Magic of Eyri has been nominated for two Parsec Awards!

• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

The Parsec Awards are,

“Dedicated to rewarding excellence in various aspects of Speculative Fiction Podcasting.”

This is a great honor, but–I have to wait and hear if I’m a finalist. That should be next month. I had to turn in a sample containing three segments I thought best showcased the areas I was nominated in. Those segments could only come from the first season (my first year of eligibility).

Winners are picked from the finalists, and the awards are given out at Dragon*Con in September. Winners don’t have to be present to win, and I don’t think they let the winners know ahead of time, so if (if) I were a finalist, I would have to head down there and hope for the best (and I probably would, if I could swing it financially/time off wise).

But even being a finalist would be amazing!

July Break!

There will not be any episodes released during July because I am moving and it could be awhile before I get settled and have Internet again. I decided to play it safe and also to give myself a break. I earned it. After this week’s episode, the next episode will be available August 4th.

If you are hurting for something to listen to in July, check out my other podcast, LansingNext. It is a weekly talk show.

Here’s what the schedule will be for the next three weeks (starting this Weds.)

• 05.05.10 – “Adapting Your Novel to a Podcast” with Mary Robinette Kowal. Run time: around 55 minutes
• 05.12.10 – “Humor in Science Fiction and Fantasy” with Jim C. Hines and Brian Briggs. Run time: around 50 minutes.
• 05.19.10 – Magic of Eyri episode 024 “Flight of the Griffin”

I’ll record short intros for the panels and make them sound nice in GarageBand before putting them online. We’ll be back to our regular schedule on 06.02.10 with Episode 025. I decided I wanted to get the audio from these panels online ASAP while they are still fresh, and each of them are a fun listen.

Originally, many months ago, I had created the account to be a ‘character’ Twitter page for the main character Steve. But, while it was fun at first to tweet “in character,” I quickly lost track of it because I had to remember too much (I was trying to stay in tune with where the podcast was).

After I began sharing Twitter/Facebook duties for LansingNext, I saw I could use my Magic of Eyri account in many more useful ways. I change the name to @MoEpodcast (short for “Magic of Eyri Podcast”), so it would be easier to remember.

My goal is to kind of keep that account and my personal account somewhat separate, although I’ll tweet about MoE stuff on my personal one. It shall be a fun experiment.

I also inspired by what some of my friends have said on Twitter about not following people who don’t follow others, and not liking “one-sided” accounts, which my character account certainly was. One friend put it brilliantly as “I’m here for conversations, not broadcasts.”

And since I don’t have to worry about continuity and plot, I can have more fun with the @MoEpodcast account.

I’m changing the badge in the sidebar to the new account as well and I won’t really be picky about who I follow, like I am with my main account.

Come back Wednesday for a brand new episode!

In our last episode: Zeroth and Uncle Shameless’ fight continued. Steve learns that not everything in Eyri obeys the laws of science. A member of The Five betrays the band and the raven twins show up to make matters worse.

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Technical Notes: Some sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org (User Attribution list). Other sound effects and music by GarageBand.

For more information on the story, please visit the About and Characters pages. These sections will be updated as episodes are put online since I don’t want to spoil too much ahead of time.

Cast:
Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (01.06.10): Packing It In Note the date! There will not be any episodes released in December.  I’m taking the month “off” to build up a stockpile of episodes.  Even though I won’t be releasing episodes, I will still be working on them. Make sure to come back in January.

Ramblings: Yes, it is true: I’m not releasing any episodes in December.  This is to give myself a bit of a break and to help create some breathing room between working on episodes.  Plus, I know I’ll be busy because of the holidays and not having to worry about releasing episodes on top of everything will be nice. This was a bittersweet episode to make, as it means the last time a couple of characters will appear.

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I’m curious to see if releasing an episode in the middle of the week will make much of a difference in my own traffic.  Considering I only release stuff every other week, this is probably a good idea–as not too many people check websites on Sundays.

This also gives me the whole weekend to finish an episode if I don’t have it done in time.  Come back on Wednesday!

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In writing news, I am now the Lansing Restaurant Examiner for Examiner.com.  I do reviews of restaurants around town.  I’m enjoying it so far.  I also started doing a weekly fantasy hockey column for IllegalCurve.com.

I see it as a fun way to expand the Magic of Eyri universe a bit.  Can’t promise frequent updates, but you never know.  I have my own account (@danieljhogan) that I update a few times a day however, and it appears in the side bar of the website (and my personal website).

I may do a page here with Steve’s Twitter updates.

Speaking of page updates, I updated the Cast page — and I’m pleased as punch to announce Robin Hudson (of Angel Between the Lines and other podcasts) as our newest cast member.  Robin will be providing the voice of Eira the pelican, starting with Episode 010, “Are You a Pelican or a Pelican’t.”

And remember: episode 006 will be online this Sunday.