Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Death of the Podcast Route?

Earlier this year, I did a few test recordings of pages from Misdirection to make sure that when the time came, I could get it done. Everything went as planned, I insured I had the right programs and that when I was done recording, I didn't sound like I was whispering in your ear.

Since June 28th, I have tried multiple times a week to successfully record the story so I could get to the meat of editing and placing it up on the web for all to consume. Unfortunately, each recording day has been plagued by major setbacks (freezes, crashes, and other crappy stuff, such as that nasty cold/flu I had to get rid of). I have tried many things to combat the computer side of the problem from re-installing programs, disk-checks, virus scans and so on. So far I have yet to find the cause of these issues, and in return, I've not been able to successful record and/or edit a single chapter of my story.

Because of this, I have decided that the podcast novel version of Misdirection will most likely not exist in any form, unless a miracle saves my sanity. I will still try my hardest to get the work published, or released by other methods, but I cannot take anymore of these long nights at attempted and failed recording sessions.

I hope that those of you who wanted to see the story in the future can understand my reasons for my new direction with the story. I also hope that you stick with me until I can get it out another way. Thank you.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Misdirection, the final draft, is Complete (finally)

Just wanted to post the quick update that after going through what I hoped to be the final draft of the story, I sent it out to a few to read and get feedback. I have taken their comments and in turn, finalized the story. Thankfully I didn't get criticized, not too much at least, and thanks to one vigilant reader, caught the fact I forgot to write about the 'headlights' ... ooops. Problem fixed.

Not sure when I'll get the next step in this long process done (Podcast and possible publication?), but I'll try to keep everyone updated on any developments.