by admin | January 14, 2018 · 2:30 am
This is a super-sized episode featuring the Geek Wolfpack Podcast crew in studio and recording a 2018 episode for their own feed, so have fun as two podcasts join forces to kick off 2018 with style!
00:00 — Introduction
- Wait a minute…this isn’t your podcast!
- We have a lot of people in studio!
- Big Love to Doctor Who’s Christmas Special!
- And here’s where the show falls off the rails.
- Hey, let’s start a rumor…
- You need to watch the Christmas Special with perhaps the most epic “Previously on…” introduction.
- Nice end to 2017!
- Hold back your enthusiasm on being here!
- Best way to start 2018 — killing Christmas trees!
- What is Battlefield: Earth doing on the Hallmark Channel?
07:00 — Episode #86: Looking Ahead to 2018
- Looking back to Christmas…
- Brandon refuses to let up on the snark for the New Year.
- Teenagers love socks.
- Serena’s rocking electronics while Brandon has got hockey skates for the ice!
- The Canadian shakes her head at the oddities of Americans.
- Penguin Trivia
- Katie reflects on her Canadian Christmas
- Butt Jokes
- What are we planning for 2018?
- Serena and Brandon, the youngsters, are making plans…
- Serena now decides to clam up.
- Brandon can control celebrity deaths? What?!
- Serena is planning to study “creative stuff.“
- TALKING SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD.
- Holy cow, we’re talking a dark turn!
- Brandon looks into Colgan, as well, for their Music Tech program.
- Pip plans for the upcoming year!
- Lots and lots and lots of audio production.
- FOUR. BOOKS.
- And four books may not be
- Nick’s 2018 Plans
- Looking ahead to the conventions we want to attend…
- What about our Canuck? What is she planning and plotting for 2018?
- The return of the novella
- Curling is a thing in Virginia, eh?
- Tee’s turn. What is waiting for him in 2018?
- A solo novel, but he’s torn between two projects…
- You can do both, sure, but focus is somewhat split. Pip’s got an idea…
- Twitch for Dummies…and Brandon calls Tee out.
- Tee answers Brandon’s callout.
- Katie now calls out Tee on a completely different issue, and it’s a good call out.
- Tee’s hesitancy with the Twitch for Dummies pitch
- The Adpocalypse on YouTube. This is a thing!
- Our Personal Focus point for 2018
- Brandon: Landing a spot in Colgan High School’s Music Tech Program
- Nick: Writing more. Meeting people.
- Katie: Writing with joy and kindness.
- Serena: Landing a spot in Colgan High School’s Creative Writing Program
- Pip: (amidst the heckling) Her word for the year — “Build”
- Tee: His word for the year — “Complete”
45:13 — The Loot Crate Lookie-Loo
- The last box of 2017 — the December Loot Crate: EXPLORE!
- Tee speculates very little from this Loot Crate will make it to the Giveaway Box.
- Welcome to the EXPLORE Loot Crate!
- A miniature from Mobile Suit Gundam! Classic anime FTW!
- A Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 calendar
- From IDW Comics — Star Wars: Destroyer Down, a prequel story concerning our girl, Rei
- A sweet Destiny 2 tee-shirt, featuring the Wanderwing, your first in-game ship
- The Loot Crate pin — a classic rocket ship
- Loot Crate is holding back on a booklet this go round. Nothing wrong with that.
- Tee, are you ever going to make that Ghost?
- Serena calls dibs on the comic book!
49:38 — The Wrap-Up
- Shout-out to Rob Aldrich who also attended MAGFest!
- Katie is heading back to Canada, but she will be planning to hit…
- Tee and Pip will be heading to RavenCon…and that is when the madness begins for them!
- Writing Advice for 2018
- Nick: Invest into an “Accountability Partner.”
- Katie: It’s okay to do your own thing. (Echoing something Tee said here.)
- Pip: Keep flying.
- Tee: Avoid excuses. (Another huge shout-out to Piper J Drake for this.)
- Serena’s listening…we think.
- More butt jokes.
- If you have an event and want The Shared Desk to appear there, or if you just want to share an opinion about the show, here’s where to find us…
- 703.791.1701
- pip@pjballantine.com
- tee@teemorris.com
- …and social media, of course.
- Pip’s Patreon will feature the first episode of her ALL-NEW PODCAST!
- Yep, she’s got a website (with a teaser) — We Don’t Talk About That
- And you can hear it first….if you become a subscriber.
- Here we come, 2018!
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Enjoy the ride
and we’ll catch you later.
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by admin | August 13, 2017 · 6:43 am
Special thanks to Corbin J Drake for the photo.
If Tee sounds tired, it’s because he is.
You might be worried about him, considering recent events in Virginia. He’s okay. So’s the fam.
Today’s Dog Days of Podcasting may seem a little rough, but there’s a light Tee’s offering. He writes what he writes because of stuff like this.
Thanks for listening.
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by admin | August 11, 2017 · 7:18 am
Special thanks to Corbin J Drake for the photo.
The Dog Days of Podcasting has its first crossover with Tee’s other passion project, Happy Hour from the Tower. An interview with Twitch streamer 3vil_Aura has Tee thinking about guy instincts and how important they are to follow.
Listen close that feeling, and have a great weekend!
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by admin | August 7, 2017 · 7:09 am
Special thanks to Corbin J Drake for the photo.
I’m working on the routine of the elliptical again for the Dog Days of Podcasting and catching up on a Netflix cue. Back on track with Sens8 which is a tremendous show on all fronts. It also reminds Tee how important connection is in writing. A photo of Lauren and Verena (Facebook Link) also tugged at his own connection with people far off but not that far away in his life.
It all comes back in the writing.
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leave a voicemail or questions for the Dog Days of Podcasting at 703.791.1701,
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by admin | February 12, 2014 · 5:07 pm
After two days of recording and a plethora of technical glitches, we are back for another episodes with our new intern and return Canuck, ForeWord-nominated author, Katie Bryski! Join us as Katie, fresh from Stonecoast, come in-studio to talk about this amazing experience that she has embarked upon…
00:00 — Introduction
- We are on a roll!!!
- G’day, eh? We have a guest in the studio again! Throw on the back bacon — it’s Katie Bryski!
- Things you shouldn’t do after the Smoky Writers: Have your liver tested.
- Pip bitches about the drop-in’s. Again. (And remember this…for later on in the show…)
- Since the Smoky Writers events, what have Tee & Pip been up to?
- The Silver Pharaoh is submitted to Laurie.
- Wolf in the Fold is also submitted to Laurie.
- Audio recording for Ministry Protocol is underway.
- Tee’s still job hunting, still working on Wolf in the Fold, and also working on something for Valentine’s Day.
- What Katie has been up to since Stonecoast?
- She’s our intern for February!
- Katie is still working on a book that is formally known as formerly known as Styx.
- In Season Three of Tales from the Archives, things get very Canadian!
14:48 — All about Stonecoast (with Katie Bryski)
- The first challenge of Stonecoast: Get to the right Portland!
- What exactly is Stonecoast?
- Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
- Low-Residency (so you can do this from home…)
- Residency is in Portland, ME
- Tee’s mic problems and Pip’s odd need for editing…eh, just go with it!
- Working with Mentors (who are working authors)
- This isn’t NaNoWriMo or a writers’ retreat, folks. This is graduate school. For writers.
- And there is Tee, just being far too ‘Murican.
- From #MicFAIL to #DropInFAIL
- Pip asks who would Tee want to have as his Writing Mentor…and Pip makes an uber-#SteampunkFAIL.
- But Katie is a published author already…so why does Katie need a Masters Degree in Writing?
- Katie looks at the goals of Stonecoast she’s looking to accomplish through this program.
- Tee and Pip are a touch green with envy over Katie’s journey with Stonecoast.
- For someone who hates drop-in’s, Pip’s asking a lot from Tee in this episode.
- Does Stonecoast have business angles covered?
- Stonecoast offers another aspect of the writers’ community
33:44 — Seriously?! Seriously.
- Another #DropInFAIL but we’ll get this…
- It’s kind of important before you go into a blog tour to know what to do when you’re on a blog tour.
- Copy-Paste-Here’s-Your-Blogpost….no, that’s not what you do.
- If you are too busy to go on a blog tour because you are too busy promoting, you’re lost in #EpicFAIL
- There are bigger problems afoot if you don’t have evergreen blog content to offer a blog tour.
- Is the problem a lack of ideas? (As we show, nope.)
41:25 — The Wrap-Up
- So excited that we have Katie for a little more time!
- Katie is gathering a lot of dirt on it.
- And she’s a good intern ’cause she’s getting Tee coffee!
- Pip and Tee struggle to keep the show on target
- Weather Child now has a cover.
- Tee & Pip head down to Richmond for The Writers’ Show!
- Dawn’s Early Light hits the shelves at the end of March!
- Something special coming up in February….
- Oh yeah, RavenCon as well!
- Sweet as! Katie is coming to Balticon!!! And she’s talking about beer!!!
- We need a better sign-off for Katie…
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Tee’s or
Pip’s account,
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703.791.1701,
or leave us a comment here at the blog.
Enjoy the ride
and we’ll catch you later.
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