Posted on Sep 1st 2011 by MindSpike.
This episode I’m joined in the Reaction Chamber by Chris and Kathy Vander Kaay. We catch up on the latest goings-on and discuss their new project – the Christian sitcom “Cross Threads”. Chris and Kathy-with-a-K share a bit about what it’s like to work with your spouse on a cooperative writing project, some of their challenges, and how they got involved with the producers of the work. They’re raising money to get this project fully funded, and we talk a bit about how that’s going to happen as well. A few updates about Critical Press Media gets us rolling, but then we jump right into the podcast.
The summer projects have been extended into October, and we still need authors to fill the pages with original material, so send in those manuscripts. Book 1 is “Miracles”, themed around the evidence of divinie intervention on earth. Book 2 is “Forerunner”, themed around those people who prepare the way for others to follow. Check out the complete project requirements at the critical press media submissions page.
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Posted on Aug 16th 2011 by MindSpike.
I drop in on Comics Unlimited to see how Matt Hawes enjoyed his trip to Chicago. Of course we go on for more time than is really necessary about stuff that no one else finds interesting, but I think we saved all the juicy bits for the podcast. Matt tries to hit the Chicago Con every year, but he does it from a dual standpoint, not only as a comics enthusiast and fanboy, but also as the owner of a retail store, and his perspective of this event is slightly different. Matt Billman of Living With Zombies (.net) snuck out the door just as I turned on the microphone, so we don’t get to hear from him, but you’ll find a link to his site in the post anyway. Take that, Billman! … Read more
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Posted on Jun 10th 2011 by MindSpike.
I’m in the reaction chamber with Phil Elmore, action-adventure author and editor of the upcoming anthology Spirit of St. Louis, a collection of flash fiction revolving around a post-apocalyptic future where incredible roaming megatrains have taken the place of cities. The setting visuals are described as “art-deco steampunk”, and each 1000 word flash fiction entry will be illustrated by a tarot card style painting by John “Johnny Atomic” Jackson. Elmore has issued a general call for entries into this particular project and the planned series that it preludes.
Just as a bonus, we also kick around some other projects going on at League Entertainment, including Duke Manfist: the Justifier, and Phil’s upcoming project “Augments”. We share our thoughts on some of the problems and unique joys of being an anthology editor, and the vital role of imagery and artwork in selling a written work.
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Posted on May 31st 2011 by Admin2.
“Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
Hank Brown is the author of the military action novel “Hell and Gone”, where a group of retired special forces soldiers are called back into action for a mission with a strong need for plausible deniability. Hank spends some time with me on the phone discussing his novel, where it came from, and his views on writing, reading, and the action genre in general. And he’s not denying anything.
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Posted on May 18th 2011 by MindSpike.
Curtis and I gather round the coffee table to kick around Thor. Not harshly, mind, but we do feel that it needs to be kicked a bit. I really wanted to like this movie in the same way that I like Iron Man or the Incredible Hulk. Unfortunately, the result was somewhat lackluster – with a story that just didn’t live up to the potential of its characters. Nevertheless, there is a great deal of good stuff going on in this movie, and we found it to be an acceptable offering, if not a particularly outstanding one.
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This episode I’m joined in the Reaction Chamber by Chris and Kathy Vander Kaay. We catch up on the latest goings-on and discuss their new project – the Christian sitcom “Cross Threads”. Chris and Kathy-with-a-K share a bit about what it’s like to work with your spouse on a cooperative writing project, some of their challenges, and how they got involved with the producers of the work. They’re raising money to get this project fully funded, and we talk a bit about how that’s going to happen as well. A few updates about Critical Press Media gets us rolling, but then we jump right into the podcast.
