Episode 5 – A long time ago in an audiobook far far away….

 

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Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy this fifth episode as my gift to you!

Here is the fifth episode of “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection” My very first published short story collection is available as a dynamic audiobook at http://ringtonefeeder.com/audiobooks.php Pick up your copy today!

This fifth episode features the short story “The 39″ featuring a large voice cast of myself, Lisa Paivel, Brent Wilkinson, Ryan McLeod, Brennon Thompson, Aleida Conradson, Peter Brinn, Kelly Doran, and Matt Gargula. This is my first foray into sci-fi with this story, and the best way I can describe it is a cop drama set on Earth’s first colony ship in space. I really did enjoy writing this story, and it’s one of my proudest moments as an author. Several people have heard this story already and are telling me they enjoy it a lot, so I’m super excited to share that same story to you.

For more info on The Caffeine Collection, head to http://stevesaylor.net

Email Steve: mail@stevesaylor.net

Promos:
No promos this week, if you are a podcaster, forward me your promos to mail@stevesaylor.net

Music:
Geoff Smith – “We Could Change The World This Christmas” – http://thegeoffsmith.com

Music for this podcast and dynamic audiobook generously provided by:
Pronobozo – http://pronobozo.com
and Brent Wilkinson

Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes
or
Through any podcatcher at http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevesaylorpresents
or
Download the episode – TCC-Episode005.mp3

As always I remain, obediently yours.

Steve

Episode 4 – It’s not personal, it’s just an audiobook.

 

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Here is the fourth episode of “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection” My very first published short story collection is available as a dynamic audiobook at http://ringtonefeeder.com/audiobooks Pick up your copy today!

This fourth episode features the short story “The Godson Part 01001″. It features the voices of Brent Wilkinson and Ryan McLeod. If you like The Godfather with a modern twist, you’ll enjoy this story! I am actually proud of this one because this was other story of the original short stories I wrote in 2007 that survived to this collection. I remember writing this literally the day after I watched The Godfather for the first time, so of course I was inspired to write a story with that same feel. Hope you enjoy it!

For more info on The Caffeine Collection, head to http://stevesaylor.net

Email Steve: mail@stevesaylor.net

Promos:
Mike Blanchard’s Twists of Faith and Fate Poetry Collection – email tfg1podcast@gmail.com for more details on how to get this poetry collection.

Also if you are a podcaster feel free to email me any podcast promos you have at the email address above.

Music:
Geoff Smith – “Sunshine/Moonlight” – http://thegeoffsmith.com

Music for this podcast and dynamic audiobook generously provided by:
Pronobozo – http://pronobozo.com
and Brent Wilkinson

Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes
or
Through any podcatcher at http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevesaylorpresents
or
Download the episode – TCC-Episode004.mp3

As always I remain, obediently yours.

Steve

Episode 3 – Sometimes you just can’t get rid of a bomb!

 

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Here is the third episode of “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection” My very first published short story collection is available as a dynamic audiobook at http://ringtonefeeder.com/audiobooks Pick up your copy today!

This third episode features the short story “Got West?”. It features the voice of just me this time around. As you probably have heard me say ad nauseum is I’m a fan of Wil Wheaton and his narrative non-fiction stories. Well this is my own narrative non-fiction story, and it’s all true! You have to listen, it features Adam West, DragonCon, and Bishop from Aliens. Oh yes, it’s that good!

For more info on The Caffeine Collection, head to http://stevesaylor.net

SPECIAL CONTEST!
The contest for submitting reviews to iTunes and subscribing to the podcast is finished, and the winner is Mike Blanchard of Geek Cast Radio Network. He received a free audio copy of The Caffeine Collection. Congrats Mike!

Email Steve: mail@stevesaylor.net

Promos:
No promos this week. Feel free to email them to me at the email address above.

Music:
Geoff Smith – “Foot in Your Door” – http://thegeoffsmith.com

Music for this podcast and dynamic audiobook generously provided by:
Pronobozo – http://pronobozo.com
and Brent Wilkinson

Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes
or
Through any podcatcher at http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevesaylorpresents
or
Download the episode – TCC-Episode003.mp3

As always I remain, obediently yours.

Steve

Episode 2, Electric Boogaloo!

 

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Here is the second episode of “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection” My very first published short story collection is available as a dynamic audiobook at http://ringtonefeeder.com/audiobooks Pick up your copy today!

This second episode features the short story “Diary of The Antichrist”. It features the voice of Brent Wilkinson as none other than The Devil. Oh yes, and it’s creepy! This story was one of my favorite stories that took a while to get it right. I wanted to capture what it might be like if you came home to find out you were destined to be the Antichrist.

For more info on The Caffeine Collection, head to http://stevesaylor.net

SPECIAL CONTEST!
For those of you who subscribe to The Caffeine Collection Podcast and leaves a review on iTunes one random entrant will receive a free copy of the dynamic audiobook! To prove that you have subscribed take a screenshot of your podcatcher that you subscribed to the podcast (whether in iTunes or which ever podcatcher you use) and also send me a link to your review in iTunes, email me at mail@stevesaylor.net with the subject line “I subscribed!” and attach the screenshot and link. One of those entrants I will choose to be announced next week in Episode 003 on November 11th. I know I mentioned the winner will be announced this week, but I thought I would give those who actually have listened to the episode to get a chance, other than those who may have only read the previous blog post. You can subscribe using the links at the bottom of this post. Good luck!

Email Steve: mail@stevesaylor.net

Intro:
Dr. Tiki – http://tikibartv.com

Promos:
Steve Riekeberg – Geek Cred – http://geekcred.net

Music:
Geoff Smith – “I Call That Life” – http://thegeoffsmith.com

Music for this podcast and dynamic audiobook generously provided by:
Pronobozo – http://pronobozo.com
and Brent Wilkinson

Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes
or
Through any podcatcher at http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevesaylorpresents
or
Download the episode – TCC-Episode002.mp3

As always I remain, obediently yours.

Steve

Here is a little “spooky” treat for you this October 31st. If you enjoyed this week’s episode of the Caffeine Collection podcast well here is the PDF of the story for you to enjoy.

You can read it to your friends at your upcoming Halloween party tonight or just read it on your own. Completely up to you.

Also as a bonus treat, if you would like to hear more of “The Caffeine Collection” then tonight from 10pm to Midnight on 96.9 FM Radio Humber here in Toronto (if you click the link you can listen live online) you can hear not 1, not 2, but THREE STORIES of The Caffeine Collection!! These are stories you definitely don’t want to miss!

Click the Book Cover to download the PDF!

Anyway, enjoy your day today, and as always I remain, obediently yours.

Steve

As Michael Jackson said, “This is It!”

 

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For the first time in my life, I have a book that you can actually buy! Seriously!

To celebrate the launch of my dynamic audiobook, take a listen to the brand new podcast called “The Caffeine Collection Podcast”

The very first episode of “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection” My very first published short story collection is available as a dynamic audiobook at http://ringtonefeeder.com/audiobooks Pick up your copy today!

This first episode features the short story “The Legend of Blackwater Cove”. In time for Halloween hear a tale of a ghost captain and his ship.

For more info on The Caffeine Collection, head to http://stevesaylor.net

SPECIAL CONTEST!
For those of you who subscribe to The Caffeine Collection Podcast and leaves a review on iTunes one random entrant will receive a free copy of the dynamic audiobook! To prove that you have subscribed take a screenshot of your podcatcher that you subscribed to the podcast (whether in iTunes or which ever podcatcher you use) and also send me a link to your review in iTunes, email me at mail@stevesaylor.net with the subject line “I subscribed!” and attach the screenshot and link. One of those entrants I will choose next Wednesday on Episode 002 which will be released on Nov 4th 2009. You can subscribe using the links at the bottom of this post. Good luck!

Email Steve: mail@stevesaylor.net

Promos:
J.C. Hutchins 7th Son: Descent – http://jchutchins.net

Music:
Geoff Smith – “I Wanna Dance” – http://thegeoffsmith.com

Music for this podcast and dynamic audiobook generously provided by:
Pronobozo – http://pronobozo.com
and Brent Wilkinson

Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes
or
Through any podcatcher at http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevesaylorpresents
or
Download the episode – TCC-Episode001.mp3

As always I remain, obediently yours.

Steve

I am going to be honest with you (aren’t I always? lol) even though I wasn’t the first few people who started listening to J.C. Hutchins’ 7th Son Podcast Novel when it came out. I did however catch on from the second book Deceit. It is a fantastic sci-fi thriller novel that goes right at the top of my list when it comes to quality entertainment.

Since listening to 7th Son, I have become really good friends with J.C. and I am so happy to say that his book is released today in bookstores everywhere! This is a major achievement for Hutch, and as I gear up for my own book release tomorrow, I wanted to acknowledge those who have come before me, and celebrate the awesomeness of 7th Son.

So in return, here is a special PDF for you to nom over that contains the first 10 chapters of the print edition of 7th Son!

Enjoy, and lets have some fun for the next two days!

As always, I remain, obediently yours

Steve

Want to see the cover for “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection”? I bet you do! Come on, I know you wanna.

Okay well consider your wish granted!

Fetch me my uploading thinger-bobber!

Ah there it is:

That’s right not only will this be an audibook, but there will be a print edition too being launched with lulu.com on the same day! I literally just got this yesterday and it looks sooo fantastic! I can’t wait for you to see it in person!

Here it is in higher quality:

I know cool eh? Woot!

Well there is more, if you have a podcast or just want to help out with promoting the book, here is a Dr. Seuss inspired audio promo for you to nom over!

Click here to download “The Caffeine Collection – Dr. Seuss Promo”

I so can’t wait until the 28th!

As always I remain obediently yours!

Steve

I honestly can’t tell you how hawesome this is to write this.  For me this project has been a long journey, even dating back to before Black Shadow was even released.  I started writing because I was a fan of the creative process.  I eventually released my first podcast novel, warts and all, as a giant experiment to see if I could take an idea in my head, make a story out of it, and follow through with actually putting it out there for people to enjoy.  I feel I have succeeded in that regard.

Now I sit here in my room writing this post, and I’m about to embark on another creative experiment that I feel will change my life forever.

Enough with the shenanigans, let’s get to some announcin’.

This summer, I had the opportunity to interview Geoff Smith, co-founder of RingtoneFeeder.com, about his career and his creative process.  I was fascinated with how he released his own album online with a new way that hadn’t been done before.  He called it a dynamic album.  He put his album out as a paid podcast feed where you get all the songs of the album, then over the course of a year, he released bonus content such as demos of songs, music videos, and so on.  I was one of his earlier purchasers, and was excited to speak with him for the first time.  Afterwards him and I started talking, still about the creative process, and an idea popped into my head, “Would audio stories work the same way?”  Needless to say, I started talking with Geoff and his business partner/co-founder Klaus Lovgreen, and the three of us hit it off.  I am honestly telling you within a few weeks we came up with an idea and that’s what I’m announcing to you now.

Next Wednesday, October 28th, 2009, I am releasing a dynamic audiobook called “Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection”  through my site (stevesaylor.net) and RingtoneFeeder.com!  It’s a collection of short stories that I have written, and produced in audio form, covering a wide variety of genres for you to nom over; such as sci-fi, comedy, fantasy, narrative non-fiction, supernatural, it’s all there!
 
It will be released the same way Geoff put his dynamic album out, except instead of songs, you get short stories!

Included in the dynamic audiobook will be 10 short stories, plus a PDF of the whole collection, a full length audio version that will work in your audiobook playlist in iTunes, several ringtones, I call “Ringtone Stories”; and you will also get bonus material released over time such as behind-the-scenes video blogs of me putting the book together, bonus stories, and whatever I decide to put in the feed for you all!

I believe, this will add a whole new idea to self-publishing that hasn’t really been done before. Sure we have novels released through podcasts, and that is fantastic, but this adds a whole new element to it that I believe gives the creator a whole new way of thinking in regards to book content.

More details to come over the next week, but I thought I would include the introduction of the collection here for you that explains what the collection is about:

Introduction to Steve Saylor presents – The Caffeine Collection

In the summer of 2007, I was walking with my friends on Welland Avenue in my hometown of St. Catharines Ontario Canada at around midnight.  I can never quite remember exactly what we were talking about, but I do remember this one particular moment in the conversation.  We had just crossed the street underneath the QEW bridge when I said out loud, “We should write a book!”

Of course all three of us thought it was an awesome idea.  So over time we got together about once a week to write and share ideas.  At first the sessions were at each other’s houses, but we eventually ended moving our sessions to our local Starbucks.

The Starbucks we frequented was in a Chapters Bookstore at the Fairview Mall.  At first we tried different things, my friend Shane would write poems, Brian would write Daily Devotionals, and I would write short stories.  I loved creating my own worlds and characters.  The whole story-making process appealed to me, and made me look forward to each writing session.  Of course as time grew on, I moved on from short stories to writing my first podcast novel “Black Shadow” which was later released in December of 2007 through my website.  However, every single word of that story was written at that same Starbucks.

Fast forward to 2009, I was home for the summer after spending a year in Toronto Ontario for school.  I had several writing projects on the go, but didn’t have that same motivation to keep going.  I looked through some of my old short stories that I wrote in 2007, and thought, “Hey, some of these are actually quite good.  Why not put them into a short story collection?”  At that moment a spark was lit and I focused my time on writing.  I was excited to go back to Starbucks every other day.  I would drink a lot of caffeine and my imagination began to play out the stories in my head.  It felt like I was watching a movie and furiously writing down what I saw.  

No one really understood why I “needed” to write at Starbucks, I sometimes didn’t understand it.  However, anytime I told my family I was going to Starbucks, they knew I was there to write.  There is something about that environment that appeals to me.  Whether it’s the friendly baristas behind the counter; the people working at the long table with their laptops; or even the regulars like Mark who was friendly with everyone including me; whatever it is, I love that place.  Through it all though, there I sat, laptop out, a cup of Tazo Chai Latte beside me, and through the buzz of caffeine the stories you are about to read were born.  

I hope you enjoy this little collection, and I hope you’ll share it with your friends.  It’s totally cool, just tell them I sent ya.  If you want to see more of what I do including other podcasts, or other writings, please feel free to visit me online at stevesaylor.net

As always, I remain obediently yours.

Steve Saylor

September 2009

This is going to be hawesome!!!!

I can’t wait to tell you more.

 

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It has definitely been a long time since I have talked to you all, and I didn’t want to leave any of you in the dark no more. So if you are subscribed to the Black Shadow feed or the 12th Disciple feed, you don’t need to worry about getting new updates, because I have merged you all together. Don’t worry you don’t have to unsubscribe, you’ll be fine. If you are subscribed to both feeds feel free to remove those feeds from your podcatcher and subscribe to http://feeds.feedburner.com/stevesaylor

So here it is folks, after over a year long hiatus, I have come back, and this upcoming ride is going to be awesome!

Intro provided by:  Jeff Macpherson – http://tikibartv.com
Music provided by:  Geoff Smith – http://thegeoffsmith.com

As always I remain obediently yours.

Steve