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I have characterized the Podcast Peer Awards as the most unknown award in all of podcasting. I never hear about voting or nominating until things have been announced. Maybe I don’t travel in the right circles.
At any rate, I’m happy to announce that four Podiobooks.com titles are up for the award, this time in Serialized […]

Fantastic news about Matt Wallace, author of The Failed Cities Monologues collection:
July 10th, 2007 — Precision Pictures Pty Ltd. announced today it has acquired the film rights to Parsec Award winning author Matt Wallace’s acclaimed experimental podcast novel The Failed Cities Monologues. The Sydney-based production company has also purchased the rights to Wallace’s short story […]

July 10th, 2007 — Precision Pictures Pty Ltd. announced today it has acquired the film rights to Parsec Award winning author Matt Wallace’s acclaimed experimental podcast novel The Failed Cities Monologues. The Sydney-based production company has also purchased the rights to Wallace’s short story “Delve.” The author will adapt both properties for the screen […]

Finally. Your wait is over. The conclusion to the smash-hit trilogy by J.C. Hutchins is finally here. Get 7th Son: Book Three - Destruction right here, right now:
As day four in the 7th Son adventure begins, John Alpha’s quest for anarchy and genocide enters its final stage.
At every turn, the global terrorist has been triumphant. […]

Seth Harwood’s Jack Wakes Up is excerpted (the first two chapters) and reviewed in the new issue of Spinetingler Magazine, an online journal of crime, noir and reviews.
Also included is a print interview with Harwood where he talks about the effect that podcasting has had on his writing, his views on finding an audience through […]

Good news: J.C. Hutchins has a great write up in the Broward-Palm Beach New Times. Lots of good things are said, including:

I’m apparently his mentor,
Scott Sigler predicting that publishers will get in the space, so the time for the little guy is now,
… and “Sleep Is for Pussies.”
In other news, the following quote […]

David Shepherd’s Resurrecting Randi is now completed with 12 episodes.

Please welcome the new book by Basil Sands, Karl’s Last Flight.
Karl Alexander had been an adrenaline junky for twenty five years. Whether flying Harriers in the Marines, piloting the shuttle for NASA, or as the
chief astronaut for StrataCorp Space Flight he had always found his soul at five g’s. But when a series […]

 

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A brand new horror/dark fantasy book by Jeremy James, called The Veingel.
When an ancient religious cult hunts his people to the brink of extinction, Jequon, a half-angel, half-human badass fights for the survival of his noble race.
But as his enemies’ holy-caust gains support from powerful officials in the U.S. government, our hero is forced to […]

 

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Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m embarking on a cleanup tour of the comments. Because we don’t have a good “report a problem with this episode” system in place, the blog has been a very popular place for people to… report problems with episodes. Go figure.
And while we appreciate this and […]