Better Together, Even if (socially distanced) Apart

I was told in no uncertain terms by my team that it is absolutely abysmal that I haven’t written anything here since May. The thing is, I have the tendency to get bored rather swiftly with any aspect of my artistic career that doesn’t directly involve creation or community engagement.

I’m something of an introvert with outgoing tendencies, and as a result aside from a powerful need to go shopping for vinyls. As a result, the self-isolation aspect of our present dreadfully awful condition isn’t much of a problem for me. I’m blessed enough to have a day job that allows me work from home, I can be an author anywhere, and I find often times books keep better company than people (sorry, not sorry).

That being said, this time of isolation can be difficult for many people the world over, and for many others downright unsafe. Aside from being a kick ass writer of speculative fiction across every genre and composer of dope instrumentals, I’m a minister of the gospel specializing in fringe ministry and on the spot ministry. Isolating makes the latter considerably more difficult, but, technology does make outreach easier.

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Brace Yourselves, Podcasts are Coming!

And by coming I mean podcasts are here! And clearly I’m tardy to my own party with posting these as there are three currently available.

So, how does this work? Every week on Saturday morning (Arizona Time) a new podcast will be available. What are they about? Well, that’s going to very. There are three main focuses of the podcasts:

1) Social commentary from the lens of a Maverick Minister

2) Nerdy pursuits

3) Behind the scenes previews of upcoming studio work including but not limited to interviews, sneak peaks and selections from upcoming Audible audio book releases.

I plan to rotate these endeavors every Saturday. Currently live is a podcast discussing the pressures of an artist in a society that damns those who try to shine, an initial impressions quasi-review of Team Sonic Racing for the Nintendo Switch and a preview of the intro and first chapter recording of dark fantasy novel Kill All Christians Book 1: In the Village of the Devil’s Daughters.

Next week we’ll be looking at Katana Zero (or Stardew Valley; I haven’t decided yet) and the week after we might take a look at Nora and the Eternal Waterwheel. Be sure to subscribe to the cast so you don’t miss an episode; call me biased, but I think they’re pretty darn boss if I do say so myself!

-Eugene the Author