While you all know that the dwarf detective is one for the low-tech solutions like Beatrice and a good battle-axe, you may not know that the award-winning The Case of The Singing Sword: A Billibub Baddings Mystery is now available for the iPhone! Sure you can download Billi on the iPhone and iPod Touch in audio but now you can pick up a copy of Billi’s first big case as an iPhone application. Along with The Case of The Singing Sword, the Fey Trickster is also causing (double) trouble at the iTunes Store with Chasing the Bard also available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Take a look and show the love. Let iPhone and iPod Touch users know that Double Trouble has now hit the iTunes Application store.

And yes, The Case of The Pitcher’s Pendant and Digital Magic are both en route. Stay tuned…

• 08.20.08, starting at 7pm — Barnes & Noble of Camp Hill, PA (Yes, TONIGHT!)
• 08.22.08, starting at 6pm — Moravian Bookshop of Bethlehem, PA
• 08.23.08,from 3-5pm — Constellation Books of Reisterstown, MD

STAY TUNED
for photographs, blogposts, and reviews from the road!!!

Oh yes, Billi is very pleased!

Pip and I are making the final push for 08.08.08; and with less than 24 hours until Pitcher’s Pendant and Digital Magic (which are already getting reviews on Amazon.com) make their impression, the interviews are coming in! Featured here is one of the voices from The Case of The Singing Sword, the Grand Dame of Podcasting herself: Mur Lafferty and her Parsec-winning podcast I Should Be Writing.

Once upon a time, I Should Be Writing was a “Fiction Writing Podcast for Wanna-Be Fiction Writers, by a Wanna-Be Fiction Writer” but all that is about to change on 08.25.08 when Playing for Keeps is released on Amazon.com. While you can expect more about that in my other podcast, The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy, Mur opens up her podcast for a round table discussion with us about working together in promotion, working together as writers, and what were planning for the future…

And yes, because I was in the presence of The Grand Dame of Podcasting and New Zealand’s Dark Goddess, I remain very quiet…and in my box…

…and that means, near the end, things get a wee-bit silly. Enjoy, and be there for the big day…the big day closing in quickly on Pip and myself!

Will less than three days to go, Double Trouble is really ramping up for an unforgettable day on Amazon.com. Tonight on the feed is Words to Mouth, a show for writers of all genres. Host Carrie Runnals brings to her blog and podcast a wide array of talented individuals, and now Pip and Tee are in the spotlight, talking about their promotional collaboration on 08.08.08!

Enjoy, and we will see you on Amazon!

This podcast is three — hours — long.

What else can I say? This is a super-sized audio experience of epic podcasting proportions…and in the words of Tony Mast: “132MB of sweet, sweet nectar that you will drink up and want more when you are done.”

So, Snitches & Bitches, if you missed my rants, my ADD-esque banter, and my riffs, here you go…and this time, Pip is coming along for the ride. Enjoy…

We certainly did!

“The Case of the Mysterious Mixing Board”…no, I don’t think that will be the NEXT Billibub Baddings book…

I’m waiting on my workaround (that workaround being a new mixer out of BSWUSA.com…), but I am still forging ahead with both the promotions and the marketing of The Case of The Pitcher’s Pendant. Here is a terrific interview with the brew-mistress herself, Jenn Baker, on Creative Adventures, found at YourCre8tivity.com. Have a listen as Pip and I talk about the challenges of creativity, de-mystifying creative types and finding inspiration from one another, and looking backwards and forwards in our creative lives.

…and somewhere in there, they do talk a bit about Double Trouble!

Show Post Mortum can be found here.

Expect a ton of extra content in the feed this week as I catch up on past interviews and make a mad dash (with Philippa Ballantine) for the promotional Finish Line in these next two weeks. Yes, it is closing in on us fast: 08.08.08, the day of Double Trouble on Amazon.com! The media is getting hit and hit hard by the press releases (more to come on that…) and the podoshere is also carrying the word out to the people. One such media outlet is the man behind the cloning sensation and voice talent from Chapter Eleven, J.C. Hutchins! Join us as we three sit down to talk writing, promotion, and working within (and outside) the Fantasy genre.

The date hasn’t changed, just the scope of the event! Show your love for podcast fiction and let people know that trouble is headed for Amazon on 08.08.08!

Expect to hear Tee and Pip on these fine podcasts in the future…

• Friday Night Live with Monty
• Tea & Chat
• I Should Be Writing
• J.C. Hutchins’ Ultra Creatives
• The Dragon Page: Cover-to-Cover

….and many, many more!

Also, happening RIGHT NOW is Matthew Wayne Selznick making a run with Brave Men Run, a book best described as X-Men meets The Breakfast Club. (Don’t mind the “Sold Out” message. You can still order it!) I love this podcast novel, and you can join us all (Pip, Matthew, myself, and others…) in Matt’s live Ustream event!

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Double Trouble on Amazon.com!!!

Why, you may ask? Take a listen to this interview with Tech for Writers, a podcast that focuses on the different gadgets out there specifically designed for writers. Along with the background on “Double Trouble” expect to hear banter between the New Zealand Kiwi and Virginia Ham, tech tips for podcasting a novel, and some good old fashioned geeking out.

And yes, this is the first Double Trouble interview. Expect more as we close in on 08.08.08!

With an interview this weekend, I’m beginning to talk up Billi’s Crazy Eights. That being said, I’m about to dive into the edits for Chapters 11-16. The first half of the book has been polished and refined. I’m now looking at a two week crunch time to get Billi done and to the publisher. It’s not a problem with the editor keeping up with me, but vice-versa. I’m firing up iTunes and getting ready to dive in deep.

On doing so, I realize many of you were curious about the playlist I put together for Billi when I’m writing for him. With me, I’m always building on my books’ soundtracks. After you all have been so patient, I thought I’d finally list here the playlist for Billibub Baddings (spanning across two of his mysteries)…

Naked Under Leather, Rubber Band Banjo
Frankie Machine, Elmer Bernstein and His Orchestra
My Funny Valentine, Frank Sinatra
M SQUAD Theme, Stanley Wilson
Floozie, Alex North & His Orchestra
Fade to Black, Dire Straits
The Boss, JG & The Universal-International Orchestra
The Street, Elmer Bernstein
Droid Jazz, Rubber Band Banjo
I Got Plenty of Nuthin’, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
Hammer Blow, Skip Martin
Return to Me, Dean Martin
Under My Skin, Frank Sinatra
Caper at the Coffee House, WB & Warner Brothers Star Instruments
Riff Blues, Skip Martin
Speak Softly Love, Al Martino
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, John Barry
Your Six Self-Adaptive Inputs, Rubber Band Banjo
Lazy Mary, Lou Monte
Staccato’s Theme, Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra
At Last, Etta James
Late at Baliey’s Pad, WB & Warner Brothers Star Instruments
Richard Diamond, Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra
Echo Four-Two, Johnny Gregory & His Orchestra
Buona Sera, Louis Prima
French Quarter, Alex North & His Orchestra
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head, Dean Martin
Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix), A3

Many of the songs in this soundtrack come from a terrific collection called “Crime Jazz” and “Mob Hits”. It was after I started podcasting that Rubber Band Banjo got into the mix. Enjoy these selections if you set out to make your own Billi collection, and I’ll keep everyone in the know on how things are progressing with Billi’s next case.

Talk to you soon…

Scott Sigler’s Infected is out and all of us in the community of podcast writers are coming together to help get the word out.

Of course, this was also a grand opportunity to talk a little bit about Billi’s Crazy Eights.

08.08.08
August 8, 2008

This is when The Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery will be ready for shipping, and this will be when I make my run on Amazon.com. Let’s show the industry just how high a four-foot-one dwarf can reach!

For those you who remember Chapter Three, Joe Murphy is a familiar voice to you. he was one of Moran’s boys that tried to take on the biggest little detective in Chicago. You also know that a year ago today, Joe was taken from us…far too soon. In honor of his passing, the Joe Murphy Memorial Fund presents a collection of memories, from around the world.

Infected, the new horror novel by Scott Sigler!

Now, if you’re not familiar with Scott’s work, be warned — Scott’s work is not for the faint at heart. He is about to grab the attention of booksellers and publishers, and we can hope that doors previously closed to podcasting authors like myself, Philippa Ballantine, P.G. Holyfield and Mur Lafferty to name a few (and there are so many talented podcasting authors out there…) will open.

Until that opportunity comes by, enjoy the PDF, and I will be talking to you soon…

…and yes, something big is coming down the pike. Billibub’s next case is coming soon…

Happy New Year, my Snitches & Bitches! We’re only in the second week of the new year and a lot of good things are having over here at Baddings Investigations. Take a listen and find out the latest on…

• Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Pitcher’s Pendant
• The new cover artist for Billibub Baddings
• Podcasting for Dummies, 2nd Edition
• Morevi: Remastered

Stay subscribed! There’s more on the way in 2008!

So where have I been and what’s going on with the monthly Billi Banters? Well, if you want to hear a full update on what I’ve been doing, take a listen to Episode #33 of The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy. This announcement will also give you a peek at what I’ve been doing with MOREVI: Remastered. So, I’ve been busy…

…and making progress on the new Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant.

Yes, K7 gave away my voice mail as I had little to no activity for a month. (I know…how long have I been using it?!) While rules are rules, it doesn’t mean I have to like ‘em.

So, my beloved Snitches, I’m searching for an alternative to the Snitch Line. Bear with me.

I think Billi got into my recording equipment…

Click here for details on The 2007 Podcast Awards.

What’s in the feed right now is a PDF of a press release, complete with contact info and the dirt on the last episode. Circulate this to favorite podcasts, local media, any regional media in your area. Let people know this podcaster is about to wrap up a production that employed the voice and musical talents of the world, and he had a hell of a lot of fun doing it!

Thanks, my Snitches. Now, I’m off to record…

Brace yourselves. This one is going to leave a mark!

00:00 — The 2007 Parsec Awards

1:00 — Opening

• Sponsored by Typical Mac User, Give Us a Minute, The Sorrow, and Ink ‘n Doodles Creative Workshop
• I gave myself Saturday to clock in some quality time with the podcast. Leann Mabry is such the pro!
• More banter after the chapter…

2:58 — Chapter Fifteen: Hell, Hell, the Gang’s All Here

Dwarf detective Billi Baddings was originally hired by socialite Julia Lesinger to uncover the “why’s” behind the death of her mobster boyfriend Pretty Boy DeMayo. Unexpectedly, he uncovered the existence of The Singing Sword, an ancient talisman from his own homeworld of Acryonis. This weapon of mass destruction is now somewhere in the streets of the Windy City and everyone from crooked curators to frustrated feds to the big boss — Alphonse “Scarface” Capone himself — is looking for it.

Oddly enough, the breakthrough in this case — both in DeMayo’s death and The Singing Sword — happened over Mick’s chicken soup and ham-and-cheese special. The hunch led Billi to a speakeasy and left him at the docks.

Tonight, everything happens.

1:01:27 —Sponsors

• Typical Mac User
• Give Us a Minute
• The Sorrow
• Ink ‘n Doodles

1:04:02 — Billi Banter

• Some sound effects featured in this episode courtesy of The Freesound Project
• Bed Music: “Droid Jazz” by Rubber Band Banjo
• To all of you beautiful Snitches, thank you. Wow, you sure know how to make an author and a podcaster feel the love.
• Did you enjoy this episode? Then do yourself a favor and listen to Leann Mabry’s 25th Tag in the Seam.
• The new Story So Far segment, from the Empire’s Finest.
• Why I’m sticking with “Billi’s Snitches” for your moniker (with respects to Siggy).
• The Billi #14 Rant Follow-up
  • Foenixfyre…her stuff is online and for sale. Do what I’m doing and decorate your studio with Chainmail Carrie’s art.
  • The Mac Pro got its workout, and I’m loving this monster.
  • Wiley and the Day Job…still dealing with it, but getting some control back on things.
  • Feeling groovy, especially in this episode’s afterglow.
• Dragon Moon Special — Billi and Legacy of Morevi = $30.
• Snitch Line is open at 206.202.3973 (206.202.DWRF). E-mail’s are welcome and with one chapter to go, all your calls and e-mails will appear in the listener appreciation show!
• Mark your calendars! July 7, 2007. After you listen to J.C. Hutchins‘ opening podcast of 7th Son: Book Three, join me and Leann Mabry for an exit interview where you Snitches can call in! Cian of View from the Quad is putting this together, so click here for more details on how to call in and talk to us!
• CALLING ALL SNITCHES: Let’s take a page from Clone Boy’s playbook…
• You all rock! I’m going to ask you one more time to bear with me as I finish up this Podcasting Boot Camp and remaining chapters. Look for the next chapter on Friday…

1:24:18 — Promos

• A Different Point of View
• Truth Seekers
• Tag in the Seam
• Whispers at the Edge

I promised Billi’s Snitches and Bitches an episode, and I’m still planning to deliver. I’m trying to figure out where I can start putting Chapter Fifteen together, but so you know — my goal is to post the episode Friday night. I’m in Day Two of the Podcasting Boot Camp and Wiley is…well, it’s where it’s at. I’ve got a lot of plates spinning, and — as things go — they’re all spinning at this point of the story.

I will whet your appetite on this…in the final chapter of The Singing Sword, you’ve got a little surprise coming for being so good to me, especially in wake of the Billi #14 Rant.

Hang tight, everybody. I left you on a cliffhanger…but Fifteen is on the way, just weather the storm with me. Thanks.

(Links are coming soon.)

00:00 — The Parsec Awards

1:00 — Intro Introbitching

• An urgent bulletin from Clair High for the Earth…
• Why is Tee not packing for AZ?
• Why is Tee’s body starting to shut down?
• Why is Billi #14 really late? Find out after the chapter…

03:27 — Chapter Fourteen: Not the Same Ol’ Song & Dance

Dwarf detective Billi Baddings has been grappling with the unknown location of The Singing Sword, but standing toe-to-toe with homicidal curators, conniving socialites, and even Al Capone himself was peanuts at the ball park compared to one night of intimate investigations with his client, social princess Julia Lessinger. While in the midst of the afterglow of a very long, very enticing evening Billi discovers a breakthrough in his case through Mick’s chicken soup and ham-and-cheese special.

33:43 — Promos

• Typical Mac User
• Give Us a Minute
• Murder by Design

35:45 — Billi Banter Bitching

• Some sound effects featured in this episode courtesy of The Freesound Project
• Bed Music: “For My Friends” from Sticks and Stone, Vol. 1, Evan Stone (show the love on CD Baby and iTunes…)
• Sponsored by Typical Mac User, Give Us a Minute, Murder by Design
• The Parsec Awards are accepting nominations. Don’t nominate Billi because it’s not eligible this year. It will be next year…so don’t forget about the dwarf!
• So, what has been going on behind the scenes since Episode 13?
  • From the beginning, the MacPro…
  • Then, the podcasting front…
  • The Day Job surprise…
  • Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies and 48 hours in a lower circle of hell…
  • …and bailing on the Wingin’ It! Pool Party 2007.
  • NOW YOU KNOW WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE LAST PODCAST, AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY I’M NOT GOING TO PHOENIX!
  • Any glimmers of hope?
    • Beth Wojiski
    • Paul from Des Moines
    • Indiana Jim
  • The MacPro situation…
  • …and the weekend ahead.

• Dragon Moon Special — Billi and Legacy of Morevi = $30
• Snitch Line is open. E-mail’s are welcome.
• The countdown is on, two more chapters, then a listener appreciation show…and an exit interview where you all can call in! Cian of view from the Quad is putting this together, so check out his website for more details.
• Thanks for listening to me bitch! See you all next week!

Created by the creative workshop at the Ink ‘n Doodles podcast, it’s Scott Sigler, J.C. Hutchins, and yours truly with the (real) Rat Pack watching over us with approval. Part One of our round table interview with Rob Suarez went live today (alongside Episode #8 so there’s a lot of me out there to love today!), and Part Two is around the corner. Also around the corner is my interview on View from the Quad with Cian. Don’t miss that — good stuff there!

The News Wire has been updated and later tonight I will be updating the growing cast list of The BB Players. Thanks for listening, everyone!

00:00 — Opening

• Snow…in April!?
• Working on the new podcasting rig…
• Concerning blogs…and those bloody Vikings!

03:40 — E-mails from Chapters 1-4

22:30 — Chapter 4 Snitch Line and E-mails

32:20 — Chapter 5 Snitch Line and E-mails

39:05 — Chapter 6 Snitch Line and E-mails

47:55 — Chapter 7 Snitch Line and E-mails

54:46 — Closing Thoughts

• The next podiobook…a new spin on an old favorite.
• Teasing Episode #8…
• VOICE MAIL: 206.202.3973 (206.202.DWRF)

And check out the related links to…

• BSW
• Technorama
• Valerie Griswold-Ford
• Tracy Hickman
• George Hrab
• DemiCon (May 18-20, 2007)
• Things Are Looking Up
• The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
• One Among the Sleepless
• The Weekly Anime Review
• Weaver’s Web
• Ink ‘n Doodles Creative Workshop

Special Edition: Listener Appreciation
Running Time — 1:01:17

In honor of my friend’s memory, the Billibub Baddings podcast is going dark this week. Chapter Eight will post next Wednesday along with a Special Edition of listener Voice Mail, mp3 files sent, and other comments on iTunes and the blog.

Please visit The Joe Murphy Memorial Fund to find out more about what we are doing in his name, and click here to view an incredible tribute from artist Cheyenne Wright.

Remember Joe.

Number One subscription over thirty days. Number One in rankings. You’re…A-NUMBER ONE! YOU’RE THE DUKE! YOU’RE THE DUKE! (Oh sorry, a quick Escape from New York moment there!) And through it all, there’s the die hard Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana. I’m thinking 2008 might see a new podcast with the pirate and warrior-queen…

00:00 — Intro

• Opening Theme: “Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo
• Really brief Introbabble…
  • Running a bit behind with this episode…but my taxes are done!
  • Tracy Hickman — Irish Beat Cop! (Only on the Billibub Baddings podcast…)

02:34 — Chapter Six: Suits and Saps

Billi’s bad day (thanks to his discovery at the Ryerson Museum) only gets worse as the police pick him up at his office with questions about the death of Benny Riletto.

41:47 — Sponsors

• GeekLabel

42:22 — Billi Banter

• Bed Music: Droid Jazz by Rubber Band Banjo
• So where’s the Special Edition?
  • Aiming for a Monday posting
  • Also posting Survival Guide #028
  • A quick geekgasm over the new Mac on the horizon…
• Special thanks to Ink and Doodle Workshop Podcast for showing love to Podiobooks.com and to Billibub Baddings.
• Podiobooks.com News
  • Number One Ranks
    • Top Rated
    • Top Subscription in Thirty Days
    • Top Podiobook to Piss Off Scott Sigler
• Upcoming Appearances
  • Technicon, March 30-April 1, Blacksburg, VA
    • Sharing a Dealer’s Room Table with Tony Ruggiero and Robert Marston Fanney
  • RavenCon, April 20-22, Richmond, VA
• Next week’s Special Edition #01
  • Voice mails
    • Snitch Line: 206.202.DWRF (206.202.3973)
  • E-mails
  • Blog Comments & iTunes Reviews
• Billi in print
  • Special Billi-Legacy Deal, available only on Dragon Moon Press.com
  • Billi swag available on Cafe Press!
• See you next week…for Ladies Night.

50:00 — Promos

• DragonHearth
• Ancestor, clawing its way into print 1 April 2007
• The Immortals by Tracy Hickman

Chapter Six: Suits and Saps
Running Time — 53:01

And to those representatives of Dreamhost and WordPress, on the slim chance you’re reading this, please don’t touch anything! Everything works. Leave this blog and its server alone…

Mark your calendars for this Wednesday, all you damn, dirty Junkies!

And if you didn’t see this on March 1, how’s this for press coverage?  Well done, Scott!  Well done!

And Billi’s not the only one celebrating. Take another look at the image and you’ll see that MOREVI is enjoying (once again!) a comeback in both Daily and Monthly subscriptions!

Thanks, everyone, for showing some love to my dwarf detective, English privateer and the First Queen. Keep on spreading the word and let’s make Billi one of Podiobooks’ (and podcasting’s) “must have” feeds!

I’m getting reviews for my promos.

Most promos follow a standard formula: Give a taste of what the show is like, give the podcast’s URL give the URL again. In the case of Tee Morris though, there’s a whole new level of fun happening. His recent promos and teasers are more than just advertising, they are entertainment in themselves.

Read the entire review by clicking here.

Good omens for what I’m hoping will be an entertaining podcast for all of you! Thank you SFFAudio for the attention, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this — an unabridged podcast — of Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword.

Yes, we have a week to go and I’m already cooking up a new promo to round off the “comedy trifecta” of previous teasers available here. I’m also putting on final touches to future episodes, so Billi and I are right on track.

Just as a reminder, keep an eye on the word meter in this blog’s sidebar. That is for Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Pitcher’s Pendant, the second Billibub Baddings mystery from Dragon Moon Press, slated for a Spring 2008 release. I’m back into a writing routine with it…and would it surprise anyone that I’m already mapping out in my head the cast list for its podcast? Who do I have in mind? You’ll have to find out when I get past the Legacy of Morevi podcast.

Yikes! 2008 is already shaping up to be a busy year and I’m not even two months into 2007!

Speaking of cast members, take a look at The BB Players page, now with complete bios (except for Scott Sigler. I may need to make one up for him. That could be fun…) and new company members. These are talented people, all of them, and I am thrilled that they are taking part in this podcast. Have a listen to their stuff, and then sit back and enjoy what they bring to Billi’s first podcast mystery.

Finally, have a listen to this week’s and next week’s Technorama with Chuck and Kreg, as I’ll be appearing on their light-hearted look at tech to talk about Billi, this podcast, and good cigars!

We’re one day closer to the big hit. Let your friends know there’s a new dwarf coming to town. In seven days…