No, it’s not an exhibit at the local zoo/genetic laboratory… it’s the podcast that got me started last year.

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Last Thursday I had the pleasure of interviewing J.C. Hutchins, author of 7th Son.

http://jchutchins.net

We discussed podcasting, his recording set up, awesome news from the Hutchins command HQ, and I even got to speak to several of the clones.

Apologies in advance about the audio quality. Skype had major sound quality issues during the interview (pops and drops).

Episode 1 of the Murder at Avedon Hill podcast will be released Friday, June 8 — sweet.

• Intro
• Interview
• Promo - Jack Palms II - This is Life
• Promo - Give Us a Minute
• Promo - Nina Kimberly the Merciless
• Outro

Music in this week’s podcast:

• Shira Kammen - Magnatune.com
  • Shetland Set - Wild Wood

 

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From Publishers Weekly

Scott Sigler’s forthcoming thriller, Infested, has been selected as the next book-to-film project for Random House Films. The spring 2008-slated Crown novel, which is the first in what’s expected to be at least a two-book series, will be brought to the screen in partnership with Rogue Pictures (a sister company to the studio aligned with RH Films, Focus Features)

For more on the story, please visit the Publishers Weekly story or Scott Sigler’s website.

Another big WIN for Scott Sigler and podcasters everywhere!

(Also, here’s a link to the video trailer for Ancestor)

I am still editing the novel. As stated previousy, I won’t begin the podcast novelization until I’m done with that. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it will be a few more weeks before the first episode of Murder at Avedon Hill will be released.

Until then, please check out Phil Rossi’s Crescent podcast novel, which begins its run tomorrow, May 3rd. For subscribers, you should receive the video trailer that Phil created for his podcast novel. You will need a video compatible player or you can view the video in an application such as iTunes. And of course you can watch it on the page… right now.

Go. Listen. Subscribe.

In the next week or so I’ll have the pleasure of interviewing J.C. Hutchins on his whirlwind 50/50/50 podcast interview book tour. Look for that to appear in the feed sometime later this month!

 

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A few months ago Scott Sigler asked if I would be interested in blogging as a character from Ancestor (Jian). It was to be a small part of his overall marketing plan leading up to the bullrush on Amazon.com on April 1st. I said “Of course-I’ve always dreamed of being an overweight crazy biatch.”

So for three months I blogged a couple times a week as Dr. Lui Jiandan, better known as Jian, the crazy but brilliant Chinese geneticist from Ancestor.

It didn’t turn out to be the easter egg for Scott’s fans that Scott hoped it would be (only a few found it), but it as a lot of fun for me, and a good exercise as well. Read the blog in reverse if you want to see Jian’s descent into madness leading up to the start of Ancestor.

http://godmachinist.blogspot.com/

Scott Sigler’s Ancestor Blog - http://ancestornovel.com/blog

The force of nature known as Scott Sigler needs your help. His second novel is being published by Dragon Moon Press, and will be available on Amazon.com April 1st. He (and many of us junkies) want to take Ancestor to #1. Don’t pre-order it today (well, if you must… I’m sure Scott wouldn’t mind). Please wait until noon on April 1st. Then buy it. Let’s show everyone that podcasted fiction is more than a possible foot in the door with a mid-list publisher. Let’s prove that we can take a novel previously podcasted for free all the way to #1 on Amazon.com.

Today Matthew Selznick released Episode 3 of his Five Minute Memoir podcast. This particular memoir just happens to be mine…

Matthew’s description of his podcast:

“Every life is a mosaic of moments… the stories, confessions, and formative times that make us who we are. On Five Minute Memoir, listeners share vignettes from their own experience… and so reveal the common threads connecting us all.”

Episode 3 is my recollection of a formative day during my young life, where I learned that ‘larger than life’ has more than one meaning… and that politicians never stop being politicians… ever.

If I had given this a name, it would have been called “No Virginia, there isn’t a Santa Claus” (even though I know there is a Santa Claus… no, really, there is).

I’ll share the longer version of the story on next week’s first T-minus podcast, but a while back I got an idea for a skit for J.C. Hutchins, playing on the dangerous contortions one might go through to imitate the Kilroy 2.0 clone voice. I wrote a fake PSA and several podcasters agreed to play along.

Head on over to J.C. Hutchins 7th Son website to listen to the short version of the skit, which he dropped into his podcast feed on Friday. The long version of it is there as well, in the Download Center area of his site. Again I’ll be playing a version of it in next week’s podcast, and will talk more about the great podcasters that contributed their time and energy during the Christmas holiday on this silly little creation.

I wrote a short story back in October. It’s about meeting Scott Sigler, author of Earthcore, Ancestor, Infection, and his current podcast novel, “The Rookie.” The story starts out autobiographical, but it takes a horrific (yet fun) turn that I thought might appeal to Scott and his fans.

I sent the soft copy to a couple of podcasters and received positive feedback… and J.C. Hutchins liked it enough to agree to ”play” Scott Sigler in the podcast version of the story. I sent the audio version of the story to Scott in November… and today he dropped it in his feed!!

The name of the story is Death, Taxes, and Scott Sigler. I’ll be playing a version of it in my own feed probably next week, but if you can’t wait, please download it from Scott’s site and give it a listen (and if you like it, please comment about it on Scott’s site).

Ah, a good day…

I recently joined Christiana Ellis (author of Nina Kimberly the Merciless) on her very fun podcast called “Hey Want to Watch a Movie?”. “Hey Want to Watch a Movie?” is a podcast where Christiana skypes in three or four people and they all watch a movie, providing listeners with a fan version of a director’s commentary.

Along with Christiana, I joined Steve Eley (Escape Pod, Podholes) and Neil (the Borderline podcast) to watch one of my favorite all-time movies, The Princess Bride.

So if you have a copy of The Princess Bride and want to play along, download the podcast from Christiana’s site. It was a lot of fun for me and I hope to do this again real soon.