{"id":1689,"date":"2017-03-26T11:08:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T15:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2022-12-28T23:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:02:31","slug":"the-word-count-podcast-episode-64","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-word-count-podcast-episode-64\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast-Episode 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1686\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1686\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"764\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17159218_10158322966960635_6047412531186323450_o-1024x724.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watson Lake, AZ &#8211; Photo by Becca B. Jenkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Picture above and the month of March. That&#8217;s the prompt for this month&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>A huge \u201cthank you\u201d to Ms. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeccaNJP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becca B. Jenkins<\/a> who graciously let me use one of her photographs for this month\u2019s show. Along with her writing talent (and I\u2019d check out her website when you get a sec: <a href=\"http:\/\/writing.huntgatherbrew.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunt, Gather, Brew<\/a>), she is a talented photographer.<\/p>\n<p>Four new stories this time around. Two wonderful partners-in-crime return (Maria Haskins and Bill Kirton) along with relative newcomer to the show, John McCaffrey (in a collaboration piece with Jack Gwaltney) and long time absent friend Julia Mae Staley returns as well with a lovely tale.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to download and listen to the latest\u00a0show (or previous shows) via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-word-count\/id392550989?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iTunes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Libsyn<\/strong><\/a>. 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\/5203995\/height\/180\/width\/480\/theme\/standard\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" height=\"180\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A reminder that we are looking to increase the number of likes on the show\u2019s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheWordCountPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, so hope on over there and tell you friends about us (use the <strong>#WordCountPodcast<\/strong> hashtag).<\/p>\n<p>Onto the show!<\/p>\n<p>Show Notes:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015.jpg\"><img 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;Lost&#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><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaHaskins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mariahaskins<\/a><\/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;The Lochan&#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>Justice, 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>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Jack Gwaltney &amp; John McCaffrey<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<em>Seldom is Heard<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1690\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-scaled-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-1024x586.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Jack Gwaltney<\/em> was born in Virginia, went to the University of Virginia and lives in New York, fortunate to perform as an actor on stage, television and in film. Collaborating with John McCaffrey is one of the wisest things Jack does. Thanks to <em>The Word Count Podcast<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><em>John McCaffrey<\/em> grew up in Rochester, New York, attended Villanova University, and received his MA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. He is the author of <em>The Book of Ash<\/em> and <em>Two Syllable Men<\/em>. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1691\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JuliaMaeStaley.jpg 973w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Julia Mae Staley \u2013 <\/strong>\u201c<em>When on Fire<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julia Mae Staley is a singer\/songwriter, rock harpist and author from Bucks County, PA.\u00a0 Her music has taken her many places, and even to the silver screen.\u00a0 She will be releasing her first indie rock album this year.<\/p>\n<p>Websites: <a href=\"https:\/\/juliamaestaley.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.juliamaestaley.com<\/a>\u00a0; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockharpist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rockharpist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliamaestaley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@juliamaestaley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Picture above and the month of March. 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