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As I close in on the end of my book, (only three episodes left to post) I am excited and a bit sad. …

As I close in on the end of my book, (only three episodes left to post) I am excited and a bit sad. It's been alot of fun recording and putting everything together. I look forward to what people think after they've gotten to the end. But the feeling of it all being over is very much like when I first wrote the book. I get so involved in the characters and thier lives. It gives me a sad feeling that we are parting ways once again. Anyone else get depressed at the end of writing or recording a nov… Continue

Posted by Brian Holtz on August 4, 2008 at 7:25am — 4 Comments

Writing out Harry Potter

I haven't posted in a very long time. What has happened is this: I continue to get very positive feedback on my novel, and everyone has said the same thing: it's too bad it's fan fiction, can't you take out the Harry Potter so it can be published. I thought, ""Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, thank you very much but I'm not worthy, this is my first piece of fiction, leave it as it is and go on." Yesterday a neighbor if mine stated reading it and by the third chapter was saying it should be published...and… Continue

Posted by EB Fine on August 2, 2008 at 8:57pm — 13 Comments

Found in my mailbox yesterday

A link to a book I've heard, and heard of: Amazon.com recommends "Brave Men Run - A Novel of the Sovereign Era" and more There was a picture of the cover and everything. Thrilling. Continue

Posted by Gail on August 1, 2008 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Space Pirates

For anyone who enjoyed The Pirates of Sufiro or Children of the Old Stars, you will want to check out Space Pirates! The book features fifteen swashbuckling stories of piracy in space from such authors as Neal Asher, Robert E. Vardeman, C.J. Henderson and Podiobooks' own M.H. Bonham. Also included is my story, "For a Job Well Done" which is a prequel to The Pirates of Sufiro that tells the story of how Ellison Firebrandt met his lover, Suki Mori. There will be another… Continue

Posted by David Lee Summers on July 27, 2008 at 8:53am — 4 Comments

Podiobooks Community Membership: Pros and Cons

I have just joined the Podiobooks Community at Ning and am still getting a feel for the place. The first thing that I notice is that it isn't abuzz with activity, but this might be because the members don't feel the need to speak endlessly on subjects that they barely understand. I have been a member of various communities in the past: reading, writing, anime, art, etcetera... and each one tends to go to crap as soon as the filters for membership go down. Filters are essential for keeping spamme… Continue

Posted by D L Owens on July 25, 2008 at 10:50pm — 7 Comments

Stuck on Rewrites and Edits

Don't podcast until you get your novel finished. I know that. Which is why I've been burning myself out with rewriting the chapters that simply don't work. I'm somewhere on Chapter 5 looking critically at chapters 2 and 3. I tried to shorthand Chapters 2 and 3 because I knew if I didn't they'd run long. It didn't work, so I have to go back and edit them. I'm resigning myself also on the fact that at the rate I'm going I won't be able to podcast this novel until next year. I also resigned mysel… Continue

Posted by RachelUdin on July 25, 2008 at 9:05am — 6 Comments

Upcoming Experiment

Ok, I know I don't have the kit now..But I do have Speaking troubles.. Should I record a selection of chapters of my Draft, and ask you guys to listen? I think even if I do read the final thing, this test will point out some issues that I can fix before I am recording about a weeks worth of Audio. I will include a note, that the crit is for the guy behind the mic, not the stuff in post. Continue

Posted by Mike Sharpe on July 24, 2008 at 6:57pm — 2 Comments

MaAH a finalist in two categories at the PPAs

Murder at Avedon Hill has been recognized by the PPAs and is a finalist in two categories (Best Podcast Novel and Best Production) for the 5th Podcast Peer Awards (Spring ‘08). http://www.podcastpeers.org/finalistsPPA5.html I am so honored to be in the same group with J.C. Hutchins, Scott Sigler, Tee Morris,… Continue

Posted by P.G. Holyfield on July 21, 2008 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

Podcasting addiction

Well it is a few weeks until Digital Magic hits the bookstores- yes 08.08.08 and both Tee and I are pimping like crazy critters, but I have this problem.... I am already casting Digital Magic in my head, even though I promised I wouldn't start recording it for at least a year. I keep reminding myself I have other things to do, but doing Chasing the Bard has given me a taste for the Fey. Oh that, and my first review of Digital Magic- yes it was very nice. Suddenly all I can think of is "I want h… Continue

Posted by Philippa Ballantine on July 16, 2008 at 1:56am — 15 Comments

Hello everyone

Hi. My name is Brian Holtz and I'm pretty new here. I gotta say that I love Podiobooks. It's a great way for authors to get thier stuff out there, and a cool way to get turned on to up and coming books. My book just went live today, if anyone is interested. It's called Collapse at Hidden Verse Three-Three-Two. You can find it under science fiction. I'm very excited to see what people think. Anyways, I just wanted to say hello. Brian Continue

Posted by Brian Holtz on July 14, 2008 at 8:22pm — 2 Comments

I've been to the supermarket... and saw SIGLER?

And found a copy of INFECTED By Scott Sigler. WAIT! isn't that this Podiobook: http://www.podiobooks.com/title/infected. For those who don't follow Sigler that well he's got a UK release of Infected. The Eye is different, too.

At 17 in… Continue

Posted by Mike Sharpe on July 14, 2008 at 1:39pm — 4 Comments

And Now for Something Completely Different - Happy 4th of July!

Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty" Speech, recorded by P.G. Holyfield with an introduction by Nathan Lowell On March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Henrico Parish Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry spoke to the House of Burgesses. His speech changed the minds and hearts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and became a beacon of freedom for all of America. Happy Independence Day, everyone! I recorded this audio in February for a project sti… Continue

Posted by P.G. Holyfield on July 4, 2008 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

LJ Blog? Site Q?

Yeah, It's my old Blog. I left it alone for a while. It used to be my General Blog.. Now it's going to be used my writing blog. I'll still post some non-writing Blog post there, too. Check it out it's in the Left bar. I'm only having the titles, as it hides some spoilers. Here will be Podiobook things... where there is stuff that I'd like PodioBooks people to know about. I'll Cross post them here occasionally. What are people expecting when they come across an authors PodioBooks site? EDIT:… Continue

Posted by Mike Sharpe on June 30, 2008 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

I think I bit off more than I can chew

I thought I could both write and produce a podiobook in 2 months. Then the setback came. A microphone that sounded fine when I was testing it turned out to not sound as good as I wanted it to. That meant I needed to buy another. That's not too much of an issue, but mowing lawns and the like to pay for it has eaten up half the summer. I've also figured out that what looks good in storyboard is harder to write. I've hit writers block. I am determined to write it and produce every single episode b… Continue

Posted by Lucas on June 27, 2008 at 3:46pm — 3 Comments

Vote me Best Sex Writer... (it only takes 47 seconds ;)

Hi! I'm writing to ask you to take about 47 seconds out of your day to vote for me for Best of the Bay. I'd really, really appreciate your support!! 3 easy steps! 1. Go here: http://www.sfbg.com/bob/2008/ 2. Click on "Vote Now" button 3. Fill out the categories you want OR just click "next" (at bottom of page) until you get to the 5th page of the survey. The last category on the page (Question #21) is BEST SEX WRITER. Then, you just have to write my name "Virgie Tovar." And oila! You're done, a… Continue

Posted by Virgie Tovar on June 24, 2008 at 6:01pm — No Comments

Sitemaps and Search Optimization

Here are instructions for Google and Yahoo! listed under Marketing in the store I have. Some may be useful only for stores (Google 5, 6, 7, and Yahoo! 6) - I don't know - but it looks like the others are good for everybody. Googling for Sitemap Setup may get you the same or better instructions, I never had to try. Definitely good advice for search engine optimization is to be had that way. Google Sitemap Setup 1. Go to Google's… Continue

Posted by Gail on June 22, 2008 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Making My Feet Wet... and a blurb...

I figured as I clean the chapters I can record them. Since I'm new to the whole thing, I'm going to try to see if I can get a buffer first. The other thing is that I'm not sure if I should leave the characters with only me podcasting it. =P I haven't found someone who can play Henry, my main character. But then if I commit to that... doesn't that mean that I have to accommodate the other voices? Gah. I'm not sure if I'm good enough to edit 10 plus voices together. I don't think I'm a Chris Leste… Continue

Posted by RachelUdin on June 19, 2008 at 11:44am — 2 Comments

To Make a Novel, out of a short story..

No, You're not imaging it. I committed a large mistake in my 5500 word Short story.. I had too much action, and not enough required info. The 980 word limit per scene didn't help. So what to do.. Cut up the story.. and hope the missing scenes and dialogue doesn't hurt the story. I couldn't do it. Two short stories.. not when the Last scene of one is the last scene of the other. Hey, who want's a book where the Main character is going to get stabbed to death? I've been told not good for a first… Continue

Posted by Mike Sharpe on June 14, 2008 at 5:22pm — 4 Comments

It's been an uphill battle...

After spending enough time researching things like EQ, peak limiter, compression, attack times and a mass of unholy BS; enough time that I could have written another book. And, after uploading two complete podiobooks which are riddled with sound issues stemming from the simple fact that I am a loud bastard by nature, I finally figured it out. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank absofrreakin'lutely nobody. For one thing, I spent too many days and nights next to the giant speakers at outdo… Continue

Posted by Greg Crites on June 12, 2008 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

Murder at Avedon Hill Live Event - Sun. June 15th

Care to finish your Father’s Day festivities with a live Murder at Avedon Hill event?! At 10 pm Eastern time (GMT -05:00) on Sunday, June 15th, I will be hosting a live video podcast event. I will be performing a live reading of Episode 24 (Chapter 23). For those that cannot attend, the audio version of ep. 24 will be released that same day. To attend: You can view the live event on the MaAH site on the Ustream Video page. For… Continue

Posted by P.G. Holyfield on June 11, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Busy fighting the good fight.

Well I have tapped into a odd little fount of words. The last few nights every night I have been sitting with my laptop and after a 300-400 word primer piece, usually something like the blog entries I have been making, I turn to a WIP story and move the stories. It hasn't been a struggle the words are all there flowing from the tips of my fingers. I have done some editing on my podio-book vignette... I did a read through and I was not thrilled with the sound of my own voice. The pacing of the re… Continue

Posted by Brian Clay on June 11, 2008 at 6:22pm — No Comments

Time, time, time

It is becoming clearer and clearer to me that I'm going to have to take vacation time to do decent recordings. Trying to do them in the late-night (for me) time slot results in me sounding as if it's, well, late. As it turns out, reading has exposed some needed edits anyway (at the risk of being ironically repetitive, there is nothing better for making repeated words or padding words stand out than reading a passage aloud) so I don't feel as if I'm losing time. Continue

Posted by Jeffrey Howe on June 11, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Good review!

On June 9, 2008, Julie Davis of SFF Audio reviewed "The Communion of the Saint" at http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=2714. Here it is: JUN 09 The Communion of the Saint By Alan David Justice; Read by Alan David Justice 17 MP3 Files - Approx. 6 Hours [UNABRIDGED] Publisher: Podiobooks Published: 2008 Themes: / Fantasy / Magical Realism / Catholicism / Ghosts / Time Travel / Paranormal / Justice has given us an excellent novel that tells the story o… Continue

Posted by Alan David Justice on June 9, 2008 at 6:20pm — No Comments

35 years old and the slip and slide

For my son's 4th birthday, my dad gifted a Spider-man themed slip and slide. Of course it was too cold outside to make use of the toy. This weekend with the temperatures in the 90s my son with sweat pouring down his cheeks he asked me if we could do the slip and slide. Sure, it is a hot day and it will cool him off. Before I get back to the story a little about myself. I am 35 years old, I can boast that in my youth and even in my 20s I was in pretty good shape. Now I have packed on more than a… Continue

Posted by Brian Clay on June 8, 2008 at 6:41pm — No Comments

The beginning is such a hard place

I am not sure if the title of this entry will really line up with what I am talking about today. I just typed out something before my thoughts organized themselves. Though, as I think about it my thoughts are really not organized yet so all of these words might not make any sense in the long run. I can just edit, right... Just type the words and see what comes out. Sounds like a plan. I remember when I was a pre-teen, today I think they are referred to as tweens, I really enjoyed writing. I woul… Continue

Posted by Brian Clay on June 7, 2008 at 8:07pm — 2 Comments

It's not that hard to sound better

You know what I hate? Seeing comments like this: This is a great book! I'm glad I stuck through the really terrible audio and didn't follow my first inclination to shut it off. It's too bad I can't listen to this book in the car because the volume is so low. It's fantastic! The intro music is very loud, so I just skip the first minute and then get into the story. No, none of these are "live" comments from any one particular book. But variations on those themes do crop up… Continue

Posted by Evo Terra on June 7, 2008 at 1:33pm — No Comments

Rough version of intro song

I asked a musician friend of mine if he could create something for my book. I asked for a specific song, Telegraph Lines (Telgrafin telleri), a popular Turkish classical music tune. I want a version of this song because 1) it shows up in the novel, and 2) it's so old there is no copyright issue. I asked for a cross between the traditional way (which can be heavy) and baroque guitar (I have a weakness for baroque music in general), and he came up with this. It's very rough (he is the first to sa… Continue

Posted by EB Fine on May 29, 2008 at 9:49am — 3 Comments

Shakespeare arrives

Today Chasing the Bard is on podiobooks and I am doing a little happy dance. It's good to be in the fold again and I'm going to be onto this ning thing a bit more. CTB has been doing so much better than I thought, and despite the hard work I am enjoying the production side of it. So much so, that I have almost convinced myself once CTB is done to do my New Zealand fantasy novels as podiobooks too- you know the ones the NYC publishing houses say no America audience would be interested in. With my… Continue

Posted by Philippa Ballantine on May 23, 2008 at 2:57pm — 6 Comments

Reflections on the impact of community

WOW. Our little community here has grown to over 300 members, been featured on the Ning homepage, and has become a valuable resource for many. I'm stoked. Thanks to everyone who is participating. I'm most thrilled to see the outstanding questions asked and advice given in the Mentorship program. This is certainly leading to better quality of submissions coming in to us, which helps rise all boats. I look forward to seeing where this will take us all! Continue

Posted by Evo Terra on May 22, 2008 at 8:26am — 3 Comments

A toe in the ballpark

Last night N came across the headset I once bought intending to use with Skype, but never did. I plugged it in, fired up Audacity and read a few pages of my novel and listened to it. I'll need to practice with pacing and do some rewording past awkward words... I know, I need to get a better microphone. This was just a test. At least it is a start. I'm in the ballpark. Just a toe, but in nonetheless. Musician friend is working on intro Continue

Posted by EB Fine on May 18, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Acacia, My Heroine, First Picture

I won a "competition" which was a artist commission. I knew what artest could do, as She did do my Avatar. So I chose a Pair of Girls, Sharise and Acaica, from my Gamma Novel. Slumber Sisters Sharise is the Blue lady's, Susana's "little girl, well not exactly little any more." (It's a quote by Susana) Acacia is the Heroine of the my Novel. She does grow up during the story. If you are wondering about the simalarities to t… Continue

Posted by Mike Sharpe on May 18, 2008 at 7:47pm — No Comments

Weekending it

This week I spent working my tail off trying to get some proof-of-concept code written for a design project I am working on at the moment. I don't know if anyone else can relate to this, but I find that writing technical documents really kills my ability to write fiction. It seems like the bullet and visio speak that is my day to day has created some kind of prose killing barrier that leaves my brain aching. In the few free moments I had, instead of booting up (who really boots up software anym… Continue

Posted by Brian Clay on May 18, 2008 at 6:54pm — 2 Comments

On logistics

I recall being at a writer's conference several years ago at which a well-known successful author more or less suggested to everyone that they had a choice: write at 4 in the morning or let their spouses and kids fend for themselves. I now understand better where she was coming from, even as I still reject her advice. There's no need to stay up past midnight most nights! Sorry, had to fix the hole in my cheek my tongue left there. It is a pain trying to find a time in which there's a qui… Continue

Posted by Jeffrey Howe on May 18, 2008 at 8:48am — 1 Comment

My homepage in Zorpia

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Posted by Kinki on May 16, 2008 at 9:19pm — No Comments

My homepage in China

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Posted by Kinki on May 16, 2008 at 9:17pm — No Comments

The point to my self-serving blog posts

Two more friends have started reading my novel. Here is a comment from one of them:

I downloaded it at home after work, and after dinner started reading. I've gone straight through to chapter 9, and I hate to stop! I love how everything is so woven together - Turkey, history, magic, cat behavior, the food. As I read, I see you! But apart from that, I just want to read more - the story is captivating me. And I'm not a Harry Potter devotee - I've read enough to be familiar and enjoy t…

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Posted by EB Fine on May 16, 2008 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Sounds like

I fell guilty for not having listened to any podiobooks lately. I have been writing my novel, and since the beginning of the month, I have been inundated with editing. I am the director of editing services at a university in Istanbul. I make sure all of our theses and dissertations are ready for publication. I had to convince our Institutes that they are actual publishing bodies and as such, every manuscript should be prepared according to a house style. I wrote a spell-binding manual on how to… Continue

Posted by EB Fine on May 14, 2008 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

Once and infrequent post

First off... Podiobooks the site and the concept completely and totally rocks. My 30gb ipod is busting at the seams with this wonderful content. On top of that it has inspired me to attempt a podio-book of my own. I have been writing for years, unfortunately I like to eat and have a wife and two children that also enjoy eating so... I have to spend most of my witting time, writing design specs and project plans for software projects. Currently I squeak out about 1000 words every other day. So… Continue

Posted by Brian Clay on May 13, 2008 at 7:43pm — 3 Comments

A little more about my book

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to give you guys a little bit of an idea as to what my book is about and the history behind it. First of all the title is Arthurian Knights, and this is the first book i have ever written. My book is a new version of the Arthurian Tale. This is a subject that I have been obsessed with since I was 16 years old. At first I thought WOW what a romantic story, the love triangle thing makes great drama. In 2002 I started really getting into the historical aspects of the… Continue

Posted by Brenda Burks on May 13, 2008 at 6:27pm — 6 Comments

How does one know? Where is the bar?

In learning about podcasting books, so far I have learned that there are two basic prerequisites: 1. A book 2. A recording of the book Within these categories are a thousand considerations. I am working on the first prerequisite. I have a book I think I'd like to turn into a podiobook, but I don't know if it is up to the standard of the community. Assuming there is a standard. Are there criteria, even if loose? What are those criteria? Where is the bar? Is there a bar? Continue

Posted by EB Fine on May 13, 2008 at 3:23am — 7 Comments

visions

I'm here to listen and learn... and share. Continue

Posted by Jim Wells on May 12, 2008 at 11:24am — No Comments

New Site Up! www.MindTrapped.com

I just put up a site where I can host my short stories and hopefully get some feed back. So far, other than gramatical errors...I've had some good constructive criticisms and it's giving me incentive to really go for a longer story. If anyone wants to check it out, and please do, go to www.MindTrapped.com and leave a comment in the guest book. Also check out the link 'About That...' supplemental, or in the case of podcasting, end caps to the stories. Thanks! Continue

Posted by Garion on May 10, 2008 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Positive review

My first review, from a friend who is a medical editor who also reviews for an online TV site, just arrived.

I just finished it. I read it all tonight. I totally cried at the end. It was wonderful! I can't wait to read the next one! (...) And my god, the descriptions of the places, the histories, the philosophy of wizardry, and the descriptions of THE FOOD. Holy COW. I am going to come and eat my way through Turkey. Honestly, that was AMAZING. It was GREAT. It is a *real* novel. I a…

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Posted by EB Fine on May 10, 2008 at 6:30am — 6 Comments

Beginnings

I've joined the podiobooks group to learn about the mechanics (I probably should say "art") of podcasting. I have had a lot of fun downloading podcasts and listening to them in the car with my daughter as we drive to and from the barn where our horse lives. Most recently we listened to "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Cheesecakes". Not noble stuff, but silly and entertaining. Last November, envious of friends who had done it before, I signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). The… Continue

Posted by EB Fine on May 10, 2008 at 6:26am — No Comments

Waiting for export

It takes a few minutes to move a podcast from wav to wma, and thence to mp3. Those strike me as good moments for blogging, since I wouldn't be productive then anyway. I confess at the outset: most blogs leave me cold. Mine may well be no exception. Yet in the ground between exposure and artfulness there may yet be some space for me to talk about what I'm doing here at podiobooks. BRB, time to levelator. While that's chugging along--why am I here? I suppose it's because I am more interested in… Continue

Posted by Jeffrey Howe on May 8, 2008 at 9:41pm — No Comments

'Lana's story: THE FALL Draft One Done

Honestly, I didn't realise how long it was going to take, for the Last Section after the death. It was a pain. If Anyone is inclined, I can send the Draft out for Criting.. But it's currently sitting there waiting for an edit or two. (I think there is info missing but I Like confirmation.) The Fall is be to small for consideration as PodCast on Podiobooks at 5000 words. (It's an episode for some people.) Well there all ways the sequel, Gamma, which is already 3 times the size, and I've not int… Continue

Posted by Mike Sharpe on May 8, 2008 at 3:22pm — No Comments

Salvation Concludes - New Website Launches

'Salvation', the first story in the second volume of Hall of Mirrors, has just concluded in my other feed. As soon as I've got another story done and dusted, the whole volume will be available here at podiobooks. But if you can't wait that long, you can check out the story and a whole bunch of other stuff at my new website: MikeBennettPodcast.Com You can see me there introducing the site in a new, no-expense-spared video exclusive. Oh yes. Continue

Posted by Mike Bennett on May 7, 2008 at 5:49am — No Comments

About the Roses

As I have been perusing the catalog looking for the cabbages, I find myself in the awkward position of finding more good than bad. The unfortunate by-product of this discovery is a lack of time to fully explore the stinkers. One solution would be to award roses in lieu of cabbages for those titles. Alas, while I might enjoy that approach, I believe my value to the community is in uncovering those titles which could most improve the Podiobook catalog if they were deleted from it. Of cours… Continue

Posted by John Arbuthnot on May 5, 2008 at 9:06am — 3 Comments

Appearance: May 17th, Quail Ridge Books - Raleigh, NC

Details (From the Meetup group site) The Raleigh “Write 2 Publish” Writers Group is holding a panel discussion on the topic of “Podcasting, Blogs, and Self-Publishing: New Ways to Reach Audiences with Your Book” with authors P.G. Holyfield, Mur Lafferty, and Elisa Lorello. As traditional publishing gets increasingly harder t… Continue

Posted by P.G. Holyfield on May 5, 2008 at 6:56am — 4 Comments

The Watching - Horror Novel by CS Johnson Coming Soon!

Hi, I'm new to the podiobook community and I'm very excited about it. This seems like an excellent community for writers and book enthusiasts alike. I will be testing this website out by creating podcasts of my first book, "The Watching". I hope you enjoy, please give me feedback, I will be having the actor, Josh Davidson, read the book for me. East Tennessee horror novelist, C.S. Johnson puts out an impressive debut withThe Watching. Although the author bio indicates she is inspired by the… Continue

Posted by CS Johnson on May 4, 2008 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Young Junius

We have a special guest on Variant Frequencies this month. Seth Harwood brings one of his characters to us in a short story called Young Junius. Seth did a fantastic job of both writing and narrating the story. Everyone on Podibooks.com should know that Seth is the author of the Jack Palms Crime series. His novel, "Jack Wakes Up" recently hit #1 on the My… Continue

Posted by Rick Stringer on May 3, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Pirates of Sufiro

This week's planting is dedicated to David Lee Summers' Pirates of Sufiro. Where to begin? The shabby audio quality? The dreadful narration? The reader's inability to actually maintain consistency in the character's voices? The background music? The cliched plot? Start with the first impressions: The Audio Quality - Unlike the other stories to which I have awarded cabbage clusters, there are few obvious gaffes -- lack of "po… Continue

Posted by John Arbuthnot on May 1, 2008 at 10:21am — No Comments

JC Hutchins

I know it's a little late to comment on JC Hutchins' April Fools joke, but I have to say it's the first one I've fallen for in a very long time. Oooo the names I called that man! Continue

Posted by DrunkenGamer on April 29, 2008 at 1:10pm — 2 Comments

HO/PE Film Challenge - FILMMAKING COMPETITION

Goals ** Raise funds for American Cancer Society ** Make entertaining films ** Have fun! Be More Films is running a film competition much in the vein of the 48 Hour Film Project, only the filmmaker will have 3 weeks to make a film after the registration deadline. Registration deadline is MAY 15th. We are conducting this film competition in order to raise money for the American Cancer Society, thus our name, HO/PE - Helping Others / Providing Entertainment. There is a "registr… Continue

Posted by JeremyParis on April 24, 2008 at 6:20pm — No Comments

Children of Rhatlan

Johnathan Fesmire's fantasy work contains some wonderful writing and an adequate narration style. Unfortunately, it is largely lost behind the quality of the audio file itself. Fesmire's fanciful -- if slightly derivative (*cough* LadyHawke *cough*) -- idea of "duals" is, indeed, charming and he does an excellent job of developing this idea. The narration and pacing are quite good. I enjoyed this story, but found the sound of his breath on the microphone to be distracting in the extreme. The fi… Continue

Posted by John Arbuthnot on April 24, 2008 at 7:47am — No Comments

Suggestions?

As I wander the pathways through the extensive catalog from top to bottom by genre, it occurs to me that listeners may have suggestions for my consideration. I have two titles in progress at the moment, in case one of them improves sufficiently to be removed from the running, but that does not preclude my accepting private nominations for Stinker de la Semaine. If you have any titles which you believe may benefit from my critique, please recommend them to my attention via direct message… Continue

Posted by John Arbuthnot on April 21, 2008 at 9:03am — No Comments

The Zany Time Travels of Warble McGorkle

For my first cabbage award, I've chosen a title that might have some redeeming value. This humorously titled work by the redundant nom de plume Blackbird Crow Raven has some potential but likewise has at least two fatal flaws. First, the audio quality is execrable. If it were totally unlistenable, it might be an improvement. The quality of the sound is almost good enough to hear, but badly distorted by scratchiness and a heaviness in my left ear. Fortunately for Raven, this painful quali… Continue

Posted by John Arbuthnot on April 17, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

What ho!

How grand it is to be resurrected into these modern times! My mission from beyond is to offer reviews of the titles from your esteemed podiobooks.com. Not the typical sycophantic evaluations, but honest punctures into the inflated so-called talents scattered across the catalog. My goal is to find those cabbages among the roses and to bring them to the light so that others might benefit from the more egregious mistakes. Many of you will name me 'Troll' and other less complimentary epithets. Som… Continue