Author Archives: Michael
Welcome, SCI PHI SHOW and 7TH SON listeners!
If you’re here because you heard Jason Rennie’s interview with me in “Sci Phi Show Outcast #59,”1 (thank you, Jason) or my “7th Son Episode 17: The Story So Far” reading (thanks, Hutch!), you might still be wondering what’s going … Continue reading
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“Just wait ’til NEXT year!”
It wasn’t to be, alas. As I noted earlier, the quality of the other nominees is superb, and I’m not surprised to have been blown out of the water by such excellent pieces as Matt Wallace’s thoughtful “No World for … Continue reading
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A Parsec nominee I, a thing of shreds and patches…
It’s time for the second annual Parsec Awards for excellence in podcasting, which will be given out at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia (31 August–3 September 2007). Two of my short pieces have been nominated and will be considered by the … Continue reading
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Scott Sigler, a Strauss waltz, and Super Bowl XLI
Clerk’s log, MJDate 54262.0: Scott’s gracious comment on a previous article reminded me of something remarkable that happened this past February. Let me tell you about it. Every so often someone comes along and completely changes your perspective on a … Continue reading
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Why Story is important to life; why SFF is important to theology
Clerk’s log, MJDate 54213.9: In honor of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day (inspired by this discussion), I present the following. No, it’s not fiction. It’s a paper I delivered at the 2005 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. My purpose … Continue reading
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Podcast novelists in the NEW YORK TIMES
Two worlds have collided, and storytelling may not be the same again. In case you haven’t yet seen this, the august New York Times (”all the news that’s fit to print”) recently ran an article on podcast fiction, featuring Scott … Continue reading
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7th Son Sidebar: The Soul of the Palimpsest
Clerk’s log, MJDate 54103.3: What follows is a companion piece to “The Soul of the 7th Son.” SPOILER WARNING: Unlike “The Soul of the 7th Son,” which dealt with material appearing in the early chapters of Book One, “Descent,” of … Continue reading
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Podcasters take on Clement Clark Moore
On the fifth day of Christmas, P. Dilly gave to me … Actually, this was up on Friday the 22nd as part of the Pickle Tales Holiday Show #2, but, with the proprietors’ permission, I’m posting it here for those … Continue reading
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The Soul of the 7th Son: Gimel
Clerk’s log, MJDate 54091.7: Book One of J.C. Hutchins’s thriller 7th Son, “Descent,” is now complete, and it’s available for download in audio form at http://www.jchutchins.net (book plus extra material) and http://www.podiobooks.com (book only). If you haven’t yet heard it, … Continue reading
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Pickle Tale postscript
The results are in … and I’m out. Not a problem; hey, out of the initial 26 submissions (and you’ll get to hear all of them during the various Pickle Tales podcasts), I was chosen to be one of the … Continue reading
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