Episode Eleven — Jim Butcher Interview

Release Date: 2011-09-14
Hosts: The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Buck Turner
Guest: Jim Butcher

INTRODUCTION (0:54)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
• Gneech: Pathfinder RPG Web Fiction
• Greg: Review of Roar 3
• Buck: Stephen King story to get indie film adaptation

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DISCUSSION (7:20)

• Gneech: “Curses” by Jim Butcher (in Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy)
• Greg: “Mile 81” by Stephen King
• Buck: “Palimpsest” by Catherynne Valente

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FEATURE: Jim Butcher Interview (19:58)

 

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (45:26)

• Buck Turner: Keys to fantasy worlds, literal and otherwise.

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ENDSHOW (48:58)

• Gneech: Intervention panel Sunday 1 p.m. w/ Anthony Zaragoza and Chooch Schubert
• Greg: FANG Volume 5, Welcome to Cappuccinos Kickstarter Project (now 100% funded!), and Dungeons & Denizens is back!
• Buck: We’re sponsored by Furplanet!

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
• Would you like to be a guest? Do you have a project to plug?
• site comments

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• Come back in two three weeks! Next show September 28 October 5.
• Signoff

This Week’s Music

• Regular intro and outro: “The Third Man Theme” by Rat City Brass, used by permission.
• Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network: “Journey B” by DanielReal2K, “Flamenco” by B-Sea Surfers, “Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo, “Banjo Roids” by ATL Producers, “Honey Cotton” by Alex Cebe, “Chilling Loop” by Upstairs, “Spooky Fractal Magic” by Embertime, “Turn It Up” by Danny Weis, “My Moon” by PJ73, and “Banjo Tango” by Cynthia Sayer.
• Courtesy of http://freemusicarchive.org: “Songe D’Automne” by Latché Swing, “Rythme Gitan” by Latché Swing, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orchestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.

Release Date: 2011-08-31
Hosts: The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Buck Turner
Guest: Gail Carriger

INTRODUCTION (0:42)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
• Gneech: MI5 Releases Notes re: P.G. Wodehouse
• Buck: How Technology Has Transformed Short Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Greg: Stephen King’s New e-Reader Story to Deput Sept. 1 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20097356-10391698.html and http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2011-08-25/stephen-king/416761/1
• Followup and feedback from previous show
• Greg and Buck: New sponsor! Furplanet!
• Gneech: Highlights from Twitter: “*squeeee* @doctorow RAWKS! Download this now.” and “Excellent show this week! @doctorow interview gives you much ‘cast-cred.”
• Greg: Lowlights from Twitter: @[name redacted] on Twitter: “enjoyed @doctorow interview but please lose the fake voice and dumb “if you were a… what kind would you be” type questions”

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DISCUSSION (14:12)

• Gneech: G. D. Falksen “The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday” in Steampunk II
• Greg: Jeffery C. Wells “Torn Apart and Devoured by Lions” in Machine of Death
• Buck: Robert Heinlein “Blowups Happen” reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow

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FEATURE: Gail Carriger Interview (27:00)

• GG caught her at WorldCon!

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (39:10)

• Buck Turner: Show Don’t Tell

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ENDSHOW (44:20)

• Gneech: Come find me at Dragon*Con!
• Greg: Welcome to Cappuccinos Kickstarter Project!
• Buck: I have a guest spot on the all-star podcast “Knotsheathed,” recorded live at Rocky Mountain Fur Con. Also, come See me at Mephit Furmeet.

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
• Would you like to be a guest? Do you have a project to plug?
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This Week’s Music

• Regular intro and outro: “The Third Man Theme” by Rat City Brass, used by permission.
• Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network: “Journey B” by DanielReal2K, “Flamenco” by B-Sea Surfers, “Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo, “Banjo Roids” by ATL Producers, “Honey Cotton” by Alex Cebe, “Chilling Loop” by Upstairs, “Spooky Fractal Magic” by Embertime, “Turn It Up” by Danny Weis, “My Moon” by PJ73, and “Banjo Tango” by Cynthia Sayer.
• Courtesy of http://freemusicarchive.org: “Songe D’Automne” by Latché Swing, “Rythme Gitan” by Latché Swing, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orchestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.

Release Date: 2011-08-24
Hosts: The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Buck Turner
Guest:Cory Doctorow

INTRODUCTION (0:45)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
• Gneech: Spoilers Don’t Necessarily Spoil http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/333505/title/Spoilers_freshen_up_stories / http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/08/18/spoiler-alert-if-you-know-the-ending-you-might-enjoy-the-story-more/
• Buck:  Washington Post: The Golden Era Of Books Isn’t Over. The Golden Era Of Books Is Now
• Followup and feedback from previous show
• Chad Hershey (again!):
  

  Imagine my surprise and delight when I heard not only my question read on the podcast but my name as well! It made my day!

  First, thank you for commenting on my question. The comments that you all gave were helpful, especially when it was stated that we should not to fit the story to the word count, but tell the story like it wants to be told. That actually helps in another area as well.

  In the story I’m working on I wanted the plot to progress in one specific direction. I wanted the main male character to have his moment of internal pain and agony, make the difficult choice, and leave the story open to what would happen next. However, no matter how many times I tried to end the story in the way I wanted it to end, the story didn’t sit right with me. So I changed one bit and it seems (in my mind at least) to make the story better.

  But…plot. Yeah. I don’t know if the story would be interesting to others. I understand that it is fine to write for oneself (and I do have folders full of such stories), but I do want others to read what I write. Not for profit necessarily, but so I can improve.

  tl;dr: Thanks for the pointers, keep up the awesome work, I’m letting the story tell itself like it wants, but I’m nervous that it lacks connection with the reader.

  stl;drte: I liek cheese.

• GG trolling for comments on Google+
  

  Did you know I do a podcast with such creative delights as +John Robey and +Buck Turner ? It’s true. It’s all about short stories, and I love doing it. shortstorygeeks.com The Short Story Geeks Podcast, featuring news, reviews, and how-to’s. Hosted by John ‘The Gneech’ Robey, Buck Turner, and Graveyard Greg.

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  David Rust – It’s informative, fun, and cool.

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  Chad Hershey – Yes! Yes I did! And I look forward to the next episode!

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  Invisible Wolf – No! No I did not!

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  Graveyard Greg – +Invisible Wolf Well! NOW YOU DO!

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  Joe Pezrada – You’ve mentioned it, I have yet to hear it…

  Aug 16, 2011

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DISCUSSION (10:29)

• Gneech: Seanan McGuire: “Velveteen vs. The Isley Crayfish Festival”
• Greg: Peter David: “Bronsky’s Dates with Death” (from the July/August ‘11 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
• Buck: “Sim & Scope” from In the Doghouse of Justice, by Kyell Gold

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FEATURE: Cory Doctorow Interview (26:42)

• GG caught him at WorldCon!

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (42:14)

• Buck Turner: Paragraphs! Paragraphs are your friends and make your stories readable.

BUMPER

ENDSHOW (47:25)

• Gneech: SJ books available for order! http://gnomeco.com/?wpsc_product_category=books
• Greg: Epic Rap Battles of History: Dr. Seuss vs William Shakespeare, Meet the Neighbors (adults ONLY!)
• Buck: Roar Volume 3, available now at many fine locations. Your support helps us keep bringing out new and high quality short fiction.

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
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This Week’s Music

• Regular intro and outro: “The Third Man Theme” by Rat City Brass, used by permission.
• Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network: “Journey B” by DanielReal2K, “Flamenco” by B-Sea Surfers, “Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo, “Banjo Roids” by ATL Producers, “Honey Cotton” by Alex Cebe, “Chilling Loop” by Upstairs, “Spooky Fractal Magic” by Embertime, “Turn It Up” by Danny Weis, “My Moon” by PJ73, and “Banjo Tango” by Cynthia Sayer.
• Courtesy of http://freemusicarchive.org: “Songe D’Automne” by Latché Swing, “Rythme Gitan” by Latché Swing, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orchestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.

Release Date: 2011-08-10
Hosts:The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Buck Turner

INTRODUCTION (0:43)

• Welcome and host intros
• Sorry for the delay!
• Short Story Headlines
• Peter Beagle/ITV Settle Over Last Unicorn
• NJ.com Review of Five Short Story Collections
• eFiction, An Exciting eZine of Short Stories and Poetry in eBook Formats
• Followup and feedback from previous show
• Busta Lovecraft — A comic in which the rapper Busta Rhymes goes back and beats up H.P. Lovecraft for being racist.
• Chad Hershey: “Okay…I want to write a short story. I’ve been listening to the Short Story Geeks, and I think that a story idea I’ve had for a while now would do well as a short story. Now I just need to write it, and see where it goes from there.

“Now, maybe because I’m a short story neophyte, but how do you define a short story? Is it by word count, or something else? Oh, and thanks for the layout information…I’ve been double spacing after my periods since high school! Never knew it was only single space.”

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DISCUSSION (12:24)

• Gneech: Core terminology — what IS a short story? And what isn’t? (Hugo Awards: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-categories/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_count)
• Greg: The Way It Works Out and All by Peter S. Beagle (from the Jul/Aug issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
• Buck: The Restoration of Faith by Jim Butcher

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THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (27:30)

• Buck Turner: Writing for publication vs. writing for pleasure or online self publishing sites.

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ENDSHOW (41:18)

• Gneech: I got no plugs for myself this week. Go read Hark! A Vagrant!
• Greg: The usual webcomics (Carpe Diem, Dungeons & Denizens), the usual all call for submissions (FANG volume 5) and Unexpected Relationships, a short story set in the Carpe Diem universe. Get it FREE with coupon code XF45H until August 23rd!
• Buck: Thanking people for their last minute submissions to ROAR 4 that exceeded my expectations.

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
• Would you like to be a guest? Do you have a project to plug?
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• Sponsor us!
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• Come back in two weeks! Next show August 23rd.
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This Week’s Music

• Regular intro and outro: “The Third Man Theme” by Rat City Brass, used by permission.
• Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network: “Journey B” by DanielReal2K, “Flamenco” by B-Sea Surfers, “Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo, “Banjo Roids” by ATL Producers, “Honey Cotton” by Alex Cebe, “Chilling Loop” by Upstairs, “Spooky Fractal Magic” by Embertime, “Turn It Up” by Danny Weis, “My Moon” by PJ73, and “Banjo Tango” by Cynthia Sayer.
• Courtesy of http://freemusicarchive.org: “Songe D’Automne” by Latché Swing, “Rythme Gitan” by Latché Swing, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orchestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.