{"id":1040,"date":"2015-04-12T13:44:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T17:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2015\/04\/12\/twcep\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T00:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T05:05:06","slug":"twcep","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/twcep\/","title":{"rendered":"FINALLY! The Word Count Episode 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Welcome to the much-delayed Episode 46 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I apologize to everyone\u2014especially our four storytellers on the show this month.&nbsp; I\u2019ve been dealing with some\u2026entertaining\u2026health issue of late.&nbsp; Hopefully I\u2019ve turned that corner and get back to both writing and podcasting!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The show this month was supposed to be released back in February.&nbsp; The theme is \u201c<b>My Bloody Valentine\u201d<\/b> So now it\u2019s My bloody Valentine\u2026in the Spring?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Yeah.&nbsp; That\u2019ll work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">But before we introduce our cadre of writers, a bit about the show:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">What is The Word Count Podcast?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">It is a free broadcast by writers for writers.&nbsp; Simply put, a theme for each show is announced via this site, Twitter and Facebook and writers are given a week or two to write AND RECORD their stories based on said theme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Why not, says I.&nbsp; It\u2019s a great way to practice writing and public speaking. &nbsp;It\u2019s another way for writers to get their work \u201cout there.\u201d&nbsp; And I love to meet fellow authors and have a blast putting the show together.&nbsp; It\u2019s just that simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Okay.&nbsp; Where can I find it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">You can listen to the latest podcast below, subscribe via iTunes or listen at the show\u2019s site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/destination\/id\/24286\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/legacy\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"654\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b>Direct: <a href=\"http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b>iTunes (and remember, iTunes takes   their sweet time in posting. &nbsp;If you don&#8217;t see it yet, keep trying!): <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-word-count\/id392550989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-word-count\/id392550989<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <b> <\/b> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Our guests this week:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-291\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" alt=\"bill_Kirton\" height=\"173\" width=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton.jpg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-600x594.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Bill Kirton <\/b><i>\u201cHaemoglobin.com\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer, <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bill Kirton<\/span> <\/b>was a lecturer in French at the University of Aberdeen. He\u2019s written stage and radio plays, short stories, novels, skits and songs for revues, and five non-fiction books aimed at helping students with their writing and study skills. His five modern crime novels,&nbsp;<i>Material Evidence, Rough Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves <\/i>and&nbsp;<i>Unsafe Acts<\/i> are set in north east Scotland and his historical crime\/romance novel,&nbsp;<i>The Figurehead<\/i>, is set in Aberdeen in 1840.&nbsp;<i>The Darkness<\/i> won the silver award in the mystery category of the 2011 Forward National Literature Awards and his spoof mystery,&nbsp;<i>The Sparrow Conundrum<\/i>, was the winner in the humor category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He\u2019s published a novel for children called&nbsp;<i>The Loch Ewe Mystery<\/i>, and his latest publication is a satirical novella about online gaming and the real and virtual worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He\u2019s had radio plays broadcast by the BBC and the Australian BC.&nbsp; His short stories have appeared in many anthologies, including three of the CWA\u2019s annual collections, and one was chosen by Maxim Jakubowski for his 2010 anthology of&nbsp;<i>Best British Crime Stories<\/i>. It\u2019s also been optioned by a film company in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He\u2019s been a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at universities in Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter: @carver22<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bill-kirton.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bill-kirton.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1037\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" alt=\"JD\" height=\"200\" width=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JD.jpg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JD.jpg 273w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/JD-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>J. D. Robinson<\/b> <i>\u201cThe One Way Heart to Hell\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">J.D. is a current resident of Durham, North Carolina with her husband, son, and beta fish named Ghost. She&#8217;s a foodie, a recovering coffee addict, and a rabid fan of the dark and deadly. When she&#8217;s not out traveling the world, you can usually find her hunched over a keyboard late at night, typing away into the wee hours of the morning about demons, wars, and all the poor humans that get stuck in the middle. You can find out more about J.D. and her passions by following the link to her lair: <a href=\"http:\/\/jd-indieauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/jd-indieauthor.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter: @Sachula<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1038\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" alt=\"LTYM_Headshot\" height=\"175\" width=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot.jpg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot-600x601.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LTYM_Headshot-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Cameron Garriepy <\/b><i>\u201cThe Folly\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Cameron D. Garriepy is the author of <i>Buck\u2019s Landing<\/i>, the first of the New England Seacoast romance series, and a champion of emerging writers and independent authors everywhere. She is a Managing Editor at <a href=\"http:\/\/writeonedge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/writeonedge.com<\/a> Write on Edge, where she created <i>Precipice: The Literary Anthology of Write on Edge<\/i> as an annual spotlight for short fiction and memoir writers. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of <a href=\"http:\/\/bannerwingbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bannerwingbooks.com<\/a> Bannerwing Books, a small independent press and publishing services company. Cameron also writes for her own <a href=\"http:\/\/camerondgarriepy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/camerondgarriepy.com<\/a> eponymous blog, fondly recalls writing her first romance novel in middle school on an antique typewriter, and shares her life with her patient husband and six-year-old son. Her second full-length novel, <i>Damselfly Inn<\/i>, will be released on April 13, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1039\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" alt=\"Riona\" height=\"175\" width=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Riona.jpg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Riona.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Riona-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Riona-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Riona-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Riona-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Riona Mackey-Wood<\/b> <i>\u201cMy Bloody Valentine\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Riona is a high school student, avid swimmer and star of her water polo team.&nbsp; Not only is she developing her talent for writing, she is exploring forensic science and other interests in school. 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