Electricity is a Podcasted Novel by Myke Bartlett, author of "How to Disappear Completely." A new chapter appears every Tuesday.
Myke Bartlett is an author who has lived in a variety of places but calls Melbourne home for now.
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Electricity: a podcasted novel by myke bartlett
1999
Aston Somerfield, casual smoker and part-time alcoholic, has come to London to find himself. He knows who he's looking for, he's seen him on the cover of the NME. Drawn across oceans by fame and fate, Aston is keeping his diary empty to make sure he's available. Won't commit to anything until it's everything.
London, however, has other ideas.
When a virtual stranger calls Aston a few hours before his death, fate catches up with him, derailing his barely-made plans. Amid a hundred boozy evenings and romantic deadends, a mystery unfurls.
Equally assisted and hindered by tremulous accountant Tom Hensley and dedicated loafer Steven Black, Aston uncovers a different London, one of murder, ghosts, dangerous emails and the second big bang.
As chaotic and random as the city it inhabits, Electricity gradually evolves into a mystery bigger than the universe itself. Being of a somewhat useless persuasion, Aston does his best to ignore it.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Electricity at Podiobooks!
Let's get the good word out there!
Labels: podiobooks, reviews
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Chapter 7: November Spawned A Monster
Available NOW at electricity.podshow.com
DIRECT DOWNLOAD HERE
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With a bit of a shift in my schedule, Tuesday Night will now be Electricity night. Everything's a bit of a blur at this end right now but Chapter 8: Proof will be online same time next week.
Music featured:
King of Woolworths - Delia Derbyshire
Wrecked Eric - Whole Wide World
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Hefner - Good Fruit
Clearlake - Don't Let The Cold In
Doves - The Cedar Room
Labels: chapter delay, excuses
A Nomination and a Plea for Reviews (Now with Prizes!)
If you'd like to head over and vote or leave a comment, I encourage you to do so! Many thanks to the kind nominator(s)!
UPDATE!
You can now win yourself $100 for spreading the word about Electricity and How to Disappear Completely!
Starting August 10th 2007 The Reviews for Riches
Contest will start. Podcast Pickle will award $100 each week to one
lucky person for 4 weeks. All you need to do is add a review to
any podcast at PodcastPickle.com. Every time you add a review you are
automatically entered into the weekly contest. You
help spread the good word and you help yourself
to a chance at $100. Which sounds a good deal to me.
More info: http://podcastpickle.com/index/reviewContest
In other news, a "podsafe" version of "Electricity" is about to launch at www.podiobooks.com in the very near future. I'd really appreciate it if you, kind and tasteful listener, could furnish Podiobooks (or, indeed, elsewhere in the interweb) with reviews of some kind. Reviews of a good kind would be preferable, obviously, but honesty is helpful too. With only four chapters left, it's time to spread the word!
Cheers,
Myke
ps. If you're unsure of the best way to spread the word, you could start by "popping" the book at popcurrent here, otherwise here are some other options:
iTunes
Digital Podcast
AllConsuming.net
Labels: parsec award, podiobooks, reviews