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Dealing In, ep10 pt2

jdsawyer — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:12:15 +0000

Welcome to the second of several Down From Ten Feedback shows. This one is episode ten, part two of the Dealing In series of feedback shows, where I and several friends answer your emails and talk about whatever comes up. This time, I’m joined by Metamor City and Down From Ten cast member Chris Lester, New York Times Bestseller Gail Carriger, and producer/actor/cartoonist Kitty Nic’Iaian. What do we talk about? An incomplete list, in no particular order:

Food
Pacing
Screenplays
Chekov
Soulless
Racism and bigotry in the Victorian world
Douglas Adams
Thomas Mann
Cultural change throughout history
The Death of the Author
Focault
Deride
Shakespeare
The Royal Shakespeare Company
POV characters
George R.R. Martin
Neal Stephenson
Shakespeare
Employing Symbolism in writing
Tee Morris

Fixed: Dealing in 10 pt1

jdsawyer — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:01:00 +0000

For those of you who were having trouble, this should fix it.

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Dealing In, Episode 10 pt 1

jdsawyer — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:05:52 +0000

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Welcome to the first of several Down From Ten Feedback shows. This one is episode eleven of the Dealing In series of feedback shows, where I and several friends answer your emails and talk about whatever comes up. This time, I’m joined by Metamor City and Down From Ten cast member Chris Lester, New York Times Bestseller Gail Carriger, and producer/actor/cartoonist Kitty NicIaian. What do we talk about? An incomplete list, in no particular order:

Poirot
Stargate SG-1
Sir Apropos of Nothing
The Name of the Wind
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Gap Cycle
Cozy Mysteries
Agatha Christie
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Law vs. Morality
Unconventional relationship structures
Stranger in a Strange Land
U.S. Regionalisms and prejudices
Polyamory Weekly
Free Will (announcement)

Special Christmas Episode Goes Live

jdsawyer — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:05:37 +0000

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Happy Christmas, everyone!

Sometime in November, new cast member Andrea Fender (playing the as yet unnamed “moon girl”) contacted Dan after her first recording session and said something along the lines of “That was fun! Let’s do some more!”

Since Dan didn’t have any more of Free Will written at the time, it was decided that a holiday themed poetry reading, to be posted on Christmas eve, like a Christmas present, would be just fantastic.

Which is just what they did.

Directed by: Andrea Fender

Performed by:
Andrea Fender
Dan Sawyer

Works performed:
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill – Robert Service
The Cremation of Sam McGee – Robert Service
A Visit from St. Nicholas – Clement Clarke Moore

Music used:
Jingle Bells
Carol of Bells
Away in a Manger

Launchcast, ep 03

jdsawyer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:38:36 +0000

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Part three of three of the live call-in show that launched Down From Ten — this one plays almost like a Reprobates Hour episode on the history of the podcast novel. A change of pace from the previous episodes, and a very interesting one.

Free Will: The Promo

jdsawyer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:49:26 +0000

And now, I am pleased to present to you the world debut of Free Will’s promo. Book 2 in The Antithesis Progression is coming, with new music, a new cover, and more story to knock your socks off.

Featuring the voices of Georg Chlentzos and Miss Kalendar

Want to see the artwork? Click here (NSFW)

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Launchcast, ep 02

jdsawyer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:08:59 +0000

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Part two of the live call-in show we did for the launch of Down From Ten, in which we take your calls, talk about the craft of writing and podcasting, and argue about what makes for a good story. We also take more saucy calls from listeners.

Launchcast, ep 01

jdsawyer — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:21:54 +0000

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Part one of the live call-in show we did for the launch of Down From Ten, in which Tee Morris impersonates John Woo, Chris Lester gets flogged live on mic, we learn the story of Philippa Ballantine’s questionable ancestry, and we take a number of saucy calls from listeners.

Soulless, by Gail Carriger (Audio)

jdsawyer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:02:07 +0000

Those of you who read my blog will have seen my review of Gail Carriger’s Soulless. There was something that I didn’t tell you in that review. When I read Soulless, I was so impressed with it that I offered Gail my services pro bono as a claviger…um…as a production wonk to help promote the book.

Now, a month and a bit on, after much labor and much laughter, I am pleased to present all of you with the world debut of the first chapter of Gail Carriger’s Soulless in full-cast audiobook format (complete with music, soundFX, and soundscaping). This sample offers you a taste of the romp you’ll be in for when you read the book.

You can pre-order Soulless from Amazon, and read Ms. Carriger’s ever-entertaining blog as well.

Cast (in order of appearance)
Angela Vernon as The Narrator
Chris Lester as The Unexpected Vampire
Miss Kalendar as Alexia Tarrabotti
George Chlentzos as Lord Conal Maccon
J. Daniel Sawyer as Professor Lyall

Directed by J. Daniel Sawyer
Produced by ArtisticWhispers Productions

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Special thanks to Orbit Books for authorizing this experiment!

Down From Ten Promo

jdsawyer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:35:40 +0000

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Here is the first promo for Down From Ten. Please post it everywhere! Your podcasts, blogs, parent’s car windows, door of city hall, etc.

Free Will: Sneak Preview

jdsawyer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:18:29 +0000

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Hello everyone —

Due to circumstances beyond my control, Down From Ten is not going to be posting until next week, when we should have two episodes up. In lieu of that, I’m bringing you the much-anticipated preview for Book 2 of the Antithesis Progression: Free Will and other Compulsions

Crescent Amazon Rush Today!

jdsawyer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:55:19 +0000

Phil Rossi, the man who does science fiction horror in the most unnerving possible fashion (i.e. it gets under my skin) is rushing the Amazon charts today. If you liked Predestination but thought it was a little slow, then this guy is for you. Imagine the gritty darkness of Predestination loaded high with paranoia, horror, and a tinge of madness, and you’ve got an idea of what Crescent is. Here’s the details on the rush — you can hear the rough cut of Crescent on podiobooks.com and philrossi.net. Support a good author, and the first man to do an original soundtrack for his book (Damn you Phil Rossi!). Download the info here.

Down From Ten Preview

jdsawyer — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:38:14 +0000

You’ve probably already seen this everywhere else, but I needed to put it up here so that I could validate the iTunes feed in advance of the release of Down From Ten. If you haven’t heard this yet, consider it a bonus.

The Cover Art is here

jdsawyer — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:39:03 +0000

Well, everyone, as the production enters full swing, the first bit of showable stuff is done — that is, the cover art. Enjoy!