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December 17, 2009
ISBW #137 – Stop Thinking/Gail Carriger Interview
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Show Notes forthcoming!
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November 30, 2009
ISBW Video #10 – Vanity Presses and NaNoWriMo
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NaNoWriMo is over! Did you win? I sure as heck didn't. I grant you 3 days off. By Thursday I want you writing again. I explain why I'm a NaNo failure (again) and what I think of the Harlequin Horizons thing. Check my most recent blogpost for links.
Promo: Grant's Advent Calendar
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November 17, 2009
ISBW #136 For Parents/Triple Threat Interviews
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November 3, 2009
ISBW #135 – NaNoWriMo Extravaganzaaaaa – Baty, Lowell, Wilson interviews
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00:00:07 ISBW #134
00:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message
We're not doing our usual show, because we're talking about NaNoWriMo!
Interview with author Nathan Lowell of the Solar Clipper series
Interview with David Niall Wilson author of Vintage Soul
Interview with Chris Baty of NaNoWriMo
(details show notes forthcoming)
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October 29, 2009
ISBW #134 – Importance of Language / Devo Spice Interview
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00:00:07 ISBW #13400:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message 00:01:26 State of the Mur update: giving a talk at BlogWorld re: podiobooks, and working on edits for "Project Underground"00:05:26 Promo: J.C. Hutchins & the print debut of 7th Son Descent – serialized novel (at BoingBoing), audiobook (at podiobooks.com), and other content (at JCHutchins.net) also available online.00:07:04 Main topic: "That's just words"? The...October 27, 2009
Free Fiction: 7th Son: Descent
Frequent guest of this podcast, JC Hutchins, is finally releasing his hit podiobook, 7th Son: Descent, in print! It's out in stores and online retailers today, and I highly recommend you pick it up. If you've heard him on this podcast, you'll know that JC is not one to expect you to buy into his stuff blindly, so he's allowing me to release the first ten chapters of his book here on PDF! So get the download, check out the free fiction, and then get it from your favorite local bookstore or a
October 8, 2009
News From Poughkeepsie – Day 124
Vampires work like this…
They aren't human. They were never human.
They'll deceive you in the dark, mimicking human speech. Guttural moans combine with pheromones to sound like seduction, but it's not real words. No more than those leathery wings are opera capes. It's a beast that walks like its prey, a wolf dressed as a sheep.
Vampires cannot be bargained with, for your life is all they want. They cannot be reasoned with, because they live for the hunt. They do not feel pity, or remorse, for...
October 7, 2009
The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 123
Vampires work like this…
"It's nothing to be afraid of. It's simple lifestyle choice, a dietary system, and one that has considerable benefits."
That how Dr. Max Shreck starts his book "The Health Secrets Of A Hematopathic Doctor" (1967). In it, he described how his health had not much improved by becoming a vegetarian and how this led him to try a completely liquid food regime, consisting entirely of blood. He said:
"The results were electrifying, within a few days I felt much stronger...
ISBW #133 – You're allowed to suck / Anders and Defendini Interview – LIVE
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00:00:07 ISBW #13300:00:38 GoTo Meeting Message http://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast00:... State of the Mur update: final season of Heaven (War) is finished! Upcoming projects:"Project Underground"NaNoWriMo – other WriMos are welcome to visit the MightyMur profile page (Mur is happy and flattered that so many people want to be her NaNo "writing buddies"… but it may take time for her to "friend" you back. Please be...October 6, 2009
Holly Lisle switches gears, and, incidentally, so do I
First, after this coming Friday, Holly Lisle is not accepting any more new students to her highly praised "How To Think Sideways" course. So if you ever wanted to take it, now is the time. She will be ramping up a new course for new users: "How To Revise Your Novel." HTTS students get a discount, so right now is the perfect time to enroll for both. Hurry, time is running out!
(Note- she's only closing the doors to new students. From her newsletter: I'm NOT shutting down or eliminating the...
