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At last. The very first show with show notes.

Selina Rosen (http://www.selinarosen.com/) was interviewed for Conestoga Podcast 10 10 10

Yard Dog Press publisher

Meisha Merlin went away

Had 6 titles with MM got all rights back.

Strange Robby is her latest solo novel.

Latest novel Bad Lands w/ Laura J. Underwood rom Five Star Mystery.

gonzo murder mystery: CSI meets Medium on Survivor

started con w/ no voice and is getting worse

Selina wrote one character and Laura another from first person

Is first novel length collaboration did a number of short story collabs

working on a sequel: Bad City
working on a time travel novel w/ Claudia Christian

Strange Robby can be purchased directly from Yard Dog Press

we close the door to cut down the hallway noise

SR is cross genre: science fiction/horror/mystery/action adventure/police detective

Yard Dog Press

Selina won a ‘Major Award’ (we never actually say what that major award was) It’s not the leg lamp from a Christmas Story

USB Humping Dog, USB Pole Dancer, Billy Bass Big Mouth

Do your homework

I said bad writing can be found self-published on the Internet. She disagreed and said there were hugely famous authors that write badly as well.

Selina came up through the school of hard knocks.
odd jobs got Selina helped her launch her writing career

Ed Bryant ‘learn to use a comma’
Mercedes Lackey ‘great help’
Marion Zimmer Bradley spoiled Selina because she made a lot of oney on her first sale.

success teaches you nothing

CJ Cherryh remodeled her home and got assistance on writing.

Selina is carpenter of the stars

Jane Fancher helped to

Lynn Abbey & CJ Cherryh helped with first novel
Queen of Denial

was eventually published by Stephe Pagel of Meisha Merlin (now defunct)

the business is about who you know. networking is important. conventions play a big part in learning to become a pro.

manuscript format is important and read the publisher guidelines.

don’t use pink paper and crayola

submissions pulling a Mel with a horrible cover letter. DO NOT DO THIS because you heard it on the podcast. She doesn’t know you. Biting the hand that feeds them. Has a file.

SFWA Musketeers raises money for the SFWA Medical Emergency Fund

got involved in Armadillocon. Elizabeth Moon recruited her.

was a heavy weapons fighter in the SCA.

Your host learned some Western Martial Arts with Jon Eppler and Tim Frayser.

we trade bruise stories

my first encounter with Selina was at an SCA demo in Tulsa at the old Camelot Inn where they had a Knights of Columbus convention w/ other funnily dressed people.

We praise fandom because it is so diverse and tolerant despite its oddities

How has Yard Dog Press been doing since it’s 10th anniversary. Best year ever

Robin Wayne Bailey Turn Left to Tomorrow

Claudia Christian autobiography My Life With Geeks and Freaks

Double Dog Laura J. Underwood & Melanie Fletcher coming out in September

Houston Got We’ve Got Bubbas is the latest anthology in the Bubbaverse.

Got all the rights back on her novels from Meisha Merlin is hopeful for the future about her works seeing be available again.

The perils of being an author (not to mention a fan) in the middle of a series when a publisher goes away.

Balticon Podcast promo

Interviews coming up: Rachel Caine and Joshua Bilmes.

How can you have a podcast with no podcasts? Uhm, you can’t. I recorded three interviews at Archon 31/NASFIC/Tuckercon. I also met some other podcasters including Tee Morris and the Fear the Boot crew. I had a great time and plan to attend more Archons in the future. I wonder how many Star Trek jokes they’ve heard at their expense? You know the episode ‘The Return of the Archons’: “You are not of the body” blah, blah, blah.

Expect them realsoonnow. Anyway, I will be posting a short podcast intro by the end of the week. If you can’t wait, then listen to the Conestoga Podcast, my other podcast. It features interviews with writers, artists, and fans.

It’s the second day of Archon 31 and I’m having a great time. I finally met up with Dan of Fear the Boot and Tee Morris. Darrell Flynn of Archon has been very helpful. I even got a press ribbon to put on my badge. Woohoo!

Anyway, I’ll get to meet more podcasters later this afternoon. I’ve already recorded my first interview, and I’ve several more scheduled (that’s pronounced SHED-YULED). Listeners can expect the first one in no more than two weeks. I’m also attending Lani Tupu and Tee Morris’ screenwriting workshop on Sunday, so I’m keeping the number of podcasts I record low.

Also note that you can overdo and record a lot of podcasts at a con, but then you have to edit them and that can take a long time. I overdid it at Conestoga 10, but kept them down to a manageable level at Conestoga 11.
I will record a promo once I have a tag line. Suggestions? Audio coming realsoonnow! More later.

Chris

I’ll be recording my first interviews for my new podcast at Archon 31 this year. I appreciate Darrell Flynn on the Archon con com and Dan of Fear The Boot podcast four allowing me to participate.  My interview list is full up, but should that change I’ll let the organizers and interested potential interviewees know that.

If you want a taste of what to expect take a listen to some of my interviews on the Conestoga Podcast. And there are lots of new podcasts recorded at Conestoga 11 on the way. Including one with the lemur incident.

Welcome to Escape from Cubicle 17, a new podcast from the creator of the Conestoga Podcast, Chris Merle. Me. I wanted to call it the Green Room Podcast but someone else already has it, Green Room Radio. After bouncing some ideas off of some friends, I came up with this title. It’s generic and sounds cool and hints at escaping the drudgery of the real word. Well, at least I think so. I did another Google search and did not find a podcast by that name. I did find a blog entitled Cublice 17 and a blog/podcast Escape from Cubicle Nation. This has nothing to do with either of theirs. Nor does it have anything to do with the wonderful Escape Pod either
This podcast will start off being the same format as the Conestoga Podcast. It’s focus will be on science fiction and fantasy fandom and the authors and artists who come to meet their fans at science fiction conventions. Don’t worry the Conestoga Podcast won’t go away soon. I do plan add some new segments to this one.

What does the title Escape from Cublice 17 mean? I’m not sure but I’ll make up something that sounds plausible. More to come.