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Over the past couple of months we have spend a lot of time getting our house ready for sale, which we sold recently.  Then I go sick and I haven’t felt upto recording.  Add in how easy it is for me to get distracted and then spell bad news for the site.

I will however podcast Shadow Hunter and part two of Buried in the Sand that I have written.  I am also planning on doing a third part to BITS but it’s not written yet and I’m working on anohter project, I’m hope that what I have record is enough to hold me over for a while.

Thank you for your understanding and I will keep you updated.

Music, Something about Eve by Falling You provided by Magnatune.

Note: I still have openings for readers

The chase begins May 15th, 2008

That being said it’s time to talk about the actual reason for this post and that is Earth Day tomorrow.   My famil (my wife, son and I) will be taking part.  We may have to make some exceptions as my son will be in bed and really doesn’t like the dark.  I’m considering leaving a candle of him, but I am concerned about leaving a four year old with a candle.

I think that anytime people group together for something they believe in is a great idea (as long as they aren’t hurting anyone).  In this case I agree with the message.  We need to start doing more about Climate Change.  When I look around I see people still making choices that are more harmful to the environment than they could otherwise make.  People are still buying large vehicles when smaller ones would do.  I’m not saying that larger vehicles are not needed but some buy them when they are not.  As long as we are not willing to give up a little of what we want for the environment things are not going to be better.  Earth hour is a start, but it is how we live each day that will make the real difference.

Shadow of a Hero the first novel that I ever completed. It is currently sitting around 70,000 words so it is still a little short and needs a lot of work. Shadow of a Hero as the title might imply takes place in the same world as Shadow Hunter but involves a different set of main characters, although some familiar characters are in this book. One of the thoughts I had when I first started Podcasting Shadow Hunter was as a build up for hopefully getting Shadow of a Hero published. It made sense that those who had follow Shadow Hunter might be interested in seeing what came next.

The fact is that currently Shadow of a Hero is far from ready. In writing Shadow Hunter I filled in a lot of back ground story and actually changes a few things, some major things. I do believe that Shadow of a Hero will benefit from not only the new back story but the experiences I have gain over the past several years and books.

The reason I like the idea of editing Shadow of a Hero rather than starting my new novel is that the new novel is a Sci-fi and not a Fantasy. The new novel will stand out as my only Sci-fi and I although I still believe in the story might not be the best choice for my first published book.

As for Never Was, I have realized that I have a short story that is completed, written and edited, that I have not read for you. My plan is to record that story and post it, hopefully within the week.

Thanks for holding on while I struggle to get Chasing Shadows completed.

I also wanted to write about a post on Boing Boing today “Science Fiction Writers of America abuses the DMCA”.  It is worth reading and is one of the reasons why I don’t support a DMCA style law in Canada.  We need a law that protects creator and consumers in a balanced way.

I hope to be announcing a release date for “Buried in the Sand” within the next week, once I hear back from the other podcasters.

Once I start “Buried in the Sand” I will focus my effort onto “Chasing Shadows” in hopes that it will be ready to podcast when “Buried in the Sand” finishes. In my current plan “Buries in the Sand” should run 13 episodes.

Normally I would post a poll in the forum but, I wanted to ensure I got as much feed back as possible and make it as easy as possible. So I have posted the poll below. Please select the option or options (you can vote for more than one) that you would prefer.

Anyway, I’ll talk to you soon and as always thank you for listening.

SOCAN, an organization that is suppose to support Music in Canada and compensate artises for public performance of their works (Radio, Dances, etc.); if you are putting on such an event or broadcasting music you have to pay them a fee (which they “give” to their member).  The thing with SOCAN is that you have to pay them even if the musician doesn’t belong to SOCAN.  Even to the extreme of if an independent musician plays their own music at a gathering they have to pay.

However in the exchange for this, we, in Canada, we are allowed to make copies of music for personal use.

Due to pressure from the US Government and US Music Companies, the Canadian government is making changes to our Copyright laws.  The changes would include support of DRM, anti-curivention and Tariffs on new music “Broadcast” delivery.  This includes a tariff on Podcasters.  The recommendation is that for non-commercial Podcasts that they would need to pay $60 per year.

Now $60 a year isn’t a lot of money, but it’s it might be a lot for some Podcast hobbiests. Almost every Podcaster I know users music that: they have created or have had someone create for them, get approval from the creator or use Creative Commons/Pod Safe music.  In almost all cases the creator is not a member of SOCAN and thus don’t see any of the Podcasters $60.  It instead goes to line the pockets of SOCAN and the big Music Companies (essentially the RIAA), this does not make any sense to me.  Why do I have to pay SOCAN for Music the creator has provided to me for an agreed upon amount (free is an amount) so that they can give it to someone  else?

The only advantage that I could see for this is the possibility of being able to podcast “big” artists.  I would be interesting in hearing from anyone who know if this would be allow under the new laws.