Hi Everybody,

I'm making some changes to how you receive audio. I'll continue to blog the episodes here, at least for a while until I can get my act together. Here's what I've done about my act so far:

I have uploaded all merrillsblog podcasts to archive.org They were in various places. By using spinxpress I have them listed on ourmedia.org ourmedia creates a feed for my audio. I will point the feedburner feed there. Remember the feedburner feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/merrill. The podcasts are out of order, so you may get "new" podcasts that you have already listened to. This cannot be helped.

In addition, you can visit ourmedia to look at an alphabetical listing of my podcasts. Here's the link to my page: Merrill's Published Audio You can also search archive.org or ourmedia.org for me. On ourmedia.org use "merrill" and on archive.org use "merrillsblog". Not all of merrillsblog is in ourmedia.org because I manually loaded early episodes to archive.org.

I have some work to fill out all my producer informaton on ourmedia.org but everything in time.

On today's podcast I talk about nanowrimo http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and read the document I prepared for my sister on basic podcasting I'll upload the audio to my library here on vox in a few days. Music: Cagey House: Sugar Dreams: http://www.podsafeaudio.com/

Originally posted on merrill.vox.com

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I describe how easy it is to email a post from anywhere--I use my PDA--to LiveJournal. Vox is easier, but the mobile program is linked to one account. Emailing is more flexible. 

Originally posted on merrill.vox.com

I also play Long Road Home by The Alpha Rhythm available at beatpick.comI also talk about some books at the beginning of the podcast. As always, reader/listener discretion is advised.

Star Runner discovers exciting and disturbing finds aboard the cutter. The music is from beatpick.com--Galdson and Ohn. Adventures Chapter 21

In today's episode:

1. I share the sounds of the jackhammer outside my apartment.

2. I read Chapters 19 and 20 of my 1st draft novel The Adventures of Star Runner the Pantheran Book 1

3. I play Bace Quartet and Ohn tracks available from beatpick.com


Adventures Chapters 19-20

Here are some thoughts on inspiration.

1. I rant about corned beef sandwiches in Jamestown, New York.
2. I also rant about print snobs.
3. I also play Passing Clouds by Josh Winiberg from
4. The point of the podcast though is a review of Mur Lafferty'sbooks HeavenAdventures in the After Life Seasons 1 Heaven and Season 2 Hell. Spoiler warning!

We've been building to this point. Now it's here! Star Runner gets aboard the Pantheran warship.

Is Star Runner understanding more about cats? You decide.

Well, surprise, surprise. I got another chapterdone. Star is so blunt about sex! You may want to be careful where and how you listen.

This one's definitely not family or work safe. I have a fairly long intro where I talk about writing before reading the chapter. You can probably listen to the scene at the store. Then there's the retaurant and then, well, then. Here you go!

Ihave recorded Chapter 14 of the novel. I also made some comments about podcasting as an informal and intimate medium.