* This is Episode #55 for Jan 16, 2010.
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// REMEMBERING NATALIE / THE BOOM EFFECT
* Before the episode gets started, I want to take a brief moment of your time. On January 5, 2010, Natalie Morris, the wife of Tee Morris, passed away. Tee Morris is well known in the realm of podcasting, being the very first podiobook author. He has been an inspiration to me and many of my fellow podcasters. Tee now has the unenviable job of raising his daughter, lovingly nicknamed "Sonic Boom", on his own. Phillippa Ballantine recently set up a Chip-In account online to raise money for a college trust fund for "Sonic Boom", as well as holding an auction soon, dubbed The Boom Effect, to further contribute to the fund. If you haven't already heard about these efforts I want to point you to the websites. They are RememberNatalie.org and TheBoomEffect.org.

// LILITH'S LOVE
* Author and fan of the show, Emerian Rich, listed LILITH'S LOVE in her list of ten favorite books of 2009! Thanks Emz!
* Should I cross-post LILITH'S LOVE episodes here?
- I dropped #1 here to whet everyone's appetite and share my latest project with you all. But the hope was that folks would then visit the LILITH'S LOVE podcast feed for more. The episodes will soon be on Podiobooks.com, so you'll soon have two places to subscribe.

// NEWS
* AZ Storycasting Meetup & Signing
- Saturday March 13th, 6-8pm at Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ
- Event cost: FREE! includes sodas and snacks
- Signing + talking + snacking = Good time! RSVP here

* People's Choice Awards - on CBS Jan 6th
- FAVORITE BREAKOUT MOVIE ACTOR: Taylor Lautner
- FAVORITE ON-SCREEN TEAM: The Twilight Saga
- FAVORITE MOVIE: Twilight
- FAVORITE FRANCHISE: The Twilight Saga
- FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA: The Vampire Diaries
- FAVORITE TV OBSESSION: True Blood

// BOOKS
* I finished reading SOULLESS by Gail Carriger.
- What a delightful book! 10 out of 10! It is funny, action-packed, romantic, sexy, and full of Victorian vampires, werewolves, and ghosts! Oh my! I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I am eagerly awaiting the sequel! A full review, and hopefully an interview with the author, will follow soon.

// THEATRE
* This winter Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio will be presenting a new one-act play, THE DARK SIDE OF TWILIGHT by David Hansen, as its free, outreach touring play.
- It will play in 21 venues across three counties in northern Ohio as part of its community outreach "Surround" programming. THE DARK SIDE OF TWILIGHT is inspired by four pivotal examples of Gothic vampire literature - Polidori's THE VAMPYRE, Stoker's DRACULA, Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, and Meyer's TWILIGHT. The performances, free and open to the public, begin in mid-February 2010 and run for about a month.
- David let me know about his play and offered to send a draft of the play my way to read. It is an absolutely wonderful homage to vampire literature. Full of suspense, romance, drama and some laughs, sprinkled with lots of nods to the genre that made me smile. If you are in Ohio, you should definitely check this out.

// PROMOS
* Horror Addicts podcast, hosted by Emerian Rich, author of Night's Knights, a vampire podiobook.
* FETIDUS by James Durham.
* BLOOD WITNESS by Dave Hitt.

// TV
* Review of new BBC TV show DEMONS
- Michelle and I both enjoyed the first episode. It definitely has potential. It certainly has borrowed from a lot of different places, like Buffy and every Dracula derivative you can imagine. But, the idea of the ragtag group using (pseudo)science against the Inhumans is unique vs. the typical religious dogma.
* Vampire Diaries Returns Jan 21, 2010.
* http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b159209_could_vampire_craze_resurrect_moonlight.html
- Kristin Dos Santos checks with her sources at CBS who say No, but still the fans are hoping for a second chance.

// PROMOS
* DIGITAL MAGIC by Philippa Ballantine
* Metamor City Podcast by Chris Lester
* Antithesis, Book Two: FREE WILL and Other Compulsions, a podcast novel by J. Daniel Sawyer.

// MOVIES
* Daybreakers hit theatres January 8
- Starring Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, and Claudia Karvan.
- Dan gives it an 8, Michelle gives it a 7.5.
* How to Stop a Daybreakers-Style Vampire Epidemic | Popular Mechanics
- "In Daybreakers, a single vampire plague bat starts a worldwide infection. Experts tell us how they'd deal with a real-world vampiric outbreak." Article by Erin McCarthy
* Thirst is available on DVD and Blu-Ray now.
- Seriously, you gotta see this one.
* Lost Boys 3: The Thirst is in production
- Starring Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, and Tanit Phoenix. LB3 will hit DVD shelves later this year.
- God help me, I do want to see this. I just can't help myself.

* The next movie in our Netflix queue is Blood: The Last Vampire (Anime/2000).
* I'd like to also mention that I can't rent either Vampire D movie from NetFlix. I'm looking to buy or borrow both movies. If you can help, drop me a line. Thanks.

// COMING SOON
* The Dr. John William Polidori Awards for Excellence in Vampire Media (aka The Dories)

Hey everyone, I'm dropping by to deliver the very first promo for the LILITH'S LOVE podiobook. (Download MP3)

It features Donovan in the present giving folks a bit of a tease about what happened back in 1993. You could call it a spoiler, but I hope you are anxious to see how it all unfolds.

The promo is only 60 seconds long. If you have a podcast and would like to play a shorter promo, let me know, and I can whip something up sooner.

Pass it around, far and wide, and maybe share the Out Of The Coffin promos too, if you are feeling very generous.

Thanks, and I'll be back soon!
-Dan

* This is Episode #54 for December 4, 2009.
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// LILITH'S LOVE
* Should I cross-post LILITH'S LOVE episodes here?
- I dropped #1 here to whet everyone's appetite and share my latest project with you all. But the hope was that folks would then visit the LILITH'S LOVE podcast feed for more. But a listener asked about episode #2 not being here so that prompted me to consider it. What do you think? Vote in my poll, please, and let me know.

// NEWS
* ABC 20/20 - Inside The World Of Real Life Vampires - November 27, 2009
- http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=9194316
- http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=9194404

* Laurell K. Hamilton's ANITA BLAKE TV miniseries is not happening

* So now that CBS has killed of Three Rivers, is anyone trying to pitch a return to Moonlight?

// THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
* Catch Up with a Vampire Diaries Marathon
- From Monday, Dec. 14 through Friday the 18th, the CW will rebroadcast the first ten episodes of The Vampire Diaries, in two hour blocks.
* Over on Twitter, I mentioned that I think I finally figured out why I like the CW's "The Vampire Diaries" so much. It's like a teenage version of "Dark Shadows".

// PROMOS
* Metamor City Podcast by Chris Lester

// NEW MOON - Part 1
* NEW MOON review with my teenage daughters about the movie.
- Ratings: Alex gave it an 8, Sami gave it a 4.

// PROMOS
* Antithesis, Book Two: FREE WILL and Other Compulsions, a podcast novel by J. Daniel Sawyer.

// NEW MOON - Part 2
* NEW MOON review with Michelle and I and her son Robert.
- Ratings: Robert gave it a 6.5, Michelle gave it a 6, and Dan gave it a 7.

// MOVIES
* The next movie in our Netflix queue is Blood: The Last Vampire (Anime/2000).

// PROMOS
* DIGITAL MAGIC by Philippa Ballantine

* This is Episode #53 for November 17, 2009.
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// LILITH'S LOVE
* LILITH'S LOVE Chapters 1 & 2 are live.

// PODCAMPAZ
* Video from PodCampAZ where I was interviewed about LILITH'S LOVE.
-Part One: http://www.justin.tv/clip/bef36e25ab622947
-Part Two: http://www.justin.tv/clip/9d53eca3482e0da7
- Many thanks to Dani Cutler and Dan & CJ Feierabend for the interview, Izzy Video for capturing great live content like music by Jack Mangan, and everyone who made PodCampAZ 2009 the biggest and best yet! We'll see you all in 2010!

// NEWS
* Tales of the Children/Angel Between The Lines - The Crossover Event" on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
- Tabz is releasing the audio production of "Exit Strategy," a short story that PG Holyfield wrote that is set in the Wolfram & Hart setting from the Angel TV show. - http://angelbetweenthelines.com
- Then at 9:30 PM Eastern time PG Holyfield will be performing a live reading of Tabz's Tales of the Children short story, "Love's Sacrificial Song." - http://stickam.com/pgholyfield
- My feature article about PG Holyfield should drop Nov. 19th at http://angelbetweenthelines.com/.
- I've gotta say, I had a blast at HallowEvo*Con, especially since I was able to chat with PG on the video stream when I was dressed as Arames Kragen from his podiobook "Murder At Avedon Hill".

* Episode three Angel Between The Lines: The Truth is Out There drops the week of Nov 23rd, I believe.
- I voiced Pete for this episode. It was a lot of fun to record and it is a great episode with vampires, ghosts, and aliens, oh my!

* Ben Relles from BarelyPolitical.com's "Key of Awesome" does a new music video every week.
- He recently did a video called "Twilight Sucks/Emo Vampire" which was hysterical! "Trick or Treat Or Die" and "Metallica Pussy Cats" were brilliant, too. Go check them out!

* Blood Energy Potion on sale now.
- You HAVE to check out their website: http://www.livingwithbloodlust.com/ target=_blank>LivingWithBloodlust.com
- They even have the Nutrition Facts and Heating (to 98.6°F) Instructions listed on the website.
- I found them for $3.99 at Fry's Electronics. Naturally you can also find it at ThinkGeek.com.

// IN THEATRES
* NEW MOON opens Nov. 20th.
- Many theatres have sold out, so if you have tickets enjoy the movie.

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Welcome to the very first episode of a new vampire podiobook, LILITH’S LOVE, written and read by Dan Shaurette.

This episode stars Karl Long as Christian Armstrong.

This is a special preview of LILITH'S LOVE. I'm adding to this feed and I hope you'll take a listen. If you want to hear the rest of the story, please visit Liliths-Love.com to subscribe and you'll get a new chapter every other week.

Thank you for visiting, listening, and hopefully subscribing! Happy Halloween, and I'll see you again in two weeks.

This podiobook features the music of The Narrow Way, used with permission. Sound effects and music loops courtesy of The Free Sound Project, which can be found at www.FreeSound.org.

This audio recording is Copyright 2009 by Dan Shaurette and is released under a Creative Commons "Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives" License. Some Rights Reserved. You are encouraged to share this audio file, just don't sell it, don't change it, and let folks know where they can hear more.

The novel, LILITH’S LOVE, is Copyright 1994 by Dan Shaurette and can be found at Amazon.com or ordered at fine bookstores everywhere.

This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s peculiar imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any actual persons, living, dead, or undead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

To find out more about the novel, please visit www.Liliths-Love.com, or the author’s home page at www.DanShaurette.com.

If you have any comments about this podiobook, feel free to drop a note at Liliths-Love.com/contact. Or, if you'd rather leave some voice mail, you can call us at (623)239-2942.

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* This is Episode #52 for October 31, 2009.
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// HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
- This is our "Extended Cut" roundtable discussion about The Lost Boys, The Vampire's Assistant, and so much more. Warning, there's spoilers and there was no editing (except to add promos and music). It clocks in at 88 minutes. I hope you enjoy it.
- Don't forget, the serialized podiobook of my novel, LILITH'S LOVE, also drops today. I'm adding to this feed and I hope you'll take a listen. If you want to hear the rest of the story, please subscribe and you'll get a new chapter every other week.

// SITE NEWS
* Our blog was hacked Oct. 27th by notorious hacker Kilroy2.0. In order to appease him, you should head to your local bookstore, Amazon, or favorite source, and pick up a copy of J.C. Hutchins' 7TH SON: DESCENT, and maybe PERSONAL EFFECTS: Dark Art, just to be safe.

// NEWS
* SPIKE's SCREAM Awards 2009 aired Oct. 27 at 10PM
Best Fantasy Movie: Twilight
Best TV Show: "True Blood"
Best Horror Actor Male: Stephen Moyer - "True Blood"
Best Horror Actor Female: Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show: Robert Pattinson - "Twilight"
Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show: Kristen Stewart - "Twilight"
Break-out Performance Male: Taylor Lautner - "Twilight"
Best Villian: Alexander Skarsgård -- "True Blood"
Best Foreign Film: Let The Right One In
Scream Mastermind Lifetime Achievement Award: George A. Romero
Comic-Con Icon Lifetime Achievement Award: Stan Lee

* The de-evilution of the vampire | Ocala.com
- An excellent take on the modern trend to featuring romantic and heroic vampires versus the hideous monsters of old.

* Philippa Ballantine's Erotica ala Carte: Loves to be Loved
- She likens her October story to "Succubi In The City", and that would have been more than plenty. But there's vamps in the tale as well. Great stuff as always from Pip!
-- I'd like to add that I love reading short stories which tell a full tale but that beg to have the story continued. This is one of those tales, as are many of Pip's EalC stories.

* Stephen King and Scott Snyder give 'Vampire' an evolutionary twist | USA Today
- New comic series "American Vampire" (DC Comics) hits stores March 2010. Created by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Stephen King

* Angel Between The Lines: By THe Grace Of Ghosts Halloween Episode is live.
- This is the episode where I voiced the character "Orlock". It is a fun episode to be sure!

* CASTLE: Vampire Weekend
- A man wearing fangs is found dead in a graveyard with a stake through his heart. It is up to Castle and Beckett to solve the mystery.
- Plus, bonus for Firefly fans, the whole "space cowboy" Halloween costume thing is brilliant. "Didn't you wear that like five years ago? Don't you think it's time to move on?"

Just dropping by to give you all a Halloween update. Don't forget about our Lost Boys
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but we won't be discussing it live. Hope you'll listen and send in your comments. See you soon.

* This is Episode #51 for October 13, 2009.
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// MOVIE NEWS
* Third Annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival - Oct 15-18 - MADCAP Theatres in Tempe, AZ
- Movie Schedule - Among other cool films, I'm looking forward to these two:
-- Blood Moon Rising - Friday, Oct. 16th @ 10:00 PM
-- Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl - Saturday, Oct. 17th @ 10:30 PM / Sunday, Oct. 18th @ 4:10 PM
- Ticket Info
- VIP All Access Pass - $100
-- This pass gets you entry to all films and parties and front of line access to film screenings. Plus you get two pieces of merchandise at a 50% discount.
- Flex Pass - $25 - Buy the pass, choose four films and save money.
- Individual Screenings - $10

* Don't forget: Vampire Fest 2009 will be in New Orleans, October 23-26, 2009.
- "More than 50 films from more than 11 countries will be screened at the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. The film festival also will include a Vampire Ballet at Club Ampersand, a traditional jazz funeral for a vampire in Dutch Alley, a French Quarter scavenger hunt and several parties at various venues including the Dungeon and the Saint."

* "Blood: The Last Vampire" DVD/Blu-ray Details
- "For fans who didn't get the chance to check out the film in theaters or said fans simply anticipating the release of "Blood: The Last Vampire" on DVD/Blu-ray...well you will get your chance on October 20th."

* SPIKE's SCREAM Awards 2009 airs Oct. 27 at 10PM
- Don't forget, the SCREAM Awards are a viewers choice awards. Get out there and vote for your favorite bloodsuckers!

* Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant hits theatres Oct. 23!

Folks, don't forget that the new episodic drama set in Joss Whedon's Buffyverse, Angel Between The Lines premeires today!

Also, the final episode of Buffy Between The Lines, the series that started it all, goes live today as well.

I have been a huge have of Buffy Between The Lines since it started. It has been a fun, thrilling, listen. Episode one of Angel Between The Lines sounds great and I know there is much more awesome to come.

Give it a listen!