{"id":1670,"date":"2017-02-21T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:30:32","slug":"the-word-count-podcast-episode-63","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-word-count-podcast-episode-63\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast-Episode 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/350986-bigthumbnail.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1632\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/350986-bigthumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/350986-bigthumbnail.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/350986-bigthumbnail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Picture above and the month of February. That&#8217;s the prompt for this month&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>The feedback I&#8217;ve been receiving on the &#8220;enhanced&#8221; podcast format and the new prompts for 2017 has been pretty good. And I think this month&#8217;s show will be very enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Except for the host. He has a bit of a cold and is recovering from a weekend hanging out with other writers and fans at<strong> #Boskone54.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to download and listen to the latest\u00a0show via\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-word-count\/id392550989?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libsyn<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. Here is an embedded\u00a0player, if you prefer:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5104220\/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><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Show Notes:<\/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=\"\" 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> &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;George&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer,\u00a0Bill Kirton\u00a0was 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>\u00a0Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves\u00a0<\/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>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bill-kirton.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bill-kirton.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carver22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carver22<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1671\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM.png 447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Eden Baylee<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;Love and Death&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eden Baylee left a twenty-year banking career to write and is now a full-time author of multiple genres.<\/p>\n<p>She has written three collections of erotic novellas and flash fiction ~ SPRING INTO SUMMER, FALL INTO WINTER, and HOT FLASH.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, she launched the first novel of her trilogy with Dr. Kate Hampton\u2014a psychological mystery\/suspense called STRANGER AT SUNSET. In addition to working on her next novel, Eden created Lainey Lee for the Lei Crime Series, a feisty divorc\u00e9e who finds adventure and romance in Hawaii. Her novellas are available on Kindle Worlds.<\/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! To stay apprised of Eden\u2019s book-related news, please add your name to her <a href=\"http:\/\/edenbaylee.us8.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=04d35c0617b1f9505e2abe3ea&amp;id=2bd4181762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edenbayleebooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/edenbayleebooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blog:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edenbaylee.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/edenbaylee.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edenbaylee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@edenbaylee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1672\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CThomasSmith.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>C. Thomas Smith<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;Fecking Direction&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>C. Thomas Smith is the author of hundreds of short stories (99% have never left his hard drive) and over half a dozen unpublished novels (50% cowardice \/ 50% self-doubt). He is a fan of common sense, free speech, noticing the truth in the absurd and caffeine. He sort of likes cats. He lives in Ireland with his partner, two and a half children, a mortgage and a cat he doesn\u2019t trust.<\/p>\n<p>At present, Chris is writing a series of novels (adult dark comedy set in medieval Ireland that may include a token Leprechaun) and editing a second series (Dark Fantasy). Along the way, he hopes not to starve to death or be mauled in his sleep by a shifty-eyed cat.<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinity-forge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.infinity-forge.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Krstvr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KRSTVR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1673\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Maria Haskins<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;Wolves and Girls&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and certified translator. She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and debuted as a writer in Sweden. Since 1992 she lives in Canada, just outside Vancouver, with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog.<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaHaskins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mariahaskins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Picture above and the month of February. That&#8217;s the prompt for this month&#8217;s show. 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