressed, nobody-loves-me existence. And then the phone rings.

Narrated by Devo Spice

Creative Commons Licensed BY-NC-SA

Preview of Marco and the Red Granny!

I'm putting only one episode in the feed of my serial novella, Marco and the Red Granny. If you like it, you can go to murverse.com or podiobooks.com to listen, or buy the ebook at Amazon or Smashwords. Or if you want to support free fiction, just donate at the site. Episode 1, where we [...]

ISBW #177 – Goals/Christiana Ellis and Skyler White Interview

ISBW #177

01:04 Happy New Year!  State of the Mur: busy holidays, and high hopes for 2011.
02:41 Promo: Functional Nerds Podcast
03:31 Goals and resolutions.  The power of concrete, specific goals, and in writing our goals down.  Advice from the Editor/Publisher of Bull Spec.  WriteChain app (currently free instead of usual $0.99).  Mur's 8-month plan.  Focusing on the positive.  There are no shortcuts.
18:08 The new Good Cop/Bad Cop song by Devo Spice & Jon Anealio
19:21 Interviews: Christiana Ellis and Skyler White, hosted by Dr. Ginger Clark of The Brain Science Podcast and the Books and Ideas Podcast

Author backgrounds & inspirations
Skyler White: vampires, neuroscientists, and feminine desire in her first novel, and Falling, Fly / time travel & (in)fidelity in second novel, In Dreams Begin
Christiana Ellis: podcasting to small press publication: Nina Kimberly the Merciless
Genre discussions
Current projects / dayjobs
Advice for new writers, with surprise visit from author Michael Stackpole
Audience questions, incl. cover art, writing process


56:17 Promo: Leviathan Chronicles

Credits:    Producer: Patrick Hester, Show notes writer: Carrie Kei Heim Binas, Theme song: John Anealio

ISBW #177 – Goals/Christiana Ellis and Skylar White Interview

Let's talk goals! Thanks to Ginger at The Brain Science Podcast for recording our interview for us! Christiana Ellis and Skylar White

(Bonus- New Good Cop/Bad Cop song from Devo Spice and John Anealio!)

ISBW #177 – Goals/Christiana Ellis and Skyler White Interview

ISBW #177 01:04 Happy New Year!  State of the Mur: busy holidays, and high hopes for 2011. 02:41 Promo: Functional Nerds Podcast 03:31 Goals and resolutions.  The power of concrete, specific goals, and in writing our goals down.  Advice from the Editor/Publisher of Bull Spec.  WriteChain app (currently free instead of usual $0.99).  Mur's 8-month plan. [...]