IN THIS EPISODE:
Rex Deprovdechuk made his first entry into the subterranean realms of Marie’s Children, and beneath the streets of San Francisco, he sees the home he never had. While Bryan Clauser kept watch on Jebediah Erickson’s house, Pookie Chang made the call to Judge Rodriguez to get a late-night warrant. Warrant approved, Pookie is on his way to pick up that warrant, then meet up with Bryan to finally go after the evidence to nail Erickson on murder charges. Episode #16 also marks the first appearance of Tard, another of Marie’s Children.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Fitness Attack
• The Under Development Podcast
• Silverwolf

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang pay a visit to 13-year-old murder suspect Rex Deprovdechuk.

MEDIA COVERAGE:
Some bitchin’ cover love from reporter Dan Klass for Blogger & Podcaster magazine. Yeah, bitches, you heard me, the cover. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

NEWS:
- Third Anniversary podcasting present for all y’all (you have to listen in to know what it is)
- SiglerStank book tour announced!

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- DarkAge podcast novel
- Mur Lafferty
- Tee Morris
- J.C. Hutchins
- Mark Jeffrey

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang rush to have a conversation with retired homicide detective Francis Parkmeyer. Parkmeyer was the lead investigator on the Golden Gate Park Slasher case decades ago. He’s retired and senile most of the time, so when he has his “good days,” Bryan and Pookie need to get as much out of him as they can before he slips back into senility. As soon as they finish with Parkmeyer, they are off to question Rex Deprovdechuk a 13-year-old boy who is now a main suspect in four murders and three disappearances.

BOYCO:
Whatever happened to Jay Parlar and Issac Moses of BoyCo? We get part of the answer in this episode.

Monsters?
Are they, or are they not monsters? Sly and Pierre are back, as is something new …

Got a podcast? Throw this promo in for your Future Dark Overlord™, then email me the link at scott@scottsigler.net, and you may … I stress, MAY … be kept of the list of the Pogrom’s first round. Really, it’s your best shot at survival. I suggest you take it. Yep, that’s the golden voice of Ranger Bob, who has voiced my promos for over two years now.

Oh yea, there’s a wee little plot teaser in here as well …

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Maggie O’Donnell deals with the aftermath of Pookie’s examination of the Golden Gate Park Slasher case.
• Bryan and Pookie have a strange showdown with Cheif Zou.
• Rex is realizing his newfound place in the high school social ladder.
• Aggie James is doomed … or is he? Is there a way out of this nightmare?

JUNKIES BECOME CHARACTERS IN THIS EPISODE:

• CJ “Gmork” Wellman
• Donald “Wallerdad” Martin
• Jesse “Qeldroma” Sharrow
• Geordon “medic” Van Tassle
• Thomas “Treed” Reed
• Chuck “HwyHzrd” Baker

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Buffy Between the Lines
• Seth Harwood’s Jack Wakes up
• Jovian Gate Chonricles
• Into The Dark/Computer King
• J.C. Hutchins

IN THIS EPISODE:
Robin demands a late-night meeting with Bryan and Pookie - she’s found the connection between the murders of Alex Panos, Kyle Souller and Marco Gastineau. Pookie also continues his research, examining the police records of the Golden Gate Park Slasher case.

SIGLER ASCENCION NEWS:
Two more countries fall to Siglerism as we roll through the former Soviet Bloc. Good times roll easier on tank treads, my friends.

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan set about stalking Savior, hunting a hunter. Pookie does the leg work running down leads - Marco Gastineau’s landlord, Jebidiah Erickson’s background, and teaming with Black Mister Burns analyzing the arrowhead symbols. Robin Hudson finally gets to go home, where she sees her dog Emma and her neighbor, Big Gay Max.

SIGLER ASCENSION MISSIONS
#1 - AMAZON REVENGE:
Do you use Amazon.com? Do you have 10 minutes to help your Future Dark Overlord? Then CLICK HERE.

JUNKIE’S NOCTURNAL PHOTO TOUR OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Click here to see this. Junkie Snafu visited San Francisco and used Google Maps to visit all the settings in Nocturnal. You gotta check this out, Junkies, this is a lot of fun — you can see the “sets” of Nocturnal as they really look.

NOCTURNAL GOOGLE MAP UPDATED:
Click here to see the map with Jebidiah Erickson’s house added, as is the spot where Marco Gastineau bought it.

HOUSTON WINS!
Houston, TX is the fifth city on the Sigler Stank™ book tour, probably to run April-May 2008. Houston kicked ass with 76 votes

JUNKIES IN THIS EPISODE:

• Kees Marjis, aka Junkie Flummox
• Earl Dyer (sorry, Earl, can’t find your damn profile page …)

PODCASTS MENTIONED:

• Black Shadow podcast novel

In this episode:
Bryan and Pookie grab the arrowhead that killed Marco Gastineau and take it to Bryan’s favorite person, Mr. Biz-Nass. The tourette’s-afflicted, larnyx-cancer-surviving fortune teller has seen these symbols before, and it seems there is more to fear than just Marie’s Children. Robin Hudson, the San Fran medical examiner, tracks down more clues about the strange murder weapon — she not only discovers who made the arrowhead, but where that person lives … right in San Francisco’s uber-wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood.

Junkies who got killed in this episode (well, at least named in this episode)

• Martyn Casserly, a.k.a “martyndarkly“
• Jane Kohner, a.k.a. “s13Cybergal“

Podcasts/Blogs in this episode

• Mark Nemcoff’s Transistor Rodeo podcast novel
• The Blog of Helljack

IN THIS EPISODE:
Pookie and Bryan go to the San Francisco morgue to examine the arrowhead that killed Marco Gastineau.

FUTURE DARK OVERLORD MESSES UP!
Bit of a screw-up here, Junkies - I left this chapter out of Episode #10. Therefore, sandwhiching between #9 and #10 as “Episode #9.5.” Let’s just call it a “bonus episode” and you can shower me with thanks. That works for me …

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang just saw their only witness assassinated, a bow-and-arrow hit fired by a guy five stories up and eighty feet away. Bryan gives chase as Pookie deals with the victim. Word has come down from Frank Lanza that it’s time for Johnny Yee to go — when the Little Men come for Johnny, will he find a way to escape and seek revenge for his wife and son?

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EP:

• Metamor City Podcast: stories & novels
• AudioMetrix interview with David Kanter

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE!
December 31 is your last chance to get Sigs to your town as part of the INFECTED book tour. Get your votes in now by clicking here.

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IN THIS EPISODE:
Frank Lanza and Firstborn meet, giving us insight into Lanza’s plan for San Francisco. Robin Hudson and Stone Mason delve further into the mysterious Zed chromosome. Homicide detective Bryan Clauser visits his opinionated father before joining his parther Pookie Chang as the two question Marco Gastineau, the sole witness to Kyle Souller’s murder.

LATEST JUNKIE VICTIM:
Robert Wicks is the lucky Junkie to be immortalized in the pages of Nocturnal. Listen for his name in this episode.

AFTER THE EPISODE:
Deadline announced for the Sigler Stank™ book tour contest. Get your votes in now by clicking here.

BONUS STUFF:
The guys over at Variant Frequencies are pimping their Christmas present to podiobook fans everywhere. Click on the picture at left to get a free PDF with stories from the Failed Cities Monologues, written by this gigantic award-winning douchebag named Matt Wallace. Seriously, if you haven’t heard this podiobook, you’re only cheating yourself. This PDF is extra content after the main story, but if it’s written by Wallace, it’s worth your time. Oh and please read everything the man has now, because I’m going to have to have him killed soon, and when he’s gone, so is his fiction.

NOCTURNAL goes on GO DADDY. Visit GoDaddy, buy all the URLs you want and transfer domains until you crap, then enter the code ‘SCOTT1′ and whammo, your Junkie ass gets 10 percent off!

Junkies, use this to spread the Gospel of Siglerism. This PDF will let you get non-techies hooked on the story. They can read it on their computer and use the big-honkin’ play button to hear my wonderful voice, or you can print it and hand it to them. Either way, it gives me a chance to hook them with the beginning of the story.

Also, there is an AWESOME explanation of Podcasting on the last two pages. Hell, even the King of the TechTards™ (a.k.a. “Scott Sigler”) could understand podcasting after reading this puppy.

We’ve got Junkie call-ins from the Gore Line, plus a whole bunch more:

PUBCRAWL:
Friday, December 14 in San Jose at the Brittania House, 8 pm. Click here for a link.

BLOODCAST SEASON #1 :
The first installment of my short story collection is now posted to Podiobooks.com.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
– Obscure 80’s Podcast

PRODUCED BY:
Jamie Jordan of the Gaming Uncensored podcast.

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Click here to download
NOCTURNAL Episode #7

Shorter episode because I have to start recording the INFECTED audiobook this week. Call-in episode is recorded thanks to Jamie Jordan of the Gaming Uncensored podcast.

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan and Pookie enlist the services of sketch artist Chooch Rodriguez to draw pictures of the people in Bryan’s dreams — the people that have not been murdered … yet. The first drawing reveals someone that Pookie already knows. Will Bryan and Pookie reach this person in time?

AFTER THE EPISODE:
An update on the Sigler Stank™ INFECTED book tour contest (hint, Houston, you don’t have a problem).

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Adventures in SciFi Publishing
• A View From the Quad
• KnitWitch SciFi Fantasy Zone
• Cup Car Update

NOCTURNAL goes on GO DADDY. Visit GoDaddy, buy all the URLs you want and transfer domains until you crap, then enter the code ‘SCOTT1′ and whammo, your Junkie ass gets 10 percent off!

I made two mistakes, which I correct here. Mention this to anyone and you’re dead!

Houston is in the lead for the INFECTED book tour, but it’s far from over. Vote now!
Paul’s email: new server, Pusher Pulsar stepping up to help out Robbie T. Link to thread in show notes if you want to thank him. Migrated Dec 1.

JAPAN: The latest nation to be fall to the Sigler Ascension assault. Here are the flags of nations crushed under my bootheel thus far:

EPISODE LINKS:

• NOCTURNAL Google Map
• Pulsar’s server move page
• NOCTURNAL Wiki Page (check it!)

Pookie plays cleanup at the Paul Fisher murder site. The mysterious symbols appear yet again, and Pookie decides it’s time to go see Mr. Biz-Nass, hack fortune teller and expert on the San Francisco occult scene. Robin Hudson finishes her karotype analysis of Alex Panos’ murderer, only to find a genetic combination that’s never been seen before.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• QUARTER SHARE podcast novel

• Your city? Click on the DEMAND IT icon above.
• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• New York
• Seattle

Yes, my Junkies, I can and will gladly infect your city (get it? “infect” for the book “infected?” I’m so bloody clever it’s damn near shocking …). If you want me in your city, shake your ass out for a vote. Get your friends to vote, but only if them bitches will show up to the book signing. Just click on the big blue ad in the post at the top of the blog.

And if you’re from Compton, don’t bother voting unless ‘Cube is going to be there to cover my ass.

Rex learns of the death of his hated bully Alex Panos, and his reaction is not what you might expect. Robin Hudson runs genetic fingerprinting on the saliva of Alex’s murderer, and what she finds seems quite strange. Bryan dreams of stalking yet again - will there be another body when he wakes up? And as for Pookie? Well, he’s just Pookie.

PODCAST FICTION MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• SUNDERED podcast novel promo
• Podcast Junkie

This is the second symbol Bryan found at the Alex Panos murder scene.

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Crown Publishing gave me the go ahead to give the Junkies get FIRST LOOK at the cover (okay, it took a little intimidation, I mean, “convincing” to get them to give it up, but my mentor Hugo Chavez says I’m helping them because it’s for their own good). I think the cover is sa-weet and will really stand out on the book shelves. I hope you guys dig it!

Click here for a PDF of the INFECTED cover, or click on the cover above to get a big-ol’ GIF file.

Bryan and Pookie have a sit-down with San Francisco Chief of Police Amy Zou and Deputy Chief Sean Robertson. Pookie does analysis on the symbols recovered from the Alex Panos murder site, with help from John “The Black Mr. Burns” Smith. Bryan just doesn’t know for sure if he killed that kid or not …

PODCAST FICTION MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Buffy Between the Lines
• Murder on Avedon Hill
• Failed Cities Monologues by that Rat Bastard™ Matt Wallace

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No story content in this one, no urinating murderers, just a whole bunch of happy Junkies calling in to sing the praises of NOCTURNAL and to give me the usual ration of shit.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE.

• JC Hutchins - 7th Son
  
• Buffy Between the Lines
• The Big Damn Sequel
• Digital Grafitti

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Bryan and Pookie investigate a new murder scene that paints Bryan in a very bad light. Sammy and Jimmy deliver a body to the San Francisco morgue, where they hand it off to Bryan’s ex-girlfriend Robin Hudson.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE.

• Email Our Military
• Seth Harwood

Bryan’s dreams continue, but this time they go beyond merely stalking the boys and move towards murder. Bryan’s drawing (shown above) is the only thing that lets him escape the terror of his dreams.

Aggie James awakens to find himself in some kind of a white-painted dungeon. There are others with him, a family of three that looks Chinese but sounds American …

Rex realizes that there are bullies worse than Alex Panos, namely, his foster mother Roberta.

PODCAST NOVEL PROMOS:

• Playing for Keeps
• Black Shadow
• Crescent
• Serve it Cold

It has been far too long since I screwed with you, you Damn Dirty Junkie. Welcome to San Francisco, done up all Sigler style. There are things here that lurk far below the streets, and far above them. Things that think you look damn tasty. These things have been watching, waiting, and it’s almost time for them to come out into the light …

Call the GORE line, Bitches: 206-666-4673

What do you think about partial sound effects in this episode? Click here to jump into the forum and let me know.

Click on the Google Map above to check out the NOCTURNAL locations.

Click here to play the NOCTURNAL promo

Junkies - it’s time for a new novel. Not a short story, not a “novella,” but a full-blown, balls-out, tits-swingin’ novel that will have you crying like a little punk every Sunday when the episode finishes. NOCTURNAL is that novel.

And on top of that, I’m running a contest where YOUR NAME can be the name of a victim in NOCTURNAL. All you need to do is go to the brand-new scottsigler.com and register a full profile. Go there, then look on the left-hand side. See where you’d log in? Create a profile. FILL IN ALL THE FIELDS to win! If you don’t want to fill them in, no worries, but only complete profiles are eligible to get ‘dat ass killed and be immortalized in the pages of NOCTURNAL when it’s printed in 2010.

Warning, Junkies, there is no story in this episode - just news and updates.

• EARTHCORE & ANCESTOR SEQUELS:
  Back on track!
• FORMER PUBLISHER:
  Problems resolved!
• INFECTED:
  Crown is going bonkers over this thing …
• THE ROOKIE: In print? And info on the sequel, called THE STARTER
• SCOTTSIGLER.COM
  launches Oct. 8 for all you OJs
• JUNKIE CALLS! A bunch of them, enjoy

SHOWS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• J.C. Hutchins podiobook: 7th Son
• Seth Harwood’s podiobook: This is Life
• Gaming podcast: On Board Games
• Christiana Ellis’s: Space Casey
• Birmingham Soccer Podcast:
  The Absent Bluenose

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Big-ol’ throwdown this week. The finale of PASSENGER, partial news on ANCESTOR, EARTHCORE and their sequels, and a passel of video link.

VIDEOS, VIDEOS, VIDEOS!

• Play> Soccergirl’s awesome coverage of Dragon*Con 2007. The Mensa Mistress of quirky internet video does a rave-up on the nuttiness of Dragon*Con, complete with coverage of the Podcast Playa’s Ball.
• Play> CrunkRock Media’s coverage of The Podcast Playa’s Ball!
• Play> “Leave Britteny Alone” and the spoof Play> “Leave Scott Sigler Alone” (courtesy of Mae, who of course, couldn’t pass up a dig on my oh-so-pathetic female voices …)

PROMOS:

• New podiobook: Murder by Design
• The Scapecast
• Mike’s Hot Dish

Links related to the story:

• Bionic man (fo’ real, yo!)
• Cybernetics? Cyber-naughty-ics, maybe!

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Note: this is a re-post to get dang iTunes to cooperate.

Junkies, I am back from the geek-fest that is DragonCon and ready to sober up. Let’s just say it was a rough time. J.C. Hutchins is an evil, evil bastard who makes people drink. As usual, I accept zero responsibility for my actions. I blame Hutchins, Harwood, and Soccergirl. There should be some video coming up very soon. Many thanks to the Podshow crew for hooking up all that Wide Eye beverage. I think it was nutritious, but don’t quote me.

Oh and I got shut out of the Parsec Awards for the second straight year. I remain the Susan Lucci of podcasting - something like eight award nominations overall, and eight “hey you didn’t win, asshole, so get off the stage” comments.

Here’s your damn episode. Man, you guys are all over me! This one gets a little nutty, and sets up the finale. I’m liking PASSENGER a lot, and I hope you dig it too.

PROMOS:

• Michael Stackpole’s Fortress Draconis podiobook
• A Year At The Wheel podcast
• Multi-Dimensional Ninja Network scifi/fantasy news podcast

Click here to listen to PASSENGER

THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• EARTHCORE II: MT. FITZROY update
• ANCESTOR II: DESCENDANT update
• ROOKIE print novel update
• J.C. Hutchins (I can’t escape this guy …)
• The Joker = Kissyman?
• Author Jeremy Robinson
• Jamie Jordan - audio producer extraordinaire

PROMOS IN THIS EPISODE:

• Mike Bennet’s new horror fiction podcast, Hall of Mirrors
• MacBook Podcast
• Mike’s Hot Dish
• Everything Acting Podcast

The Damn Dirty Junkies have spoken. We needed a new title for INFECTION, and of the names posted in the above graphic, Junkies choose INFECTED as the new name. I, your humble servant (me, humble, now THAT is a laugh …) am following your wise contributions.

You guys had some AMAZING name suggestions, many of which I’ve filed away for future novels. So in ten years, when I have taken over the world, if you see your title on a Sigler novel (assuming, of course, you haven’t been cleansed by one of my takeover pogroms), you can throw me an email. Beers are on me.

Seriously, Junkies, we had 627 votes in less than 38 hours. Thank you for the fast response. If you’re behind the times on this story, I left the original post and call the comments in place. Just click “more” to read all about it. (more…)

Congratulations to all of the ENDGAME winners!

Direct link to the episode is here.

Okay, Junkies, we don’t bang on the charity drum very often (this is the first time), but when Hardcore Junkie Brian Thomas contacted me asking for some fundraising help, it was a no-brainer. Brian is running some ungodly marathon-thingee to raise money for Lupus research. He asked me to sponsor his effort, so the great folks at Shirts By Mail hooked us up with a custom silk-screened Junkies vs. Lupus shirt. Click on the movie link above to see the shirt, and to be tricked into hearing Brian’s pitch for support. That’s right, we trick you - don’t tell me you’re surprised. Donate if you like, if you don’t just check out the sweet one-off shirt.

-Scott-

Click here to download Kissyman.

SCREENPLAY CONTEST WINNERS

• Shua Mullikin
• Paul Crowe
• Anne Kelsey
• Paul Anderson

PROMOS PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE

• Cup Car Update (NASCAR)
• Podcast Pickle Review for Riches

I will never get this gem back. I played over 100 shows with it, and it was my pride and joy for the longest time. I like unique things, and this puppy was unique. Under the stage lights, it looked like molten glass.

The serial number was 68706. That’s stamped on the base of the fretboard, right down at the body. If anyone ever sees an instrument like this, please, email me scott@scottsigler.net. The picture below is a close-up of an identical instrument, except that this one has black knobs while mine had silver.

Said theives also made away with an Ibanez RG7420-BPL left handed, 7-string guitar. Ibanez only made 50 of these. Hard to find left 7-string guitars with a tremolo - I found one, and now it’s gone as well. The serial number on that one is F0021555.

Fuck.

Click here to download RED MAN

“No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is. ” - Isaac Rosenfeld

PUBCRAWL:
Pubcrawl #2 is Friday, Aug 3, 8 pm at Jupiter Bar in Berkeley, CA.

SCOTT’S RECORDING RIG:
Many of you have asked me about my recording gear. Well I took some pretty pictures and mapped it all out for ya. So click here to check that shiznit out.

Click here to download IOWA TYPHOON

Click on this picture to see the Krakens’ rink made for me by Junkie Skeet.

Get your asses ready for this one:
“ANCESTOR - THE MUSICAL”

PODCAST PROMOS:

• Aurora Hunter podcast novel, by Marcus Noble
• Earth by Mur Lafferty
• Things Are Looking Up Podcast
• Geek Cred Podcast
• Wander Radio Podcast

Click here to listen to Snipe Hunt, Part Three

OTHER NEWS:

• The movie script contest is over, we have 17 entries. We’ll let everyone know by the end of July.
• Big thanks to Will Shattuck for helping edit episodes of THE ROOKIE for PB.com. We’ll get that up sometime before 2009. You can takethat one to the bank.
• ROOKIE in print is not a done deal as we thought. We’re trying to work that out, but we’ll see what happens.

Here is Part Two of Snipe Hunt - if you haven’t heard Part One, then scroll down this blog and get it, Einstein.

Click here to listen to Snipe Hunt, Part Two

Also, I have to say, this is probably my best-ever episode of rants. I have outdone myself. Now I’m not saying this episode has my best-ever rant, singular, but taken as a whole, there three top-20 rants in this here bitch. That’s a lot or ranty goodness going on. I impress easily, true, but I’m telling you this is gold.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Brent Barrett “Sweet Sorrow“
• Mike’s Hot Dish interview with J.C. Hutchins
• Big O’s Techno Fodder Podcast
• BoondockCast - pure professionalism in podcast form
• Seth Harwood promo takes on Tee Morris: for Jack Palms II - This Is Life
• Crescent by Phil “I like to knit!” Rossi

SYNOPSES: Nature abhors a vacuum. The sooner you learn this, the better off you’ll be. Too bad the students in this story don’t learn it in time …

Click here to listen to Snipe Hunt Part One

If you’re coming in from the Dawn & Drew feed, welcome. This is the same crap you just heard, so wait ’till next week for the second half, you needy bastards.

PUB CRAWL #1: June 2, 8 pm
House of Shields in San Francisco

Technorati Tags: biotech, horror, suspense, thriller, sigler, evolution

That’s right, Junkies - INFECTION has been optioned for a movie by Rogue Pictures, the same sweet cats that made SHAWN OF THE DEAD (although now it’s known as INFESTED, the same title it will have when it comes out in hardcover in June, 2008). Now this doesn’t mean it’s going to be a movie for sure, they just bought the right to make it into a movie. Still, fuckin’ good times! Click on the sexy Rogue Pictures logo to read more.

Click here to watch the interview

Click to download The Rookie #29

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Seth Harwood
• Mutil-Dimensional Ninja Network: An interview with me that I forgot to post! Sorry MDNN!
• Mike Bennett’s Bonus Track

June 2: PODCAST PUB CRAWL #1: 8pm, House of Shields in San Francisco, CA.

May 25-28: Scott is at the BAYCON sci-fi convention,, San Mateo Mariott, San Mateo, CA.

Click to download The Rookie Q&A Episode

June 2: PODCAST PUB CRAWL #1: 8pm, House of Shields in San Francisco, CA.

May 25-28: Scott is at the BAYCON sci-fi convention,, San Mateo Mariott, San Mateo, CA.

May 22: Grab a copy of 13 BULLETS by David Wellington: nasty-ass vampires tearing out throats, dismembering victims and vomiting blood - how can you go wrong?

• Cheating Bastard: The Trailer
• Cheating Bastard: The Movie

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Indian Jim’s 30th Aniversary
  of Star Wars extravaganza!
• “Podcasting Rat Pack” interview
  7th Son (gear up for 7-7-7!)
• Seth Harwood: Jack Palms II podiobook

Click here to play the Billibub Baddings promo

Check out Tee in that picture, sporting ROOKIE gear!

Adam Metz at LaunchSquad sat me down and grilled me about the ANCESTOR on Amazon dealy-o. In fact, Adam gets tto the bottom of how we shook up the publishing world with the Amazon coup. Fiction writers, listen in! Some great questions in here, I hope you enjoy it.

click here to play the interview

But seriously, folks, could I look any more like a frigging cadaver? I can’t wait till I’m so big-time I get the fashion consultant, the lighting rig, and the touch-up special effect. I look like a frigging extra in a David Wellington zombie novel.

How to participate:

The live shows are recorded using a service called Talkshoe, and you can join in the discussion in two or three easy steps:

1. Go to Talkshoe.com and register for a free account, which will get you your 9 digit pin number.
2. When it comes time for the show call this phone number: (724) 444-7444, it will prompt you for the “Talkcast ID” which is: 27091, and it will then ask for your pin number.
3. (optional) Download and install the Talkshoe software. This will enable you to participate in the live chat room while our show is being recorded, and will give you the ability to request permission to speak.

If you can’t make the live Q&A, I’ll post the recorded audio in the feed on Monday.

The reading will be followed by a wide-open question-and-answer session. Come on down, Junkies, I’ll answer questions about ANCESTOR, THE ROOKIE, EARTHCORE and INFECTION.

LIVE QUENTIN BARNES PRESS CONFERENCE
Tuesday, April 24, 7 pm Pacific Time, Quentin Barnes will be LIVE on the Touchback inside the Second Life virtual world. Ready to take your questions following the Kraken’s winner-take-all game against the Texas Earthlings. If you use Second Life, you want to search for “Podcast Island” and find the shuttle to the Touchback. I will add a SLURL here soon.

INTERVIEWS
Gobs and gobs of ‘em!

• Skepticality: An interview with two of my favorite people
• TWIT@NITE with Amber Mac an the legend Leo Laporte
• Josh B’s Digital Graffitti: Josh fires up the live Junkie call-in questions
• View from the Quad: Cian throws down a well-prepared interview, and gives away signed ANCESTOR postcards
• Ink-n-Doodles: A MASSIVE interview with the “Podiobooks Rat Pack,” Sigler, Hutch and Morris

I might be missing a few, the week before the April 1 ANCESTOR launch is pretty much a blur.

Howard V. Hendrix, Vice President of the Science Fiction Writers Association, thinks that people who give away content online are “web scabs” and “Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretches.” To see a high-ranking member of SFWA actually reject the very stuff of Science Fiction itself is mind-numbingly stupid. As one might expect, I bust out a can of rant on his old ass.

• Howard V Hendrix calls people like me a “Web Scab” on Will Shetterly’s blog
• David Wellington’s response
• Media Bistro’s coverage

PROMOS ON THIS PODCAST

• View from the Quad
• Geek Acres
• Madpod
• Chowder Radio
• 8 Bits

SHOW SPONSOR

Podcasts mentioned in this show:

• Soccergirl’s 200th Episode! 
• Whatevercast
• Billibub Baddings and the
  Case of the Singing Sword

Ted Babcock shows how real Krakens fans handle their emotions - by beating the hell out of Orbiting Death fans!

This is AMAZING, Junkies! Not only did ANCESTOR explode, but it dragged EARTHCORE along for the ride (yeah you can still buy, click on the ANCESTOR cover to grab a copy, slacker!)

AMAZON HORROR: Ancestor #1, EarthCore #2
AMAZON SCIFI: Ancetor #1, EarthCore #4
OVERALL: Ancestor, #7, EarthCore, #77

This is all because of YOU! Thank you, and I can’t wait till we can do it again someday soon.

But real death sucks donkey balls.

Today we lost one of the pioneers of podcasting, Joe Murphy. (more…)

Scientists have created the world’s first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs.

Read the whole story here.

Great stuff in this bonus episode! 28,000 people have downloaded the ANCESTOR PDF, we have Junkie calls, we’ve got all kinds of stuff.

LINKS

• Furstyk’s Rookie Pics
• Man Vs. Child
• Football Rules at NFL
• This Week in Science
• Coverville
• 7th Son

SHOW SPONSORS

• Cali Lews of Geek Brief TV
• Michael R. Mennenga of Slice of SciFi
• Summer Brooks of The Mystic Kick-Ass Ninjas

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Seth Harwood’s podiobook A Long Way From Disney

This is an excellent short podcast that really delivers information you can use in everyday life. It’s one of my favorites. Don’t think for a second GG’s review is a bad thing. I’m thrilled she took the time to dissect my writing and help make it better.

Also, check out BUMRUSH THE CHARTS - While I’m going for #1 on Amazon.com, these guys are trying to do the same with music by taking an indie song to #1 on iTunes. For just 99 cents on March 22, you and help this band hit #1 on iTunes and send a message to the big media companies that we are DONE with their re-hashed crap.

• Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Podcast
• Skepticality
• 7th Son
• Multi-Dimensional Ninja Network
• The View from the Quad

1. BUY IT:
April 1: Noon Eastern, 9 am Pacific
In Big Publishing, I’m a total outsider, and if I’m going to hit #1 I have marshall all the Junkies and have them order Ancestor at the same time from Amazon.com. So put this in your calendar - if you want a copy, buy it on April 1!

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-Scott-

The New York Times is a landmark in the world of publishing - if you get your name in those pages, it’s a big friggin’ deal. Well I was lucky enough to start podcasting my fiction, pick up a few thousand fans (known as “Junkies”), and thanks to those Junkies today I landed in the NEW YORK TIMES.

It’s a great story (they didn’t even make fun me, which is unusual in my world …). The story inculdes a lot of great podcast fiction writers like J.C. Hutchins, Mark Jeffery and Tee Morris. What it did NOT mention, however, was Podshow, the company that carries my podcast and hooks me up nine ways to Sunday every chance they get. Podshow, salute!

SPOILER ALERT: This IS an ENDGAME episode. That’s all I can say, otherwise Hutchins will find out and he’ll be mighty pissed.

Unbelievable. You JUNKIES are the KING SHIT. The book has been up less than 24 hours, and it’s the most subscribed book of the day. The only other chart measures subsriptions over the last 30 days, so we won’t be #1 there for a few days.

Short episode this week, but I have four promos to fill up some space and make you think there’s more going on here than there actually is. Just be fooled, and humor me, dammit. Podcasts mentioned in this episode:

• One Among the Sleepless - podiobook
• Under the Graying Sea - podiobook 
• The Best Laid Plans - podiobook
• The Gig Cast - podcast 
• Mur Lafferty - podcast goddess
• ENDGAME - Rookie crossover contest with JC Hutchins

Tee Morris QB.jpg

Kraken’s Fan shot of the day. Tee Morris gets OLD SCHOOL with hius Johny Unitas pose, just in time for the Colt’s appearance at the big dance.

OK, Junkies, the latest Sigler/Hutchins crossover is in full effect. Yes, I said “full effect.” Yes, I grew up in the 80s. So sue me already. Click on the logo above to visit JC’s site and get the scoop on the our latest GENIUS crossover work.

Yes, this is part of my bid for world domination (and thanks for asking!)

Only one promo this week, from The Signal. This is the show to check out if you liked Joss Whedon’s Firefly series.

THE ROOKIE goes on GO DADDY. Visit GoDaddy, buy all the URLs you want and transfer domains until you crap, then enter the code ‘SCOTT1′ and WHAMMO you get 10 percent off!

This, my friends, is a friggin’ cool Kraken’s fan.

• Galactic Football League Website
• Skinny on Sports 

I met P.G. Holyfield at Dragon*Con 2006 in Atlanta, GA. Perhaps I was drunk, but I don’t remember this happening. However, it’s pretty cool to be the bad guy instead of just writing about the bad guys.

This story covers a lot of ground, including me, PG, Patrick McClean, and … of course … JC Hutchins.

Quentin sees his dreams coming true as he makes his frist start in the GFL. Unfortunately, it’s against the best team in Tier Two, the Whitok Pioneers (2-0). Will Quentin throw the game, so that he can keep the Krakens out of the playoffs and see his contract bought out by Tier One powerhouse the To Pirates? Or will he lead his Krakens to victory, and get them back in the playoff hunt.
Links mentioned in this show:

• Cranky Fanatic: Big O’s “Lost” podcast, an interview with Scott. Scott bitches about the plot of Lost. Scott bitching? Go figure …
• Silent Universe: J. Marcus Xavier produces this sci-fi drama, and guest stars in this episode of The Rookie 
• Tee Morris: Tee also guest stars in Episode 15, and is shamelessly whoring himself out to promote his new podcast novel, “Billibub Baddings & The Case of the Singing Sword.” 
• 7th Son: The shit-kicking podcast thriller 
• Galactic Football League website: Check out game recaps, stats, and the “Kraken’s Fan of the Week.”

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SHRADER SEZ GO KRAKENS!

WARNING: If you haven’t heard 7th Son, you won’t get this - but if you dream of seeing me get my ass kicked, please tune in!

Hutch claims to have no involvement in this video, but I know he’s behind this shit, goddamit - anyone out there who wants to make a video where Hutchins runs into trouble at the hands (and pliers) of Kayla Meyers or Magnus Paglione? Please let me know!

Smegster is the man behind the Perry Dawsey Infection video.

JUNKIE WORLD DOMINATION NEWS:
Word from the front lines. We conqured Bulgaria, now it looks like the forces of the Sigler Syndicate are close to conquering Germany and Spain. That’s right, talks are underway for translation rights into German (the spawning ground of Clan Sigler, some four generations back) and Spanish. These proud nations resist as best they can, but our aggression is relentless!

I am two weeks behind on call-ins and now I have to pay the price. Here’s 35 or so call-ins from some ANGRY JUNKIES! Damn, you’d think you people didn’t get your fix on time or something! Many apologies for the delays, but the fate of the free world hinges on my actions. Hyperbole? Heck no, dat’s for REAL, mang!

Stuff mentioned on this episode

• Click here for Kraken’s Gear
• BG Blast

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My apologies, I will get it done as soon as possible.

Podcasts mentioned on this episode

• BG Blast (new sponsor! thanks!)
• Accident Hash
• Managing the Gray
• The NodCast
• Songs from the Black/Firefly-Serenity (check this out!)

Yes, I’m fully aware the picture looks like I’m dropping the deuce.

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Podcasts mentioned:

• Lipstick Aliens
• Nemcoff’s Number One with a Bullet

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Thirty minutes of stofy, thirty minutes of your phone calls - 21 Junkie calls this week! Woah!

Check out the KRAKENS GEAR! I’m not kidding, check it out.

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