Eh

Fighting off alot of d'wanna today.

It is grey and rainy out
I haven't done my Yoga yet today
August is almost over
I still don't have a job
I couldn't go to Pi-Con last weekend
I miss CGC
Yes, I would like some cheese to go with my whine.

Over the weekend I decided to check out some podcasts

It all started when Seanan mentioned meeting up with maryrobinette who (among her accomplishments as author, voice actress, and puppeteer) does the voicework for the October Daye books.

This reminded me that, while I am waiting for episode 2.14 of Second Shift I have been meaning to check out some other audio fiction.

First I listened to The Empress Sword which is written in a YA style. It started slow, but picked up around episode 4. It currently up to episode 14, unfortunately (as often happens) production has slowed and the story is only 50%-70% complete (I'm guessing because I don't know how many episodes remain.) I am enjoying the story so far. The voice and production quality of the episodes is good.

Next I decided to check out Escape Pod Which has SF short stories in Audio. It appears to post one previously published short story every week. I have been working my way back (with the exception of checking out Chrysalis by Mary Robinette Kowal). I have noticed a number of F.U.M.P. performers reading the stories. As with any collection of short stories some are more to my taste than others, but I haven't heard any poorly written stories yet.

For those who prefer Fantasy short stories there is a sister-site PodCastle For horror they have PseudoPod

I plan on checking out The Mask of Inanna soon.