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Book Memories guest blog post # 1 by Dan Absalonson Brought to you by www. DanDanTheArtMan.com Download the . mp3 THE FIRST TIME I READ PAST THE REQUIRED PAGES I've always loved reading. In my teen years I could usually be found with a book and if there was a spare moment I'd whip it out and get to reading. Sitting in math class during our homework time I'd finish the assignment and pull a paperba...

One of my favorite authors  Nathan Lowell  was being interviewed by  Chris Moody  on the podcast  PodioMedia Chat . In what are some of my all time favorite sci-fi books,  Trader's Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper , coffee plays a part in stories. Chris asked Nathan what some of his favorite coffee is and Nathan mentioned  8 O'Clock Coffee . At whic...

A podcast flash fiction story written and read by Dan Absalonson inspired by the flash fiction challenge on Chuck Wendig's website www.terribleminds.com. The creepy bum is always there, staring at me. Every time I ride the subway he's there. No matter what terminal I get off at, he's there. I can't escape him and I'm starting to lose it. Rules for writing this story challenge: You know the drill:...

A podcast flash fiction story written and read by Dan Absalonson inspired by the flash fiction challenge on Chuck Wendig's website. Here were the rules for writing this story:  I’m going to give you ten words. Your job is to work all ten of these words into a flash fiction story, ~1000 words in length. That’s it. End of mandate. The story’s due in a week: Friday, August 30th, noon EST. Post a...

The short story "Helium Heart" I wrote for the Every Photo Tells Podcast has been released! It is now  available on their website in audio , and available in  all eBook formats at Smashwords . I will also be adding the .mp3 to  my podcast feed . They did an amazing job narrating the story. It is, as you may have read earlier, the saddest story I've ever written. A  young man mu...

A short story about a boy and his beloved robot who has become out of date. The boy's father wants to trade the robot in for a new one, but the robot has become the boy's best friend. Intro Bumper by Katharina Bordet  http://www.maimer.net/ http://everyphototells.com/ Music Attributions: Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod http://www.incompetech.com SFX Attributions: Door Slammed altfuture http:/...

Movie Memories guest blog post # 9 by Laith Preston brought to you by www. DanDanTheArtMan.com Download the . mp3 Movies, there are just so many stories I could come up with about movies that I'm not really sure where to begin. When I think about movies, like most everyone I recall the smell of the popcorn and the quiet in the theater as the previews began, the excitement building as the hero wins...

Movie Memories guest blog post # 8 by Justin R. Macumber brought to you by  www. DanDanTheArtMan.com . Download the . mp3 A Long Time Ago, In A Drive-In Far, Far Away… We human beings are such a mess of thoughts, histories, experiences, and emotions that it’s hard to know why we are the way we are. The smallest incident can have the biggest impact, yet we can be oblivious to the large changes...

Movie Memories Guest Blog Post # 7 by J.R. Murdock brought to you by www. DanDanTheArtMan.com Download the . mp3 I haven’t always been a cynic when it comes to movies. Honest. I know I’ve posted many critical movie reviews and I have a tendency to tear apart movies, but I really like watching them (even the bad ones). Honest. The first movie I saw in a theater was in Tamarack, MN (some 20 miles aw...

Movie Memories guest blog post by Dave Robison brought to you by www. DanDanTheArtMan.com Download the . mp3 “The Man Who Would Be King” or How John Huston Saved My Life By Dave Robison John Huston saved my life. It was 1982 and I was flailing my way through my freshman year of college at the University of Michigan, wondering what the hell I was doing. I was studying theater because I was good at...

Movie Memories guest blog post # 5 by Sally Preston brought to you by www. DanDanTheArtMan.com My earliest memory of a movie is epic, towering, massive. It includes innocence, a sense of peace, tragedy, horror and yes even a high-speed chase! Picture it, June, 1981. I was four, those who know me best won’t have any trouble picturing what I looked like and my general demeanor. For those of you who...

I have already shared about this exciting news on all my social media feeds, Twitter , Facebook , and Google+ , but I wanted to let you know about it here as well. The amazing couple at Every Photo Tells published a reading of my story Stuffed Monster on their website . I have them to thank for the origin of the story. If you're not familiar with the awesome website, they put up an awesome photo e...

Movie Memories guest blog post # 4 by Donald Conrad brought to you by www. DanDanTheArtMan.com The Red Pill Trinity puts her hand on the phone booth’s glass wall as her face is lit but by the headlights of the garbage truck speeding at her. This is the moment that defines the Matrix for me. I remember this moment like it happened yesterday. I sat in a darkened theater with my mouth hanging open. S...

Stalling For Time While Submissions Come In This week I didn't have any guest posts come in because I didn't plan the timing out very well. So instead of leaving you with nothing I share two of my favorite movie memories from my college years. I talk about going to see The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers on opening night in a po-dunk town because I forgot to get tickets in time - and going to se...

Movie Memories guest blog post # 2 by Jeff Hite When I was too little to remember where I lived, or who I was with I got to go to the movies for the first time. This experience changed my life forever for some obvious and not so obvious reasons. I always think that it is strange that my movie going experience is more about what happened during the movie than what happen in the movie. That first mo...

Ninjas on the Big Screen Well, it’s that time again. Time to reach out and ask others to share their memories with us. I really enjoyed all the posts from the previous two guest blog posts series, video games memories and tv memories. It is really cool how different the guest blog posts are. Reading and listening to the posts was kind of like hanging out with friends and reminiscing about some of...

This is my reading of chapter 1 of a work in progress novel I had the privilege to work shop with the guys at The Roundtable Podcast www.roundtablepodcast.com , and guest author Dan Wells  www.fearfulsymmetry.net . Sound effects used from www.freesound.org , music used by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com .

There's a new writing podcast in town called The Roundtable Podcast http://www.roundtablepodcast.com/, and it has become one of my favorites. Know what the best part is? I had the privilege of being on the show http://www.roundtablepodcast.com/2012/08/workshop-episode-23-guest-host-dan-wells/ as a guest writer! The two hosts Dave Robison https://twitter.com/writerspodcast and Brion Humph...

I share some flash fiction, updates on how my debut novel is now in the hands of beta readers and that I get to appear on The Roundtable Podcast to talk about a story idea with the awesome hosts Dave Robison and Brion Humphrey and one of my favorite authors Dan Wells!  http://roundtablepodcast.com Also I've started a couple new podcasts, see links below. http://penfightsgamepad.blogspot.com/...

Donald Conrad of www.did-not-finish.com and Dan Absalonson of www. DanDanTheArtMan.com talk about video games, writing, being husbands with awesome wifes and fathers of many young children, what life is like as dads and lots of other stuff. In this first episode they talk about they met, their interests, and their art. Donald blogs about finishing his enormous back log of video games and creates g...

I don't watch much TV. From Lost successfully masquerading as a smart show to the cancellation of Firefly, there are too many examples of how the medium has been circling the drain for me to bother engaging with it anymore. At this point, its main purpose is product placement for advertisers. Well, LOST didn't have much product placement, but Sawyer should have done some L'Oreal ads. That man had...

I know not everyone is a fan of audio fiction like I am, so I thought I would start offering some of my stories as free PDFs in my podcast feed. They can also be found in most online retailers, but I thought this would be one nice way to offer more content on my feed, so here you go. This is a short story where a husband sees an armed robber enter the store where his pregnant wife w...

A podcast short story where a husband sees an armed robber enter the store where his pregnant wife went to pick up something. Find out what he does about it. Thanks to Jeff Hite for the bumper! Music "Summon The Rawk" by Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Jeff Hite: http://jeffhite.wordpress.com/ Promo at the end of the Podcast was for Flying Island Press at: http://www.flyingislandpress....

TV Memories # 14 by Sally Preston It's all about the theme song! Well... mostly! Maybe this is part of what sparked my interest in becoming a musician... ok, it could have also had something to do with my parents building pipe organs or my mom being a concert organist. But for me, the thing that could make or break a show was the theme song! We rarely had access to cable as kids so it was mostly p...

TV Memories # 13 by Laith Preston When Dan approached me to do another guest post for him, this time on the topic of my TV memories, my first thought was that this would be an easy one to pull together. However, just like the previous post, more and more memories arose as I thought about it. Some of my earliest TV Memories revolve around, surprise, surprise, a children’s show - Mr Roger’s Neighbor...