August's writing progress

I completed the "proof listen" of the audiobook of Dust & Water, which mainly involved fixing the pacing - too long or too short a gap between sentences and paragraphs. I fixed a few mistakes in the editing where I omitted a sentence or included two takes of it. I still need to record some pickups (to fix mistakes that I didn't notice when I was recording). Then I'll do the mastering and submit it to the distributor.

All this work on Dust & Water means I'm no further along with the Stone & Silence audiobook, but I should be returning to that in the next week or two.

I started another science fiction short story that might end up as a bonus for subscribers to my mailing list. Go here if you want to be one of the first to read it when I finish it: http://eepurl.com/_5EDX

I'm this week's guest on Lucas Spangler's First Chapter podcast. As the title suggests, an author reads the first chapter of their book. Lucas then interviews them about the book and whatever other topics come to mind. I read from Escape Velocity, and Lucas and I then talk about the inspiration behind my writing, the relationship between writing and software, and my traumatic first encounter with a computer. (Parental advisory: there is a bit of swearing in the book.)

You can find the podcast on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/f... (my episode is number 13) or you can find the episode on Libsyn here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/firstchapte... It's about 45 minutes - half reading, half interview. Enjoy!