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Crescent, by Phil Rossi

Short post.

Phil Rossi created one of the better podiobook ‘experiences’ (great music, a great story, and a great reading) out there with his debut novel, Crescent. Well it was released today on Amazon.com through Dragon Moon Press. Phil rocks. This novel rocks. Buy it, and you will rock.

I bought it. Why haven’t you?

That is all.

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I’ve got a ten minute audio update for you this evening, focusing on what’s been going on for the last six weeks.

But more importantly, we talk about the next fiction podcast project I’ll be working on, called Tales of the Children.

It’s going to be a lot of fun… with a lot of great friends coming along for the ride!

• Call the Caern Line! – 704-315-5884
• If you haven’t reviewed MaAH on iTunes, please do!
• Balticon Rocks!
• I’m still on the Dead Robots’ Society podcast (not every week, but often!)
• Flinchy is coming… really it is!
• I’ll be podcasting some interviews/discussions with my editor Gabrielle Harbowy
• the promo for Tales of the Children
• closing thoughts
• Bloopers from the past

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On Saturday, June 6th we had our first live Q&A show on TalkShoe. At least twenty-five people attended the show. It was a lot of fun, and we’ll definitely be doing something like this again in the future.

Here are links to some of the things mentioned during the show:

• Michael Spence - Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
• Michael is now my official biographer. He must attend any future appearance I have and do a two minute introduction to whatever room we enter.
• The Red Box! - (I was wrong. From the screenshots of the different printngs, I must have gotten it in 1981)
• Neverwinter Nights
• Neverwinter Vault - You can still see the first draft of the first half of the novel deep within this site
• Caern Short Stories still on Lulu (free) - Seeker and Roh-Kin
• Christiana Ellis joins us for a Nina Kimberly Update!
• Short discussion on the planned sequel, tentatively titled “The House that Time Forgot”
• Question from Mae Breakall
• Sneak Attacked by Chris Lesssssster
• Tales of the Children - Short Story Anthology - More info will be posted soon!
• The Caern Line - 704-315-5884
• Mailing Lists/Fan Pages!
  • MaAH Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195
  • Facebook: Fans of P.G. Holyfield - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=34095009985
  • Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/fans-of-murder-at-avedon-hill?hl=en

What do you mean, you haven’t written a review for MaAH on iTunes? Get to it! One more and I hit 100 reviews!

Music used in this episode: “Achaidh Cheide” - Kevin MacLeod

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Here are links to stuff I mentioned in the audio update:

• TalkShoe Live MaAH Q&A Show, Saturday, June 6th, 8:00 pm Eastern - http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/52199
  • The Caern Line - 704-315-5884
  • my email - pgholyfield at murderatavedonhill dotcom
  • Michael’s email - boz at marscreativeprojects dot com
  • My twitter id - pgholyfield
  • Michael’s twitter id - michaelspence
• Balticon - http://balticon.org
  • How to Create a Serialized Audiobook Panel - The Dead Robots’ Society
  • Balticon Live Evo at 11 - http://evoat11.com/2009/05/evoat11-40-live-from-balticon/
  • Angel Between the Lines - http://www.angelbetweenthelines.com/
  • Erk from Erk Pod - http://erkpod.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/erks-balticon-43-chat-with-pg-holyfield
• Mailing Lists/Fan Pages!
  • MaAH Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195
  • Fans of P.G. Holyfield - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=34095009985
  • Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/fans-of-murder-at-avedon-hill?hl=en
• Appearances - See most recent post

Music used in this episode: “Achaidh Cheide” - Kevin MacLeod; “Stardust Serenade” - Marc Gunn

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I appeared the other evening on the live component of the Podioracket podcast, done through the BlogTalk Radio website. My interview starts at around the 21 minute mark. I also appeared on the regular podioracket.com podcast, found here.

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0:00 - Intro

• DYH “Network ID” - Michael Spence
• Intro Chatter
  • Welcome to the final episode of the MaAH podcast novel!
  • We’re jumping right into the narrative. You’ve waited long enough.

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J.C. Hutchins is going to take over the world. Meteoric doesn’t begin to describe what’s about to happen. Holy crap. I’m so proud to be one of the first beta clones, one of the first agents of J.C.’s Ministry of Propaganda.

Personal Effects: Dark Art is coming out on June 9th. You can pre-order here. Watch the video below to see why.

I’m in awe. And I get to see J.C. in a week. Huzzah!

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Friday marks the release of Christiana Ellis’s debut novel, Nina Kimberly the Merciless. Christiana is a wonderful person and an awesome talent. And for those that don’t know her own work (which you should), you should recognize Christiana from MaAH as the voice of Marrissa, the town herbalist.

Nina Kimberly is being published by Dragon Moon Press, so I’m even more invested in this novel’s success! If you follow me on Twitter, follow along on Friday for an opportunity to have one of the last remaining copies of MaAH (the self-pub version) signed and mailed out to you that same day! (oh, and did I say it would be free?)

Get on board, and defeat those sparkly vampires!!

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Balticon is just over a week away, and I am SO looking forward to it. Last year I tested the waters (I was on three panels…  and learned the hard way that I’m allergic to scallops). This year will be a bit different. I am on six panels, one of which is my first live reading, and I will be on one of my favorite podcasts (Evo at 11).

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Jack Wakes Up Cover

“Jack Wakes Up rocks! It’s a fast, smooth ride on a highway not found on any map.” – Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Readers who like their hard-boiled crime fiction violent and gritty will cheer Harwood’s debut — taut prose and fast pacing bode well for future entries in the series.” — Publisher’s Weekly

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but I’m going to claim it as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the TRUTH!

MaAH has been sitting on Page 2 of the iTunes Literature Featured Chart for around a year now. Today I open up iTunes and I see this:

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I know I said to go over to the Dead Robots’ Society website to subscribe, but I had to include this episode in my feed. Last week I had the opporunity to interview Philippa Ballantine, our own Gloria Platt (and oh yeah, an author that just got a publshing deal with Ace Books!).  Enjoy.

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As all of you should know by now, I think J.C. Hutchins is just dreamy. [coughs nervously] I mean, I think J.C. is an awesome writer and podcaster, and if you think I’ve done everything in my power to emulate J.C. (at least how he interacts with his fans and delivers above and beyond at everything he does)… well, you’d be half right. I’ve certainly tried.

Anyways, earlier this month I was named “Fan of the Day” at J.C.’s website. The FOTD concept is another great idea from a man that is always thinking three steps ahead of everyone else. J.C. is an original, and I am a fan.

Now go pre-order J.C. Hutchins debut thriller, Personal Effects: Dark Art. I’ve talked about it before on the podcast, and I know it is going to rock like nothing anyone has ever seen! Go. It’s not like I’m releasing ep. 42 tonight… or tomorrow. GO!

Personal Effects: Dark Art

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I’ve joined the crew over at The Dead Robots’ Society as a co-host. DRS is a roundtable podcast — writers talking about writing. Justin Macumber, Terry Mixon, and Ryan Stevenson (along with other hosts past and present) share their experiences attempting to become published authors. Some episodes center on aspects of writing and/or the business of writing, while others contain interviews with other authors.

This is the second and last episode I’ll be posting in my feed. Ep. 78 is a discussion of point of view in fiction. Please visit the The Dead Robots’ Society website for more info (and to get the .pdf I created for the discussion) on this episode and to subscribe!

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I’ve joined the crew over at The Dead Robots’ Society as a co-host. DRS is a roundtable podcast — writers talking about writing. Justin Macumber, Terry Mixon, and Ryan Stevenson (along with other hosts past and present) share their experiences attempting to become published authors. Some episodes center on aspects of writing and/or the business of writing, while others contain interviews with other authors.

This is the first episode where I appear as a regular host. Ep. 77 is an interview with Nathan Nowell, author of the Share Series. We focus on podcasting your fiction, contrasting our styles and explaining the decision process one should take before podcasting their novel.

Later this week I’ll drop ep. 78 of the DRS podcast in this feed. If you want to listen to more of the DRS podcast and/or subscribe (to get future episodes), please visit The Dead Robots’ Society website!

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0:00 - Intro

• DYH “Network ID” - Michael Spence
• Intro Bumper - J.F. Lewis
  
• Intro Chatter
  • Episode 41 was a bear! 50+ hours of production. Am I crazy! YES!
  • Thanks again to my assistant producers
  • I will list all the episode info after the chapter… but I must recognize Scott Sigler, the godfather of the podcast novel, (it’s part of the contract that I call him that) and thank him for joining the podcast!

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I’m probably tempting fate (or at least asking for a slew of DYH calls), but I wanted to post an update on my progress re: episode 41.

1. Principal recording is complete. I have some lines to re-record, but nothing major.
2. I have all my guest audio, and creating the edited narrative is what I’m concentrating on right now.
3. Music and f/x is lined up. I just need to finish #2 so I can put all the pieces in place.

I hope to release ep. 41 by Friday, April 10th.

After my short update, I’ve included an audio teaser, a minute or so of completed audio from ep. 41. I follow that with a promo for season 2 of Flinchy and the Mexican Show Truck, which will start up both here and at theseanachai.com after MaAH is done.

Thanks for listening, and you’ll see (hear) me again next week.

Music during the update is “Asian Drums” by Kevin McLeod.

Thanks to Matthew Wayne Selznick for his appearance as Detective Banks in the promo for Flinchy and the Mexican Show Truck, Season 2.