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Category: Quarter Share

SciFi Surplus

26 August, 2008 (21:57) | News, Quarter Share | No comments

Wow.
The nice people over at Sci Fi Surplus just interviewed me about a review they’re doing on Quarter Share. We had a bit of a ramble but they’re accepting comments about the book. Email your comments about Quarter Share to thegeeks@scifisurplus.com. I think they’d take voice messages to at 801-938-5525 or skype call “scifisurplus” [...]

Music Credits

15 February, 2008 (15:34) | Books, Full Share, Half Share, Quarter Share, South Coast | No comments

Oddness abounds and I get to add another thing that I never thought I’d be dealing with. Comes from not thinking things through, I suppose.
Long and short is that the music I’ve used in the four novels has been licensed in various ways. For the present use, that is, as a free podcast novel, [...]

A Year Ago

14 February, 2008 (06:47) | Books, Quarter Share | 5 comments

It’s appropriate that I send all of you a thank you on Valentine’s Day. The love fest just keeps on building.
A year ago Quarter Share went up onto the Podiobooks.com servers. The first six episodes cleared review and were posted on Feb 18, 2007. Since that time, the outpouring of support has been overwhelming. [...]

Quarter Share Nominated!

17 July, 2007 (10:57) | Books, Quarter Share | 19 comments

I was shocked, surprized, and delighted to get this email last night:

On behalf of the podcasting community, we wish to congratulate you for your recent nomination for a Parsec Award for the following podcast(s):
Quarter Share - Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel Form)

On the one hand, I think every Podiobook in the Science-Fiction category was nominated. [...]

Podiobooks Status

31 March, 2007 (14:24) | Books, News, Quarter Share | 4 comments

Everybody’s being frustrated by the wealth of new subscribers and visitors to Podiobooks. It’s a great problem to have, but many of you had feeds get disrupted and it’s been impossible to get onto the site at times. The latest word from PB is that they’re working on a new hosting arrangement that will solve [...]

Quarter Share Trailer

18 March, 2007 (23:47) | Books, Quarter Share | No comments

Credit Where Credit’s Due: The Whirlpool Galaxy panning background on this promo is from The Hubble Site

Quarter Share

30 January, 2007 (08:58) | Books, Quarter Share | 20 comments

When Ishmael Wang is orphaned by a flitter crash, he must make some hard decisions about how to survive in a Company-owned universe. With limited time and fewer options, he lands a job as the newest hand on the Solar Clipper Lois McKendrick and learns there’s more to life than making coffee. Join Ish, Pip, [...]