Apr 9, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Miscellaneous, Other Podcasts
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 was 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
Apr 3, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Miscellaneous
I’m late with this, but better late then never. On Sunday Joe Murphy passed away after only a four month battle against Leiomyosarcoma Carcinoma (LMS). For the very few that might be listening to this that do not know who I’m talking about: Joe Murphy was one of the hosts of Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas and appeared on many Farpoint Media shows, including Cover to Cover and Michael and Evo’s Wingin’ It.
I wasn’t close to Joe Murphy, but I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Joe at Dragon*Con:
I first spotted Joe attending one of the podcast sessions at Dragon Con and I sat down near him and introduced myself when the session was over. I had written him an email about their podcast discussion of Dune, and and he remembered my email and we chatted for fifteen minutes about the Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas, how they came up with their topics, etc. The next session started and I moved up to the front of the room to listen in.
And then later that night at a party Joe came up to me and began our conversation anew. It was just how Joe Murphy was. If you were a listener, you were part of his extended family, immediately, no questions asked.
The audio included in this post is from Leann Mabry, speaking about the website that has been started in Joe’s honor. Please visit the site and learn more about Joe and the insidious disease known as LMS.
http://joemurphymemorialfund.org
Thank you.
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Mar 21, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in MaAH Podcast, Murder at Avedon Hill, P.G. Holyfield's Master Feed
T-Minus 1 is a short story set in the Land of Caern, detailing events that marked the beginning of the “War for Caern” (some twenty-five years before the events of Murder at Avedon Hill).
I hope the sound quality of this episode is considerably better than previous episodes. I’m trying to decide whether I want to encode at a 96 or 128 bitrate. This file is at 96 kbps. Any feedback on the sound quality of this episode would be greatly appreciated!
Show Notes:
- Intro
- Scott Sigler’s .pdf release of Ancestor: you can download it directly from this location.
- 3:30 – Seeker
- 28:50 – Closing thoughts
- 30:40 – Promo – Phil Rossi’s Crescent
Music in this podcast:
Thanks to the following podcasts that have recently played the Murder at Avedon Hill promo:
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Mar 2, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Other Podcasts, P.G. Holyfield's Master Feed
T-Minus 2 is a replay of the short story that was first played on Scott Sigler’s The Rookie Podcast.
Special Guest: J.C. Hutchins (for the hundreth time, thanks J.C. for reading Scott’s part in this story).
Yeah, I’m taking the easy way out this week. Next time (T-Minus 1) will be new fiction. Promise.
Apologies for the sound quality. I was going to redo my lines with the new equipment, but after the time I lost with Audition over the last two days, I was left with using the older version of the story.
Show Notes:
Music in this week’s podcast:
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Feb 17, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in MaAH Podcast, Murder at Avedon Hill, P.G. Holyfield's Master Feed
Here’s the episode I hoped to have ready on February 4th! I call this the Skit/Promo Episode. A couple of skits, some background on me and the novel, and lots of promos of podcasts I love. I hope you enjoy it.
Show Notes:
Intro
3:00 – Intro continued…
8:05 – Short Bio
13:10 – Novel discussion
20:50Â - Contributing to other podcasts… preparing for this gig.
27:00 – Background of Novel
36:00 – The Kilroy 2.0 Stress Disorder Skit -The Players (some of these wonderful people are only heard on the long version of the skit). – Link removed as it messed with my feed.
42:50 – Outro
- Tee Morris – Will you please stop? Okay Podcasting for Dummies… did I get everything?
- Promo – No, I guess not… here’s Billi Part 3!
Thank you to J.C. Hutchins and Tee Morris for their appearances on this podcast.
The music in this podcast:
Next time? It’s T-Minus 2, some fiction, including Death, Taxes, and Scott Sigler.
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Feb 11, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Appearances, Other Podcasts
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).
Jan 22, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Miscellaneous
I went to Atlanta last week to deliver training to a group I support at my full-time job. It mainly was an excuse to visit Leann and Clair. Leann Mabry is the host of one of my favorite podcasts, Tag in the Seam. We had fun recording nothing in particular, working up a skit for one of her future episodes, and it gave me the opportunity to pick Clair’s brain a bit on using a mixer.
Leann is the voice of Gretta in my promo, and will be reading two parts (Gretta and one of the two vital female characters later in the book) in my podcast novel.
It was great to meet Leann and Clair (we were at the same parties and podcast sessions at Dragon*Con, but we never officially met) and it simply reinforced what I have been telling people ever since Dragon*Con… podcasters are simply the best group of people you will every hope to meet.
Some photos…
Jan 21, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Appearances, Other Podcasts
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.
Jan 18, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Appearances, Other Podcasts
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… 
Jan 16, 2007
Posted by P.G. Holyfield in Appearances, Other Podcasts
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)Â 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.
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Author, Podcaster, Father - P.G. Holyfield's first novel, Murder at Avedon Hill, was published by Dragon Moon Press in May of 2010. His current podcast is "Tales of the Children," a short story anthology set in his fantasy world, "The Land of Caern."
