New Podcast: Arties Aren’t Stupid
Filed Under: My Writing, Podcast, SF Podcasting, Top Post
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.
New Roundbottom Podcast: Boggarts Prepare for War!
Filed Under: My Writing, Podcast, SF Podcasting, Speculative Fiction
The latest content update on Clockpunk.com is live and this week, the Doctor and Miss Watkins continue their investigations into the intelligence of the boggarts as the boggarts prepare to go to war! Can the Doctor discover the source of the conflict in time to stop the war from ravaging the Park and habitat that he loves? You can help! Read the last post, listen to the podcast, and provide your theories to the doctor.
Feedback on the work is always greatly appreciated. I learned a lot about what I need to do better when writing audio stories from this episode. My audio man Nate Periat kicked ass as usual. I think it should still be pretty great, but future episodes are going to be even better than this.
If nothing else, I just want the podcast episodes to make you laugh 
Hopefully it succeeds in that. Enjoy!
The New Dr. Roundbottom Podcast is Live
Filed Under: My Writing, Podcast, SF Podcasting, Speculative Fiction, Top Post
Hi Folks. After a ton of work on the part of myself, Sarah, and my sound engineer and good friend Nate Periat, we’ve finished and posted our first Dr. Roundbottom Field Sounds podcast. It’s only 5 minutes long, so don’t hesitate to just go to the site and hit play. Please let me know what you think. We’re very pleased with the results for our first try, and we can’t wait to do more. I spent today getting ahead on next week’s entry as well. Tomrorow, after some site updates I need to get done, I will start writing the next podcast episode.
Let me know what you think!
From the Escape Pod Metacast #3
Filed Under: SF Podcasting, Speculative Fiction
Based on comparing listeners and subscriber numbers, Escape Pod is the second largest market for short science fiction, with 20,000 downloads after a month for each episode. I don’t have anything to say about that. I just want to mention it, and see what you all think of that. I’ve talked about this before, but I think their listener count has grown since then.
(And yes, the prospect of my latest sale to them being heard by 20,000 people is somewhat terrifying.)
