Listen here
or download the episode.

CONTESTS

During Heather and Rhonda’s recap of the season, discussion of their Parsec nominations, and speculation on next season, they also cover Rhonda’s big move and the accompanying contest called–

Where’s Rhonda?

Several ways to get into the contest that starts with the promo release the first week of June. Then on June 24th we hit the road! This contest ends June 26th as we reach our destination.

1. Tweet @rhondacarpenter and let me know you are spreading the word about the contest.
2. Catch me on the road by following me either as I tweet and facbook about where I am as we drive across country.
3. We know for sure we will be spending the night in Kingman AZ!
4. Snap a pic of the convoy and tweet @rhondacarpenter or Facebook on my wall rhondacarpenter
5. Stop by the shop on Second Life and drop me a note http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/231/96/36
6. Blog about the trip and tell me you did.
7. Play the audio promo that will be released the first week of June. And shoot me a link to the podcast at info@themarkofadruid.com.
8. Bonus prize if you figure out a way to spread the word I haven’t thought mentioned.

See you on the web and on the road. More to come!

See Rhonda’s web site for all the details and updates.

LIVE BlogTalkRadio Wed & Thursday

 Podioracket Presents-Visionaries

We’ve invited the authors from the second half of the Podioracket Presents-Visionaries anthology to chat with you, live, on the Blog Talk Radio show. Join us on Wednesday, June 9 at 6pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern! Speak with fantastic novelists such as Mike Luoma, Philippa Ballantine, Basil Sands, Teel McClanahan III, Brian Rathbone, J. Daniel Sawyer, H.E. Roulo, and Phil Rossi. Brian Holtz will be co-hosting with Rhonda Carpenter. Set a reminder now!

Alex White

The very next day, Thursday June 10, will be the final Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket. Alex White is an avid reader, writer and musical composer living in Huntsville, AL. In addition to podcasting The Gearheart, he creates motion graphics and Flash training for high end defense clients. His wife, Renée White, is the acclaimed Domestic Scientist, a geek craft blogger, and she assists with voices as well. He has a toddler and a dog. Big thanks to Alex for helping to close season three. Set a reminder. We will be back in late August!

LIVE BTR Show with the Authors

The short story Podioracket Presents-Visionaries is complete! We’ve invited the final 8 authors to join the LIVE Blog Talk Radio Podioracket show. Speak with some fantastic novelists such as Mike Luoma, Philippa Ballantine, Basil Sands, Teel McClanahan III, Brian Rathbone, J. Daniel Sawyer, H.E. Roulo, and Phil Rossi. Brian Holtz will be co-hosting with Rhonda Carpenter and, to add even more excitement, there will be book give-aways. Don’t miss out on June 9th at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com/podioracket!

Prize for Comments & Ratings

Now that the anthology is complete, we want to hear from listeners which stories they particularly enjoyed. So, listen to the anthology then leave a comment and rating. Once you’ve left a rating, send an email to heather@podioracket.com and you’ll be entered into the drawing. Win a copy of Handbook for the Criminally Insane. The drawing will be held during our LIVE interview show on Thursday, June 9th at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern on www.blogtalkradio.com/podioracket!

FINAL BTR SCHEDULE

The final calendar for all of this season’s Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket shows contains some exciting upcoming interviews. Find all of them at www.blogtalkradio.com/podioracket

Thursday, May 20th: Paul E. Cooley is a writer of horror, supernatural, and, well, other types of fiction. Most of his stories are rather difficult to classify. Shadowpublications.com his website presents stories every month (when possible) with rants and ramblings at least once a week. Fiction has been his hobby since he was a teenager and led him to get a degree in English from Colorado State University. His newest releases include Tattoo and Closet Treats.

Wednesday, June 2: For those who wish their kids came with an instruction manual… Here’s a book for you. Authors Traci Davis & Vicki Holleman-Perez have written The Momma Guide, providing everyday practical advice for mommas everywhere. The Momma Guide addresses topics are far-ranging as birth, health problems, depression, divorce, death, and everything in between. As inspirational as it is informational, the hefty volume (461 pages) is a handy guide.

Thursday, June 3: We can’t wait to chat with R.E. (Renee) Chambliss. She is the author of the novel and podiobook Dreaming of Deliverance and is the narrator for Kenn Crawford’s podiobook Dead Hunt. She has also hosted some episodes of the writing podcast Unpublished Not Dead that is usually hosted/produced by her friend Kael (aka Eric). Help us welcome R.E. to the show!

Wednesday, June 9: The short story Podioracket Presents-Visionaries is complete! We’ve invited the final 8 authors to join the show. Speak with some fantastic novelists such as Mike Luoma, Philippa Ballantine, Basil Sands, Teel McClanahan III, Brian Rathbone, J. Daniel Sawyer, H.E. Roulo, and Phil Rossi. Brian Holtz will be co-hosting with Rhonda Carpenter and, to add even more excitement, there will be book give-aways.

Thursday, June 10: Welcome Alex White for the final Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket show of the season! Author and artist, Alex White’s The Gearheart recently completed.

Snag this promo

And here is your sample of the print version. Just click the link and get the PDF. Tasty!

Below you have the MaAH flyer that gives you all the details of this massive print launch and celebratory party live on line.

Podioracket Presents-Visionaries is releasing its final episode this week.

Last week it was our own H.E. Roulo’s short sci-fi/horror piece, Undergrowth. Torsten is a xenobotanist whose specialization in dangerous plants has already meant hideous death for someone he loved. The exotic lumentera vine is an invaluable commodity. But when the lumentera blooms, the bait is set in a mind game whose outcome is as uncertain as Torsten’s sanity.

H.E. Roulo is also the author of the sci-fi novel Fractured Horizon.

Next up is a brand new piece, written exclusively for us by the master Phil Rossi called Frederic’s Little Secret. Watch for it to release at the end of this week!

Blog Talk Radio- Podioracket

Rhonda is bringing you the showman, the loud and outrageous,  the guy who does his podcasting from a hottub– Seth Harwood! In a huge pre-release show for his upcoming novel, Seth Harwood joins us for Cinco de Harwood.

Seth Harwood and Tyrus Books Release Young Junius in a limited print run. Join us, LIVE, to kick off the pre-order. We will be rocking the house in this show, books will be given to callers and chat participants and Seth promises a ton of laughs. Set a reminder now.

When making your order on May 5th use the Podioracket code RACKET at http://sethharwood.com/youngjunius. Celebrate Cinco de Harwood with Podioracket.

Dragon Moon Press associate publisher Gabrielle Harbowy answered our questions and announced a special offer for Podioracket.com listeners. She has opened manuscript submissions for the next two weeks to our listeners. Make sure you check out the show, get your manuscript prettied up, and send it to her with our compliments! Here’s the opportunity you’ve been looking for, and you’ll kick yourself if you miss it.

Gabrielle also does freelance editing. I loved her response to whether having her edit your book would improve chances that the book would be picked up by Dragon Moon Press, or elsewhere. It was thoughtful and funny.

During the interview she gave us a chance to ask questions about editing, writing, queries, submitting, and the fine art of rejection and acceptance.

Keep in mind that Dragon Moon Press picked up several Podiobooks.com authors, including P.G. Holyfield and J.P. Moore. And Gabrielle edited Philippa Ballantine’s book, lately picked up by Ace. But you don’t have to be a Podiobooks.com author to be considered.

Check out the interview and Gabrielle’s blog with all the details.

Let us know what you thought. Maybe tell us that you submitted your book? And definitely enjoy yet another excellent Blog Talk Radio interview!

We want our listeners to put their best foot forward so we can get other great interviews and opportunities for you. Don’t let us, or yourself, down.

PRP-Visionaries

Teel McClanahan’s story, Last Christmas, follows Santa Claus as he prepares for and makes deliveries on a dark, post-apocalyptic Christmas Eve. At first Santa doesn’t know precisely what has been going on all year, but slowly the pieces begin to come together to form a picture of what remains of the world. Listen to the end to find out whether a little Christmas magic will be enough to bring holiday cheer to a world on its last legs.

If you haven’t heard it already, check out the short story anthology Podioracket Presents-Visionaries on Podiobooks.com.

The Secret World Chronicle team on Blog Talk Radio LIVE

The Secret World Chronicle authors Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee and the voice talent of Veronica Giguere join Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket on April 8, at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern. Set a reminder.

Currently The Secret World Chronicle has 3 books on Podiobooks.com. Let’s find out how they collaborate to produce:

The Secret World Chronicle, Book One: Invasion

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Two: The Hunt

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Three: World Well Lost

Email: info@secretworldchronicle.com.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2361960740

Website: http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/

Podioracket Presents-Visionaries First 8

The first half of Podioracket Presents-Visionaries has aired. Eight stories from eight experienced Podiobooks.com authors, J.C. Hutchins, Brian Holts, Patrick McLean, Paul Cooley, Seth Harwood, Ron Vitale, E.G. Talbot, and John Mierau. To celebrate, we’re inviting them all to a huge Podioracket Blog Talk Radio LIVE interview on Thursday, March 25th at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern. Set a reminder now!

Story #9 from Mike Luoma

Time for another Podioracket Presents-Visionaries short story! The adventures of the title character of his novel Alibi Jones continue in this short story sequel. In Mike Luoma’s sci-fi story, “Alibi Jones: Vacation”, Alibi and Katie head to the planet Paradise for a vacation getaway. Unfortunately, Paradise doesn’t exactly live up to its name. The coup attempting to overthrow the planetary government isn’t helping, either.

It’s been a good week for Mike. As he explains:

“The guys at Earthbound Comics are debuting the new issue of their “Lady Fight” anthology series at this weekend’s “MegaCon” in Orlando, Florida. Lady Fight: Aggression features my 6 page comic book story Souverain: Under God. Souverain’s creator Ben Ferrari is on the art duties along with Matt Grant. If you’re like me and can’t make it to Orlando, you can pick up the issue online at Indy Planet: http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3352

“Souverain: Under God” sees our heroine continuing her mission of vigilante justice in Afghanistan. This is the second Souverain story I’ve written with Ben. The first appeared last fall in Lady Fight: Escalation. We’ve got a third yet to come. There’s more about the books at the Earthbound site: http://www.earthboundcomics.com. Be sure to check out the cover, featuring some beautiful art by Rob Nix!” 

And this week his story also came out in the Podioracket Presents-Visionaries anthology on Podiobooks.com. Check it out!

We love to change things up, and on our LIVE Blog Talk Radio Podioracket extension we’ll be giving away more books than ever! As we interview Brian Rathbone, you’ll have a chance to win digital books from White Wolf Press Authors!

Brain Rathbone, author of The Dawning of Power Trilogy and the force behind White Wolf Press LLC, joins BTR-PR in this, our third season. We are excited about Brain being a part of the Podioracket team, and we invite you to meet this awesome writer and publishing entrepreneur. Find out how White Wolf Press can help your work make it to Mobipocket and other e-distributors. Learn more about Rathbone at his book site  and set  your reminder now  to come to the interview. You could win big because several of the White Wolf’s authors are offering free digital giveaways!

Join Brian and Rhonda this Thursday, February 25th at 6pm Pacific Time/9pm Eastern Time to learn more about the newest Podioracket.com team member and participate in the LIVE giveaway.

Thursday, February 11th at 6pm Pacific time on Blog Talk Radio join Rhonda R Carpenter and Jeffrey Kafer LIVE.

Jeffrey is probably best known for being the Winner of Best New Voice – 2008 Voicey Awards. His talents are raved about. Check out his website http://JeffreyKafer.com. Some of his most recent clients include: Honda, BrightHouse Networks, AOL, Capital One, and more. His website provides an ever growing list.

Want advice about recording, production, and ways to build a better audio voice? Then you will want to speak with Jeff yourself.

Follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JeffreyKafer. And check his new endeavor http://voice-overload.com – the only web comic about voice over, by a voice artist.

Join us in welcoming Mr. Kafer to the show. Set a reminder for Thursday, February 11th at 6pm Pacific time on Blog Talk Radio!

J.C's interview was a "Today's Picks"

We were very excited when an episode of Podioracket.com’s BlogTalkRadio extension reached #10 in books. Our fabulous interview with J.C. Hutchins was a highlight that we worked diligently to beat.

Our recent Triple Threat interview on PR-BTR did the job, reaching an astounding #1 in the books category with more than 1,400 downloads in one week.

While we were still celebrating, BlogTalkRadio contacted us to announce that PR-BTR is now one of their featured shows. It appears third on their homepage. They will help promote the show and push listeners to it. They also enabled additional features such as video– though just because you have a new toy doesn’t mean you have to use it! 

Consistently good guests, a regular schedule, an amazing group of dedicated participants, and of course the charming nature of our regular host Rhonda R Carpenter, with just the occassional smattering of H.E. Roulo has helped us reach this level. We’ll continue to have all of these things but we want more!

Help us reach our goals, and tell us who you want to the opportunity to talk to live. We already have plans to talk to voice talent, artistic directors, and editors in addition to a flood of new and returning Podiobooks.com authors. Anyone in particular you’re dying for (Nathan, we’re going to keep asking!)

If you make it onto the show we’ll do our part to promote the episode but there are steps that authors and fans can do to make it even better. Here are the factors that we’ve seen drive the most fun, excitement, and the highest numbers:

1) Blog about it- Blogging let’s an author’s fans know that the show is coming. Remind them to get their questions ready!

2) Facebook/MySpace- Sharing information on these sites spreads the word and is very timely.

3) Tell friends- Every person counts, especially if they know the author well enough to ask the great questions and cheer the author on.

4) Offer a treat- Authors should consider giving away copies of the book, copies of the ebook, or running a promotion sp people have more incentive to get up from the second helping of dessert just for the chance to speak to them.

5) Twitter- Twitter gives great word-of-mouth and can spread through all the right people who might be interested.

6) Give a count down- You may feel you’ve been shouting, but people are so forgetful they miss birthdays and anniversaries. An hour before the interview give the people, many who are genuinely interested, the reminder they need to show up. Get those last-minute spontaneous clicks, and reward them with a smashing, awesome, fun time!

If you want to be on the show, or want to see someone invited on, we’re going to be filling out our post-hiatus calendar and now is the time to strike. Write us at contact@podioracket.com.