Another story I read for PodCastle, Marie Brennan's "A Heretic By Degrees," is up. I struggled with this one, as it demanded that all four of major characters be distinct and real. (Some of that may be due to the character work I'd done just the week before in Barbara Scott's workshop at the VIC.) I hope they come across as clearly to everyone as ( Read more... )

I'm up for an award, and I need your help. Two minutes is all it takes.

The Voice of the Revolution, a gaming podcast I co-host with Brennan Taylor and that's produced by Ryan Macklin, has been nominated for the ENnie Award for Best Podcast. The results are based on an online vote, and voting is open to everyone. (It's limited to one vote per ( Read more... )

Today, the story-telling game I've been working (slowly) on for the last two years is shipping from the warehouse to customers. My comp copies arrived last week, and I'm amazed at how an idea that started as some notes scribbled in the back of a bus has turned into a tangible thing. I'm a little overwhelmed by the whole process, so I'm not really ( Read more... )

Every so often I have the honor (and pleasure) of narrating a story for PodCastle (or their big sister, Escape Pod). This week they released The Dreaming Wind by Jeffrey Ford, which I recorded for them back in December. I almost forgotten about it, and it turns out I wasn't the only one. Due to an editorial mixup, they ended up getting two ( Read more... )