My story from the excellent anthology Seeds of Change (edited by the Anthology God, formerly known here as the Slush God, John Joseph Adams) has gone live over at Escape Pod. This is a story that was published to mixed reviews. But I am astounded by the job that Philippa Ballantine did here. Her reading was spectacular, and adding a New Zealander accent to the patois of the Arties made the whole thing feel more familar and more exotic at once. I fell in love with my own story, which is not easy for me. Thank you, Philippa. And thanks to John for buying the story.
I believe that my next podcast appearance will be on Starship Sofa with “Captain Bl00d’s Booty,” a story also edited by JJA. It’s either that or one of my earliest (and most loved) stories, “The Girl with the Sun in Her Head” which is with Podcastle, but I don’t know when it is scheduled to go up. Both should be a hoot to hear. Writing all these Roundbottom podcasts has me thinking a lot more about how something could sound when delivered by a talented voice actor. I think it’s only going to improve my writing in the long run.
Thank goodness! This is the first time I have read someone else’s story, and I found it surprisingly frightening. As an author you know how your own work should be read and it’s your baby. So knowing you were out there I wanted to do the best job but kinda worried that I wouldn’t read it as you wanted. I had a lot of fun doing it though and am so glad you think I did it justice.
You most certainly did it justice. I think you made it better than it was on paper! I can understand the concern though, but in my case though, I was very, very happy with it. And honestly, the story stopped being my baby the minute it was published. So even if you hadn’t have gotten it exactly as I meant it to be, which you pretty much did, it would still have been awesome.
I’ve posted on the escape pod site and I intend to go onto Philippa’s site to add my comments there as well, I loved this story and would be interested in reading or hearing more about this world. I believe Philippa’s voice complimented it wonderfully.
Thank you very much!