P.G. Holyfield Presents: Tales of the Children Podcast

I was on the kickoff panel at Dragon*Con 2010 for the podcasting track. I got to sit next to Veronica Belmont on the panel, so everything else after this was just gravy. Just kidding of course. Lovely lady, and one of my favorite podcasters out there. Please visit Dragon*Pod (http://www.dragon-pod.com/) for more audio from the podcasting track of 2010. (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/KyleNishioka5-300x199.jpg)This panel also featured the diverse talents of: Tom Merritt (Sword and Laser (http://www.swordandlaser.com/), Tech News Today (http://twit.tv/tnt)), Veronica Belmont (Qore (http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/shows-and-tv-series/qore/), Sword and Laser), Len Peralta (Jawbone Radio (http://jawboneradio.blogspot.com/), Geek a Week (http://geekaweek.net/)), Brian Ibbott (Coverville (http://coverville.com/)) and Bobby Blackwolf (The Bobby Blackwolf Show).

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Today we have the Tales of the Children short story "Love's Sacrificial Song," by Tabitha Grace Smith (http://tabithagracesmith.com/). This episode was c0-produced by Paulette Jaxton of The Empress Sword (http://www.amazon.com/Empress-Sword-Paulette-Jaxton/dp/1897492243) podcast and novel. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * Apologies ;*-) 3:10 - Love's Sacrificial Song Daralis is a story-teller. And the people of Bostich need this story to be the best story she's ever told. 22:00 - Outro Upcoming events and planned releases. Promo: SpecFicMedia.com (http://specficmedia.com) Extras Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 "Tales of the Children" and SpecFicMecia.com t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! Murder at Avedon Hill wins the John W. Polidori Award (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/550) for Best Vampire Novel of 2010 - http://outofthecoffin.com (http://storycasting.com/work.aspx?id=319fefef-bcc4-4a48-be0c-73d4c0c75ae4) Music in this episode: * Shira Kammen (http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen) - Magnatune.com (http://magnatune.com) * The Impossible Butterfly (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/shira-wildwood/) - Wild Wood * Kevin McLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) - various cuts * Ruben van Rompaey (http://magnatune.com/artists/rompaey) - Grande Rue De Pera * David Beard (http://www.davidbeardmusic.com/) - various cuts * Marc Gunn (http://marcgunn.com) - Stardust Serenade * Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com (http://www.soundsnap.com/) and The Freesound Project (http://www.freesound.org/)

(http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/tuaca.jpg)Saturday evening I am coordinating and co-hosting a virtual convention called TuacaCon (http://tuacacon.squarespace.com). It is an excuse to get together with a lot of friends, both in person and virtually, and show off some of their great talents. There will be readings, interviews, music, and hopefully a surprise or two. Here's a quick promo for the event:

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Today we have the Tales of the Children short story "Ruby's Child," by Philip Carroll. This episode was produced by Philip and Flying Island Press, with the narration provided by Vivid Muse from the Into the Blender podcast. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * I talk about Philip and about the story, Ruby's Child 3:10 - Ruby's Child Ruby leaves her mountain home and tries to make a go of it in the outside world. Things go badly, and her situation does not improve after returning home. And her child? It is joy and misery all rolled into one--as a Child of Az should be. 22:00 - Outro Please call The Caern Line or send me an email (pgholyfield at murderatavedonhill dot com) if you'd like to be included in the next listener feedback show. Promo: Michael Parry's The Spiral Tattoo (http://michaeljparry.com/) Extras Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 "Tales of the Children" t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! MaAH over at Storycasting.com (http://storycasting.com/work.aspx?id=319fefef-bcc4-4a48-be0c-73d4c0c75ae4) Music in this episode: * Shira Kammen (http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen) - Magnatune.com (http://magnatune.com) * The Impossible Butterfly (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/shira-wildwood/) - Wild Wood * Kevin McLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) - Achaidh Cheide * Ruben van Rompaey (http://magnatune.com/artists/rompaey) - Grande Rue De Pera * David Beard (http://www.davidbeardmusic.com/) - various cuts * Marc Gunn (http://marcgunn.com) - Stardust Serenade * Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com (http://www.soundsnap.com/) and The Freesound Project (http://www.freesound.org/)

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Today we have the Tales of the Children short story "Love and Fire," by Philippa J. Ballantine (http://www.booksoftheorder.com/) I hope you enjoy the story, check back next week for my next Listener Feedback episode. Please call The Caern Line at 704-315-5884 and ask questions/leave comments. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * I'm baaaaaack. 3:10 - Love and Fire Can humans gain a foothold on the island of Kandriel? If Syliene, an elven warrior and priestess of Thei-Shan has anything to say about it, the answer is no. 22:00 - Outro Please call The Caern Line or send me an email (pgholyfield at murderatavedonhill dot com) if you'd like to be included in the next listener feedback show. Promo: Philippa Ballantine presents "Chronicles of the Order" Extras Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 "Tales of the Children" t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! MaAH over at Storycasting.com (http://storycasting.com/work.aspx?id=319fefef-bcc4-4a48-be0c-73d4c0c75ae4) Music in this episode: * Shira Kammen (http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen) - Magnatune.com (http://magnatune.com) * The Impossible Butterfly (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/shira-wildwood/) - Wild Wood * Kevin McLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) - Achaidh Cheide * Ruben van Rompaey (http://magnatune.com/artists/rompaey) - Grande Rue De Pera * David Beard (http://www.davidbeardmusic.com/) - various cuts * Marc Gunn (http://marcgunn.com) - Stardust Serenade * Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com (http://www.soundsnap.com/) and The Freesound Project (http://www.freesound.org/)

I recorded this a couple of years ago and like to pull it back out for new listeners around July 4th. On March 23, 1775, at St. John's Henrico Parish Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry spoke to the House of Burgesses. His speech changed the minds and hearts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and became a beacon of freedom for all of America. Happy Independence Day, everyone. Thank you to Nathan Lowell for his introduction at the beginning of this audio file. Be sure to check out his Golden Age of the Solar Clipper (http://podiobooks.com/podiobooks/search.php?keyword=golden+age+of+the+solar+clipper) novels over at Podiobooks.com. The image is a cropped image from Peter F. Rothermel's "Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses," from 1851. The photograph of this painting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Patrick_Henry_Rothermel.jpg) is released on Wikimedia Commons as a public domain work.

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Tonight, as we approach the book launch of Murder at Avedon Hill, we have a Tales of the Children story written and produced by Dan Absalonson (http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com). A few weeks ago Dan asked if he could produce the audio for his own podcast, and knowing I wouldn't be getting to his story for several months, I said "Go for it!" For a first audio podcast episode, Dan did a wonderful job with the production. Big Axe, Little Hands is a fun story about one of the smaller races of Caern, and an incarnation of one of the Children of Az we haven't seen in audio form thus far. I hope you enjoy the story, and check back later today for the release of an interview I did with Jack Mangan over at his Deadpan Podcast. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * Short intro of Dan Abaslonson's short story, Big Axe, Small Hands. 2:00 - Big Axe, Small Hands Join Halvard the Halfling as he journeys to find the way of the warrior, running into trouble along the way, and meeting races he's only heard tell of in the story told around the community fire in his small village. Extras Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 "Tales of the Children" t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! MaAH over at Storycasting.com (http://storycasting.com/work.aspx?id=319fefef-bcc4-4a48-be0c-73d4c0c75ae4) - I'm giving away a special prize to someone that posts their own "cast" for Murder at Avedon Hill.

On Saturday, Feb. 27 (in two days!) Rich Sigfrit will be hosting an online auction on behalf of Tee's daughter, affectionately known as "Sonic Boom." I made a contribution to the auction: * a signed copy of Murder at Avedon Hill (when it is released in May) * a custom t-shirt with one of the Children of Az on the front, and whatever text you'd like (approved by me, of course :-) ) on the back. * a one of a kind DVD with two of the live episodes of Tales of the Children, pop up video and text, audio commentary, and a special video message just for the buyer. Please visit The Boom Effect (http://www.theboomeffect.org/?p=251) for more information on this 'lot.' ( http://www.theboomeffect.org/?p=251 ) If you cannot attend the live show, you can make a proxy bid. And if you are not blown away by this package (I am), then look over the other awesome contributions that will be auctioned off during the show.

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Before I go any further, it must be said/written. I'm not happy with this episode. The story is top notch; the reading is solid; good use of music and effects. The issue is with the audio quality of the reading. I made a rookie mistake (which I won't detail here) that affected the final output file. Whew... I feel better. Let's get back to the show. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * Lots of news... will update this with a bullet list later. 7:00 - First Blood - Alex Briggs A nearly lifelong relationship between a particular human and an orc is played out before our eyes... or ears, rather. 25:00 - Promo Jake Bible - Dead Mech (http://jakebible.com/) 26:00 - Outro Chatter Please visit The Boom Effect (http://www.theboomeffect.org/?page_id=2) to learn more about the charity that has sprung up to support Tee Morris and his daughter. I will be donating stuff to the auction. * Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) * Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) * MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) * Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 * "Tales of the Children" t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! Music in this episode: * Shira Kammen (http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen) - Magnatune.com (http://magnatune.com) * The Impossible Butterfly (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/shira-wildwood/) - Wild Wood * Kevin McLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) - Achaidh Cheide * Ruben van Rompaey (http://magnatune.com/artists/rompaey) - Grande Rue De Pera * Marc Gunn (http://marcgunn.com) - Stardust Serenade * Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com (http://www.soundsnap.com/) and The Freesound Project (http://www.freesound.org/)

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Yes, I was finally able to finish the audio version of "The Old God and The Sea," by Patrick E. McLean. Contrary to initial plans for this podcast, I'm giving each episode the star treatment it deserves. Which of course means the episodes will be released when they get released. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * We are still having a lot of fun doing Live Video Readings of new TotC stories over at Stickam.com (http://stickam.com/pgholyfield) - Tonight we have a story by Philippa Ballantine (http://pjballantine.com). * The audio versions of the episodes will be released after the video episodes, so if you want to get them first, come on over to the live show (every other Wednesday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern). 4:40 - The Old God and the Sea - Patrick E. McLean Rygar is the hedge knight everyone fears. Jarl is the fisherman no one could ever fear. What happens when these two men finally meet? It's all in a day's work (or a lifetime in this case) for a Child of Az. 23:00 - Outro Chatter Check out the cross promotion I'm doing with Tabitha Grace Smith. A story I've written, "Exit Strategy," will be released Monday, November 16th on the Angel Between the Lines (http://angelbetweenthelines.com) podcast. Next Wednesday evening at 9:30 pm Eastern I will be reading Tabitha's Tales of the Children short story, "Love's Sacrificial Song" on my next Stickam.com live show. * Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) * Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) * MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) * Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 * "Tales of the Children" t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! Music in this episode: * Shira Kammen (http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen) - Magnatune.com (http://magnatune.com) * The Impossible Butterfly (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/shira-wildwood/) - Wild Wood * Kevin McLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) - Achaidh Cheide * Ruben van Rompaey (http://magnatune.com/artists/rompaey) - Grande Rue De Pera * Marc Gunn (http://marcgunn.com) - Stardust Serenade * Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com (http://www.soundsnap.com/) and The Freesound Project (http://www.freesound.org/)

Tales of the Children - A Land of Caern short story podcast anthology presented by P.G. Holyfield (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/archives/category/podcast/tales-of-the-children-podcast) Here we are once again. While I did meet my 9/09/09 start date for Tales of the Children (a live reading of this same story on Stickam), it did take me until now to finish the audio production of that same episode. At least you know what you get with me. Late, but hopefully worth it. 0:00 - Intro Chatter * Our first story is "Swimming Lessons" by Gabrielle Harbowy (http://gabrielle-edits.com) * Every other Wednesday we'll be doing a Live Video Reading of a new Tales story over at Stickam.com (http://stickam.com/pgholyfield) * Welcome to the first episode of Tales of the Children! (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/maah_totc_cover_v1-231x300.jpg) 5:30 - Swimming Lessons - Gabrielle Harbowy Joren, a craftsman jailed for the suspected use of non-clerical magic, learns what The River of Magic is all about. 24:50 - Outro Chatter A few updates, and then an addendum because I finished editing two weeks after recording the original outro. * Twitter - http://twitter.com/pgholyfield (http://twitter.com/pgholyfield) * Facebook - http://facebook.com/pgholyfield (http://facebook.com/pgholyfield) * MaAH and Tales of the Children Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24571342195) * Call The Caern Line - 704-315-5884 * "Tales of the Children" t-shirts at http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com (http://pgholyfield.spreadshirt.com) - email me and I'll create a custom t-shirt for you, with whatever "Child" you like best! Music in this episode: * Shira Kammen (http://magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen) - Magnatune.com (http://magnatune.com) * The Impossible Butterfly (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/shira-wildwood/) - Wild Wood * Kevin McLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) - Achaidh Cheide * Ruben van Rompaey (http://magnatune.com/artists/rompaey) - Grande Rue De Pera * Additional f/x found at Soundsnap.com (http://www.soundsnap.com/) and The Freesound Project (http://www.freesound.org/) Special thanks to Scott Roche (http://www.spiritualtramp.com/blog/) for his audio editing help with this episode!

I've got a ten minute audio update for you this evening, focusing on what's been going on for the last six weeks. But more importantly, we talk about the next fiction podcast project I'll be working on, called Tales of the Children (http://www.pgholyfield.com/maah/the-podcast/tales-of-the-children). It's going to be a lot of fun... with a lot of great friends coming along for the ride! * Call the Caern Line! - 704-315-5884 * If you haven't reviewed MaAH on iTunes, please do! * Balticon (http://balticon.org) Rocks! * I'm still on the Dead Robots' Society (http://deadrobotssociety.com) podcast (not every week, but often!) * Flinchy is coming... really it is! * I'll be podcasting some interviews/discussions with my editor Gabrielle Harbowy (http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/) * the promo for Tales of the Children * closing thoughts * Bloopers from the past :-)