Speculative fiction is always a hotly contested category and the nomination alone is a testament to the quality of your ability to tell a story that will make people sit down and listen.

I personally only started listening to quarter share earlier this week, and now im already chomping at the bit for the conclusion of full share and hoping there will be more tails from the golden age. Your skill at writing believable 3dimensional characters is superb. I often find myself chuckling out loud when something slightly comical happens and just wanting to see how the relationships between characters will grow.

Your in good company nate. sigler, hutchins to name a couple , sigler considered to be the father of podcast novels by some and hutchins his arch nemisis *chuckles again* who rose in a far shorter time than sigler himself still havent actually made it past the nomination/finalist stage yet of parsec’s but are still considered the top class storytellers and you most certainly are on a par with them.

Podcasting though is as much about listening to the feedback of your listeners as it is telling the story and it is a learning process.

As for the comment about more mainstream novels having less subtle plots, more action and lots of violence, while it may be partly true possibly due to the fact that the foundation of podcast listeners initially were typical young males which stereotypically do go for the more action orientated stories, its not completely true that listener base is still growing rapidly and as it does it will balance and become a more realistic representation of what the majority prefer.

I’d also like to point out that a parsec winner this year is The Immortals though there is some action and some violence in the story there are also numerous subtle and sensitive plots through out the story one of the few podiobooks that’s ever prompted an emotional reaction from me the golden clipper series been amongst that few as well.

keep up the good work.

Also, put me down as interested in dead tree versions of the series.

Frankly, I’m not sure it matters too much given the calibre of the other podcasts. Much more “mainstream” kinds of stories — if that’s the right way to say it — with much less subtle plots, more action, and lots, and lots of violence (at least in some cases).

I’m glad to have been nominated, disappointed not to make the cut, but there’s next year.

http://www.parsecawards.com/2007Finalists

Yes, please use the “coffee urn” portion. IMHO, it’s “classic” Ishmael and is a great introduction to him, his mindset and his problem-solving skills, as well as gives the listener the best over-all view of the whole thing.

I don’t know what the “good luck” expression is for awards like this, but I know that “break a leg” is appropriate for actors. In any event, this is going to be an interesting run!

Joe