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J.P. O’Donnell 2 Book Giveaway on BTR

hroulo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:35 +0000

J. P. O’Donnell, the author of Fatal Gamble, joins Rhonda R. Carpenter on Blog Talk Radio LIVE on Thursday, March 11 at 6:00 pm Pacific time. Set a reminder.

While on the show J.P. will award two books to our live audience. Get your questions ready and call in live or post in the live chat room during the interview.

Dr. Joseph P. O’Donnell is a board-certified pediatric dentist who has been involved in clinical practice and dental education for more than thirty-five years. Dr. O’Donnell is an Associate Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Dr. O’Donnell has authored a number of scientific articles pertaining to pediatric dentistry and special needs patients. However, for the past several years, he has pursued his long-time interest in creative writing. Under the pen name of JP O’Donnell, he has written two mystery novels, Fatal Gamble and the sequel, Deadly Codes: A Gallagher Novel. Both books have been awarded the distinction of Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice by his publisher, iUniverse.

For more information about the books of JP O’Donnell, please visit his website: www.jpodonnell.com

PRP-V Short Story by John Mierau

hroulo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:18:37 +0000

Time for another Podioracket Presents-Visionaries short story. Time for horror! ‘Drowning in Dark’ is a selection from John Mierau’s podcast anthology of genre-blending short fiction, Serving Worlds.

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

Also:

Rhonda R Carpenter just celebrated a birthday! Drop her good wishes here or on twitter.

Scotland Burns in Rhonda’s SL Audiodrama

hroulo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:50:27 +0000

Rhonda R Carpenter’s short story for HorrorAddicts.net will be aired for the first time at the live taping in Second Life on Sunday, March 7, at 9:30am Pacific Time at Emerian Rich’s Quills on Book Island.

The story, Scotland Burns, will be available in the online feed at HorrorAddicts.net later in the week.

HorrorAddicts.net is running a season of classic horror story inspired episodes. This week’s theme is ‘Sea Monster’.

EP 25-Mercedes Lackey, Veronica Giguere and PJ VanderKooij, Jeff Offringa

Hooked — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:11:24 +0000

It is all about collaboration! Episode 25 brings you teams of people participating in the audio release of their novels. First, Brain Rathbone talks with Mercedes Lackey and Veronica Giguere about The Secret World Chronicle. Heather brings us the news, then Rhonda chats with Jeff Offringa and PJ Vanderkooij about A Dance with Demons.

or download Episode 25.

Interviews

Mercedes Lackey & Veronica Giguere

The Secret World Chronicle, Book One: Invasion

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Two: The Hunt

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Three: World Well Lost

by Mercedes Lackey and Steve Libbey Performed by Veronica Giguere

Email: info@secretworldchronicle.com.

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

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

Jeff Offringa & PJ Vanderkooij

A Dance With Demons by Jeff Offringa

Performed and produced by PJ Vanderkooij.

Website: http://www.aromathus.com/

Blog: http://aromathus.wordpress.com/

News

Seth Harwood is being published again. Young Junius has been picked up by Tyrus books. Join the prelaunch party on Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket May 5th at 6pm PST.

J.P Moore’s zombie novel Toothless has been picked by Dragon Moon Press. Congratulations J.P!

Diana Orgain’s, the author of Bundle of Trouble, releases her second book in print on Amazon on March 2nd remember to get your copy of Motherhood is Murder.

Podioracket Presents- Visionaries

Ron Vitale and E.G. Talbot are the latest authors to contribute to Podioracket Presents-Visionaries. They join J.C. Hutchins, Brian Holtz, Patrick McLean, Paul E. Cooley, and Seth Harwood as contibutors to this anthology of Podiobooks.com authors.

In the sci-fi story Toynbee’s Gate, the first of the Jovian Gate Chronicles, Ron Vitale asks ‘What happens when humans cross paths with intelligent aliens that claim to be prophets from God?’ Get more sci-fi from Ron Vitale in The Jovian Gate Chronicles.

E.G. Talbot’s short story, “In the Details” is an irreverent and humorous look at how heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

New Release

Closet Treats by Paul Elard Cooley Horror/Dark Fantasy

Deadly Codes by JP O’Donnell Mystery

Completed works

Wrath of the White Tigress by David Alastair Hayden Fantasy

Quilt, Book and Bard by Bryna Chalmer Fantasy

Released Complete

Heart Of Diamonds by Dave Donelson Thriller

Diana Orgain’s Second Maternal Instincts Mystery Available in Print!

hroulo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:46 +0000

Diana Orgain recently released Bundle of Trouble: A Maternal Instincts Mystery, on Podiobooks.com. Heather interviewed Diana for Podioracket.com. Watch for her interview to air in our March 17th episode.

Diana’s second book, Motherhood is Murder, is available as of March 2 in print on Amazon.com!

Listen to the promo:

Diana will be making appearances as well, so check her schedule.

Nights out are hard to come by for new mommy Kate Connelly. So when Kate and her husband are invited to a dinner cruise hosted by her new mommy club, Roo & You, they jump at it. But when the president of the club takes a deadly spill, everyone becomes suspect-and Kate’s on deck to solve the mystery.

So check out Bundle of Trouble and Motherhood is Murder. Both are now available in print and kindle versions.

Podioracket Presents- E.G. Talbot

hroulo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:20:35 +0000

The latest Podioracket Presents-Visionaries short story!

E.G. Talbot’s short story, “In the Details” is an irreverent and humorous look at how heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

E.G. Talbot’s novel New World Orders is available on Podiobooks.com and additional short stories may be found in Intercast Season One.

The Boom Effect Auction 2/27/2010

Hooked — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:49:56 +0000

Welcome Philippa Ballantine today’s guest blogger, who is sharing important information about The Boom Effect auction this Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10am EST on ustream.

Pip Ballantine on The Boom Effect Auction

Many podiobook listeners and producers will know by now that this year began very badly for Tee Morris, one of the founding father’s of Podiobooks.com. He is now facing raising his daughter, affectionately known as SonicBoom, by himself after the death of her mother.

Many donated to the ChipIn fund which helped with the immediate expenses surrounding Natalie’s death, and even left a portion over to begin a trust fund. However, as those of you with kids know, raising them is not cheap – let alone sending them to college!

So I thought ‘hey maybe I’ll auction off a few things I have here’ (Mainly the Weather Child original manuscript) – and it kinda snowballed from there. The Boom Effect auction is now hitting 70 auction lots, and I know there are more to come.

People have done some amazing craft projects, donated rare and beautiful things, and been very creative with what services they are offering.

I’m just going to highlight a few of the auction lots that writers and podcasters and listeners might be interested in

Listeners

The ultimate Mark of the Druid package
Murder at Avedon Hill package
The Fox package
Signed Copy of the now out-of-print Scott Sigler novel Earthcore

Writers

Our agent Laurie MacLean is offering two wonderful options- a three chapters package and a full reading of your manuscript and critique. This is your chance to take full advantage of Laurie’s skills and experience.
Our editor from DragonMoon Press, Gabrielle Harbowy, is offering a professional edit of a short story up to 7,000 words. An opportunity to polish up that story for submitting.
Alex White is offering to make a logo for your website. He made me the one for pjballantine.com- and I’m blown away by his skills.

Podcasters

Kimi Alexandre is offering to produce your very own promo. Nothing will help your marketing efforts more than a sparkling promo!
James Durham will make your own theme song. Not all of us have musical skills, but having your own theme made for you would be just amazing.

And those are just a tiny sample of the amazing things people are donating to help Sonic Boom into the future. Check out the lots here.

The auction will be hosted by Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit at 10am EST 27th February 2010 live on ustream.

If you’re a podcaster- the promo for the event is here.

You can also find us on Facebook as an event, follow us on twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed as more auctions are still being added.

This is a great way for us to come together as a community. We’re going to give a little girl options, and one day she’s going to look back and be amazed at what the podcasting/social media community did and how much fun we had doing it.
Here is the promo for the auction:

BTR-PR and White Wolf Press LIVE Giveaways

Hooked — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:50:19 +0000

Podioracket Blog Talk Radio Gets Even Better?

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.