Hey everyone! Issue 7 is better late than never! Post production was a little rushed, so if there are any screw-ups, I'm sorry in advance. First of all, we've got an excellent little story from PlasmaStream, which is actually the introduction to her longer work "Impact Wave". I really liked this one for its creative use of second person. Following that, we have a long but very useful feature segment: the CoX Fan Fiction Writers Clinic. Basically over the past months I've read a TON of fiction that is very good, but needs just a touch to make it great. That's understandable, given that few of you are professional writers and it may have been a while since High School creative writing classes. Anyway, this segment gives you a good place to start and can also be a good refresher for even some of us with an old hand at writing. I hope you get something out of it.

Stay tuned. We've got something pretty special planned for next week.
Notes:
0:13 Intro - PsychoPez (Thanks Pez, but it's not MY City of Stories… it's y'all's City of Stories…)
0:33 Opening: Story and Feature
1:30 Impact Wave (Introduction) by Plasma Stream
12:30 Writers Clinic - Part 1
39:22 Closing
39:50 Listener Feedback
40:10 Central Nexus: http://www.thecentralnexus.com/plog
40:50 PsychoPez CALLS IN TO THE SHOW!
43:55 You can "call in too!" send mp3 of wav and send to cityofstories@gmail.com
44:20 Still looking for intros
44:55 Big News. iTunes. HUGE NUMBERS
46:00 If you're listening from iTunes, let me know how you found it.
46:30 Wrap up
48:00 Ding!

But no worries, I've hit the hospital and I'll be back in the fight very soon. In other words, I'm going to miss the Monday release target for Issue 7. Sorry, folks. =( I'm pretty sure that I'll get everything done and have the episode posted Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. The only question will be if I have time Monday night to do the recording I need to do to make a Tuesday release. If not I'm sure I'll be able to do it Tues night and release Wed. So hang in there. Issue 7 will be the introduction to PlasmaStream's IMPACT WAVE and Part I of the CoX Fiction Writers Clinic. It will be a longer show so well worth the wait, I hope! In other news, the show is available on iTunes now! YAY! And seemingly because of that, the numbers have gone through the roof. If you're an iTunes listener, let me know, I'm really amazed at how simply being on iTunes directory has made the numbers spike, so drop me a line at cityofstories@gmail.com. That's it for now. See you Tuesday (or Wed... ). Mint

Hey, there! Got a special treat for you this week! In addition to a really great CoV Origin Story, we've got a musical presentation! It makes sense when you listen, I promise. So this week, I present: Hollow-Jack, by Palaquinn and the song Skullcrusher Mountain from Jonathan Coulton. Enjoy! 0:15 Intro: graciious 0:30 Opening 1:30 Hollow Jack by Palaquinn 11:20 Musical Treat: Skull Crusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton 15:55 Closing Mono 16:10 "Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?" 16:30 Jonathan Coulton at http://JonathanCoulton.com 17:05 No visit to Jonathan Coulton's website is complete without checking out the melodic version of Sir Mix-a-lots Baby Got Back 17:45 Thanks to Palaquinn for Hollow Jack 18:10 Minor format shifts. More discussion 18:50 new email address added (old one still works) cityofstories@gmail.com 19:33 Serials. They are coming. It's just tough to choose the first one. 20:30 Still need shorts for the show. Send em on! 20:50 Features. First one: How to write fan-fic. 22:25 Send me ideas for other features 22:40 RSS. It's there for you…use it. 23:18 Movie Survival Guide - Dry Season is over. Saw V for Vendetta. Yay! 24:10 I lost my will to live after seeing Ultraviolet 24:25 Navel Contemplation of Mila Jovovich 25:14 Could be a great year for Comic Book Movie 25:29 Colonial Gang- Spin off of MSG Based on Battlestar Galactica 25:50 Apartment Fire 26:20 Still need intros. Thanks graciious and the Trimmers for stepping up! 28:39 Ding!

Ok, everyone, short show this week, but I think a pretty good story. I want you all to make sure you listen to the closing after the story, I've got some things I need your comments on in terms of how we are going to proceed. 0:15 Intro - BlackVoid 0:27 Opening 0:45 A short show, but stick around 1:30 A Time and a Case for Everything - Ascendant 11:35 Closing? 11:45 Thanks to Ascendant 12:00 Spread the word 12:45 People outside the CoX universe 13:00 Here's where I need guidance 13:30 Send more stuff. Suggest other people's stuff 14:00 How should I do serials? Should I do serials 17:42 Ding!

Sorry this is a little late, it was vacation weekend with the family and editing took a little longer than I had hoped. Anyway, here's Issue 4 with two stories: Wild Growth by PsychoPez and Occam's Razor by Plasma Stream. Enjoy and keep the comments and submissions coming! Show Notes
0:07 Intro - Shinsektor and Vangelus
0:30 Opening - Sorry for the delay
1:26 Wild Growth - PsychoPez
10:00 Occam's Razor - Plasma Stream
22:08 Closing
22:25 Thanks again to PsychoPez and
Plasma 22:55 Not much to talk about
22:59 Still need more limericks 23:05 Next week
24:35 End

Mint

Sorry folks! There's going to be a short delay in Issue four. It's mostly done, but I'm on vacation this weekend, taking the family to Colonial Williamsburg. I'll be back Sunday night and hopefully will have the show up by Monday Morning. I was hoping to have all the editing and mixing done so I could release Friday night, but it just didn't work out, and we were out reviewing Ultraviolet (Oh... it was woeful. Catch the review and discussion shows at http://www.moviesurvivalguide.com.) Anyway, thanks for checking, See you Monday with Issue 4! Mint