{"id":1051,"date":"2015-05-31T19:13:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T19:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:49:49","slug":"episode-48-of-the-word-count-is-now-live","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/episode-48-of-the-word-count-is-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 48 of The Word Count is now LIVE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to Episode 48 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creating the show was a breeze this week with four amazing original stories built around the three word theme of \u201cTrain. Blink. Dark.Theater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The temp site is still a work in progress\u2014finally got all previous postings for the last four years ported over. But there are formatting and other changes which means going one by one to correct the blogs, posts, bio, book stuff\u2026blah blah blah.<\/p>\n<p>While I curse behind the scenes, I hope you all enjoy the latest show which is rather good and is the bright spot of a rather entertaining Sunday<\/p>\n<p>But before we introduce our cadre of writers, a bit about the show:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is The Word Count Podcast?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a free broadcast by writers for writers. 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why not, says I. It\u2019s a great way to practice writing and public speaking. It\u2019s another way for writers to get their work \u201cout there.\u201d And I love to meet fellow authors and have a blast putting the show together. It\u2019s just that simple.<\/p>\n<p><em>Okay. Where can I find it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3586733\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/standard\/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>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"654\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Direct: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes (and remember, iTunes takes their sweet time in posting. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t see it yet, keep trying!): <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-word-count\/id392550989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-word-count\/id392550989<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Our guests this week:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1053\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Billk\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-600x594.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Bill Kirton <\/strong><em>\u201cPlant Life\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer, <strong><u>Bill Kirton<\/u> <\/strong>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,\u00a0<em>Material Evidence, Rough Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Unsafe Acts<\/em>\u00a0are set in north east Scotland and his historical crime\/romance novel,\u00a0<em>The Figurehead<\/em>, is set in Aberdeen in 1840.\u00a0<em>The Darkness<\/em>\u00a0won the silver award in the mystery category of the 2011 Forward<\/p>\n<p>National Literature Awards and his spoof mystery,\u00a0<em>The Sparrow Conundrum<\/em>, was the winner in the humor category.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s published a novel for children called\u00a0<em>The Loch Ewe Mystery<\/em>, and his latest publication is a satirical novella about online gaming and the real and virtual worlds.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s had radio plays broadcast by the BBC and the Australian BC.\u00a0 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\u00a0<em>Best British Crime Stories<\/em>. It\u2019s also been optioned by a film company in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at universities in Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @carver22<\/p>\n<p>Website &amp; Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bill-kirton.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bill-kirton.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mmtosen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1056\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mmtosen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"mmtosen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mmtosen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mmtosen-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mmtosen-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>M. M. Tosen <\/strong><em>\u201cPsychopomp\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>M.M. always had a love of reading and books from a young age. So\u00a0much so that his mother had to limit how many he could read or he\u00a0would not get sleep. This developed into writing stories, musings\u00a0(attempted) poems, and an affinity for the arts and music in general.\u00a0He has always had a passion to write and is steadily being encouraged again\u00a0by those around him.<\/p>\n<p>M.M. currently lives in the northern part of New York where he works\u00a0and lives and is fond of the weekends when he can write and\u00a0binge-watch Netflix movies.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @MMTosen<\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/mmtosen.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmtosen.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kimmydon2shrunk2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1055\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kimmydon2shrunk2.jpg\" alt=\"kimmydon2shrunk2\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kimmydon2shrunk2.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kimmydon2shrunk2-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>Kimberly Gould <\/strong><em>\u201dBlack Train\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Gould hates being called Kimmy, but her mom called her Kimmydonn and that was okay. She is the author of the Cargon series as well as Thickness of Blood and Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story. When she isn&#8217;t writing about the apocalypse, she is doing what she can to prevent one as an environmental scientist. You can find her almost everywhere as Kimmydonn, including her website, <a href=\"Kimmydonn.com\">Kimmydonn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @Kimmydonn<\/p>\n<p>Web: <a href=\"Kimmydonn.com\">Kimmydonn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eden-at-benmcnally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1054\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eden-at-benmcnally-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"eden at benmcnally\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eden-at-benmcnally-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eden-at-benmcnally-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eden-at-benmcnally-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/eden-at-benmcnally.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Eden Baylee<\/strong> <em>\u201cDown on Luck\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eden Baylee left a twenty-year banking career to become a full-time writer. She incorporates many of her favorite things into her writing such as: travel; humor; music; poetry; art; and much more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stranger at Sunset<\/em>\u00a0is her first mystery novel, on the heels of several books of erotic anthologies and short stories. She writes in multiple genres.<\/p>\n<p>An introvert by nature and an extrovert by design, Eden is most comfortable at home with her laptop surrounded by books. She is an online Scrabble junkie and a social media enthusiast, but she really needs to get out more often!<\/p>\n<p>To stay apprised of Eden\u2019s book-related news, please add your name to her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/UKP8P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with her via her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edenbaylee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenbaylee.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twitter @edenbaylee<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Episode 48 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast! Creating the show was a breeze this week with four amazing original stories built around the three word theme of \u201cTrain. 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