Trudie Lem: Spaceship Captain, Earth Detective

Trudie Lem: Spaceship Captain, Earth Detective, Episode 2

The second episode of my scifi book podcast is up! I've finished writing the book, and I plan to release the book version soon via Amazon and other outlets. In the meantime, I'm offering it free as a podcast.

Chapter one of my first novel has been released!

Episode 18, First First Class, Second First Class, Third Third Third

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"Live News Feed" by Black Forest Fire
Album: Transit Of Venus
Release date: November 13, 2012
Label: Sedimental Records
Thanks to Team Clermont for the link.

The Mary Sue interviewed one of the writers for the TV show Game of Thrones, Bryan Cogman, about his book Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones.

This can go under TV and movies. Kit Harrington, who plays Jon Snow in Games of Thrones, talks about working with Ciaran Hinds as Mance Rayder and he talks about Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which just hit theatres.

Community has an interactive Halloween game. It’s shameful that this show is not back on TV yet.

Showtime has renewed Homeland for a third season!

Laurie Metcalfe, Roseanne’s TV sister and Sheldon’s TV mom, is going to be on a new TV show.

Ryan Cartwright is coming to The Big Bang Theory

Seth Green is gonna be on How I Met Your Mother! Willow and Oz! Willow and Oz!

The Los Angeles Times didn’t take too well to Mockingbird Lane.

Entertainment Weekly had a nice article on Arrested Development in their reunions issue. This is the picture they took for it.

I read this article on ABC Family’s new show Continuing Fred.

The Following, the Kevin Bacon thriller, starts mid-season.

A book of maps for Westeros is coming out! That’s Game of Thrones, if you’re not cool enough to know.

Good and bad news. Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class, will not be directing the second First Class movie. That sounds very confusing. Guess who might be, though? Brett Ratner, who did the first two wonderful X-Men movies. Yay!

This could go under books and movies. Also sadness. Apparently Isaac Asimov was so mad at being held up in traffic due to Ghostbusters filming, he yelled at Dan Aykroyd. That’s just mean.

Revolution SF has an article on SHIELD and a character headlining it. Hint: It’s one we didn’t think was gonna headlines anything anymore. RevSF also gives us reasons why the show may not be awesome.

More SHIELD news: Ming-Na, no stranger to science fiction TV, is going to be on SHIELD, too. She was previously on Stargate Universe and Eureka. I didn’t make this connection, but according to her Wikipedia article, her character in Eureka had the same last name as her - Wen.

Also apparently Gary Mitchel has never seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I do not understand this. This is stranger than anything in scifi.

The Mary Sue has an article about a worldwide internet downfall yesterday.

A 14-year old girl is rebuilding a car for her 16th birthday.

This goes under both science and technology. The Royal Society called for a mass edit of Wikipedia to add and flesh out entries relating to women scientists. This was in honor of Ada Lovelace day. They evencreated a Wikipedia entry for the edit-a-thon. Now that’s being thorough.

Episode 17, In Which Lola Misstates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Name

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This is a tiny reminder: If you'd like to listen to my short story podcast, it's here.

Music

Mike Doughty, “Strike the Motion” (Live from KUT). The link to the video and .mp3 download are here.

General

The London Underground is getting strange signs. Pranksters are posting fake signs.
The Daily Mail article
BBCAmerica article
There’s a Facebook page. Stickers on the Central Line Facebook
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Books

Blastr has a list of Fifteen stories you should read after you’re read all of Lovecraft and want something similar.

Technology and culture

Stan Lee media sues Disney for 5.5 million.
Kickstarter U.K. is a thing now. A little plug here--the Beer show and magazine I contribute to, Southern Beer Review, is on Kickstarter. They want to raise money to buy good equipment.

Television and Movies

Psych has a start date. It’s not until February 27th. That makes me sad.
Ridley Scott talks about Blade Runner 2. I put the video on my blog. He seems to let slip the answer to a very important question from the first movie. Don’t watch if you don’t want to know!
TVLine.com has a list of web series they recommend. I’ve been a fan of The Guild for years, and I’m so happy it’s back for a sixth season.
Blastr has an article about John Barrowman from Torchwood joining Arrow.
Watch the first five minutes of American Horror Story, Asylum. It premieres Wednesday the 17th.
Mockingbird Lane, the proposed remake of The Munsters, is going to be a special instead of a full series.
Blastr wrote an article on a Kickstarter project to complete the film Science Fiction Land.

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 16

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 16, In which I create the word "utteration" and say "alternate history" when I mean "alternate future".

Note: The last segment of the podcast is of significantly lower volume than the rest. I recorded it in a different room on a different surface.

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This is what I discuss:

Last Resort
A spoilery review of Last Resort (also from Io9)
Nice review for Looper.
Annalee Newitz from IO9 loves Person of Interest! It is worth loving.
TV.com has compiled a list of season premieres
The World's End
Jason Katims to direct half-hour comedy based on the movie About a Boy  (I think my discussion of this got lost in the editing fiasco.)
The Next Generation is 25 years old.
25 little known Next Generation facts
New Scifi bookstore in Brooklyn. No, I'm nowhere near Brooklyn. I think this also got lost in the editing terror of 2012.


I don't think I talked about this, but this is one odd story. The doctors who did this are amazing.

Music:
Tyler Butler, "Morana"
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Download the song at his label's Soundcloud page

First Story Podcast!

My first short story podcast is up! The blog post is here.

The direct link to the audio is here.

This is the RSS. It's supposed to be on iTunes, but I haven't found it.

Podcast Promo

I recorded a promo for my podcasts. I'm working on the first episode of my writing podcast. I've got a host for it, but I'll post more when it's ready.

 Promo

Episode 14

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The Podcast track had a panel called Podcasting Authors Roundtable with T. Morris Scott Sigler, Gail Z. Martin, Phillipa Ballantine and Christiana Ellis. I mispronounced Phillipa's name.

I have post-Dragon*Con fatigue and confusion, by the way.

The Sword and Laser podcast and videocast recorded as part of the Podcast track with Veronica Belmont, Tom Merritt and their guest R.A. Salvatore. Website

RevCast also recorded as part of the Podcast track. Revcast is a part of the Revolution SF website, based out of Atlanta. It was with Gary Mitchel, Michael Faulkner, James Palmer. I've been going to that site for years. Website (Also related: Chronic Rift and James Palmer)

The Vaginal Fantasy Goodreads group and videocast had a panel with Veronica Belmont, Felicia Day, and Kiala Kazabee. Yes, this too was part of the Podcasting track. Hey give me a break. One day I want to get good at podcasting! Website Hangout

TWIT Tech News Today had a panel with Tom Merritt, guest Veronica Belmont, Randal Schwartz, Jonathan Strickland and Brian Brushwood (Podcast track). Website

The X-Track panel for Warehouse 13 had show writer Deric A. Hughes. He co-wrote the webisodes and cowrote some of the episodes.Leigh Bennett-Conner is the track director.

The Space track had the panel To Boldly go where? On the panel were A.C. Charania, Kim Steadman (JPL), Mika McKinnon and Stephen Fleming.

Hobbit Secrets Revealed from theOneRing.net . Tor.com did a better job than me of documenting the panel.

I attended the Magnificient Men of Science Fiction panel with Gary Kim Hayes, Timothy Zahn, A. J. Hartley.

The Horror and Dark fantasy track had a True Blood panel with Joe Mangiello, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis and Carrie Preston.

The American Scifi Classics track had Stump the Geek. I won a t-shirt, and I didn't get Hulked! Joe Crowe hosted.

The American Scifi and Fantasy Media track had a Game of thrones discussion.

I Watched part of the simulcast of the Hugo awards.


Short film "Loom" by Luke Scott. Watch it here.

Walking Dead spoilers

Watch the pilot episode of Revolution

Music: Riot Act Media sent me the mp3 for "Descent" from The Album Leaf's new EP FORWARD/RETURN.

Michael Clarke Duncan has passed on. I really liked The Finder. I'm sad that he's gone, but he left on a fine note.

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 13

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I talk about:
My Writing
Dragon*Con
TV and movies
Beautiful portraits of a Game of Thrones cast members
(Note: I talked about the first episode of Warehouse 13, but I realized afterward that it's kind of spoilery if you haven't seen that episode).
Richard Dean Anderson, Macguyver, new Mercedes Benz spokesperson.
Music: Little Dragon, "Ritual Union" mp3 courtesy of KEXP
Peter Wolf Crier "Settling It Off" mp3 courtesy of his label

Podcast Episode 12

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I talk about:
My writing
My new phone
TV shows I like
Movies I've seen
I feature two songs:
Tiny Victories, "Lost Weekend" (Thanks to AOL Spinner)
The Dandy Warhol, "Well They're Gone" (Thanks to KEXP)

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 11

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In this episode, I talk about:

The progress of my novel (67,788 words so far!)
Community
Big Bang Theory (sorry for the static)
The Avengers
Free Comic Book Day
Gumbo Ya Ya's cajun food
Magic Hat's seasonal beer Elderberry
Daily's frozen mojitos and margaritas, and Mike's hard margaritas

I play these songs:

North Highlands, "Steady Steady" (Available for download from their Bandcamp site) Steel Phantoms, "Floodlight" (Downloadable from AOL Spinner)

New Podcast Episode! Finally!

Yes! Hopefully my lame streak has ended. At least for the time-being. Until I decide to pick it up again.


I recorded a podcast episode tonight. You may download it, get it as a podcast using the RSS feed, or stream it using the player below.


I didn't give this episode a number because my boyfriend, Clint, who's been my co-host recently, was asleep. I wanted to jump on my sudden desire to podcast, so I recorded this. I don't know why I've faded recently. I really love podcasting. It makes me feel connected to the world. I'm going to try to be better.

In this episode I talk about my writing (I'm writing a novel!). TV and technology.

I feature two songs:

Black Whales, "Rattle Your Bones"

Lightouts, "The Eloise Suite"

Thanks folks! I hope y'all stick with me!

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 10

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What we talk about: Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights 21, Birthdays, Football (LSU), Thanksgiving, American Horror Story, Terra Nova, Scifi Diner podcast, Castle, New Girl, Prime Suspect, Sons of Anarchy (spoilers!), Grimm, Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog sequel, Fringe, The Walking Dead, Homeland, Lord of the Rings Online, Age of Empires Online, Deadspace 2, Blockbuster Online, Lord of the Rings: War of the North, Batman, Arkham City, Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Catchphrase, Anne McCaffrey dies, Sword and Laser, Ready Player One, Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, Locke and Key (also by Joe Hill), The Onion Girl (by Charles de Lint), Writing My Novel, Cars 2, Paranormal Activity 2, The Muppets. Sidereel, Battlestar Galactica (original), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vizio Blu-Ray player, Kindle Fire, Amazon Prime, Adobe Mobile Flash, Silverlight, HTML5, and AT&T and T-Mobile.

Music:
We Are Augustines, "Headlong Into The Abyss", (MP3 thanks to KEXP)
Louise Burns, "Drop Names Not Bombs" (MP3 thanks to AOL Spinner)

Podcast Ep 8

I meant to post this two weeks ago, but [ insert excuses here ]



I completely intend to add more show notes later. I have no internet at home, though.

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Released a podcast

Forgot to do the show notes.

Oh, I'm a silly, silly bunny.  I'll edit this post tonight. I can't remember my podcasting password right now, so there will be no notes for now. No notes for now!

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 7

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The Blood Artist review on The SF Site
The Publisher's Weekly bit I mentioned was on the Amazon site
Arrested Development on Hulu
TV.com site for Better off Ted
WTF, Marc Maron

Southern Beer Review's Facebook
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
TV.com Alphas article
TVLine.com Community and Glee articles
EOnline article on returning SYFY shows, Seth McFarlane and Kal Penn
Mugglenet

Songs:

Josh Ritter,"Change of Time" from his website
Dark Mean, "Happy  Banjo" (thanks to Team Clermont for the mp3)
Ha Ha Tonka, "Usual Suspects" (Thanks to AOL Spinner for the mp3)

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 6

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Brad Meltzer's Decoded
Super 8 Article
Bill Maher and Janye Lynch read Anthony Weiner's messages
Damon Lindelof signs a franchise deal
Tom Hanks producing American Gods
Masterpiece Mystery
Green Lantern page
Monster, a not-very-good movie about a monster in Japan
Smallest dinosaur article
Wikipedia article on the artist Jess
Article on the show Outcast coming on BBC America
Falling Skies
Salman Rushdie's TV project "The Next People"
Article regarding Terry Pratchett and assisted suicide

Music:

Ha Ha Tonka, "Usual Suspects" (I meant to play the whole song - hopefully I'll remember next podcast) - Thanks to AOL Spinner
Bell IX, "Hey Anna Lena" (Thanks to WXRT)

Matt Longo, "Fireworks" (Matt's Facebook)
Blitzen Trapper, "Furr" (Daytrotter

Workin' on da podcast...(and probably eating chips)

I'm working on the next episode of Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture. Hopefully I'll have it out in the next few days!

Cerulean's Love of Pop Culture, Episode 4

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In this episode:

I discuss

Sucker Punch

Marc Maron

Ray Bradbury's advice to the young (hey - the advice is great for me, too, so the not-so-young too)

Arianna Huffington on "Pay Walls" for new media.

Bronx Zoo Cobra's Twitter

Warehouse 13 Season 1 DVD

The Walking Dead DVD

Stargate Atlantis

Music:

Highlife, "Tuareg Dancehall" (Thanks to KEXP)

Wye Oak, "Civilian" (Thanks to KEXP)

J Mascis "Not Enough" (Thanks to AOL Spinner)

Terri Tarantula, "The Daredevil Way" (Thanks to KEXP)

Hooray For Earth, "Surrounded By Your Friends" (Thanks to The Boston Phoenix online paper)

Magnolia Electric Co, "Josephine" (Thanks to Pitchfork Media)

Lifeguards, "Paradise Is Not So Bad" (Thanks to their label site Serious Business)