September 10th, 2008
I have been thinking about recording some audio books from other people’s writing for some time now. Halloween is approaching, and what better reason to pick a scary story to record a special episode.
UPDATE: Sadly, due to work commitments driving me to 16+ hour days, it has been impossible to find the time to make [...]
August 25th, 2008
CHAPTER 26 – Merrick faces Keynes and confronts him over the previous night’s seance. But Keynes has other, far more deadly, ideas.
August 10th, 2008
CHAPTER 25 – Keynes finds himself face to face with the threat of Nathaniel at the seance. The following day, Merrick is looking for a confrontation.
August 6th, 2008
There has been a fair amount of discussion in this household this week about our personal processes in writing. Novels do not write themselves, and are a vast undertaking. So how would you get from scribbled inspiration to 100,000 words worthy of someone taking the time to read?
How you would achieve this, I have no [...]
July 13th, 2008
CHAPTER 24 – The guests are gathering for Martha Benson’s public seance, but one guest is far more concerned about what might be discovered behind the scenes.
July 11th, 2008
As much as publishers panic at the thought of losing control of their products once out there on the mighty interweb, so we are seeing more companies offering professional audiobook products as DRM-free downloads.
PublishersWeekly is reporting that Simply Audiobooks is about to offer more than 5000 DRM-free products from Random House. This means Simply Audiobooks [...]
July 6th, 2008
CHAPTER 23 – When Keynes learns from Merrick how long he has been missing, his fears rise to the surface and he reaches out to an old friend for help.
June 22nd, 2008
CHAPTER 22 – Keynes wakes with confused sensations and in a very strange place. Heading to recover from his ordeal, he is questioned on his whereabouts.
June 17th, 2008
Commercial Audiobook distribution is flawed. At one time they were only available on cassette tape (remember those?), now it is CD plus some online distribution using DRM (Digital Rights Management) to prevent piracy. Each of these systems is flawed because they cross the boundaries between books and music.
Readers read books (I know, it’s obvious, but [...]
June 15th, 2008
CHAPTER 21 – At Martha’s request, Chief Inspector Rickard requests the help of others to deal with someone who may cause trouble, and gets more than he bargained for. Featuring the guest voice of Martin Devaughan (aka Green Dragon of BiteSizeBonus) as Admiral Alasdair Strayhorn.
