{"id":1530,"date":"2016-10-28T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2022-12-28T20:59:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T01:59:03","slug":"the-sixth-halloween-special-wordcountpodcast","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-sixth-halloween-special-wordcountpodcast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sixth HALLOWEEN Special #WordCountPodcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-file-3288.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1535\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-file-3288-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed-file-3288\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-file-3288-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-file-3288.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Boys, hang on to your significant other, because it&#8217;s time for four fighting tales of twisted All Hallow&#8217;s Eve\u00a0fun.<\/p>\n<p>Girls, you&#8217;re fine. Take care of the boys. You know how fragile they can be.<\/p>\n<p>I SO love this time of year! The wife and I are binge-watching American Horror Story to get into the mood. We are up to Season five (and although I miss Jessica Lange, there is a possibility I&#8217;m infatuated with Lady Gaga as the Countess. But I digress).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1531\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1531 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"845703_770\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-600x602.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/845703_770.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lady Gaga. Picture Copyright American Horror Story, FX &#8220;Yummy&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Six years, six Halloween specials. This years show is far more intimate and disturbing. I like it. No fanfare, no special effects. Just four tales for your listening pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome, dear sinners, to episode 61 the <strong>#WordCountPodcast<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; the most creepy Halloween special!<\/p>\n<p><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><iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4783502\/height\/180\/width\/480\/theme\/standard\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" height=\"180\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>le><\/p>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"456\">Direct:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage<\/a>iTunes (and remember, iTunes takes their sweet time in posting. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t see it yet, keep trying!):\u00a0<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><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Our guests this week:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CTS.jpg\"><img 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><strong>C. Thomas Smith<\/strong>\u00a0<em>&#8220;Trick&#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.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter = @KRSTVR<\/p>\n<p>Web =\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinity-forge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.infinity-forge.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><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><strong>Maria Haskins<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;<em>The Demon<\/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\u00a0<em>Odin&#8217;s Eye<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; a collection of science fiction short-stories\u00a0&#8211; was published in March, 2015.\u00a0<em>Cuts &amp; Collected Poems 1989 &#8211; 2015<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; a\u00a0collection of poetry &#8211; was released in November, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mariahaskinswriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mariahaskinswriter\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodreads:\u00a0<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><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1534\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/13925275_10154245021905170_2194058733915037883_n.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Matthew Munson\u00a0<\/strong><em>&#8220;Dreaming&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Matthew is a writer, a geek,\u00a0disability advocate, a trustee, a marathon walker and a photographer. He&#8217;s written two contemporary fantasy novels published through Inspired Quill, is currently finishing off a serial crime novella for an online audience, is writing the first in a series of non-fiction books on disabilities, and has been appointed to the diversity panel of a new UK-based publisher. Life is good, although there could be more chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: @mnwjm1981<\/p>\n<p>Websites:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmunson.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.matthewmunson.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthewmunsonauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/matthewmunsonauthor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rob-Edwards.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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>\u00a0&#8220;<em>A\u00a0Lesson in Feldok<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boys, hang on to your significant other, because it&#8217;s time for four fighting tales of twisted All Hallow&#8217;s Eve\u00a0fun. Girls, you&#8217;re fine. Take care of the boys. You know how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1535,"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-1530","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\/1530","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3431,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1530\/revisions\/3431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}