{"id":1381,"date":"2016-05-29T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T13:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:30:33","slug":"the-word-count-podcast-episode-57-pirate-island-rat","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-word-count-podcast-episode-57-pirate-island-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast episode 57 &#8211; Pirate, Island, Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally!<\/p>\n<p>Between radiation treatment and misbehaving software, it&#8217;s taken me nearly a week to get the show done! But it&#8217;s well worth the wait as we have four amazing tales of high-seas hijinks and mayhem for your listening pleasure. \u00a0The theme this go-around was\u00a0<strong>Pirate, Island<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Rat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1382\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/pirate-ship-widescreen-wallpaper.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, before we introduce our cadre of writers and their most excellent stories, a bit about the show:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>What is The Word Count Podcast?<\/em><\/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><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Why?<\/em><\/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>You can listen to the latest podcast below, subscribe via iTunes or listen at the show\u2019s site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4401943\/height\/180\/width\/480\/theme\/standard\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" height=\"180\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"456\"><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><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><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Our guests this week:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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>\u201cA Happy Ending\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 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 href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1384\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards-150x150.png\" alt=\"Rob Edwards\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Rob Edwards<\/strong> &#8220;<em>Legend of Redhook&#8217;s Gold<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Edwards is a British born writer and podcaster, currently living in\u00a0Finland. His podcast, StorycastRob, features readings from his short\u00a0stories and excerpts from longer work. His work can also be found in the\u00a0anthologies *Tales from the Universe* and the forthcoming *Tales from\u00a0Alternate Earths*, published in Kindle format by Inklings Press.<\/p>\n<p>His greatest geek pride is his entry on wookieepedia, the a result of<br \/>\nwriting several Star Wars RPG scenarios back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Rob is currently working on a YA novel featuring superheroes in space.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0@storycastrob<\/p>\n<p>Websites:<\/p>\n<p>PODCAST:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.storycastrob.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.storycastrob.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOG:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.storycastrob.co.uk\/wp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.storycastrob.co.uk\/wp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1170\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CTS\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>C. Thomas Smith<\/strong> &#8220;<em>The Bear&#8217;s Fate&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>C. Thomas Smith is the author of hundreds of short stories (99% have never\u00a0left his hard drive) and half a dozen unpublished novels (50% cowardice \/\u00a050% self-doubt). He is a fan of common sense, free speech, noticing the\u00a0truth in the absurd and caffeine. He sort of likes cats. He lives in\u00a0Ireland with his partner, two children, a mortgage and a cat he doesn\u2019t\u00a0trust.<\/p>\n<p>At present, Chris is writing a series of novels (adult dark comedy set in\u00a0medieval Ireland that may include a token Leprechaun) and editing a second\u00a0series (Dark Fantasy). Along the way he hopes not to starve to death or be\u00a0mauled in his sleep by a shifty eyed cat.\u00a0He and his two besties still work\u00a0at ManDay but it&#8217;s a tough slog and only Odin knows where it will all end.<\/p>\n<p>I still love you Bear.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter = @KRSTVR<\/p>\n<p>Web = <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinity-forge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.infinity-forge.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MariaHaskins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1346\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MariaHaskins-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"MariaHaskins\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MariaHaskins-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MariaHaskins-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Maria Haskins<\/strong> &#8220;<em>Treasure Island<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator with a\u00a0passion for science fiction and fantasy. She was born and grew up in\u00a0Sweden, but moved to Canada in the early 1990s and now lives just outside\u00a0Vancouver with a husband, two kids, and a large black dog. Maria debuted as\u00a0a writer in Sweden, and has had several books published there. Her English\u00a0language debut <em>Odin&#8217;s Eye<\/em> &#8211; a collection of science fiction short-stories\u00a0&#8211; was published in March, 2015. <em>Cuts &amp; Collected Poems 1989 &#8211; 2015<\/em> &#8211; a\u00a0collection of poetry &#8211; was released in November, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mariahaskinswriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mariahaskinswriter\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodreads: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/13459869.Maria_Haskins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/13459869.Maria_Haskins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amazon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/-\/e\/B00UICDA2K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/-\/e\/B00UICDA2K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smashbooks: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/mariahaskins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/mariahaskins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @mariahaskins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally! Between radiation treatment and misbehaving software, it&#8217;s taken me nearly a week to get the show done! But it&#8217;s well worth the wait as we have four amazing tales [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1382,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-1381","wc-podcast","type-wc-podcast","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-s11-twcpage","category-c42-twc-cat","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wc-podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3433,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1381\/revisions\/3433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}