As far as the music… At first, I did think that the Irish jig was out of place. But then it grew on me and I sort of liked it. Almost as if older music can stand the test of time… where as if you chose a popular song it could easily go out of date and then age the audio in a 5-10 years. I think that listeners are always going to be critical about something… and since you are the author pick what you see fit for the music. “Enjoy the Ride”… so to speak.

Keep up the great story telling. I enjoy it very much!

Thanks for the excellent books, keep up the good work. Lastly, when and where can I get a dead tree version of the Share Books? The sooner the better.

My comment is that yours is the first contribution to PodioBooks that I felt strongly enough to donate to. My wife knows how to use paypal, so it will have to wait until se gets home, but I defiantly want to support you in your writing, and congratulate you on your success.

Gary

Good trading!

And, again, I found myself at the mercy of “first person” a LOT — I have to retell parts of the story in order for the person (other than Ishmael) to know it. Sometimes that works out good because it means I can add to, or embellish details.

Sometimes — it’s just a pain. I think I did better with it in Full Share. This is a really good point and one I’m aware of and hope you’ll like the way it gets handled going forward.

Since boarding the Lois, every event Ish encounters is retold at least 3 times in his narrative and sometimes retold many more times. The Roubaille event almost dominates Half Share’s second half as it is retold over again for each character. This started to bother me in Quarter Share but hit a sore point in Half Share. I’m listening to the same event over and over. I really don’t look forward to hearing the phrase “damn you’re good” ever again.

In a way, we get a recap of every major event several times in the story – so adding it before each new episode is more than superfluous.

Please keep writing and posting the podcasts.

I think I like the mundanity of fly on the wall reenactment of the trading computer games. You read very well and the characters are/were great. I’m really lost how Ish turned in to the “Bachelor,” proclaiming his feelings for the three women, but I guess it fits the series better than if you had fallen into the other obvious way to liven the series up: embroiling them all in combat: laser fire, fighter ships and the like. I think you’d have fun with another series in the same universe where another hero/heroine signs up with the marines. I digress, you chose to keep your audience with eroticism, I didn’t appreciate it, but that’s why there’s a fastforward dial on my ipod. I though the characters and plot of life aboard was creative enough.

As far as music goes, I have enjoyed your choice for each story. I feel like they help to get me into the mindset of the olden times when traders were plentiful. They help create a timeless quality to the story, like this story could be taking place on a ship with sails on an ocean as easily as in space. The different songs make ne feel as if you are visiting foriegn lands with exotic cultures, etc.

I am anxiously awaiting the release of Full Share. Keep up the great work.