{"id":1952,"date":"2018-03-25T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T14:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:28:47","slug":"the-word-count-podcast-episode-74","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-word-count-podcast-episode-74\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast-Episode 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>&#8220;Six Months of\u00a0Winter&#8221;<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 74rd episode of the #<strong>WordCountPodcast<\/strong> was inspired by the book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/dp\/0765382431\/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_VOM-yb2AFFC4H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Stranded<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/brackenmacleod.wixsite.com\/author-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bracken Macleod<\/a> and this picture:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3B6D08C5-E8A6-42AA-819A-A852C33954D8.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1945\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3B6D08C5-E8A6-42AA-819A-A852C33954D8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3B6D08C5-E8A6-42AA-819A-A852C33954D8.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3B6D08C5-E8A6-42AA-819A-A852C33954D8-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3B6D08C5-E8A6-42AA-819A-A852C33954D8-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3B6D08C5-E8A6-42AA-819A-A852C33954D8-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can play this episode right here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6405274\/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>There are FOUR original stories for you this time around&#8211;two of which are delightful combined efforts&#8211;and I have just a couple of house keeping items before I list the bios and credits.<\/p>\n<p>First, a\u00a0reminder 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>Second, 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>. This show is brought to you by writers who love the opportunity to share their stories with you. In many ways, the #WordCountPodcast is a hobby for us, as there are no advertisers or revenue stream. It&#8217;s just us, a microphone, a four channel mixing board and a passion for stories.<\/p>\n<p>We are not asking, nor have ever asked, for monetary compensation. This is our playground, and once a month we invite y&#8217;all around to sit and listen for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>However, I, and my colleagues, would very much appreciate it if you shared links for podcast on social media, and perhaps check out each author&#8217;s links and bios (posted below).<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, allow me to introduce you to my talented friends:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Gwaltney &amp; John McCaffrey<\/strong> \u2013 <em>\u201cThe Hustler\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack.jpg\"><img 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\/10\/CDG-2017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1848\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CDG-2017.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Cameron Garriepy <\/strong><em>\u2013\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201c<i>Security Protocol 42<\/i>\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Garriepy\u00a0is not a time-traveler, as far as you&#8217;re concerned. In April of 2015, Cameron released <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DamselflyInnEbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Damselfly Inn<\/i><\/a>, the first full-length novel in her\u00a0Thornton Vermont series. The sequel,\u00a0<i>Sweet Pease<\/i>\u00a0is coming in November from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bannerwingbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bannerwing Books.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/camerondgarriepy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">camerondgarriepy.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camerongarriepy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@camerongarriepy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MariaHaskins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1622\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MariaHaskins-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MariaHaskins-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MariaHaskins-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Maria Haskins<\/strong>\u00a0<em>\u2013 \u201cRecovered Audio File #27 From Research Ship Trident [classified]\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>Eden Baylee &amp; Bill Kirton<\/strong> \u2013 <em>\u201cWrecked\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><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><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Eden Baylee<\/strong><\/em> 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: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenbaylee.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.edenbaylee.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>Bill Kirton<\/strong><\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Six Months of\u00a0Winter&#8221; The 74rd episode of the #WordCountPodcast was inspired by the book\u00a0Stranded by Bracken Macleod and this picture: You can play this episode right here: &nbsp; There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1945,"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],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-1952","wc-podcast","type-wc-podcast","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-s11-twcpage","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1952","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\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1956,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wc-podcast\/1952\/revisions\/1956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}