My interview with Dave and Brion is up on the site now and the workshop episode should be released in the next day or so. I hope you enjoy it!

This panel also featured the diverse talents of: Tom Merritt (Sword and Laser, Tech News Today), Veronica Belmont (Qore, Sword and Laser), Len Peralta (Jawbone Radio, Geek a Week), Brian Ibbott (Coverville) and Bobby Blackwolf (The Bobby Blackwolf Show).

Today we have the Tales of the Children short story “Love’s Sacrificial Song,” by Tabitha Grace Smith. This episode was c0-produced by Paulette Jaxton of The Empress Sword podcast and novel.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• Apologies ;*-)

3:10 – Love’s Sacrificial Song

Daralis is a story-teller. And the people of Bostich need this story to be the best story she’s ever told.

22:00 – Outro

Upcoming events and planned releases.

Promo: SpecFicMedia.com

Extras

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• Murder at Avedon Hill wins the John W. Polidori Award for Best Vampire Novel of 2010 – http://outofthecoffin.com

Music in this episode:

• Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
  • The Impossible Butterfly – Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod – various cuts
• Ruben van Rompaey – Grande Rue De Pera
• David Beard – various cuts
• Marc Gunn – Stardust Serenade
• Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com and The Freesound Project

I’d like to say I’ve made great progress on my next novel, but that wouldn’t be true. I have had some personal setbacks that have left me… unfocused, let’s just say. Or, I could say I’m just focused on what’s most important to me, which is my two young daughters code-named Wallflower and Cannonball. They mean the world to me, and sometimes that means not making the time to be creative. And other than feeling guilty for not getting new things out to you guys, it’s worth every minute of it.

Now, that’s not to say I haven’t kept busy with things that might interest you. In November we held the first annual TuacaCon. Head on over to the official website and you’ll find some fun videos from the evening and some created either before or after the event. The evening also included a reading from yours truly, a superhero (or super-villain, rather) short story called Dr. Mercury: Queen of Hearts.

The past month or so I’ve been working on a new website. I was updating my book trailer and did some searches on book trailers and found there really isn’t a good central location for book trailers, specifically for speculative fiction book trailers. Of course there is YouTube, but again unless you are looking at particular publisher channels on YouTube, it’s still a hunt and peck proposition.

So I decided to remedy that. I’ve created a website called SpecFicMedia.com – It’s more than a site for book trailers, though. I’m hoping it will become the first place people go to look for media that touches on speculative fiction in some way. Book trailers, Author Interviews, Movie trailers, comedy, music, and whatever else I can pull into the site. There will also be opportunities for viewer interaction. We’ll host contests and the like to get people to submit videos. I’ll be starting a video podcast in April to highlight the best stuff on the site, news from the world of Speculative Fiction Media, author/podcaster interviews, etc.

The site is up and running, but I’ll be doing an official “launch” on Valentine’s Day. Go check it out, and if you have comments/suggestions, please leave them here or send me an email. Thanks!

Oops, almost forgot. Over at the “Out of the Coffin” website there is a set of vampire-centric awards for 2010. Amazingly, Murder at Avedon Hill is up for the award for “Best Vampire Novel” for 2010. While MaAH isn’t a vampire novel at its core, it does have its share of vampiric lore and characters… and the people over at the Out of the Coffin website really seemed to like it. While you’re there, check out Episode 59 of their podcast, where I was interviewed back in May about the release of MaAH. It was a fun interview!

Today we have the Tales of the Children short story “Ruby’s Child,” by Philip Carroll. This episode was produced by Philip and Flying Island Press, with the narration provided by Vivid Muse from the Into the Blender podcast.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• I talk about Philip and about the story, Ruby’s Child

3:10 – Ruby’s Child

Ruby leaves her mountain home and tries to make a go of it in the outside world. Things go badly, and her situation does not improve after returning home. And her child? It is joy and misery all rolled into one–as a Child of Az should be.

22:00 – Outro

Please call The Caern Line or send me an email (pgholyfield at murderatavedonhill dot com) if you’d like to be included in the next listener feedback show.

Promo: Michael Parry’s The Spiral Tattoo

Extras

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• MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195
• Call The Caern Line – 704-315-5884
• “Tales of the Children” t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com – email me and I’ll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever “Child” you like best!
• MaAH over at Storycasting.com

Music in this episode:

• Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
  • The Impossible Butterfly – Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod – Achaidh Cheide
• Ruben van Rompaey – Grande Rue De Pera
• David Beard – various cuts
• Marc Gunn – Stardust Serenade
• Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com and The Freesound Project

Today we have the Tales of the Children short story “Love and Fire,” by Philippa J. Ballantine

I hope you enjoy the story, check back next week for my next Listener Feedback episode. Please call The Caern Line at 704-315-5884 and ask questions/leave comments.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• I’m baaaaaack.

3:10 – Love and Fire

Can humans gain a foothold on the island of Kandriel? If Syliene, an elven warrior and priestess of Thei-Shan has anything to say about it, the answer is no.

22:00 – Outro

Please call The Caern Line or send me an email (pgholyfield at murderatavedonhill dot com) if you’d like to be included in the next listener feedback show.

Promo: Philippa Ballantine presents “Chronicles of the Order”

Extras

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• Facebook – http://facebook.com/pgholyfield
• MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195
• Call The Caern Line – 704-315-5884
• “Tales of the Children” t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com – email me and I’ll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever “Child” you like best!
• MaAH over at Storycasting.com

Music in this episode:

• Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
  • The Impossible Butterfly – Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod – Achaidh Cheide
• Ruben van Rompaey – Grande Rue De Pera
• David Beard – various cuts
• Marc Gunn – Stardust Serenade
• Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com and The Freesound Project

• Thursday, Sept. 2nd, 7:30 pm – Star Party 2010 – This is a special event the day before Dragon*Con officially begins, a charity event for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The event will be hosted by renowned astronomers and hosts of AstronomyCast, Pamela Gay and Fraser Cain with special appearance by musician George Hrab. (I’m just attending. I’ll be the one looking for extra drink tickets ).
• Friday, Sept. 3rd, 1:00 pm – Podcasting Track Kick-off Panel – I’m honored to be part of the kick-off panel for the track; my primary goal is to remain calm while being at a table with Tom Merritt, Veronica Belmont, Bobby Blackwolf, Len Peralta, and Brian Ibbott. (Did I mention Veronica Belmont?)
• Saturday, Sept. 4th, 10:00 am – Podcast Authors Roundtable – with Scott Sigler, Gail Z. Martin, Michael A. Stackpole, Christiana Ellis, and Gabrielle Harbowy
• Saturday, Sept. 4th, 4:00 pm – 5th Annual Parsec Awards – I’ll be attending and presenting two awards. Gabrielle Harbowy’s Tales of the Children story “Swimming Lessons” is up for the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form), and The Dead Robots’ Society is up for Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation.
• Sunday, Sept. 5th, 2:30 pm – Dead Robots’ Society Live!
• Sunday, Sept. 5th, 7:00 pm – Geek Radio Weekly Live! – I’ll be in attendance, but have been known to crash the party…

As always, it is sure to be a blast. If you are attending, please stop me and say hi (and yes, I’ll have books for sale if you have been waiting to buy it at D*C!!).

Tonight, as we approach the book launch of Murder at Avedon Hill, we have a Tales of the Children story written and produced by Dan Absalonson. A few weeks ago Dan asked if he could produce the audio for his own podcast, and knowing I wouldn’t be getting to his story for several months, I said “Go for it!” For a first audio podcast episode, Dan did a wonderful job with the production. Big Axe, Little Hands is a fun story about one of the smaller races of Caern, and an incarnation of one of the Children of Az we haven’t seen in audio form thus far.

I hope you enjoy the story, and check back later today for the release of an interview I did with Jack Mangan over at his Deadpan Podcast.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• Short intro of Dan Abaslonson’s short story, Big Axe, Small Hands.

2:00 – Big Axe, Small Hands

Join Halvard the Halfling as he journeys to find the way of the warrior, running into trouble along the way, and meeting races he’s only heard tell of in the story told around the community fire in his small village.

Extras

]]> http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/441/feed 1 http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/410 http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/410#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:29:44 +0000 http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/?p=410 Tales of the Children – A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield

Before I go any further, it must be said/written. I’m not happy with this episode. The story is top notch; the reading is solid; good use of music and effects. The issue is with the audio quality of the reading. I made a rookie mistake (which I won’t detail here) that affected the final output file. Whew… I feel better. Let’s get back to the show.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• Lots of news… will update this with a bullet list later.

7:00 – First Blood – Alex Briggs

A nearly lifelong relationship between a particular human and an orc is played out before our eyes… or ears, rather.

25:00 – Promo

Jake Bible – Dead Mech

26:00 – Outro Chatter

Please visit The Boom Effect to learn more about the charity that has sprung up to support Tee Morris and his daughter. I will be donating stuff to the auction.

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• Call The Caern Line – 704-315-5884
• “Tales of the Children” t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com – email me and I’ll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever “Child” you like best!

Music in this episode:

• Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
  • The Impossible Butterfly – Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod – Achaidh Cheide
• Ruben van Rompaey – Grande Rue De Pera
• Marc Gunn – Stardust Serenade
• Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com and The Freesound Project

Tomorrow I’ll be doing the 7th Live Show on Stickam.

The crowd has grown for every show, so I hope to continue that tomorrow with a story by… me!

Come join the fun. We’ll be doing Round 2 of the Damn You Holyfield Drinking Game, so if nothing else, get drunk with me!

Work on the website has gone well so far (slow, but well), and I hope to have new feeds soon.

Last but not least, I have a seekrit project for 2010. Stay tuned…

NOTE: Postponing show to 12/23, due to family sickness… see you next week.

Yes, I was finally able to finish the audio version of “The Old God and The Sea,” by Patrick E. McLean. Contrary to initial plans for this podcast, I’m giving each episode the star treatment it deserves. Which of course means the episodes will be released when they get released.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• We are still having a lot of fun doing Live Video Readings of new TotC stories over at Stickam.com – Tonight we have a story by Philippa Ballantine.
• The audio versions of the episodes will be released after the video episodes, so if you want to get them first, come on over to the live show (every other Wednesday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern).

4:40 – The Old God and the Sea – Patrick E. McLean

Rygar is the hedge knight everyone fears. Jarl is the fisherman no one could ever fear. What happens when these two men finally meet? It’s all in a day’s work (or a lifetime in this case) for a Child of Az.

23:00 – Outro Chatter

Check out the cross promotion I’m doing with Tabitha Grace Smith. A story I’ve written, “Exit Strategy,” will be released Monday, November 16th on the Angel Between the Lines podcast. Next Wednesday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern I will be reading Tabitha’s Tales of the Children short story, “Love’s Sacrificial Song” on my next Stickam.com live show.

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• “Tales of the Children” t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com – email me and I’ll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever “Child” you like best!

Music in this episode:

• Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
  • The Impossible Butterfly – Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod – Achaidh Cheide
• Ruben van Rompaey – Grande Rue De Pera
• Marc Gunn – Stardust Serenade
• Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com and The Freesound Project

Excuse the low sound quality of this episode. We recorded in a room at the Atlanta Hilton during Dragon*Con and there was a lot of noise that didn’t clean up very well. But it is listenable, and the interview itself turned out great.

Be sure to join in the fun on Wednesday evening, 9:30 pm Eastern, for the next vidcast on Stickam.com

Enjoy!

Blurb – Me chatting about 7th Son: Descent

Promo – J.C. Hutchins – 7th Son: Descent.

Music: Grande Rue De Pera – Ruben van Rompaey, courtesy of Magnatune.com

Excuse the low sound quality of this episode. We recorded in a room at the Atlanta Hilton during Dragon*Con and there was a lot of noise that didn’t clean up very well. But it is listenable, and the interview itself turned out great.

Part 2 of the interview will be released on Monday.

Enjoy!

Promo – This new podcast called 7th Son: Descent. I hear it’s okay.

Music: Grande Rue De Pera – Ruben van Rompaey, courtesy of Magnatune.com

To make the video a little more fun, especially since Patrick’s story was a bit of a comedy, I’ve added some pop-up elements that hopefully add some humor to the video, and it also helps those watching the video understand what was going on in the Stickam chat room before the reading and during the Q&A.

This video is Pt. 2 (the Q&A). I tried to include something for everyone in this video. Give it a watch and see what I mean.

For those that want separate feeds for audio and video, that is coming soon, along with a site redesign.

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On October 7th Patrick McLean and I did a live reading of his Tales of the Children short story, “The Old God and the Sea.” After the reading we did a Q&A with Chooch (Chooch was on skype).

To make the video a little more fun, especially since Patrick’s story was a bit of a comedy, I’ve added some pop-up elements that hopefully add some humor to the video, and it also helps those watching the video understand what was going on in the Stickam chat room before the reading and during the Q&A.

This video is Pt. 1 (the intro and the reading). Pt. 2 will be released in the feed tomorrow.

For those that want separate feeds for audio and video, that is coming soon, along with a site redesign.

Here we are once again. While I did meet my 9/09/09 start date for Tales of the Children (a live reading of this same story on Stickam), it did take me until now to finish the audio production of that same episode. At least you know what you get with me. Late, but hopefully worth it.

0:00 – Intro Chatter

• Our first story is “Swimming Lessons” by Gabrielle Harbowy
• Every other Wednesday we’ll be doing a Live Video Reading of a new Tales story over at Stickam.com
• Welcome to the first episode of Tales of the Children!

5:30 – Swimming Lessons – Gabrielle Harbowy

Joren, a craftsman jailed for the suspected use of non-clerical magic, learns what The River of Magic is all about.

24:50 – Outro Chatter

A few updates, and then an addendum because I finished editing two weeks after recording the original outro.

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• “Tales of the Children” t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com – email me and I’ll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever “Child” you like best!

Music in this episode:

• Shira Kammen – Magnatune.com
  • The Impossible Butterfly – Wild Wood
• Kevin McLeod – Achaidh Cheide
• Ruben van Rompaey – Grande Rue De Pera
• Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com and The Freesound Project

Special thanks to Scott Roche for his audio editing help with this episode!

The first video has some news, a quick Dragon*Con report, and a song from Kim Fortuner and Patrick McLean, recorded at D*C, with Tim Dodge on guitar.

This second video is the reading of “Swimming Lessons,” by Gabrielle Harbowy, followed by a Q&A led by Chooch.

If you attended, continue being part of the live show by calling the Caern Line. (704) 315-5884. I’ll be playing questions and comments on the next live show.

Here is the first of my four interviews, this one with Christof Laputka, creator and writer of The Leviathan Chronicles.

Christof is a world traveler, a former finance expert, a Highlander fan, a production whore… and his commitment to his audio drama, in terms of both time and money, is awe-inspiring.

One of the many things I’m looking foward to at Dragon*Con this year is meeting Christof and drinking a beer (or three).

Enjoy!

Music: Grande Rue De Pera – Ruben van Rompaey, courtesy of Magnatune.com

Promo: The Leviathan Chronicles

Promo: Tales of the Children

It’s a live interview, with a chat area for people to ask questions, and a call in number if you want to be on the show.

Come on out and hear me chat about Tales of the Children, about the Parsec Award nomination, about the upcoming book release, etc.

Rhonda Carpenter does a great job interviewing her guests. It should be a lot of fun!

But more importantly, we talk about the next fiction podcast project I’ll be working on, called Tales of the Children.

It’s going to be a lot of fun… with a lot of great friends coming along for the ride!

• Call the Caern Line! – 704-315-5884
• If you haven’t reviewed MaAH on iTunes, please do!
• Balticon Rocks!
• I’m still on the Dead Robots’ Society podcast (not every week, but often!)
• Flinchy is coming… really it is!
• I’ll be podcasting some interviews/discussions with my editor Gabrielle Harbowy
• the promo for Tales of the Children
• closing thoughts
• Bloopers from the past