Part 2 is a long episode but it completely full of interviews and not Erk walking around the Con. Interviewees, promos & songs are:
- R Allen Leider, author of Wicca Girl
- PROMO: I Should Be Writing podcast by Mur Lafferty
- Peter Prellwitz, creator of the Shards Universe
- PROMO: Nina Kimberly the Merciless by Christiana Ellis,
- Richard White, media tie-in author
- FLASHBACK: Highlights of the Double Trouble interview last year on Erk Pod Round Table 7 with Erk, Drue the co-host, Orange Tim, Tee Morris & Pip Ballantine
- Scott Sigler, author & podcaster of various books including Infected, Contagious, Noctural & The Rookie
- PROMO: Personal Effects: Dark Art by JC Hutchins
- Devo Spice from The FuMP (Funny Music Project)
- SONG: Why Are You Friending Me On Facebook? – Devo Spice/The FuMP
- Mur Lafferty, author & podcaster including I Should Be Writing, Playing For Keeps & the Heaven series
- PROMO: The Uber Nemesis part 1
- Evo Terra, co-founder of Podiobooks.com, co-writer of Podcasting For Dummies and host of the Evo at 11 podcast.
- PROMO: Blast From The Past podcast with Erk & Erk;s mum Judy.
- JR Blackwell – author, podcaster & photographer. And yes folks, that is her on the front cover of Pitcher’s Pendant by Tee Morris!
- PROMO: The Uber Nemesis part 2
- Tee Morris, author, podcaster and Uber Nemesis of all podcast authors.
- JC Hutchins, author & podcaster of the 7th Son series as well as his new book Personal Effects: Dark Arts.
- PG Holyfield, podcaster & author of Avedon Hill which was nicknamed “the podcast novel that never ends.”
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Duration: 135 minutes
Balticon 43 was a massive weekend for both Erk & Tee Morris. Tee was a great guy to hang out with over the weekend. Apart from being his usual self, he also arranged many of the interviews on “The Balticon Special That Never Ends.”
This interview was recorded late on Sunday night and you’ll hear a very different side to Tee than you ever have on Erk Pod. But that is the way that the weekend was. The full episodes of ”The Balticon Special That Never Ends” are Erk Pod episodes 203 & 204.
Straight after this conference, Tee was off to New Zealand for a 2 week visit talking about podcasting, social media and more. So what would Tee do on a plane for 18 hours?
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Duration: 14 minutes
Depending on your point of view, you have Evo Terra to partly blame or partly thank for Erk continuing to be a podcaster. It was the “Podcasting For Dummies” book at Evo co-wrote with Tee Morris that really helped Erk learn more about podcasting and getting motivated in 2007.
In this interview, we find out more about Podiobooks.com, Evo’s current podcast Evo at 11 and more.
This is a part of “The Balticon Special That Never Ends” which is Erk Pod episodes 203 & 204.
[A good place to find all things Evo]
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Duration: 8 minutes
Unlike previous interviewee Richard White, author Peter Prellwitz does not have to worry about playing in an existing universe as he has created his own.
Peter has an extensive collection of paperbacks as well as audiobooks in the Shards Universe that he has created. Find out more in this interview which is part of “The Balticon Special That Never Ends” that is Erk Pod 203 & 204.
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Duration: 5 minutes
As a part of “The Balticon Special That Never Ends”, Erk chats with Richard White. Richard is a media tie-in writer. As you will hear in the interview, Richard writes books that ties in with pre-existing franchises including Star Trek, Stargate SG-1 and more.
This presents a new set of challenges for an author that does not happen when you are writing your own work. Not only does Richard need to get approval from the franchise he is writing about, he also has the fans of the series as his harshest critics.
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Duration: 8 minutes
Sunday turned out to be book launch day at Balticon 43. Author R Allen Leider (pictured) was launching his new bookWicca Girl. Wicca Girl might be a new book but it was a long time coming as you will hear in this interview. This interview is part of the “Balticon Special That Never Ends.”
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Duration: 11 minutes
Sunday seemed to be book launch day at Balticon 43. Bright and earlyish on Sunday morning, my first interviewee of the day was Christiana Ellis. Later that night, she would launch her new book Nina Kimberly the Merciless.
Erk now has a signed copy of the book to read on the plane (or when he gets home) which promises to be enjoyable. So what is it like to see your name on the front cover of your own book for the first time? You’ll have to listen to Christiana’s answer – I think that would make her a “glass is half full” type of person rather than a “glass is half empty”. Apart from the book and related podcast, you can hear Christiana’s voice on her other podcasts as well as on other podiobooks.
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Duration: 13 minutes
This man is proof that as a podcaster and a podcast author, it’s good to get your voice heard as widely as possible. While I had heard PG Holyfield’s name around the writing podosphere, it was a talk podcast that made me go out and download his work.
At the start of most episodes of Evo at 11, PG would tell us what he had learned from the previous episode. And it is PG that gave me the brainstorm for the title of my Balticon special.
Two years ago, Erk started Erk Pod and Erk to the Diary Room. Around the same time, PG started podcasting his murder mystery “Murder at Avedon Hill”. Two years later, Erk is interviewing PG about the end of MaAH which has since been called with affection “The Podiobook That Never Ends.”
Having said that, sometimes being late to the party has it’s advantages. Instead of Erk having to wait 2-3 or 4 weeks to find out what happens after a Holyfield cliffhanger, it would be 2 to 3 minutes.
This interview was the most fitting end to the weekend at Balticon. You can hear the entire ”Balticon Special That Never Ends” as Erk Pod episodes 203 & 204.
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Duration: 14 minutes
I’m a late comer to the powerful train that is Scott Sigler. Sure, I’d heard him on other podcasts. Sure, I’d seen all of the other trains zooming around the space. But it is this trip to America that saw me board the Sigler Express as it approached me.
So with a fully loaded iPod, I hit the tracks and listened to Infected. Then I found that I didn’t want to get off the train. I’d heard/read that after listening to Infected, I should move to the Contagious carriage to continue the journey.
I looked down at my iPod – no Contagious! That carriage was nowhere to be seen! So I headed to the next carriage that I had of the Sigler Express and that was Noctural. It was out of sequence but I loved it for different reasons than Infected. Then when I got back to my metaphorical train depot, I found Contagious and have now caught up with that story.
Sick mo-fo? Hell yeah! Talented? No doubt. So if you are as late for the Sigler Express as I am, listen to this chat and climb aboard. There are seats for everyone!
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Duration: 17 minutes
Like many people in the podosphere, I found Mur Lafferty after hearing about her name mentioned, usually with a title like “The Grand Dame of Podcasting” or similar. Again, I heard Mur first via another podcast, quite possibly Tee Morris’ Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy.
I found her writing podcast “I Should Be Writing” and even though I’m not writing a novel, I am writing blog posts, right? And even if I’m not writing blog posts, a lot of Mur’s subject matter crosses over well into podcasting. Hell, even if Mur read out of a phone book for an episode of ISBW, I’d be there!
On this US trip, I completed her “Playing For Keeps” podiobook which I enjoyed. It was a lot different for a super hero book (or in my case, podiobook) but also compelling. And at the time of writing (no pun intended), I have just finished season 1 of the Heaven series as well. I’m a bit behind – Mur is currently working on season 5!
Enjoy the chat and you can listen to the rest of the Balticon content on “The Balticon Special That Never Ends”, Erk Pod episodes 203 & 204.
[The Murverse - the one stop for all things Mur]
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Duration: 6 minutes
Like many of the podiobook authors I had heard of, I heard about JC Hutchins through other podcasters. The first full interview which really sticks inside my head was one between JC and Stephen from the Tea & Chat podcast (come back soon, man!). I then went out and listened to JC’s UltraCreatives interview series and followed him on Twitter.
But it wasn’t until the current American trip that I devoted a lot of time listening to podiobooks. I listened to all 3 seasons of 7th Son and really enjoyed that. Then at Balticon 43, I got to meet and chat with the man himself after his book launch for Personal Effects: Dark Art. Here is the section of Erk’s “Balticon Special That Never Ends” featuring Erk chatting with JC recorded soon after the book launch.
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Duration: 10 minutes
Welcome to this two part special recorded at Balticon 43 on the weekend of 22-25 May 2009. This special features a whose who of podcasters and podiobook authors (who are authors in their own right) who attended the Con.
Many topics were raised in relation to podcasting, writing, social media and a lot more. Extended interviews with several of the guests will be recorded once Erk returns to Australia. As this was a working Convention, time was very limited so you have many shorter interviews which were a lot of fun to do. While I was familiar with the work of some of the guests, there were some people who were introduced to me and I was interviewing them a couple of minutes later.
In this part Erk Pod & part Echo Romeo Kilo episode, Erk speaks with the following people:
- Tyler Waldman, host of the RangerCast
- PROMO: 7th Son by JC Hutchins
- Dave Slusher, ground floor podcaster & host of the Reality Break podcast
- PROMO: Murder at Avedon Hill by PG Holyfield
- Tee Morris, podcaster and author and future vistor to New Zealand
- Ninjas V Zombies
- PROMO: RangerCast
- PROMO: Evo at 11
- PROMO: Noctural by Scott Sigler
- PROMO: Heaven season 5 (War) by Mur Lafferty
- Christiana Ellis, podcaster & author of Nina Kimberley the Merciless
- PROMO: Personal Effects: Dark Art by JC Hutchins
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Duration: 66 minutes
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