Like drugs in my childhood, everyone’s doing podcasts. I am generally speaking the last person to get on any sort of bandwagon; not because I am cool and aloof, but because I am slow and lazy. Also, I have to figure out a way to make everything all about me and not have to collaborate with anyone, which makes projects hard to start sometimes.
But, I finally had an idea for a podcast that fits all my self-absorbed requirements: I’ll talk about myself! Or, more accurately, my fiction.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour
So here’s the idea: Each episode I’ll pick a short story of mine that’s been published. I’ll discuss the story, its inspiration, process, and anything else I think might be interesting, and then I’ll read the story. Complete with some sound effects and other fun touches. Well, fun for me. For you? Your mileage may vary, but that’s pretty much the Somers House Words at this point.
I even made a twitter account for it, so you know I’m 100% serious. Odds that account has exactly 1 tweet 5 years from now are pretty good, but I mean well.
The first episode is a bit of a cheat; I already had a recording me reading my story Ringing the Changes, so I added commentary and voila! a podcast. You can find the podcast in various places, including right here:
I’ll aim for a new episode every month in 2019 until someone shows up to ask me to stop in person.
You had me at Glenmorangie …