{"id":471,"date":"2011-09-10T14:01:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T14:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2011\/09\/10\/supost03\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T00:15:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T05:15:33","slug":"supost03","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/supost03\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast Episode 18: Steve Umstead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Welcome to Episode 18 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">This week\u2019s show is a special celebration of the release of <i>Gabriel\u2019s Return<\/i> by Steve Umstead. Steve and I chat about random writer things and social media, and he reads the first chapter of Book Two in the Evan Gabriel Trilogy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Links to the show:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Direct:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/thewordcount.libsyn.com\/webpage<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">iTunes<\/span> (and remember, iTunes takes their sweet time in posting. &nbsp;If you don&#8217;t see it yet, keep trying!): <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><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Our guest this week:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-470\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" alt=\"SU2\" height=\"149\" width=\"148\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SU2.jpg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SU2.jpg 148w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SU2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/SU2-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>STEVE UMSTEAD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Steve Umstead has been the owner of a Caribbean &amp; Mexico travel company for the past ten years, but never forgot his lifelong dream of becoming an author. After a successful stab at National Novel Writing Month, he decided to pursue his dream more vigorously\u2026but hasn\u2019t given up the traveling.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Steve lives in scenic (tongue-in-cheek) New Jersey with his wife, two kids, and several bookshelves full of other authors\u2019 science fiction novels. Gabriel\u2019s Redemption was his debut novel, published in February of 2011, and Gabriel\u2019s Return, the second in the trilogy, launched in August. If his life allows it, Gabriel\u2019s Revenge, book 3, will arrive before the holiday season.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Follow Steve on twitter: <a href=\"#!\/SteveUmstead\">@SteveUmstead<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Steve\u2019s Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/steveumstead.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/steveumstead.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BTW the manuscript software Steve uses and was mentioned on the show is called &#8220;Scrivener&#8221; and can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/scrivener.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Episode 18 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast! This week\u2019s show is a special celebration of the release of Gabriel\u2019s Return by Steve Umstead. 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