Progress Report

Made a lot of headway last week on multiple fronts.

• I've sent one short off to my crit partner to review. The second is coming along very nicely.
• I locked The Prodigal's Foole as being in a place where I'm very pleased. I've sent it onto a professional editor for a look-see and should hear back on that in about two weeks.
• I submitted TPF to another agency last week.
• The website has made great progress...I'm very pleased with the work done so far and I hope to have an official launch later this month (Place a very manly 'Squeeeee!' here).
• Posted my review for Emmett Spain's 'Old Haunts' on Amazon, GoodReads and this blog (HERE). Very much worth a read.
• Still working on my review for Is Anybody Out There?

There are a couple of exciting developments to share as well. I can officially announce I've been asked to be a judge at this weeks 5MinuteFiction competition - Tuesday 03 August at 1:30 PM Eastern Time. Make sure you join in!

The second development is I'm working on a new semi-regular podcast. Details will be forthcoming, but I'm very excited at this opportunity! I'll be releasing more info as the plans coalesce. But here's a little preview:

If you have any ideas/thoughts/comments of what you'd like to see in a writer's podcast, feel free to leave them in the comments below.

Busy busy!!

Website and...Podcasting?

Many of you know I've been looking around for some assistance with my website.

Ok. To be honest my 'website' is a simple redirect to this blog. So I guess by 'some assistance'

I mean 'someone to build what I have in my head who knows what she/he is doing.'

My focus as a Technology Consultant for the past 15 years or so has been in Program and Portfolio management. Before that, I was a Helluva engineer. In both roles I've met some really bright people.

A long time ago I worked on a project with a damn good tech weenie. A great guy by the name of Eric Grigg. He happens to also be a co-host of the 'EaglesFanCast.' This is a podcast, blog etc. for everything to do with the Philadelphia Eagles American football team.

I've linked his crew's site above.

Anyway, Eric and I worked together years ago. We'd occasionally see each other (once actually randomly meeting up at Dublin Airport). He's been lurking on my blog for a while and I've been lurking on his podcast.

He still is a tech guru and has offered to help getting my site off the ground--as a part of this whole 'self-marketing' campaign to publish my writing.

But when we spoke last night, he had some ideas about other types of media to 'get the message out.' As a successful podcaster himself, he's suggested that I spin up my own podcast to compliment the blog.

Honestly, podcasting was in the back of my mind...but it's been on a dusty shelf labeled "Things to Do when Someone Discovers a Pill that Will Let You Never Need Sleep Without a Psychotic Breakdown." or TTDWSDAPTWLYNNSWAP for short.

Heh. Pronounce THAT Mary Poppins.

Anyway I think Eric is going to be helping design not only my website, but the whole 'R.B.Wood Media experience.' God help us all.

In thinking of what I want in a podcast I've so far decided that I DON'T want it to be a retread of this blog. So I open it up to you, dear readers. What would you like to see in a 'wannabe writers' podcast that would be interesting to you? Leave your thoughts, ideas, rantings in the comments below.

And to think...all I wanted was a little HTML with a few pretty pictures...