Saturday, June 14, 2008

A Little More on Writing Podcasts

I have enjoyed listing to writing podcasts as referenced in my last post. Fantasy Writers Weekly has its first podcast up now so you can check that out.

As for The Writing Show, they have another podcast up, but also you can check the archives for past podcasts that appeal to you and address your writing interests and concerns. They also have contests that you can enter, transcripts for some of the podcasts, archives for their newsletter, and other archives that may be of interest to you. It's a very interesting site!

One thing that really appeals to me about podcasts is that listening to them gives you a sense of being in on a conversation about writing, or taking a writing class or workshop. Some of us don't have much opportunity for that sort of thing and podcasts fill a void for us.

You can find podcasts on many topics around the internet and that may help you with research for your writing or getting ideas of what to write about. Windows Media Player, iTunes, and Winamp are free programs that you can download to save and listen to podcasts you especially like. Usually, you can just listen to the podcast on site, as well, to see if it's something you might want to save. You can also subscribe to a podcast and have new episodes automatically downloaded.

Podcasts are enjoyable for me and I hope you will enjoy them as well.

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