A Guardians of the Galaxy Inspired mix! Based on Star-Lord's Awesome Mix Vol. 1 - A mix w/some of the original versions AND some tasty covers... Enjoy!
Mike Luoma Writes Science Fiction, Comic Books, and This Blog...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Hear the New Edits!
Started doing one of things I've known needed doing - re-editing the middle audiobook chapters of VATICAN ASSASSIN. As they're now appearing in an encore presentation on my podcast, the time seems right. And, as I said, it's been needed. It's not re-editing the audiobook chapters for content, but to improve the flow of the read.
When originally recorded and edited, I used more of a radio commercial approach to editing the audio content, with tight edits and compacted spacing - sort of the opposite approach to what an audiobook requires. So, I'm now going back and allowing the content to breathe, carefully restoring space and air and adjusting the flow for better listening. It's a time consuming process.
Ultimately, I'll release the newly fixed chapters in audiobook form. For now, however, the only place you can hear these now fixed up audiobook chapters is on my Glow-in-the-Dark Radio podcast!
Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 have all been restored in the last two weeks, the new versions replacing older cuts in episodes 311-314. Give a listen!
http://glowinthedarkradio.podomatic.com/
When originally recorded and edited, I used more of a radio commercial approach to editing the audio content, with tight edits and compacted spacing - sort of the opposite approach to what an audiobook requires. So, I'm now going back and allowing the content to breathe, carefully restoring space and air and adjusting the flow for better listening. It's a time consuming process.
Ultimately, I'll release the newly fixed chapters in audiobook form. For now, however, the only place you can hear these now fixed up audiobook chapters is on my Glow-in-the-Dark Radio podcast!
Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 have all been restored in the last two weeks, the new versions replacing older cuts in episodes 311-314. Give a listen!
http://glowinthedarkradio.podomatic.com/
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Knocked Out On Fortune Station
BC - Bernard Campion - kills people for the pope of the New catholic Church in 2109. BC was sneaking onto Fortune Station to assassinate The Light, leader of a religious cult squatting on the once-abandoned facility, when he was clubbed on the back of the head and knocked out! Find out what happens when he comes to - on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Writer Mike Luoma reads Chapter Sixteen of VATICAN ASSASSIN this week. New to the show? No worries - get a quick "story-so-far" as Mike sets the scene - then dive right into the science fiction adventure!
Guardians of the Galaxy is about to open in theaters worldwide. Mike's new column on the start of this team in the comic books in 2008 includes an interview with writer Dan Abnett who helped make them so popular! Now up at Comic Related: http://comicrelated.com/news/26162/guardians-3000-part-1
Email list subscribers get an exclusive download of the "Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" audio novelette – which is NOT being publicly released! Join the list for your free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin – The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel – PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
We're part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – Find Us Each Week at http://comicrelated.com
Guardians of the Galaxy is about to open in theaters worldwide. Mike's new column on the start of this team in the comic books in 2008 includes an interview with writer Dan Abnett who helped make them so popular! Now up at Comic Related: http://comicrelated.com/news/26162/guardians-3000-part-1
Email list subscribers get an exclusive download of the "Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" audio novelette – which is NOT being publicly released! Join the list for your free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin – The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel – PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
We're part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – Find Us Each Week at http://comicrelated.com
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy - Did You Know...
Did you know...
...One of the first Star-Lord stories was written by Chris Claremont and drawn by John Byrne as a warm-up for their run on X-Men?
...The Guardians of the Galaxy we see on screen, with Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket and the others, is not the original team known as the Guardians of the Galaxy?
...Writer Steve Englehart gave Star-Lord the name "Peter Quill" because both words were euphemisms for "dick"?
...Expanded Star Wars universe author Timothy Zahn also wrote a Star-Lord series for Marvel in the nineties?
Or that until writer Keith Giffen brought Peter Quill in as a character in the Thanos series in the 2000's, he hadn't actually been in the regular Marvel Universe?
Find out all about the characters and stories behind the blockbuster movie of the summer - Guardians of the Galaxy - in my series of columns on the team and its characters over at Comic Related. In these histories I summarize the stories and interview the creators about the books. My newest one just went up, as I interviewed writer Dan Abnett and covered the first year-and-a-half or so of these Guardians of the Galaxy in 2008 - a team close to the version we'll see on screen: http://comicrelated.com/news/26162/guardians-3000-part-1
Learn all about the character Peter Quill - Star-Lord - In this column, writers Steve Englehart and Chris Claremont share their insights on his creation & early days in the seventies: http://comicrelated.com/news/17021/star-lord-part-1
Tim Zahn explains how he came to write a Star-Lord series in the nineties where Star-Lord wasn't Peter Quill, and Rafael Marin tells us why Star-Lord is Peter's father Jason Quill in the Inhumans series in 2000 in this one: http://comicrelated.com/news/18390/star-lord-part-3
And editor Andy Schmidt helps explain how Peter Quill - Star-Lord - came into the Marvel Universe in the Thanos series and came to play such big roles in the two Annihilation series in this column - where we also learn about the first gathering together of the team later known as the Guardians of the Galaxy: http://comicrelated.com/news/24697/star-lord-part-4
If you do want to learn more about the original team, the Guardians of the Galaxy of the sixties through the nineties, their story starts here: http://comicrelated.com/news/16790/guardians-of-the-galaxy
And all of my Cosmic Crackle columns can be found here: http://comicrelated.com/categories.php?column=Cosmic%20Crackle - Enjoy!
...One of the first Star-Lord stories was written by Chris Claremont and drawn by John Byrne as a warm-up for their run on X-Men?
...The Guardians of the Galaxy we see on screen, with Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket and the others, is not the original team known as the Guardians of the Galaxy?
...Writer Steve Englehart gave Star-Lord the name "Peter Quill" because both words were euphemisms for "dick"?
...Expanded Star Wars universe author Timothy Zahn also wrote a Star-Lord series for Marvel in the nineties?
Or that until writer Keith Giffen brought Peter Quill in as a character in the Thanos series in the 2000's, he hadn't actually been in the regular Marvel Universe?
Find out all about the characters and stories behind the blockbuster movie of the summer - Guardians of the Galaxy - in my series of columns on the team and its characters over at Comic Related. In these histories I summarize the stories and interview the creators about the books. My newest one just went up, as I interviewed writer Dan Abnett and covered the first year-and-a-half or so of these Guardians of the Galaxy in 2008 - a team close to the version we'll see on screen: http://comicrelated.com/news/26162/guardians-3000-part-1
Learn all about the character Peter Quill - Star-Lord - In this column, writers Steve Englehart and Chris Claremont share their insights on his creation & early days in the seventies: http://comicrelated.com/news/17021/star-lord-part-1
Tim Zahn explains how he came to write a Star-Lord series in the nineties where Star-Lord wasn't Peter Quill, and Rafael Marin tells us why Star-Lord is Peter's father Jason Quill in the Inhumans series in 2000 in this one: http://comicrelated.com/news/18390/star-lord-part-3
And editor Andy Schmidt helps explain how Peter Quill - Star-Lord - came into the Marvel Universe in the Thanos series and came to play such big roles in the two Annihilation series in this column - where we also learn about the first gathering together of the team later known as the Guardians of the Galaxy: http://comicrelated.com/news/24697/star-lord-part-4
If you do want to learn more about the original team, the Guardians of the Galaxy of the sixties through the nineties, their story starts here: http://comicrelated.com/news/16790/guardians-of-the-galaxy
And all of my Cosmic Crackle columns can be found here: http://comicrelated.com/categories.php?column=Cosmic%20Crackle - Enjoy!
Monday, July 21, 2014
Amazon Unlimited? Really?!?! No, Not Really.
You won't be able to read my books using Amazon Unlimited, sorry to say. But? You won't be able to read a lot of books, evidently... Had been hearing about Amazon Unlimited as details leaked about Amazon's new "Netflix For Books". Last Thursday morning I received an email from Amazon's KDP Team (edited here):
Hello,
Today we are excited to introduce Kindle Unlimited--a new subscription service for readers in the U.S. and a new revenue opportunity for authors enrolled in KDP Select... (and, by the way) ...KDP Select is an optional program that makes your book exclusive to Kindle...
Best regards,
The Kindle Direct Publishing TeamOh.
Surprise, surprise - from the Kindle Direct Independent Publishing side of things, only ebooks which have agreed to be exclusive to the Kindle will be available as part of Amazon Unlimited. Didn't tell us that would be the case.
This excludes from Amazon Unlimited any independent authors & publishers who are smart and ambitious enough to have their ebooks available in other outlets. In other words? Most independent authors and publishers who are really working at this and not just uploading something to Amazon will not be available to you through Amazon Unlimited. That kind of sucks. But, it's their marketplace, their rules. Always good to remember they're not your friend. They're showing that now.
But now I read that the Big Five publishers (Hachette Book Group - HarperCollins - Macmillan Publishers - Penguin Random House - and Simon and Schuster) apparently aren't allowing Amazon to include their books: (http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/19/how-the-big-5-publishers-hobbled-the-amazon-unlimited-launch/) and (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/21/333549534/book-news-big-5-publishers-absent-from-amazon-s-new-e-book-service) - "apparently" because no one from Amazon or the publishers is commenting on the situation as of yet. And one reviewer tried it out and couldn't find anything on it they wanted to read: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/58198723-79/kindle-amazon-unlimited-books.html.csp
All sounds pretty limited, to me. None of the Big Five, and nothing by indie writers and publishers on top of their games. There's probably some good stuff left, but it ain't "unlimited" in any way, shape or form.
And it's a slap to indie writers and publishers using the KDP program. If you have the nerve to also have your ebooks for sale at Barnes and Noble, the iTunes Bookstore, Kobo Books... any other outlets - you're out. All in all, pretty limiting, Amazon.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Sneaking Into Fortune
An assassin for the Vatican stalks the head of a religious cult on a once-abandoned space station as the Summer of the Assassin continues on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Writer Mike Luoma reads Chapter Fifteen of VATICAN ASSASSIN this week. New listeners can catch up quick as Mike sets the scene - then dive right into science fiction adventures featuring BC – Bernard Campion – who kills people for the pope of the New catholic Church in 2109! BC is sneaking onto Fortune Station on his new mission to assassinate The Light...
This summer's encore run of Vatican Assassin includes new bonus material, including Mike's "Literary Archaeology" videos. Video #1 (longer): http://youtu.be/xjxfLayyxUc Video #2: http://youtu.be/9YUoV2ITjuA
Email list subscribers also get an exclusive download of the "Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" audio novelette – which is NOT being publicly released! Join the list for your free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin - The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel – PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
We're part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – Find Us Each Week at http://comicrelated.com
This summer's encore run of Vatican Assassin includes new bonus material, including Mike's "Literary Archaeology" videos. Video #1 (longer): http://youtu.be/xjxfLayyxUc Video #2: http://youtu.be/9YUoV2ITjuA
Email list subscribers also get an exclusive download of the "Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" audio novelette – which is NOT being publicly released! Join the list for your free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin - The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel – PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
We're part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – Find Us Each Week at http://comicrelated.com
Saturday, July 12, 2014
The Fortune of An Assassin!
It's the Summer of the Assassin with Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen of VATICAN ASSASSIN this week on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Writer Mike Luoma reads from his science fiction adventures featuring BC – Bernard Campion – who kills people for the pope of the New catholic Church in 2109! Come along this week as BC heads off to Fortune Station on his new mission – assassinating a cult leader whose people are squatters on the long-abandoned outpost. Yet still, the war between The UTZ – Universal Trade Zone – the commercial power of Earth – and the UIN – Universal Islamic Nation – based on Mars – can't really be escaped...
This summer's encore run of Vatican Assassin includes new bonus material, including Mike's "Literary Archaeology" videos. Video #1 (longer): http://youtu.be/xjxfLayyxUc Video #2: http://youtu.be/9YUoV2ITjuA
Email list subscribers also get an exclusive download of the "Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" audio novelette – which is NOT being publicly released! Join the list for your free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Just send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin – The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel – PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
We're part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network - Find Us Each Week at http://comicrelated.com
This summer's encore run of Vatican Assassin includes new bonus material, including Mike's "Literary Archaeology" videos. Video #1 (longer): http://youtu.be/xjxfLayyxUc Video #2: http://youtu.be/9YUoV2ITjuA
Email list subscribers also get an exclusive download of the "Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" audio novelette – which is NOT being publicly released! Join the list for your free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Just send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin – The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel – PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
We're part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network - Find Us Each Week at http://comicrelated.com
Saturday, July 05, 2014
What Is BC's Fortune?
The Summer of the Assassin rolls on - on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Mike Luoma brings you Chapters Eleven and Twelve of his science fiction adventure VATICAN ASSASSIN! BC - Bernard Campion - nearly got killed after chasing a UIN double agent who left him for dead with no air. He was rescued, luckily, but has since been told by the OPO to "lay low" and act like the spin doctor his cover story says he is. Meanwhile, the war between The UTZ - Universal Trade Zone - the commercial power of Earth – and the UIN - Universal Islamic Nation - based on Mars – rages on...
This encore run of Vatican Assassin includes new bonus material. Check out Mike's "Literary Archaeology" videos, formerly exclusive to the email list. The first video (longer): http://youtu.be/xjxfLayyxUc And video #2: http://youtu.be/9YUoV2ITjuA
Email list subscribers also got a new exclusive download of "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" audio book, NOT being publicly released! Join the email list and get a free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Just send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin - The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
This encore run of Vatican Assassin includes new bonus material. Check out Mike's "Literary Archaeology" videos, formerly exclusive to the email list. The first video (longer): http://youtu.be/xjxfLayyxUc And video #2: http://youtu.be/9YUoV2ITjuA
Email list subscribers also got a new exclusive download of "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" audio book, NOT being publicly released! Join the email list and get a free download: mailto:glowinthedarkradio@gmail.com?subject=Join Just send Mike an email saying you want in!
Links:
Vatican Assassin - The Novel
FREE eBook at Amazon (Kindle)
FREE eBook at Barnes & Noble (NOOK)
FREE eBook at Smashwords
FREE audio book at iTunes
FREE audio book at Podiobooks
Paperback at Amazon
Paperback at Barnes & Noble
Paperback & eBook at Drive Thru Fiction
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - PDF Download
Vatican Assassin the Graphic Novel - Print
Home(s): http://glowinthedarkradio.com http://alibijones.com http://mikeluoma.com https://www.facebook.com/glowinthedarkradio https://www.facebook.com/mikeluoma
Public archive of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0uV2VUMyDHwRXczSVBJSUtreGs&usp=drive_web
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