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Podioracket-Ep 32 Season Finale

hroulo — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:20:31 +0000

Rhonda and Heather bring the third season of Raise a Racket to a close with our 32nd 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.

Tweet @rhondacarpenter and let me know you are spreading the word about the contest.

Catch me on the road by following me either as I tweet and facbook about where I am as we drive across country.

We know for sure we will be spending the night in Kingman AZ!

Snap a pic of the convoy and tweet @rhondacarpenter or Facebook on my wall rhondacarpenter

Stop by the shop on Second Life and drop me a note http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/231/96/36

Blog about the trip and tell me you did.

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.

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!

Podioracket-Ep 31 Kenn Crawford and Jake Bible

Hooked — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:43:37 +0000

Are you a Dead Head? It may mean something new. Each of our featured authors has written a book that has ‘Dead’ in the title. Listen to hear more about Kenn Crawford and Jake Bible. We also have news and contest info.

Download Episode 31

Kenn Crawford

email: kenn@kenncrawford.com

The Dead Hunt Website: http://deadhunt.kenncrawford.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/kenncrawford

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kenn.crawford

Kenn Crawford is a published songwriter from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Inspired by Tee Morris, he rewrote his zombie screenplay as a podcast audiobook. With the help of more than twenty talented voiceover artists, authors and musicians, Dead Hunt became a Podiobook reality.

Jake Bible

website: http://jakebible.com

email: jakedbible@gmail.com or deadmech@gmail.com

Twitter: @jakebible

Facebook Fan Page: Jake Bible’s Wasteland

Jake Bible is the author of the novel, Dead Mech, the World’s First Drabble Novel, which is being serialized as a free podcast at jakebible.com, Podiobooks.com and The Library Of The Living Dead podcast. Jake is a mountain man and lives in the Asheville, NC area with his wife and two kids.

NEWS & CONTESTS

Published

You are about to hear an interview with Jake Bible but you are getting a scoop here at Podioracket. DEAD MECH is going to be published by Library of the Living Dead Press. Congrats Jake! Stay tuned and find out all about this hot topic book!

Parsecs

Time is almost up on the Parsec awards. You have until June 1 to get your favorite podcast in for consideration. And many thanks to all of you who nominated Podioracket in 3 different categories.

Cyrus and Oprah

You have heard us talk about the great work Cyrus A Webb is doing with his shows and literacy campaign. Here is our chance to help him be seen by Oprah. On June 1^st you can start voting. Bookmark www.cyruswebb.com for upcoming details. Here is what he has to say: “If you have benefited from Conversations Book Club, Conversations LIVE! Radio, The Write Stuff or any of the projects headed by Mississippi native Cyrus Webb, you are asked to show your support in what is probably his most ambitious undertaking to date.”

Oprah Winfrey is hosting a competition to find the next tv star. The winner will get their own talk show on her network OWN. Cyrus Webb believes this would be a great avenue to give his platform and you, the public, a worldwide voice.

In order to help Cyrus reach this goal, you are asked to do the following:

VOTE: Got to http://bit.ly/bGH6c7 , with his audition and vote for him! You can vote several times a day through July 3, 2010.
SHARE: The top 5 videos with the most votes will move on the finals after July 3, 2010. In order for Cyrus to reach this point, he will need you to not only vote each day, but share the information with those you know so they can do the same. The site allows you to tweet the video as well as share on Facebook, too.
JOIN THE TEAM: Beginning June 1, 2010, Cyrus Webb and his organization Shadow Play Entertainment will launch an national campaign to encourage voting participation. This will include Youtube ads and promotional material. Bookmark www.cyruswebb.com for upcoming details.

That’s all there is to it! Start off NOW by voting for Cyrus Webb here ( http://bit.ly/bGH6c7) and throughout the day until July 3, 2010. Together we can work together to bring another positive male influence to television.

If you would like to help the campaign as it spreads, feel free to contact Cyrus Webb at cawebb4@juno.com or 601.896.5616.

Contests

‘The Mark of a Druid on the Move Contest’ or ‘Where’s Rhonda’: On June 23^rd start spreading the word there are going to be lots of winners and we are going to have a blast twittering across America. Details at www.themarkofadruid.com.

Become a fiend at www.shadowpublications.com That’s right, Paul Elard Cooley will write you into his works. Go to his website for details about making any donation and being immortalized into fiend’s graveyard.

New Release

The Prince of Hazel and Oak by John Lenahan FantasyBilly Barbarian by J.R. Murdock
Fantasy

Conjuring Raine by Maya Lassiter
Fiction

The Traveler by Vic and Eva Zarley
Inspirational Fiction

Released in Full

The Calvary Road by Roy and Revel Hession Spirituality

Magical Clothes by Nobilis Reed Erotica

Now Complete

Dead Hunt by Kenn Crawford Horror/Dark Fantasy

Podioracket Presents – Visionaries by H.E. Roulo and Brian Holtz Fiction

Dreaming of Deliverance by R.E. Chambliss Fiction

Visionaries Finished and BTR Scheduled. Be there!

hroulo — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:21:13 +0000

PRP-V is Complete- Win for Rating It

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.

PRP-Visionaries Anthology with Basil Sands

hroulo — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:41:12 +0000

The 11th short story has just released in the Podioracket Presents-Visionaries anthology!

In Basil Sands‘ short story, Geeks Rule, nerdy computer programmer Lewis Puller is accosted by a gang of Skinhead thugs, who get more than they bargained for. If you haven’t heard it already, check out the short story anthology Podioracket Presents-Visionaries on Podiobooks.com.

Podioracket Presents-Visionaries First 8 Now in Archive

The first half of Podioracket Presents-Visionaries has aired with 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. We invited them to a LIVE Blog Talk Radio show along with us, Heather Roulo and Rhonda R Carpenter. We caught six of the authors, four live, and we chatted about the short stories and being an author. Check it out in archive.

PRP-V Measureless to Man by Philippa Ballantine

hroulo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:14:59 +0000

Philippa Ballantine’s short story is “Measureless to Man”. Someone is dead on the orbiting space station Kubali, and someone soon will be. Time is running out for Io, she must find out why her friends have been killed and save herself from the same fate. But something is waiting in the shadows for her, something that even she the last of the Skin Natives has never seen before.

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

And This Thursday-

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. We’ve confirmed at least four of them will be available for your questions. Set a reminder now!

Why give your shorts away in anthologies?

Hooked — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:54 +0000

Please welcome new guest blogger Mike Luoma. Mike has been on the show before when we interviewed him for is Podiobooks.com novels, including Synthetic Marmalade and Alibi Jones. He is, perhaps, best known for his Vatican Assassin Trilogy. Most recently, he contributed a short story to our Podioracket Presents-Visionaries anthology.

Why give your shorts away in anthologies?

I’m writer Mike Luoma, with work in two new anthologies: a short with artist Ben Ferrari – “Souverain: Under God” – in Lady Fight: Aggression from Earthbound Comics, and a short story – “Alibi Jones: Vacation” – in Podioracket Presents: Visionaries. But I’m not getting paid directly for either. Podioracket’s Rhonda Carpenter asked me to tell you why a writer would want their work to appear “for free” – Why write a script for Earthbound without getting paid? Why “give away” a short story to Podioracket Presents: Visionaries?

For me it’s the value of exposure – letting people know my work exists. With both Visionaries and Lady Fight I benefit from the combined promotional muscle of all involved, as my work appears alongside the work of more established creators. Their audiences have a chance to sample my stuff, and vice versa.

The Vatican Assassin Trilogy (Vatican Assassin, Vatican Ambassador and Vatican Abdicator), my Synthetic Marmalade and Alibi Jones are available free at Podiobooks, and I’ve seen listening translate into sales. In theory, new people hear the “Alibi Jones” short story and go on to listen to or read my other books and buy them in some form… in theory. And I haven’t actually “given away” the “Alibi Jones” story. All rights belong to me – Podioracket has non-exclusive rights to feature my work. The story’s not yet in print anywhere – so I am thinking of other ways to use the work and “monetize” it.

I benefit from the exposure Earthbound Comics generates – Lady Fight was a 2009 Project Fanboy Award Nominee – and I get books at cost to sell at retail price myself, a creator’s agreement that isn’t much different from putting out my own books. The exposure should help promote my new comics: the drama Everybody Lies with artist Juan Carlos Quattordio and the first issue of the graphic novel adaptation of Vatican Assassin with artist Cristian Navarro. Writing for Earthbound also establishes me as a comic book writer, gets reviewers familiar with my work and so more likely to review my own releases, and that in turn should encourage more people to buy my books.

Lots of hoping and guessing… and luck, timing… and inspiration. Wrote a short that didn’t have a home – and then Podioracket put out the call for Visionaries. Read Ben Ferrari’s “Souverain” story in the first issue of Lady Fight and an entire mini-trilogy of stories for her exploded into my mind. I pitched the ideas to Ben and he loved them! There were sublime coincidences which led to my work appearing in each collection. There’s also a trust factor involved – and in repeated cases thus far both Podioracket and Earthbound have proven trustworthy. This makes the potential promotional value of including my work in their books worth exploring.

The ultimate goal is to get people to buy my books. Hope you’ll do some exploring – links follow:

Find all of Mike’s books’ links at Glow-in-the-Dark Radio – Mike Luoma’s Website:

http://mikeluoma.com

http://glowinthedarkradio.com

Lady Fight: Aggression from Earthbound Comics:

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3352

http://earthboundcomics.com

Podioracket Presents – Visionaries:

http://www.podiobooks.com/title/podioracket-presents-visionaries

http://podioracket.com

From Mike’s Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics:

Everybody Lies:

http://www.indyplanet.com/index.php?id=3264

Vatican Assassin #1:

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3144

Episode 26- Diana Orgain, George Vassallo, and J.A. Areces

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:17:48 +0000

Welcome to the latest Podioracket.com Raise a Racket podcast episode, complete with three interviews!

Listen

or download Episode 26

Interviews

Diana Orgain

Website: www.dianaorgain.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/dianaorgain

Facebook: www.facebook.com/dianaorgain

Diana Orgain holds an M.F.A and B.A in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University with a minor in acting. Diana’s plays have been produced at San Francisco State University, GreenHouse Productions, and PlayGround in San Francisco. She is the author of Bundle of Trouble and Motherhood is Murder. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and their children.

George Vassallo

Website: www.georgevassallo.com

Email: georgevassallo@verizon.net

George Vassallo entered the world of thrillers with “Nelson’s Payback”, published in 2005. George has been writing professionally for years but “Nelson’s Payback” is his first novel and “Confederate Gold” continues the story of Rob Nelson. Previously, George was a sports columnist for the Washington Times for seven years. His columns covered all major team sports and the universe of sports collectibles. Before that, George was published in USA Today, Playboy, the Winston-Salem Journal, the Orlando Sentinel, and the Tampa Tribune.

J.A. Areces

Website: www.jaareces.com
Twitter: @jareces
Facebook: His Facebook Page

J.A. Areces is the author of Interview for a Wizard, The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerer’s, and The Sorcerer’s Secret.

News

Podioracket Presents-Visionaries First 8

New Releases

Lilith’s Love by Dan Shaurette Horror/Dark Fantasy
Prophecy Awakens by Brenda Wamsley Alternative History
The Amber Treasure by Richard Denning Historical Fiction
The Empress Sword by Paulette Jaxton Fantasy

Completed

The House of Grey by Collin Earl Fantasy
Deadly Codes by JP O’Donnell Mystery

Released In Full

Beware The Moon Wraith: The Orb of Phoebe by Louis Gutierrez Audiodrama
The Casebook of D.I. Snaith by Dan Evans Fiction

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.

Podioracket Presents- Ron Vitale

hroulo — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:14:09 +0000

The latest short story in the Podioracket Presents-Visionaries anthology comes from author Ron Vitale.

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.

Ron Vitale is the sixth author included in the anthology, joining J.C. Hutchins, Brian Holtz, Patrick McLean, Paul Cooley, and Seth Harwood.

And coming next week . . . E.G. Talbot.