I announced back near the end of May I would begin podcasting Jack in the Green, the sequel to Goblin Market, in July. Well, here we are in August and as you can see, I have yet to start podcasting Jack in the Green. Life gets in the way sometime, but that does not mean Jack in the Green is not coming.
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So, if you were hanging around over the weekend, you discovered that I finally finished podcasting Goblin Market Saturday night. Lament and woe, but have no fear. This is not the end of Goblin Market, for there will be more, exciting Goblin Markety goodness in the near future.

“Whatchou talking about, Willis?” you ask.

Well, I mentioned this a couple weeks ago, but wanted to mention it again in case you missed it. I am currently editing the draft of Goblin Market that was podcasted. I will be going through, cleaning it up nice and pretty, then I will be sending it out to a handful of amazing people to get some editorial feedback. Once I get the feedback, I will go over it one last time, make final edits and changes and then the process of formatting for Amazon and Smashwords will begin. After the novel is all sparkly and formatted, I will upload and begin selling it for eReaders.
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. . .and so it was written in the ancient tomes by He Who First Walked in the Garden: a divided kingdom will reunite under a child who has been wrought from the two worlds. Empowered by Upland reason and underground magyck, this child will restore peace to the divided kingdom, but only after facing his archrival, his blood shadow, and triumphing over the darkness. –the Dryad Prophecies

Orphaned shortly after his birth, and left on his Aunt Christina and Uncle Wil’s doorstep, Jack is the only tie Christina has to her estranged sister, Meredith, who disappeared seventeen years earlier. At sixteen, Jack is a dreamer and lover of the forest. He is everything his Uncle Wilhelm never wanted in a son, and whenever there’s work to be done in the fields, Jack has a habit of making himself scarce by slipping into the peace and comfort of the woods.
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Wow… I cannot believe this is the last episode. As I said in the introduction, I won’t lie about how excited I am to finally be done. It’s bittersweet. I loved reliving this story with all of you, but I am so glad to have it complete so I can move on to working on edits and formatting, the sequel and all the other projects I have going on.

Before you click on the podcast, I want to take a moment to thank you all. I could not have done this without you because even though there are so many people who have listened that I don’t interact with directly, knowing you are out there listening has been a huge nudge to keep telling the story. Thank you for listening to my story. No matter what they say, we may write for ourselves on some level, but we also write so we can share those stories. I have really enjoyed sharing this story with you.

I hope you will return and tune in for the sequel once I begin podcasting it this summer. Jack in the Green is far from finished, but it will be. I am working on it regularly and hope to have it at least halfway

As always, the music for Goblin Market has been provided by Kevin Macleod and Incompetech.com.

 

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I am so excited because the Dark Journeys Blog Tour kicked off today, and the first interview of the tour is now live for all to hear.

I sat down with fellow author, Jim Ryan, earlier this week and we talked about freelancing, Goblin Market and of course, the Dark Journeys Collection.

Please take twenty minutes, jump over to visit Jim’s site and check out the interview.

I also wanted to share with you some exciting giveaways the generous people who are doing this blog tour with me are offering just for you to check out the blogs on the tour and leave comments so they know you were there.

Patrick Pillars is giving away a Dark Journey’s story of your choice, and so is Chandra Jenkins. Drew Beatty is giving away a personalized copy of his novel, Lost Gods.

Holy crow. This is the next to the last episode of Goblin Market. I am literally on the edge of my seat in anticipation of wrapping this up. While I would love to make promises that I will drop the final episode this week, my plate is so full. So I am not going to guarantee it, but I am so excited about finishing Goblin Market, I am going to try my damndest to get it up before the end of the week.

Don’t forget to stay tuned at the end of the episode to check out the promos. This week’s promos are for Trickster Moon and the Shadowcast Audio Anthology. As always, music for Goblin Market provided by Kevin Macleod and Incompetch.com.

 

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As promised, here is episode twenty-two of Goblin Market. By my calculations, there will only be two more episodes before this baby goes to bed. Then I will be doing some serious editing and overhauling, sending it off to a panel of good friends for typo scanning, grammar hammering and suggestions. I will make more edits, get it all cleaned up, and move forward with the eBook conversion. I’m excited. This has been a fun journey, and it took me less than a year to reach the end, so that’s even better.

I hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to stay tuned at the end for promos for Seth Harwood’s Young Junius and Geek Acres. As always, music for Goblin Market has been provided by Kevin MaCleod and incompetech.com.

 

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Greetings everyone, and welcome back to the Goblin Market. Before I kick things off this week, I wanted to let you guys know there won’t be an episode next Monday, as I will be traveling back to the States from Toronto. Regular episodes will resume on or before May 3, so don’t fret. I will get back in the groove as soon as I get home.

Don’t forget to stay tuned at the end of the episode to check out promos for The Jen and Dave Show and Edward G. Talbot needs some help with his shorts… his short stories that is. As always, music for Goblin Market has been provided by Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com

 

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Greetings everyone. Goblin Market episode twenty is here, and it’s amazing to me how much you learn over the course of podcasting a novel. For instance, it took me twenty episodes to figure out how to better my sound quality so it’s not hissing and crackling. Not that I hadn’t tried in the past. Don’t get me wrong. I experimented with a lot of things to try and get it right, but by George Gordon Lord Byron, this morning I think I did much better.

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Hey everybody, welcome back to the Goblin Market. Look at that, two episodes in two weeks. I’m on fire! Hoping to have the podcast itself wrapped up by the end of May, but I’m coming up on a weekend trip to Toronto near the end of April, so we’ll see. There are just a handful of episodes left, so I’m looking forward to putting this baby to bed, and satisfying your growing curiosity about what happens in the end.

I do have a feeling some of you are going to be anxious for me to start podcasting Jack of the Green, the sequel to Goblin Market, but with the novel only partially written, I’m not sure when that will happen. I may have to start devoting a little more time to getting further into the novel, so I can actually start podcasting it this summer. More word on that once it’s closer to the final episode of Goblin Market.

All music for the Goblin Market has been provided by Kevin Macleod of Incompetech.com, who rules the musical Internet, if you didn’t already know. Don’t forget to stay tuned at the end of the episode for awesome promos for Jake Bible’s Dead Mech, Jim Ryan’s Every World News and Edward G. Talbot’s New World Orders.

Thanks for all your support, and for stopping by the Goblin Market. You guys continually rock my world, and I appreciate each and everyone of you more than you could imagine.

 

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