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Post by JM on Mar 18, 2007 14:30:57 GMT
I was thinking that it would be a fun idea to have a sort of official podcast, part to advertise the new Sentients of Orion book, part to just promote Marianne's work.
So sometime on either side of the release date of the book, either just before or just after, we could organise a bunch of questions about Marianne's work and the new series, then get her on Skype or other online chat program with a microphone and ask, and generally chat with her. Then post it on the site and refer as many friends and strangers to it as possible.
Sound like a plan? if so I've got dibs on the mic.
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Post by Chirugal on Mar 18, 2007 17:13:24 GMT
That would be so cool... ^_^ If Marianne is up for it and not too busy, that is.
I've never even heard of Skype though - my knowledge ends with MSN Messenger! Is it the same kind of thing?
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Post by JM on Mar 18, 2007 23:42:58 GMT
www.skype.com/intl/en/ is a really safe messaging program that is encrypted so heavily that no-body can hack it. You can also make free calls to other people using skype. It allows for voice and video conversations. It's also a really cheap way of making phone calls (like about 10% of what normal calls cost) Pretty much any podcast done between people in different locations is done with it because it's free and easy to use. There's an IT podcast my father listens to where the hosts are in 3 different states in america but use skype to do their shows.
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Post by Sheyana on Mar 18, 2007 23:47:52 GMT
Sounds good - I've heard of Skype, and it makes sense to use that rather than anything else to me.
ditto what Chir said about Marianne - good thinking innatemalk!
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Post by marianne on Mar 19, 2007 9:32:10 GMT
Hi guys,
have been away on my writing retreat. Will post all the gossip on LJ.
I like the sound of a podcast, IM. Lets talk about it some more.
How do we set it up?
MDP
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Post by JM on Mar 19, 2007 10:38:50 GMT
Hi Marianne
If you have a microphone on your computer (or can appropriate one from a friend) we can organise an online conversation between either you and another person or even a couple of people.
While the conversation is going on we can record it and then post it whereever we want to later.
I have a Mic and recording software, so if you can access a Mic and install Skype (download link above) it will take about 30 seconds to get things sorted.
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Post by marianne on Mar 20, 2007 5:54:52 GMT
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Post by JM on Mar 20, 2007 8:51:26 GMT
Sounds like a good plan, I was thinking of waiting till just before the release date of Sentients anyway. Getting people interested too early isn't a good way of doing things.
So probably the best time would be during the last few days of march or early april.
Any ideas on whether you want to do the podcast with a few people (i.e. Sheyana and Chirgal as well) or just a one on one interview?
Either way we can still get in a lot of questions and time for you to not say "ummmm" in.
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