Let’s kick off the show with a bit of Scott Sigler trivia: Our first guest shares his name with the main ship in one of Scott’s short story series. Is it BloodCast or The Crypt?

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INTERVIEWS

James Keeling’s Compensating Controls

Bio: James Keeling is a working author located in sometimes frozen tundra of Minnesota. The father of four daughters, he never ceases to be amazed by the magic of life around him. His role of both bedtime and fireside storyteller has led him inexorably into authorhood. His work has been published in the Flying Island Press’ Pirates Cove.

Synopsis:  Nicholas Edgwood rides a wave of good karma–a job he excels at, a new girlfriend, and a bright future. When he gets framed for a cyber-crime he did not commit, he must run for his life while his entire world crumbles around him.
Betrayal and murder replace peace and hope as he finds himself in unfamiliar territory. He may not be the biggest and baddest guy out there, but he has skills, the kind garnered from a career steeped in computers and code. Now he must leverage these skills to their fullest to stay above ground and breathing. It will take all of his talent, and courage he may not have, just to survive.

Get it on Amazon today! for only $3.99

For more information
Website: http://www.jameskeeling.com
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/search/synapticjam
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/SynapticJam
Google+:  Find him here.

Michael J. Parry’s Elanore and Gurt Tales:
Synopsis: Book one The Spiral Tattoo introduces the reader to Elanore, the eight-foot tall troll, and Gurt, the six-inch tall (don’t you dare call me a fairy) Eleinu, both guardsmen in the city of Delvenport, tackle their most baffling case yet. When they find a dead waitress, naked except for an intricate tattoo in a spiral across her body, they’re launched into an adventure in the seedier side of Delvenport, filled with rogue mages, prostitution, and narcotics. But can they solve the case before madness and riots take over the city?
and Book 2 The Oaks Grove is a fantasy country mystery.

You can get book one in Ebook right now on Amazon for only $.99.

Bio:Fantasy mystery author writes fantasy and science fiction, mixed in with the occasional piece of contemporary fiction. He live on a small block of land in the Tararua district of New Zealand, where he and his partner grow trees and our children. To earn a crust he works in a University library as the Digital Initiatives Librarian. Michael loves social media, and uses it as a tool for the library he works in.
For more information
Website: http://michaeljparry.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/Michael_J_Parry
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-J-Parry/177255755657054

NEWS

3 Podiobooks.com authors topped the charts on Amazon this last week and are still charting now.

Emerian Rich’s Night’s Knights [Kindle Edition]

Get it from Amazon for free today.

Hit #1 in both of these categories and is still at #1 Hit  #1 in Kindle, Store, Kindle eBooks, Fiction, Genre Fiction, Science Fiction

and #2 in KindleStore, Kindle eBooks, Fiction, GenreFiction, Horror, Ghosts


Seth Harwood’s Jack Palms in Triad Death Match (Jack Palms Crime) [Kindle Edition]

Get if from Amazon for free today!

Hit  #1 and is currently #3 in Kindle Store, Kindle eBooks,  Fiction, Genre Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Mystery, Hard-Boiled

We also have a special interview with Seth Harwood hitting the feed soon.


And our own Rhonda R Carpenter’s The Mark of a Druid [Kindle Edition]

Get it from Amazon for Free today!

Hit #1 in Kindle store, Kindle eBooks, Fiction, Historic, Fantasy and is currently #2 in Kindle Store, Kindle eBooks, Fiction, Fantasy,  Historical

If you hurry you can still get all 3 of these authors’ works for free at Amazon in the kindle store. That’s right for free!


PRP-Glimpses is Complete on Podiobooks.com
And the eBook is ready for your enjoyment.

 Get it at Amazon Today!

Podioracket Presents-Glimpses, the anthology from established Podiobooks.com authors that takes place in the worlds of their full-length novels, is now complete on Podiobooks.com. If you’ve already listened to these 12 stories from diverse genre, please leave a rating for others on Podiobooks.com or iTunes.

We’re proud of the stories you’ll find in PRP-Glimpses:

• Conclave – Mick Bordet
• Foretelling – Arlene Radasky
• The Interview – M. Darusha Wehm
• Appeasement – Gloria Oliver
• Good Luck – Casey S Townsend
• Fleeting Time – Keith Hughes
• Blind Curve – Dave Donelson
• Holy Rites – Emerian Rich
• The Siege – Katharina Maimer
• Wayward Spirits- A Prelude to The Dawning of Power – Brian Rathbone
• Future In Hand: A Rivenspace Story – H.E Roulo

Fireside Chat

If you haven’t listened to the Fireside Chats yet don’t miss out on some great Indie author information. Podioracket.com continues to release useful information for author and reader alike in our blog posts, including our 7-part audio series on good book creation, promotion, and the self-publishing industry. Make sure you begin with Part-1 and continue through this quick and informative series from fantasy author and indie publisher “White Wolf Press” Brian Rathbone’s.

We hope you all had a safe Thanksgiving! And you guys tell us, do you miss the New Release list and Now Complete list we used to put in the blog posts? We would like to hear from you.

In the world of Borrowed Time, a time travel, action adventure novel
Borrowed time is available as an ebook for:
Kindle: http://amzn.to/BTKindle
Nook: http://bit.ly/BTNook
Any other ereader: http://bit.ly/SmashW

Visit: http://www.penslinger.com

About the short story: When the inventor of the world’s first time machine uses his invention to visit his familiar past and an unknown future, he discovers that yesterday offers meager comfort and tomorrow holds little hope.

Previous stories:

Casey Townsend’s short story “Good Luck” (science fiction) is from the universe of ETERNITY and is episode #5.

“Appeasement” relates to Gloria’s Podiobooks.com novel In the Service of Samurai and is episode #4.


Darusha Wehm’s “The Interview” is set in the same world as Podiobooks.com novels Self Made and Act of Will. This is episode #3.

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Interviews

GothHaus by Emerian Rich and M. J. Hahn Audiodrama

Website: http://www.horrroraddicts.net

Website: http://gothhaus.wordpress.com/

Emerian Rich is the author of Night’s Knights and host of the Horror Addicts podcast. M. J. Hahn produced the Parsec award nominated supernatural-fiction audiodrama The Bellefaire Podcast, as well as the current sequel, The Isis Heart Podcast.

Mark Coggins

The Immortal Game by Mark Coggins Thriller

Website – http://www.markcoggins.com

Blog – http://riordansdesk.markcoggins.com

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/mark.coggins

Mark Coggins’ work has been nominated for the Shamus and the Barry crime fiction awards and selected for best of the year lists compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press and Amazon.com, among others. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Linda. And is now releasing his 3rd Podiobook.com project Candy from Strangers.

NEWS

Death Match

Death Match is under way. Keith Hughes, a Podioracket Presents- Glimpses author, and Scott Roche have turned the concept of going head to head sideways. No, it is not about how many of their own books they can sell by June 20th, 2011 — its about how many they can sell of each other’s books.

Get it at Amazon or get it on Smashwords. A horror anthology that will keep you up nights.

Giveaway

J.J. Hebert is doing it again! He is giving away: $25 Amazon.com gift card + $25 B&N gift card. Simply LIKE the June 6, 2011 post on the Mindstir Media fan page (http://www.facebook.com/mindstirmedia) and once the page reaches 800 “likes”, one “liker” will win a $25 Amazon.com gift card AND a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card. Spread the word by posting this link to your wall: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167445713318421&ref=share

Sigler’s Infected

Scott Sigler’s novel INFECTED just went on sale for 99 cents for Kindle and the free Kindle eReaders (eReaders available for iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Mac and PC). The 99-cent price is apparently a limited-time thing, so get it while the gettin’ is good: Get it here

Kindle Collection

Christmas Trees and Monkeys by Daniel G. Keohane is a collection of Necon Contemporary Horror and is now available on Kindle for only $2.99. The collection  includes four original stories and a brief introduction to each tale. Plus, 100 percent of all author royalties earned from the sale of this collection are being donated to the New England Multiple Sclerosis Society, in honor of his sister Anne.

NEW AND COMPLETED RELEASES

New Releases

Eternity by Casey S Townsend Science Fiction
Garaaga’s Children – Volume 1 by Paul Elard Cooley Horror/Dark Fantasy
Candy from Strangers by Mark Coggins Thriller

Now Complete

The Faltese Malcom by Peter E. Abresch Mystery
Enemy Lines by John Mierau Science Fiction
Hijacked: The Creation Story by Mike Hartman Fiction

Released Complete

 


Roses of Winter by Murdo Morrison Historical Fiction
Spirit Blade, The Novel by Paeter Frandsen Science Fiction

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INTERVIEWS

Keith Hughes

Blurb: What if by simply writing a word you could build a wall, light a fire, or cloud someone’s mind? In an environment like this Alan Porter struggles to use his talents to overthrow a totalitarian government that controls the masses by controlling Words. Access to Writing materials is restricted, and creating Verse without a license is severely punished. Raised in this environment of systematic censorship, Alan heeds the irresistible call of Words to create a better world.

Now Alan gathers people who will fight with him to bring about a society based on freedom. In a war where the weapons are stylus, paper, and Words, he is the only one who can lead the battle and show the way to victory, a fight that Alan Porter wages even long after his death, because he is The Guerrilla Poet.

Author of Borrowed Time, a time travel, action adventure story
E-book: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/9495
FREE Podiobook: http://www.penslinger.com/

Website: www.Penslinger.com
E-Mail: khughes@penslinger.com
Twitter: EdGizmo
Host of The Time Out! Podcast
 

P.C. Harring

Blurb: For Agent Ciris, the mission should have been simple: get in, apprehend the target, get out. But when the simple snatch and grab goes horribly awry, the worlds first cyborg finds herself backed into a corner. At odds with her superiors, she becomes embroiled in two conspiracies — one intended to destroy her with a cybernetic virus that will neutralize the technology that keeps her alive, the other intended to keep hidden the untold secrets of her origin. With the walls closing in around her, Ciris becomes a rogue agent with no one to trust and only one objective — unravel the shrouds of secrecy before time runs out.

Author Bio: P.C. Haring is the author of Cybrosis and the producer of Cybrosis and a lover of all things Science Fiction. He earns his keep as an accountant for a private corporation in suburban Chicago in order to pay the bills while he works on building his writing career.

Contact info:
Website: www.cybrosisnovel.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/pcharing
Facebook Fan site: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=134623253236611

NEWS AND CONTESTS

NanoWriMo

You just heard that Keith Hughes will be participating in NaNoWrimo. How can you get in on National Novel Writing Month? Simply go to nanowrimo.org and sign up then set a time of day where you commit to yourself to write every day for a month. All the details at Nanowrimo.org.

Wicked Women Writers- Most Wicked 2010

Heather Roulo, Most Wicked 2009, is helping host this year’s contest. 6 horror short stories by the lovely but cruel Wicked Women Writers will appear on HorrorAddicts.net for listeners to vote on. Contest rules are at the end of each story. You could win prizes donated by each of the women! Vote by November 16th.
Hosted by H.E. Roulo & Emerian Rich.

NEW AND COMPLETED WORKS

New Releases

The Guerrilla Poet by Keith Hughes Science Fiction
Scouts by Nobilis Reed Erotica ADULT: Adult oriented themes, language and situations. Content not suitable for minors.
Vulture Capital by Mark Coggins Thriller

Completed Works

The Sorcerer’s Secret by J.A. Areces Fantasy

Released Complete

All That Can Be Shaken by Essie Collins Non-Fiction
Gibbous Moon by Michael Bannister Humor

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CONTRIBUTORS:

Wyken Seagrave Greeting
Grizzly Smith Greeting
Emerian Rich Greeting
Mark Rayner Promo
A. Craig Newman Greeting (New Jersey Writers Society)
Alex White Greeting
Wander Radio and Arlene Radasky Promo
Edward G. Talbot Greeting
Paul Elard Cooley Greeting
Keith Hughes Promo
Jack Hosley Greeting
Arlene Radasky Greeting
The GearHeart Alex White Promo
@dahayden Greeting
Mick Bordet Greeting
Wyken Seagrave Promo
Lone Wolf Sage Co Greeting
A.P. Stephens Greeting
Craig Robertson Promo
J.D. Sawyer Greeting
Mick Bordet and Arlene Radasky promo
Keith Hughes pirate greeting
Collin Earl and Chris Snelgrove Greeting
Paul E Cooley Promo
Philipa Ballantine Greeting
Brain Rathbone Promo
Drew Beatty Greeting
Podioracket’s H.E. Roulo and Rhonda R Carpenter Promo

In this episode Rhonda talks with Keith Hughes and Heather talks with Emmy Z. Madrigal. 

Listen Now:

or Download Episode 16.

Borrowed Time by Keith Hughes Science Fiction

This is Keith’s first book on Podiobooks.com and we really enjoyed talking to him about Borrowed Time.
Website: http://www.penslinger.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/edgizmo
Voice mail: (206) 309-9171

Star Struck by Emmy Z. Madrigal

Websites:  http://www.sweetdreamsnovel.com
http://www.emzbox.com, & http://www.horroraddicts.net/
Email:  emzboxATsbcglobal.net 
Twitter @emzbox

Related News: Emerian Rich’s Night’s Knight will be released in October.

News

Dark Overlord Media

Scott Sigler & Audacity Events of San Diego have turned the traditional publishing model on its ear with the creation of Dark Overlord Media’s inspection. The announcement was made August 19th. It is a publishing house that will create premium limited edition books and other properties for those with an established online following.

Dark Overlord Media’s first release is The Rookie, Sigler’s far in the future space football story. Get a signed, limited-edition, hand numbered hardback. This edition has 50 extra pages of content you can’t get in a podcast. The Future Dark Overlord is kicking of the Tailgate tour on September 7th with a 20 city tour in 24 days to promote this release. Order yours now at Scottsigler.com.


 

The Mark of a Druid Book Signing

August 29th – Beat the southern California heat and rise above it all in the San Bernardino mountains at the first book signing for The Mark of a Druid. Join me, Rhonda R Carpenter for the reading, see the original art and meet the cover artist Amie Perry-Reavis from noon to 2 pm At McCabes and Co Booksellers in Crestline Ca. And a little bird told me I would not be the only author in attendance. We may even give out some signed posters. When it is all said and done please feel free to enjoy the mountains, lakes, shopping or spectacular site of the community I call home.

Win a signed print of the cover to J.D. Sawyer’s Predestination!

Entering is as easy as 1-2-3:
1) Send a post card to:
Chooch and Viv
43 Town and Country Drive
Suite 182
Fredericksburg, VA 22405

2) Make sure to include your name and return address (where we’ll ship the print) and a statement that you are at least 18 years old.

3) All entries must be post marked no later than August 26, 2009

They will do a random drawing with one winner receiving the print through the mail. The contest is being hosted at http://www.intotheblender.com/

Some other Scotland

Mick Bordet is still giving out download codes for the music in Some Other Scotland. You can get the codes by tweeting the link to his interview and emailing him.
He will be running the contest until the BRT-PR interview on August 31, 2:30 pm PST/5:30 pm EST. He is giving away a free book for the best BTR question and allowed a listener to name a character. Here are the details.

Review it up!

Rhonda is asking her fans for their help to spread the word about The Mark of a Druid.

Rhonda says,

 ”Where can you put them? Itunes, Amazon, B&N, Podiobooks.com, Podcast pickle; your personal blog is a great place to talk about the book or where ever you can think of to put up a review. I still have not found a way to see overseas Amazon reviews so if you are out of the U.S. please feel free to take a screen shot and email.
This contest is retroactive so if you’ve written a review already just click participate on contest #10 and let me know where you left the review. Same thing for new reviews.
On September 13th I will announce 2 random winners from all those who review it or have already posted a review. What will you get? A lead into the final contest for the grand prize of the original oil on canvas that will be awarded at the end of this year. With this prize you can really see the hidden images on the cover.
Your words mean the world to me and I want to read them.
Good Luck,
Rhonda”

Help Name Characters in Sea Hawk

Arlene Radasky needs names for her characters in her new novel SEA HAWK. When you email her with your suggestions, she will put your name in the hat for a FREE signed book THE FOX, sent anywhere in the world. Winner will be drawn on October 30, 2009. For all the detals go to her website.

Calling all Podcasters and Podiobooks.com authors

Enter the Podioracket.com sponsored Podiobooks.com Promo Competition! Simply create your one-minute promo, the perfect storm of persuasion and enthusiasm, then email it to contact@podioracket.com. See the complete list of rules and suggestions in our handy-dandy guide.

New Releases

Dragon Ore by Brian Rathbone Fantasy

Heretics by G.K. Chesterton Essays Produced by David Grizzly Smith FAMILY FRIENDLY: Safe for family listening

The Scars by William Tennant Literature

Tumbler by Brand Gamblin Science Fiction FAMILY FRIENDLY: Safe for family listening

Completed Works

AMNAR: THE AWAKENING by Isabel Joely Black Fantasy

The Ninth Avatar by Todd Newton Fantasy

A User’s Manual for the Human Experience by Michael W. Dean Self-Help

Anon Time by Craig Robertson Science Fiction

The Sphere Of Travel (TSOT2) Science Fiction
FAMILY FRIENDLY: Safe for family listening