On March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Henrico Parish Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry spoke to the House of Burgesses. His speech changed the minds and hearts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and became a beacon of freedom for all of America.

Happy Independence Day, everyone.

This re-enactment was recorded in February for a project still in the planning stages over at Podiobooks.com community website. I decided to release it here because… well, because I wanted to

Thank you to Nathan Lowell for his introduction at the beginning of this audio file. Be sure to check out his Golden Age of the Solar Clipper novels over at Podiobooks.com.

The image you see in iTunes is a cropped image from Peter F. Rothermel’s “Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses,” from 1851. The photograph of this painting is released on Wikimedia Commons as a public domain work.

I will be doing a live listener appreciation show on Sunday, July 6th. Please check out my page on stickam for more information on this show (and add me as a friend while you are at it!).

 

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This feed is mine… cue evil laugh

My name is… well, that doesn’t matter, now does it? What does matter is that you are listening (or should listen) to this…

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P.G. writes,

We are going to rush the Amazon charts on July 13th– not to help a podcast author land a choice book deal, but to show that the publishing industry continues to change… to show that a previously published DIY work, released in audio, print, and e-book formats, can find a new audience when released by an independent publisher. And that a new imprint such as Swarm Press can utilize this new model and reach heights on Amazon usually reserved for Crown, Scholastic and Bantam Books.

I mean, why the hell not?

Matthew Wayne Selznick’s Brave Men Run (the first podcast novel I ever listened to, and the reason I decided to podcast MaAH) is being published by Swarm Press and hits Amazon on Sunday, July 13th. Matthew is doing something very frakkin cool on that day. He is going to be doing a live webathon from 10 am - 5 pm Eastern time. Not only will he be talking about Brave Men Run, Amazon numbers, and generally losing his voice; he will also be reading new fiction set in his Sovereign Era universe… including a story by yours truly. In addition, you will hear stories by:

• J.C. Hutchins (The “7th Son” trilogy)
• Mur Lafferty (”Playing For Keeps”)
• Nathan Lowell (The “Golden Age of the Solar Clipper” novels)
• Matt Wallace (”The Next Fix”)
• J.R. Blackwell (Voices of Tomorrow)
• Jared Axelrod (The Voice of Free Planet X)

This is a podcasting first. This is going to be awesome. Be there.

More about this next week.

 

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This is the last day you can qualify for the contest. For info on the contest, see the post specifically about this.

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Hey everyone. I just wanted to stop by and let you know what will be happening over the next two weeks.

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Episode 25 - Chapter 24 - One Man’s Quest

00:00 - Intro

• Bumper: Chris Lester - Metamor City Podcast
• Intro Chatter
  • Thanks for those that attended the live event last Sunday
    
  • Contest continues until end of June
  • Guest voices: Tee Morris, Rick Stringer

05:10 - Chapter Twenty-Four: One Man’s Quest

Arames has a discussion with Father Jorrus, and continues a discussion of magic with Arrin.

21:15 - Promo

• Matthew Wayne Selznick teaser promo for live BMR event on July 13th.

Music in this podcast:

• Shira Kammen - Magnatune.com
  • Shetland Set - Wild Wood
  • The Impossible Butterfly - Wild Wood
  • Pasa Viene - Wild Wood

 

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As some of you might have heard, I had a live event on Sunday to promote the release of Ep. 24, which is also the end of Part I of Murder at Avedon Hill. It was a live video reading of chapter 23, complete with sound effects, music, and guest voices. It was done using ustream, and probably due to my internet connection was a bit on the laggy side (the video was around 30 seconds behind the audio).

The next morning I re-recorded the event (without the Q&A for the 25 or so people that stuck around to the end) using stickam, which seemed to work much better. That video can be viewed on the new Stickam Video page.

If you have friends that have not tried MaAH, the video episode includes a lengthy (nearly spoiler-free) Story So Far by Leann Mabry. This is a good introduction to the novel, so spread the word!!

Episode 24 - Chapter 23 - Back at the Inn

00:00 - Intro

• Bumper: Billy Flynn - Geek Radio Daily
• Intro Chatter, from Panera’s
  • Parsec Award page
  • Contest continues until end of June
  • Guest voices: Rae Lamond, James Ziesel

03:30 - Chapter Twenty-Three: Back at the Inn

Arames and Arrin return to the inn, hoping to get some sleep. Events never seem to work out as planned for our heroes, do they?

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NOTE : Adding audio promo to this post. Let’s see if it works its way into the feed.

Care to finish your Father’s Day festivities with a live Murder at Avedon Hill event?! At 10 pm Eastern time (GMT -05:00) on Sunday, June 15th, I will be hosting a live video podcast event. I will be performing a live reading of Episode 24 (Chapter 23). For those that cannot attend, the audio version of ep. 24 will be released that same day.

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Episode 23 - Chapter 22 - The Platt Family Secret

00:00 - Intro

• Bumper: Tee Morris - Morevi Remastered, The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
• Intro Chatter

03:00 - Chapter Twenty-Two: The Platt Family Secret

Arames and Arrin make further discoveries at Avedon Manor, and then pay a visit to Gloria Platt.

30:00 - Exit Chatter

• Guest Voices
  • Rick Stringer - Variant Frequencies podcast
  • Philippa Ballantine - Chasing the Bard
• Balticon
  • Panels - Audio will be included in feed at some point
  • Stranger Things - The Singularity
  • Meeting my nemesis, Chris Lester
  • Mur Day
  • Nathan Lowell
• The Contest - for details, visit http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/196
• Live Reading of Chapter 23 on Sunday, June 15, at 10 pm Eastern Time, using uStream. More info to come on the MaAH website.
• Tee’s Challenge, and our response

37:15 - Promos

• The Initial Response to Tee’s Uber-Nemesis Challenge (with J.C. Hutchins, Philippa Ballantine, Chris Lester, Indiana Jim, and Leann Mabry

Music in this podcast:

• Shira Kammen - Magnatune.com
  • Shetland Set - Wild Wood
  • The Impossible Butterfly - Wild Wood
  • Pasa Viene - Wild Wood

 

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Episode 22 - Chapter 21 - Lord Avedon’s Gambit

00:00 - Intro

• Bumper: Mark Jeffrey - The Max Quick Novels
• Intro Chatter

03:15 - Chapter Twenty-One: Lord Avedon’s Gambit

Arames and Arrin finally meet the final Avedon child.

29:00 - Exit Chatter

• Guest Voices
  • Rick Stringer - Variant Frequencies podcast
  • Chris Miller - Unquiet Desperation
  • Indiana Jim - Things are Looking Up
• Quail Ridge Books New Media Panel - success!
  • see photos at http://flickr.com/photos/pgholyfield/
  • Video and/or Audio will be released soon
• Balticon

36:15 - Promos

• Max Quick Series
• 7th Son: Obsidian
• Zombinc.
• The Parsecs

Music in this podcast:

• Shira Kammen - Magnatune.com
  • Shetland Set - Wild Wood
  • The Impossible Butterfly - Wild Wood
  • Pasa Viene - Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod - several songs
  

 

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