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Podcasting!

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podcastIn case you’re unaware of my latest podcast endeavors, then let me take a minute to let you know what else I’m up to besides writing, editing, and formatting.

I currently run two podcasts. The first is The Exploding Typewriter: Pulp Writers on Writing Pulp, and as you can probably imagine from the title, that is a podcast about pulp writers discussing their craft. Every episode, I have a different guest come on and talk about some aspect of writing pulp. To date, I’ve had Tommy Hancock, Ron Fortier, Barry Reese, Derrick Ferguson, and Jim Beard on the show, and future guests will include Richard Lee Byers, Russ Anderson Jr., Mat Nastos, Joel Jenkins, Bobby Nash, and probably a whole lot more. And if you’re a pulp writer who hasn’t gotten in touch with me about being on the show, then please do so immediately! Details can be found at the above Exploding Typewriter link.

The second podcast is The Geek Screen, which is hosted by myself and Juan Bracich. Juan (or Johnny as I call him) are old college buddies who would always watch comic book movies together and then talk about them after over drinks. Since I moved to Japan, we obviously can’t do that as much any more, but we still get together on Facebook and Skype and shoot the shit about those movies. So one day, I decided we should record these chats and the result is The Geek Screen! Every episode, we discuss a little bit about news related to comic book movies and then we focus the bulk of the episode on one movie or TV show. So far, we’ve covered Arrow, The Wolverine, and Iron Man 3, with our next episode on Man of Steel.

Give both a listen, drop me some comments about how you like them, and leave a review on iTunes if you can, so we can bring more attention to both shows!

Also in the world of podcasting, I recently made my third appearance on PULPED! The Official New Pulp Podcast. In this episode, Tommy Hancock and I talk about SoulQuest, my latest novel, so please give it a listen and then head on over to Amazon and pick yourself up a copy!

The Exploding Typewriter: Pulp Writers on Writing Pulp

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logoSince I started my new job back in September, I’ve had a regular commute for the first time in five years. At my old job, my commute was usually a five minute walk or as much as half an hour when driving to my furthest school. Now my shortest commute is forty minutes and the longest is about ninety. So I’ve started to listen to a lot of podcasts.

And while listening to them, I kind of wanted to do it myself. I had a very brief show a while back on Japanese films, but the show didn’t end up working out the way I wanted it to. So I knew I wanted to do a show, and I knew I wanted it to have something to do with my writing, but being in Japan, it’s difficult to have a regular co-host and I’m not as entertaining doing a one-man show.

That’s when I remembered that I have gotten a lot of questions over the years about how to write. And I noticed there weren’t that many podcasts out there on the subject—a lot of them had ended. So I decided to do a writing podcast, specifically one on writing pulp. And instead of having one co-host, I’d have rotating co-hosts. Each episode would run for roughly an hour or so (sometimes more, sometimes less) and I’d sit down with a fellow pulp writer and we’d focus on one topic.

About a month ago, I sent feelers out to several people within New Pulp about this and got a lot of positive responses. Almost everyone I approached was interested in being on the show, some for more than one episode. I’ve compiled a nice backlog of episodes so far and am scheduling other recording sessions as well.

And now I can finally announce that the show is live. If you head on over to The Exploding Typewriter, you can listen to the first episode of the series, featuring a discussion with Tommy Hancock about defining pulp and New Pulp. The show has been submitted to iTunes, but still waiting for them to accept it. In the meantime, you can listen to the first episode on the site and also find the show’s Twitter account. If you like what you hear, please be sure to share it with others or write in to the show. And if you’re a pulp writer interested in discussing a topic, by all means get in touch with me!