Author Podcast Videos

Download Standard Podcast In this prosecast, I???m chatting with Sandra Gulland (author of the Josephine B Trilogy) about her latest epic, Mistress of the Sun. This richly detailed story follows the life of Petite, a high spirited, but intensely devout young gir,l who is placed into the service of the French court. Things take a turn when Petite meets, and falls instantly in love, with Louis XIV. Mistress of the Sun is vintage Gulland: magnificent castles, dangerous dwarves, masked balls, demonic horses, black magic, hunchbacked princesses and a love story that just won???t quit. I spoke with Sandra Gulland from her home in rural Ontario. Buy Mistress of the Sun amazon.ca chapters.ca

Author David Drake talks about writing full time, how he became a writer, how he stays sane, and his personal experiences in the Viet Nam War. Wikipedia Quote: David Drake (born September 24, 1945) is a successful author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre. David sold his first story the year I was born His time in Viet Nam Coming "Back to the world" Grenade's vs. Paperwork Current re-integration programs for the Iraq War The current government is court marshalling victims of PTSD who refuse to go back to Iraq PROMO: Second Life Notes PROMO: The Pocket and the Pendant Going from Lawyer to Bus Driver to Writer The unemployment rules of North Carolina Solitude and writing Firearms for fun - The SW model 686 comes in 6 and 7 shot models PROMO: The Seanachai PROMO: World Fantasy Con 2008 Podcast Translating Latin (Don't ask the Jewish kid from Long Island about Latin) The holes in the paper don't lie Hammers Slammers - Selling it and the feedback The Best Years of Our Lives "You've got people under enormous stress and it hasn't stopped being stressful because they've come back. Because part of them didn't come back."

Naomi Novik Her three book Temeraire series is available in print: His Majesty's Dragon Throne of Jade Black Powder War Empire of Ivory Naomi talks about writing novels and fan fiction Some of the legal issues surrounding fan fiction and other fan produced works 10 Things I Hate About Commandments video PROMO: Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick Dealing with fan fiction from a legal standpoint Creative Commons Licenses [ editor's note: CC licenses are up to 3.0 and have changed quite a bit since this was recorded ] Naomi wants a new class of CC type license that would allow her to use ideas from Temeraire fan fiction in her commercial novels Her goal is to protect the author and publisher from the story accidents when may occur when reading fan fiction The 501st Legion Star Wars Revelations kicks ass The panning of Star Wars Episode 3 Art of the Saber - The best lightsaber duel ever! More info on The Force.Net

Tony Ruggerio Dragon Moon Press Tony's podcast gave Paul nightmares Aliens and Satanic Creatures Wanted, Humans Need Not Apply (podcast book ) Evil Car Dealerships The newest book, as of May 2006, Alien Deception ( book ) Alien Revelation will be out soon Team of Darkness, revised edition is out, Operation Immortal Servitude ( Tony's books on Amazon.com ) Vampires in the US Military The obligatory Tee Morris plug New thriller novels being marketed - Freddie and Coven of Deceit PROMO - Serve It Cold - by Ronnie Blackwell PROMO - Earth by Mur Lafferty Interactions between author and fan. Fan fiction He tried to give his readers what they want Tony's vampires break the mold His vampires do surgical strikes not massive body count operations He loves the fan base for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Tony donates time to help put on Raven Con in Richmond, VA Tony is considering doing Team of Darkness as a Podiobook

Author J.C. Hutchins joined us live from Balticon 41. He is releasing book 3 of his podcast novel 7th Son on July 7, 2007. Rock out on our new theme music by Jim Hodgson JC came to party with the podcasters and woo more listeners The Podcast Track at Balticon 41 was 3x the size of the Balticon 40 Track Is JC Hutchins the nicest guy in podcasting? Time is precious Where is the slot machine for 7/7/07 ? Celebrity Clone Poker The nukes were just an appetizer JC's looking for a large publisher He's got an agent now because of the podcast JC has big news. Big big news. But he can't tell Doing a Podiobook is a huge commitment in time Our Podiobook is Serve It Cold, available at Podiobooks.com and Dancing Cat Studios The plight of Kim Steel and her Podiobook Forever Fifteen Hutch may go dark after Book III so he can write more He wants to podcast his next book, but he needs to see the long tail benefit He's open to doing some fiction in a group setting to keep his hand in podcasting while he's writing This is the best interview he's had, because it's face to face Getting out of the "fan box" Martha needs more fans

BETRAYAL -- the story of a love betrayed and love that just might be regained. Or not? Find out! Today I'm reading Chapters 11 and 12, in which we get to know what happened to Georgina after she had been arrested in Chapter 10. Enjoy!

Author Danielle Ackley-McPhail her original first novel, Yesterday's Dreams, and its rerelease. Yesterday's Dreams is based on Celtic myths with lots of research Many Irish don't know their own mythic legends due to cultural repression How she used Celtic myths to make a really good story PROMO: 7th Son Trilogy Tomorrow's Memories is coming out Summer 2007 Danielle was hopeful that she would be able to launch Tomorrow's Memories at Balticon 41 but it won't be out until June or July. She edited an anthology called Bad-Ass Faeries She will be launching Bad-Ass Faeries at Balticon 41 Sunday at 6pm in Salon F The business of writing, the sucker contract, and other horrors Money always flows to the writer

Sprint to Balticon41! Guest: Jared Axelrod of 365 Tomorrows and The Voice of Free Planet X Jared shared the excitement of Balticon40 with his audience. Balticon in Hawaii! WorldCon on Mars! A podcast a day from 365 Tomorrow running up to B40 Lucky in love. Dont be jealous of Jared. Enough people already are! The great part about B40 was meeting all the podcasters and making friends Podcasting is a tight knit community that is also warm and welcoming Do the faces match the voices on the podcasts? Mostly yes but Tee Morris doesnt look like he sounds. So much personality comes across in podcasts. Podcasts tend to be about real people"not fake or performed. Film projects take so much time to complete. Sound effects and story quicker and yet close emotionally to the result of film Homage to story about following the train tracks home Trains, everything turns its back on the train. Where do the alleys and doorways lead? Where next for Jareds writing? Steve Eley sits in as engineer for this episode. Balticon42 in Hawaii? Join us there!

Balticon 40.32 - Interview with author Jeri Smith-Ready Download This Episode Author Jeri Smith-Ready talks about her book, Eyes of Crow, and writing for Luna Books. Eyes of Crow was released November 1, 2006 and is available in bookstores everywhere. Recorded live at Balticon 40. Jeri Smith-Ready's short story, The Wild's Call, currently being serialized on eHarlequin.com. It is a distant prequel to Eyes of Crow. Her Website Jeri Smith-Ready's books available on Amazon.com Other Links: Far Point Media Voices of Tomorrow Podcast 365 Tomorrows offers a new piece of flash fiction each day Music: Allison Crowe performs our music track this week, Scared The track is brought to us by the Podsafe Music Network

Balticon 40.28 - Interview with author Gene Wolfe Download This Episode Author Gene Wolfe talks about how he started his career in writing and gives tips for up and coming writers. Recorded live at Balticon 40. Fantasy author Gene Wolfe Gene started writing to help a college roommate Years later he started writing again trying to earn enough to move into a better apartment For the first story he sold, he borrowed visions of India from Rudyard Kipling He has never been to India, even to this day He remembers receiving his first acceptance letter Gene talks about bad reviews and the book "Rotten Reviews" We discuss anonymous reviews PROMO: Come Let Me Whisper at Podiobooks.com PROMO: Consider The Elephant at Podiobooks.com Gene remembers Balticon CORRECTION: Actual Balticon 40 attendance was 2296 A Gene Wolfe Podcast? Gene talks about contracts and agents He talks about meeting Virginia Kidd, his agent Watch out for those bad contracts Gene's favorite part of Balticon 40 was the Kaffee Klatch where he got to meet a select few his fans over a cup of coffee Learn to write by writing Characterization is the key to good writing REJOINER: Mark Foreman from Getting a Leg Up Con-Going Rule, Kid Games, supplied by Lady Ozma from The Parenting in Poverty Podcast, The 'Charmed' Podcast, and Growing Up Geeky. MUSIC: Pocketbook by Derek K. Miller (artist's blog) comes from The Podsafe Music Network Additional Links: Gene Wolfe intro cribbed from Wikipedia http://www.parsecawards.com/ http://www.dragoncon.org/ http://www.laconiv.org/ http://www.sftulsa.org/conestoga/ The Conestoga Podcast Looney Labs Send us email at podcast@balticonpodcast.com Leave us voicemail at 206-FEY-BSFS (206-339-2737) We have some new artwork. Stop by the site, look at the album art, dig it.

I've finally overcome the stupid cold, and the cough's almost gone, too. :) So here's the new episode, in which I'm reading an old short story of mine, called With the Godmothers' Best Wishes. Enjoy!

Another slightly chaotic episode -- I recorded this last night (which accounts for some of the strangeness *g*). I'm talking about the preparations for my first solo reading on 19 May and about one of my favourite authors: Rosemary Sutcliff. Enjoy! :O)