{"id":928,"date":"2013-08-19T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2013\/08\/19\/twcep33\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T00:10:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T05:10:23","slug":"twcep33","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/twcep33\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Episode 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spidey.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"258\" alt=\"Spidey\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spidey.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spidey-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Welcome to Episode 33 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">With podcasting comes great responsibility\u2026or some such nonsense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">If your spidey-senses are tingling and the Bat Signal can be seen from your mixed comicbook publisher window, you are in for a treat.&nbsp; The new show has five original stories and our first-ever non-fiction entry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Plus a bonus.&nbsp; But you\u2019ll have to listen to find out what it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">So grab your nipple-laden costumes and golden whips, dear sinners.&nbsp; Because this week, <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b>You\u2019ve discovered you have a superpower\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>What is The Word Count Podcast?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">It is a free broadcast by writers for writers.&nbsp; Simply put, a theme for each show is announced via this site, Twitter and Facebook and writers are given a week or two to write AND RECORD their stories based on said theme.&nbsp; It\u2019s fantabulous, if I do say so myself.&nbsp; And I do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Why?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Why not, says I.&nbsp; It\u2019s a great way to practice writing and public speaking.&nbsp; It\u2019s another way for writers to get their work \u201cout there.\u201d&nbsp; And I love to meet fellow authors and have a blast putting the show together.&nbsp; It\u2019s just that simple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Okay.&nbsp; Where can I find it?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">You can listen to the latest podcast below, subscribe via iTunes or listen at the show\u2019s site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <iframe style=\"border: none\" src=\"http:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2441190\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/legacy\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Direct: <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;\">iTunes (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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Our guests this week:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-291\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"173\" alt=\"bill_Kirton\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton.jpg 1564w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-600x594.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/bill_Kirton-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Bill Kirton <\/b><\/span><i>\u201cDonna\u2019s Knees\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer, Bill Kirton 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, <i>Material Evidence, Rough Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves<\/i> and <i>Unsafe Acts<\/i> are set in north east Scotland and his historical crime\/romance novel, <i>The Figurehead<\/i>, is set in Aberdeen in 1840. <i>The Darkness<\/i> won the silver award in the mystery category of the 2011 Forward National Literature Awards and his spoof mystery, <i>The Sparrow Conundrum<\/i>, was the winner in the humor category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He\u2019s had radio plays broadcast by the BBC and the Australian BC.&nbsp; 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 <i>Best British Crime Stories<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Writing as Jack Rosse, he\u2019s published a novel for children called <i>The Loch Ewe Mystery<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He\u2019s been a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at universities in Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter: @carver22<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bill-kirton.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bill-kirton.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwritingandotherstuff.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.Livingwritingandotherstuff.blogspot.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-926\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Emmett.jpg\" width=\"116\" height=\"175\" alt=\"Emmett\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"\">Emmett Spain <\/b><\/span><i>\u201cTerry &amp; The Possessed Burrito\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Writer of the urban fantasy novel Old Haunts, contributor to the short story anthology for Orange Karen, and husband-to-be of the most amazing woman in the history of ever. Lives in Sydney and will publish a novel next year &#8211; if he doesn&#8217;t you can punch him in the face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter: @oldhauntsauthor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/me3.jpg\" width=\"116\" height=\"192\" alt=\"me3\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/me3.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/me3-600x989.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/me3-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/me3-621x1024.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/>R. B. Wood <\/b><\/span><i>\u201cThe Contingency Plan\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">It\u2019s rather self-serving for me to put my bio here as it\u2019s my site. Putting my name here just gave me an excuse to post a picture of me with messy hair in front of recording equipment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Website: <a href=\"undefined\/\">http:\/\/www.rbwood.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter: @rbwood<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rbwoodwriter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rbwoodwriter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-809\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/eden_at_benmcnally.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"233\" alt=\"eden_at_benmcnally\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/eden_at_benmcnally.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/eden_at_benmcnally-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/eden_at_benmcnally-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/eden_at_benmcnally-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Eden Baylee <\/b><\/span><i>\u201cThe Power of Being Human\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Eden Baylee writes literary erotica and infuses erotic elements into many of her stories. Incorporating some of her favorite things such as travel, culture, and a deep curiosity for what turns people on, her brand of writing is both sensual and sexual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Her latest release is a book of erotic flash fiction and poetry called HOT FLASH.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">SPRING INTO SUMMER is her second collection of erotic novellas and the companion piece to her first book, FALL INTO WINTER.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Connect with her via her&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/edenbaylee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenbaylee.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twitter @edenbaylee<\/a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-867\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" alt=\"Krstvr_White_I\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I.jpg 480w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krstvr_White_I-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>C. Thomas Smith<\/b><\/span> <i>\u201cMy Face is the Villain\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i> <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">As a bio: Is it? And so what if it is? Now hum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He wrote a little story about a beard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He wrote a little story about a beard, it\u2019s true<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">And though the concept is cheesy, and the butt blood a little creepy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">He wrote a little story about a beard for you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Stop humming. That was terrible, you should feel very ashamed. Now try again and make me really feel the butt blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter = @KRSTVR<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Web = <a href=\"http:\/\/krstvr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">krstvr.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-927\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MJKING1.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"233\" alt=\"MJKING1\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left;\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MJKING1.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MJKING1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MJKING1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MJKING1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>M. J. King <\/b><\/span><i>\u201cSnarktopus\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">M. J. King is a Mainer who found her way back home by way of Massachusetts, Japan, and Seattle, and now lives in the coastal woods with her husband. Her short story &#8220;A Trick of Shadows&#8221; can be found in the Kickstarter-funded fantasy anthology <i>Fight Like a Girl.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/mjkingwrites.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mjkingwrites.wordpress.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Twitter: @mjkingwrites<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Episode 33 of \u201cThe Word Count\u201d podcast! With podcasting comes great responsibility\u2026or some such nonsense. 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