Monday, January 29, 2007

Coffee House to Go - January 29, 2007 - Round Table

Coffee House to Go episode #19b.

ESC! Magazine's monthly Podcast for writers and the Small Press community featuring readings of poetry, short fiction, interviews and reviews as well as featured music from independent bands and musicians.

Round Table Discussion:

In TWiT (#79 link), novelist and tech writer Jerry Pournelle made some very interesting comments about the book publishing business, copy protection and the "mid-list" author.

In this episode of Coffee House to Go, our panel discusses these issues ... and more.

Special Guests:

LB Sedlacek - Poet, Publisher of poetry chapbooks over at Assume Nothing Press, Blogger and Editor and Publisher of The Poetry Market E-zine and, of course, a regular contributor to the news segment of this podcast.

Bob Potter - Communications Instructor, Novelist, Short Story Writer

With special thanks to Leo Laporte, Jerry Pournelle and the TWiT Gang.

Visit TWiT.tv to subscribe to any of a number of great Netcasts covering the Mac, Windows, Gadgets, Security, Bio Technology, Law and more!

Read More:
> Jerry Pournelle
> Assume Nothing Press
>> "Peripheral Visions"
>> "Average Bears"
> The Long Tail (Wikipedia)
> Chris Anderson
> Leo Laporte
> Henry David Thoreau - "Walden"
> Stephen King - "The Plant" (Wikipedia)
> Dan Brown
> John Grisham
> Richard Paul Evans - "Christmas Box"
> lulu.com / Bob Young (Wikipedia)
> Amazon.com
> Barnes and Noble
> Project Pulp (Closed?) (OLD: http://blindside.net/smallpress/)

Music Played in this Episode:

"Almost Everything" by Uma Floresta

"Lonesome Trails Part Two" by Rob Potter

"Santa Claudia" by Simpatico

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Monday, January 15, 2007

Coffee House to Go - January 15, 2007

Coffee House to Go episode #19a.

ESC! Magazine's monthly Podcast for writers and the Small Press community featuring readings of poetry, short fiction, interviews and reviews as well as featured music from independent bands and musicians.

Opening music excerpt by Uma Floresta, "Almost Everything."

ESC! Magazine News:

ESC!Cast Network tech podcast for Macintosh users: For Mac Eyes Only

Across the Mic: New interview with author Michael Guy was released on January 10th.

Part 2 of CHTG Episode 19 is an hour long roundtable discussion of the hurdles facing small press authors, publishers and the mid-list author. Stay tuned for that, later this week.

This month's Literary Quiz and the answers to last month's.

RSS feed for PDF Edition of ESC! Magazine. Keep those e-mails and phone calls coming or visit our forums to discuss the show.

Poetry Reading:

MAKAR - As a Child

Featured Podsafe Music this episode:

MAKAR - Alligator Agents

Klyd Watkins - The Night Air Sweetened With Breezes

LitNews:

News provided by LB Sedlacek and The Poetry Market E-zine.

Sony Reader, "Poetry in the Lavatory", Doris and Elsie, "3Lights" Online Gallery, theMAKE, Strange Road.

Closing music excerpt by Simpatico, "Santa Claudia"

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Coffee House to Go's Across the Mic - January 10, 2007 - Michael Guy

Episode #3 - Michael Guy

This is our companion podcast to Coffee House to Go featuring interviews with upcoming and notable figures in the small press community including printers, publishers, bloggers and, of course, poets and writers.

Michael Guy is a short story author and blogger with over 1000 posts to his name since April 2004. Since then, he's compiled his first year of writing into a recently released hardcover book entitled, Temporary Trouble Spots Year One. You can visit Michael at his blog site: http://troublespots.blogspot.com

Michael's book, Temporary Trouble Spots, Year One.
440pgs. / Hardcover
First Edition ($29.95)

Get More Details or Purchase Temporary Trouble Spots Year One at Lulu.com


Michael Guy's Recommended Reading List:
(This interview was originally recorded as a Skype to landline call on December 9th, 2006.)

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The music in this episode, Lonesome Trails Part Two, was provided by Rob Potter. You can find more of Rob's music at www.3fmmusic.com.

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Thursday, January 04, 2007

CHTG News: Poetry Release

Assume Nothing Press has just released the ebook version
of "Peripheral Visions" by Scott Virtes. Virtes is the author
of numerous short stories, poems and books
and has put together a unique collection of 22 poems.

From the poem "the Bump":
"the inevitable Bump of people /
the body chase /
no way to know /
who you will end up loving, hating, /
living with, //

each encounter a chance /
quick summaries /
and thoughtless calculation, /
friend or foe in a moment, /
a week or month later//"
(Copyright 2006 Scott Virtes)


From the poem "the fire witch":
"I look into the fires, I see myself /
in the flame arms that dance /
so seductively."
(Copyright 2006 Scott Virtes)

Ebooks are $5 each and can be ordered at:
http://assumenothingpress.blogspot.com
using paypal.com

Please email:
Email The Poetry Market Ezine
if you'd prefer to make payment via snail mail.

Chapbook edition will be available soon.

ANP is the small press of The Poetry Market Ezine. ANP is currently
accepting poetry chapbook submissions and reads all year long.
But, ANP will only consider submissions which follow the guidelines
exactly. Other titles include "Average Bears."

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