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13 – Leanna Adams and the Krakenist

I have been a Leanna Adams fan ever since I got the chance to work alongside her with the group Sketchworks here in Atlanta, GA. She’s in high demand these days so it was tough to get this episode recorded. At last, she had a break and was able to shoehorn us in.

You’ve most likely seen her acting, writing, or both on places like Funny or Die, or in your local film festival. She wins awards all over the place.

Having worked in a writer’s room and on set with Leanna I can tell you that we’re going to be seeing a lot of her. She has that combination of talent and professionalism.

Find out more about Leanna here: https://www.leannaadams.com/

Leanna and I deal with a watery, beastly proposition on this one. The Krakens are awakening. What does it mean? Are they our enemies? Find out!

Thanks for listening!

12 – Jim McDoniel and the Diaries of a Human

[image error][image error]I hunted Jim McDoniel down and respectfully demanded that he be a guest on this podcast because I loved his book “An Unattractive Vampire” so much. I highly recommend it.

In the book, an ancient and properly evil vampire, Yulric Bile, awakens in our modern age to discover that vampires are fit, sexy, and worst of all, covered in glitter. Horrifying.

Book discussed, Jim must enter the crucible of outlining and do battle with a prompt from Scott Meyer. Which he does!

Find Jim on the web here: http://www.jimmcdoniel.com/

On Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jimmcdoniel

Jim was a great guest. I’m glad I hunted him down. I think you guys are going to like this episode a lot.

I’m abandoning my coffee table book “Stupid Birds of North America”

[image error]I was helping my brother-in-law move furniture. It was a long few days because of a death in the family. Trying to lighten the mood, I started riffing on how much I hate birds, most of all the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), which should have its genus and species renamed to Branta assholis.

My riff worked. We laughed.

Fact is, birds — beau’iful plumage! — can be pretty terrible. They eat each other. They shit on themselves. The list goes on.

I thought it would be funny to write a parody of a bird watching field guide that hated birds species by species using copious photos. I still think it’s hilarious.

In order to get the photos I need, however, it’s necessary to rely on Creative Commons images. There are tons of these, which is great. The downside is, as I understand the license, if I use the images I’ll have to release my book Creative Commons as well.

I want photographers to get all the credit and monetary compensation they deserve, so I’m totally down with how Creative Commons works. But I can’t justify the time it takes to lay out each one of these pages in InDesign. I don’t mind work, per se, but I need to make money.

Rather than just shelve the project forever, I present it here for your enjoyment.

I’d intended this to be around 200 pages long, featuring two-page spreads on 100 birds.

If you’re affiliated with a publisher who’d like to see this project completed and can offer me money and help with licensing so that I can continue, I’d love to finish this.

Here is a PDF of the first 7 birds. Images below.

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CREDITS

You can see from this list of credits why this project is a bit of a nightmare licensing-wise.

Licenses used:

CC BY-SA 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
CC BY-SA 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/
CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Images (Name, Photographer, Title, Link to image, license):

Mr. Quacks, Ray Dumas, “Black Duck,” https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtdphotography/3056956923/in/photostream/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Charlie, Dick Daniels, “Female’s beak is dull green,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_duck#/media/File:American_Black_Duck_female_RWD6.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0
Chadwick, Andreas Trepte, “Canada Goose,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose#/media/File:Kanadagans_Branta_canadensis.jpg CC BY-SA 2.5
Androose, Daniel D’Auria, “Flying,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_goose#/media/File:Branta_canadensis_-near_Oceanville,_New_Jersey,_USA_-flying-8.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0
Burt, Alan D. Wilson, “Blue-Winged Teal” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-winged_teal CC BY-SA 2.5
Burt (Again), Dan Pancamo, “Blue-Winged Teal” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue-winged_Teal.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0
Dan the Hand, Francis C. Franklin, “Falcated duck, Anas falcata, at Martin Mere, UK” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcated_duck#/media/File:Falcated_duck_1.jpg CC BY-SA 4.0
Portia, Dick Daniels, “Female falcated duck” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcated_duck#/media/File:Falcated_Duck_(Anas_falcata)_RWD3.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0
Bernie Feathers, Bill Bouton, “A rare falcated duck, a “vagrant” from Asia, that arrived at CA’s Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in December 2011” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcated_duck#/media/File:Falcated_duck_(6602072861).jpg CC BY-SA 2.0
Checking a US $20 used by a Falcated Duck, Scott Nazelrod, “US $20 under blacklight” https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_$20_under_blacklight.jpg Public Domain
Pat, Benjamin Keen, “Monteverde, Costa Rica” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_guan#/media/File:A_black_guan.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0
Burke, Charlesjsharp, “Black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), Bosque de Paz, Costa Rica” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_guan#/media/File:Black_guan_Bosque_de_Paz.JPG CC BY-SA 3.0
Flippy Whipple, Kathy & sam, “A Grey-headed Chachalaca near Rancho Naturalista, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_chachalaca#/media/File:Ortalis_cinereiceps_-near_Rancho_Naturalista,_Cordillera_de_Talamanca,_Costa_Rica-8.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0
Bud & Turdwhiff, Joseph C Boone, “Gray-headed Chachalaca photo taken at Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray-headed_Chachalaca.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0
Durglas, Charlesjsharp, “Male great curassow (Crax rubra) on the Fortuna river, Costa Rica” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_curassow_male.JPG CC BY-SA 3.0
Bippy, Arthur Chapman, “Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at Summit Park, Panama. Photographed on 5 April 2002” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crax_rubra_(Great_Curassow)_-_female.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0

 

11 – Scott Meyer and the Warrior Race

[image error][image error]Scott Meyer is the hilarious author of Off to Be the Wizard, The Authorities, and the new book Run Program. His fans, your humble host included, love his work for its deft implementation of humor while still telling an exciting story.

That is something easier said than done by far. But Scott has put in his time as a standup comic, which is one of three ways to grow comedy chops (the other two are improv and a genie).

If you’re into my work — humorous Science Fiction and Fantasy — you will unquestionably like Scott’s books. His latest is Run Program[image error] from 47North.

https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/11-scott-meyer_mixdown.mp3

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10 – Catie Hogan and the High Seas

Catie Hogan is my friend and fellow sketch writer from Sketchworks here in Atlanta. When she started submitting sketches to Sketchworks, the rest of us in the writer’s room had to re-evaluate the level of our work to try to get up on the bar she raised. She’s that kind of good.

She’s also been on McSweeneys, the Scold, and she’s doing her best to help people understand what it takes to be financially literate while making them laugh. It’s a tall order, but she’s killing it.

Find her on McSweeney’s here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-googled-intersectionality-so-now-im-totally-woke

Find her funny financial planner work here: https://www.aol.com/finance-collective/the-funny-financial-planner/

We both write for Sketchworks: http://www.sketchworkscomedy.com/

She also just started her own podcast with her sister: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-it-together-with-catie-and-erin/id1247294531?mt=2

Catie’s prompt came from John Hartness. I got really excited about this novel idea. I think you guys are gonna love it.

Thanks for listening!
https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/10-catie-hogan-and-the-high-seas_mixdown.mp3

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9 – John Hartness and the Wild Wild Life

[image error][image error]John G. Hartness is a teller of tales, a righter of wrong, defender of ladies’ virtues, and some people call him Maurice, for he was named Maurice by his parents. No, not really.

He is also the best-selling author of the EPIC-Award-winning series The Black Knight Chronicles from Bell Bridge Books, a comedic urban fantasy series that answers the eternal question “Why aren’t there more fat vampires?”

Bubba the Vampire Slayer, Quincy Harker, Dark Fantasy with a side of snark, these are his milieu.

He participates in Drew Hayes’ Authors and Dragons podcast: http://www.drewhayesnovels.com/authorsanddragons/

He is also a co-founder of Falstaff books, a digital and print publishing company based in Charlotte, NC dedicated to bringing to life the best in fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and dramatic literature. http://falstaffbooks.com/

You can find his website at http://johnhartness.com

This was a ton of fun to record. John’s unbelievably good and fast at coming up with parts of his story. It’s a testament to what a person can do when they work hard on a lot of work.

https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/9-john-hartness-and-the-were-porcupine_mixdown.mp3

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8 – Robert Bevan and The Stolen Car

[image error][image error]Robert Bevan, English painter, 1865–1925? No! Robert Bevan the hugely popular author of the Caverns & Creatures series.

His latest is Critical Failures V (Caverns and Creatures Book 5)[image error].

I met Robert at Contraflow in New Orleans last year. Just before the con, not realizing I’d be paneling with him, I read Critical Failures 1, the entry to his universe. If you’re into what I do at all — humorous science fiction and/or fantasy — I can guarantee you you’ll dig his books.

Find his work at http://www.caverns-and-creatures.com/

He’s plenty active on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/robertbevanbooks

https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/8-robert-bevan-and-the-baby-chain_mixdown.mp3

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7 – AC Fuller and the Great Old One

[image error][image error]A.C. Fuller was kind enough several years ago to invite your humble host on his podcast, Writer 2.0, so this is my chance to return the favor.

He’s a good host, a fun guest, and he can outline like a champ. Well done, buddy. He’s done time as a journalist, and it shows well in his work. If there’s any time to take a deeper look at journalism, it has to be now.

His latest book is The Mockingbird Drive (An Alex Vane Media Thriller, Book 3): https://www.amazon.com/Mockingbird-Drive-Alex-Media-Thriller-ebook/dp/B06XZD3DYX/

Find him on the web here: http://acfuller.com

Or on Twitter at @ACFullerAuthor: http://twitter.com/acfullerauthor

Jim Hodgson as a guest on Writer 2.0:

http://acfuller.com/comedian-and-novelist-jim-hodgson-episode-63-september-30-2015-2/

Thanks for joining me, AC! Glad to have the chance to return the favor.

https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/7-ac-fuller-and-the-great-old-one_mixdown.mp3

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6 – Tony Sarrecchia and the Space Hermit

[image error]This week my guest is the amazing Tony Sarrecchia. Tony is the creator and writer of the award-winning Harry Strange Radio Drama, a full cast, pulp-style supernatural thriller which airs on both traditional and Internet radio stations.

You can purchase a collection of the first season of the show’s scripts on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Strange-Stones-Solomon-Sarrecchia-ebook/dp/B00XALJTH6

Find Tony on twitter at @tonythescribe, (http://twitter.com/tonythescribe) on his web site at http://tonysarrecchia.com and the Harry Strange radio drama at http://harrystrange.com

Tony’s topic, suggested by the previous episode’s guest: A space hermit looking for unpopulated planets in order to get away from people. Tony really killed it on this one, guys. Have a listen.

https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/6-tony-sarrecchia-and-the-space-hermit_mixdown.mp3

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5 – MNBrian and the Chatty Cadavers

[image error]Our guest this week is the enigmatic MNBrian. Brian is a reader for an agent and a tireless thought leader on the Reddits. He’s an asset to the craft at large in a way that many lit agents do not take the time to be.

That said, let’s be clear: Brian cheated. He brought us a partially-formed outline rather than submitting to the will of the podcast. We’re going to give him a pass, though, because he’s our pal and also because he devotes so much time to the community.

Also, it’s a cracking good idea. We had a good time working through it.

Find the mountain of helpful information atop which Brian is the cherry here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/

His work and thoughts can also be found here: https://www.reddit.com/user/MNBrian

You can also chat with him as well as your humble host on IRC here: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.snoonet.org/writerchat

Thanks for listening!

https://jimhodgson.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/5-mnbrian-and-the-chatty-cadavers-_mixdown.mp3

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