The WAL

That’s the title of my current favourite podcast.  I’m trying to remember if I’ve mentioned it before and if not, shame on me.  It’s an audio podcast of the novel of the same name by Philippa Balantine, world famous (or she should be) New Zealand author.  Every Monday (although Pip is usually early), we get the next chapter and we’re about half way through the book right now.  All the major parts are voiced by different people and the production qualities are spectacular.  Did I mention that it’s a fantastic story?  No?  It moves to the front of the MP3 listening queue regardless of what else is on the player.  The caption is ‘Follow Shakespeare into the world of the fey.’  What other hook do you need?  Chasingthebard.com.  Go listen.  Trust me.

It’s not at all unusual for me to be this far behind in my podcast listening, but I finished listening to the tenth and final episode of Space Casey, posted by the author on only the tenth of February, on my early morning commute home from work.  The question show is loading to my mp3 player now, along with a bunch of other podcasts to keep me entertained and informed.

I probably should apolgize to Christiana Ellis (the author).  I heard a promo for Space Casey back in the fall, book marked the site and everything, but didn’t subscribe to the feed at the time.  I found it again a couple of days before she posted episode nine, so actually I’m pretty close to being caught up.

The point is that I’m disappointed it’s over.  Christiana is a tremendously talented writer and this podcast was a lot of fun. It’s more or less family safe and hilarious.  Sounds like there will be a season two at some point, but it can’t come soon enough for me.

The funny thing is, even with the mad rush of 4,300 words so far this month and breaking the halfway mark on the first, I still feel like it’s an uphill thing.  Maybe I’m just over thinking things.  The end isn’t exactly in sight, and it’s only the first draft, anyway.