{"id":1835,"date":"2017-09-24T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:28:47","slug":"the-word-count-podcast-episode-70","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-word-count-podcast-episode-70\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast-Episode 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From childhood\u2019s hour I have not been <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>As others were\u2014I have not seen <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>As others saw\u2014I could not bring <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My passions from a common spring\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From the same source I have not taken <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My sorrow\u2014I could not awaken <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My heart to joy at the same tone\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And all I lov\u2019d\u2014I lov\u2019d alone\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Then\u2014in my childhood\u2014in the dawn <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Of a most stormy life\u2014was drawn <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From ev\u2019ry depth of good and ill <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The mystery which binds me still\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From the torrent, or the fountain\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From the red cliff of the mountain\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From the sun that \u2019round me roll\u2019d <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>In its autumn tint of gold\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From the lightning in the sky <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>As it pass\u2019d me flying by\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>From the thunder, and the storm\u2014 <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And the cloud that took the form <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(When the rest of Heaven was blue) <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Of a demon in my view\u2014<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-ALONE by Edgar Alan Poe<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to episode 70 of the <strong>#WordCountPodcast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The snippet of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manythings.org\/voa\/stories\/The_Tell-Tale_Heart_-_By_Edgar_Allan_Poe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tell-Tall Heart<\/a> can be found by following the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manythings.org\/voa\/stories\/The_Tell-Tale_Heart_-_By_Edgar_Allan_Poe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The voice actor was Shep ONeal. \u00a0The recording was adapted by Shelley Gollust and was produced by Lawan Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Near Emerson College where I&#8217;m in process of studying for my MFA, there is a statue of Edgar Allen Poe. Although Poe&#8217;s opinion of Boston is&#8230;um&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/05\/us\/edgar-allan-poes-feud-with-boston-nevermore.html?mcubz=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mixed<\/a>, he was born here in 1809.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the city finally unveiled a statue in his honor, and a photo of that statue was the subject for episode 70\u00a0of the WCP. And our <strong>#Irregulars<\/strong> delivered.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1832\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21272493_10214843868949832_8015701092874169472_n.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1832\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21272493_10214843868949832_8015701092874169472_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21272493_10214843868949832_8015701092874169472_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21272493_10214843868949832_8015701092874169472_n-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21272493_10214843868949832_8015701092874169472_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quote the Raven, &#8220;Occasionally.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, here\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Episode 70: The Tell-Tale Podcast:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5770237\/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><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that we are looking to increase the number of likes on the show\u2019s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheWordCountPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/strong>, so hope on over there and tell you friends about us (use the\u00a0<strong>#WordCountPodcast<\/strong>\u00a0hashtag).<\/p>\n<p>As always, the WCP is FREE to download and listen\u00a0\u00a0via\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>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Guests:<\/strong><\/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>\u00a0<em>\u2013 \u201cNevermore\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer,\u00a0<strong><em>Bill Kirton\u00a0<\/em><\/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>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.billkirton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.billkirton.com<\/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\/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\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_20161017_150015.jpg 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a>Maria Haskins<\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u2013 \u201cBuried\u201d<\/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>Jack Gwaltney &amp; John McCaffrey<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cA<em> Descent into the Maelstrom\u201d<\/em><\/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-large wp-image-1690\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-1024x586.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-1024x586.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-768x440.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"271\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jack Gwaltney<\/em><\/strong> 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>\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>John McCaffrey<\/em><\/strong> 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\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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> \u2013 \u201cO<em>n Poe, Words and Legacy<\/em>\u201d<\/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!\u00a0To stay apprised of Eden\u2019s book-related news, please add your name to her\u00a0<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\" 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