The Rookie

This was the post that was pooched: keeping it here just for the comments

Blow the dust off your synapses, kids. Remember ENDGAME, the Book Two: Deceit/The Rookie contest? My nemesis J.C. Hutchins and I announce the winners. Swag abounds!
Congratulations to all of the ENDGAME winners!

Direct link to the episode is here.

Junkies! The final bonus episode for THE ROOKIE. Soon I will have new fiction for y'all. But for now, feast your ears on the world premier of JACK PALMS II: THIS IS LIFE, the new podcast novel by Seth Harwood. It's so new, it's not even out yet - the only place you can hear the first episode is right here, at least until June 3 when Seth kicks it off on his own feed.

Click to download The Rookie #29

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Seth Harwood
• Mutil-Dimensional Ninja Network: An interview with me that I forgot to post! Sorry MDNN!
• Mike Bennett's Bonus Track

June 2: PODCAST PUB CRAWL #1: 8pm, House of Shields in San Francisco, CA.

May 25-28: Scott is at the BAYCON sci-fi convention,, San Mateo Mariott, San Mateo, CA.

Big O of the Technofodder podcast steps up to the mic and hosts a great Q&A call-in session. Hear the Junkies give me crap, recorded live!

Click to download The Rookie Q&A Episode

June 2: PODCAST PUB CRAWL #1: 8pm, House of Shields in San Francisco, CA.

May 25-28: Scott is at the BAYCON sci-fi convention,, San Mateo Mariott, San Mateo, CA.

May 22: Grab a copy of 13 BULLETS by David Wellington: nasty-ass vampires tearing out throats, dismembering victims and vomiting blood - how can you go wrong?

An interview with 17-year-old director Brent Weischel, who produced a 10-minute screenplay of mine called CHEATING BASTARD. Buttloads of Junkie calls, cool shite coming up from Seth Harwood, and that rat-bastard KillRoy 2.0 screws with me!

• Cheating Bastard: The Trailer
• Cheating Bastard: The Movie

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Indian Jim's 30th Aniversary
  of Star Wars extravaganza!
• "Podcasting Rat Pack" interview
  7th Son (gear up for 7-7-7!)
• Seth Harwood: Jack Palms II podiobook

As I type this, I feel the cold steel of a Tommygun barrel pressed against the back of my skull. I have no choice - I either post this promo, or the floor tastes my brains.

Click here to play the Billibub Baddings promo

Check out Tee in that picture, sporting ROOKIE gear!

Junkies - here's your chance to call in and ask qustions live. Ask about THE ROOKIE or my other books, whatever you like.

How to participate:

The live shows are recorded using a service called Talkshoe, and you can join in the discussion in two or three easy steps:

1. Go to Talkshoe.com and register for a free account, which will get you your 9 digit pin number.
2. When it comes time for the show call this phone number: (724) 444-7444, it will prompt you for the “Talkcast ID” which is: 27091, and it will then ask for your pin number.
3. (optional) Download and install the Talkshoe software. This will enable you to participate in the live chat room while our show is being recorded, and will give you the ability to request permission to speak.

If you can't make the live Q&A, I'll post the recorded audio in the feed on Monday.

This is it, Junkies - the final episode (and I mean it this time) of THE ROOKIE. I hope you enjoyed the story.

Quentin is ready to carry the load for the Krakens, filling in at tailback for the deceased Mitchell Fayed. Don Pine gets one more chance for glory, John Tweedy is ready to kill for his team, and Hokor the Hookchest isn't about to let this one slip by. Part One of the two-part grand finale of THE ROOKIE.

Quentin has to deal with one more shocking personnel issue as the Krakens gear up for the big game against the Texas Earthlings. The Q also makes his first trip to Earth.

Howard V. Hendrix, Vice President of the Science Fiction Writers Association, thinks that people who give away content online are "web scabs" and "Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretches." To see a high-ranking member of SFWA actually reject the very stuff of Science Fiction itself is mind-numbingly stupid. As one might expect, I bust out a can of rant on his old ass.

• Howard V Hendrix calls people like me a "Web Scab" on Will Shetterly's blog
• David Wellington's response
• Media Bistro's coverage