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A Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Extra! Hear Mike Luoma read his piece comparing Ned Stark of Game of Thrones and England's King Richard the 3^rd. Read it here: http://glowinthedarkradio.blogspot.com/2014/10/on-richard-third-and-ned-stark.html



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Escaping Fortune...

A new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio with science fiction audio adventure narrated by the writer, Mike Luoma! As the UIN attacks, BC - the Vatican Assassin - escapes from Fortune Station on a UTZ Battle Cruiser. Will he be able to make it back to Earth or the Moon in one piece? And how will the ship's captain feel if he finds out he's got stowaways? Find out what happens next! Get the story-so-far, a little news, then Chapter Twenty-Nine of Vatican Assassin!

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Back To Fortune Station

BC, the Vatican Assassin, returns to Fortune Station, where he'd been held captive by a religious cult. But now, the place is swarming with UTZ Battle Cruisers... what's going on? Find out what happens next on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Hear a little about the story-so-far, some news, and then Chapter Twenty-Eight of Vatican Assassin, science fiction audio adventure narrated by the writer, Mike Luoma. BONUS: Hear Mike read his new piece comparing Ned Stark of Game of Thrones and England's King Richard the 3^rd, some non-fiction after the fiction.



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On Richard The Third and Ned Stark...

Born this month, in October of 1452, Richard III has one of history's worst reputations, thanks mostly to William Shakespeare. "The Bard" – who turns out to be one hell of a spin doctor – wrote in part to please a Tudor court. The Tudors came to power by overthrowing Richard, and their historians blackened his reputation for the centuries...

This is now an article on MEDIUM! Read it HERE.

Off the Cliff?

Both BC and his old flame Fiza passed out at a dinner on Wentworth Station with one of the UTZ's wealthiest and most powerful CEOs – Richard Wentworth. That can't be good... Find out what happens to them next on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! BONUS STUFF: Hear an excerpt from the first draft of the new ALIBI JONES Novel! Hear a little about the story-so-far, some news, and then science fiction audio adventure narrated by the writer, Mike Luoma. Chapter Twenty-Seven of Vatican Assassin and a NEW Alibi Jones excerpt!

Mike also pays tribute to the memory of author & podcaster P.G. Holyfield, who passed away alarmingly fast this past August 20^th. Friends and family are gathering this weekend to memorialize him. They had a wonderful G+ Hangout for him this week: Farewell to PG Holyfield. You can listen to P.G.'s Murder At Avedon Hill at Podiobooks. All donations go directly to P.G.'s family.



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A Visit To Wentworth Station

After getting run off of Lunar Prime, Fiza – BC's old ex – has been escorted by the Vatican Assassin to Wentworth Station, where she claimed to have a right to sanctuary. That turned out to be BS, but she did talk her way on board to a meeting with one of the UTZ's wealthiest and most powerful CEOs – Richard Wentworth. Not a man to cross paths with lightly... After the intro with some story-so-far and a little news, you'll hear the science fiction audio adventure narrated by its writer – Chapter Twenty-Six of Mike Luoma's Vatican Assassin on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Always free!




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"Fiza" IS a Four-Letter F Word, BC...

BC – the Vatican Assassin – is dealing with the reappearance of an old ex, Fiza. Actually, the reappearance and now, again, disappearance of the woman - she didn't return after an argument – she's at least temporarily missing. BC is still about to get more involved in her trouble than he cares to! Chapter Twenty-Five of Mike Luoma's Vatican Assassin, freshly re-edited, on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! After the introduction with a bit about the story-so-far and a little news, you'll hear the science fiction audio adventure narrated by its writer Mike Luoma. Always free!



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"Can New catholic Church priests have sex?"

Ever have an old flame show up and turn your life upside down? Usually at the best possible time, too, huh? One of BC's exes is about to show up. He can handle life and death missions – can BC handle Fiza back in his life?

Hear two chapters of Mike Luoma's Vatican Assassin this week on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Get a quick rundown on the story-so-far, a little book news, and then over a half-an-hour of science fiction adventure narrated by the writer – Mike Luoma. All free!



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Fly Me To The Moon...

Snow in the Midwest, frost warnings overnight here in Vermont... but the Summer of the Assassin continues! BC – the Vatican Assassin – returns to the Moon and Lunar Prime. Surprises BC to realize it feels like he's home. But the Cardinal has a surprise for him! A freshly re-edited chapter twenty-two on this new episode of Mike Luoma's Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! More of VATICAN ASSASSIN  - get a quick bit on the story-so-far to get up to speed and then hang on for free science fiction audio adventure once again on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio!



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The Pope Would Like To Speak With You...

Don't tell BC summer is over – the Summer of the Assassin continues on Mike Luoma's Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! The Vatican Assassin – who kills for the pope of the New catholic Church (NcC) in 2109 – returns to home base to face his boss – The Pope! Hear a freshly re-edited chapter twenty-one of VATICAN ASSASSIN on this new episode, after a quick rundown on the story-so-far and an update on Mike's next novel – and what lies beyond! Free science fiction audio adventure once again on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio...



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Shining - A New Light

Doesn't matter if it's Labor Day Weekend, the Summer of the Assassin continues! The Vatican Assassin – who kills for the pope of the New catholic Church (NcC) in 2109 – has been freed by the cult holding him prisoner on Fortune Station. Now they're calling BC the New Light! Find out why on a new episode of Mike Luoma's Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Get a quick rundown on the story-so-far, a little news, then hear a freshly re-edited Chapter Twenty of Mike Luoma's science fiction adventure VATICAN ASSASSIN!

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A Killer Proposition...

The Summer of the Assassin continues on this episode of Mike Luoma's Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! BC our Vatican Assassin kills for the pope of the New catholic Church (NcC)  in 2109. He's in captivity on an old space station – supposed to kill The Light, head of the cult squatting the station, but things went badly. Now, The Light's right-hand man wants to talk to BC about... something. Mike Luoma catches you up on the story, gives you some news, and then reads Chapter Nineteen of his science fiction adventure VATICAN ASSASSIN!



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Are You On High?

The Summer of the Assassin continues! Who doesn't love an assassin? Well, usually the people they're supposed to assassinate... BC, our Vatican Assassin, has been captured by the guy he was supposed to kill, the head of a cult who's now drugging him up and messing with his head! Can BC keep his mind together? Will he be able to tell if he doesn't? Find out on this episode of Mike Luoma's Glow-in-the-Dark Radio!

BC kills for the pope of the New catholic Church (NcC)  in 2109. He was sneaking onto the supposedly abandoned old Fortune Space Station to assassinate The Light when caught. Mike Luoma catches you up on the story, gives you some news, and then reads Chapter Eighteen of VATICAN ASSASSIN – science fiction adventure!




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Love Comics Podcasts? Mike's on Zone 4 talking Guardians of the Galaxy this week – listen in: http://www.zone4podcast.com/zone-4-282-guardians-of-the-galaxy/

Get all kinds of background about Guardians of the Galaxy in Mike's Cosmic Crackle columns at Comic Related: http://comicrelated.com/categories.php?column=Cosmic%20Crackle

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Deep Space Breakdown

The adventures of BC - Bernard Campion - continue on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! BC kills people for the pope of the New catholic Church in 2109... He was sneaking onto Fortune Station to assassinate The Light, leader of a religious cult, when he was captured by cult members. Now BC is locked up and getting dosed as they mess with him, trying to break him - can they? Find out as Mike Luoma reads Chapter Seventeen of VATICAN ASSASSIN. If you're new to the story, no worries. Mike sets the scene so you know where we're at, then we dive right into the science fiction adventure!


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Guardians of the Galaxy is fantastic! Get all kinds of background about them in Mike's Cosmic Crackle columns at Comic Related: http://comicrelated.com/categories.php?column=Cosmic%20Crackle

Grey Season is the band Mike met on the highway. Literally. He says their new CD is great, and you can get it at Bandcamp: http://greyseason.bandcamp.com/

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A Guardians of the Galaxy Mix!

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!

Guardians Inspired Mix from BrotherZag on 8tracks Radio.

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!

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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




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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!

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 Team

Oh.

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.