Musings of a Wannabe Speculative Fiction Writer
Many thanks again to Nuke and the group of people that volunteer to help out with Antipodean SF for being such great supporters of my work.
Also in this edition of Antipodean SF I have a very short 50 word story called Beware Antipodean Shores. This was inspired by a recent email exchange with Paul Cole, the man behind the Beam Me Up podcast over in the US, where we discussed the Drop Bear phenomenon. I penned Beware Antipodean Shores soon afterwards.
I also recorded readings of Make Mine a Macchiato and Beware Antipodean Shores for the AntiSF radio show, which will be broadcast some time in April. I’ll post again once I know exactly which episode.
Episode 165 alpha was just released and contains a couple of my pieces. First up is my narration of The Gloriously Cunning Plan, my second story published by Antipodean SF. Nuke starts the introduction at about the 2 minute mark, with the story itself starting at about 3 minutes.
Also in this edition is my narration of Has Your Reading Circle Shrunk?, an article about my participation in the Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading Challenge (AWWC). Nuke starts his introduction about 36 minutes and 40 seconds into the podcast and the article itself starts just a tad over the 37 minute mark.
Nuke and Antipodean SF have been very supportive of my work. The flash fiction format of the site means that you can get across a lot of authors for a relatively small investment of time, so I’d encourage everyone to support the antipodean speculative fiction community and visit Antipodean SF!
The article, titled Had Your Reading Circle Shrunk?, talks about my attempts to read a bit more widely and recent participation in the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge 2012.
I also recorded a reading of The Gloriously Cunning Plan for the AntiSF radio show, which will be broadcast some time in March. I’ll post again once I know exactly which episode.
Mick’s bio starts at about the 2 minute 40 second mark, and my narration begins at approximately 3 minutes 10 seconds. Nuke introduces me as “Anti SF’s heroically voiced Mark Webb”. That’s a lot to live up to!
Thanks to Mick for the chance to read his story and I hope he is not disappointed with the outcome!
The host of the radio show, Nuke, begins to read Nicole’s bio at about the 4 minute 30 second mark, and my narration begins at about 5 minutes 15 seconds.
I enjoyed the story and had a lot of fun recording it. My thanks to Ms Rendall, it is always a bit nerve wracking to try and do justice to someone else’s creative endeavour. Hope she isn’t disappointed!
Details of this and my other publications can be found on my bibliography page. Don’t get too excited – the list is distressingly brief so far.
That’s three publications so far. My bibliography page seems positively full! Many thanks again to Ion and the group of people that volunteer to help out with Antipodean SF.
It is very exciting to have a second story published – if for no other reason that I can start to tell myself that the first publication was not a complete fluke! Many thanks to Ion for giving me the opportunity.
But yes, this also means that I need to record another reading for the radio show/podcast. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to my voice eventually.