Very sorry, the conclusion of book four will be released late; we’ll have it up as soon as it’s ready. It’s a very complicated episode and we wanted to make sure it sounds right.
Also, we had this thing we had to do.
Left to right: Zach Glass, Co-Creator; Alec Story, Associate Producer; Ian Harkins, Narrator; Jess Kelley-Madera, Co-Executive Producer; Christian Kelley-Madera, Co-Creator; Paul Notice, Nelson; Julie Reed, Jen; Anya Gibian, Regan & Arlene.
Photograph courtesy of Craig Griffin.
The finale of book one is fast approaching! But fear not, we’ve got some exciting promotions to carry you all through these next few weeks.
#1) FREE FULL-CHAPTER DOWNLOADS! Between now and September 6, Chapters 1-9 will be available as a single full-chapter audio file for free! Use this to catch up in time for the finale, to re-listen in time for the finale, or even better, to get your friends in! Head to onceandfuturenerd.com/promo to grab your free audio downloads. These downloads will only be available between now and September 6, so be sure to get these ASAP.
#2) PROMOTIONAL RAFFLE! These full-chapter audio files are a great way to get new listeners into the show and caught up in time for the finale, but these new listeners need to know where to find the mp3s. To help entice people to share the news about the finale, every tweet, every facebook post, every internet discussion mentioning the finale and the full-chapter downloads will earn an entry into a raffle! On Twitter or Facebook, use the hashtag #TOAFNCatchUp and tag us in the post so that we know to count your entry in the raffle. If you post on Reddit or some other social media, or even tell a friend in person, shoot us an email at iordic.princes[at]gmail[dot]com so that we know to give you an entry in the raffle. We’re going to limit at 3 entries per social media per person (so 3 tweets, 3 facebook posts, and 3 other, for a maximum of 9 entries per person). Any post between now and September 6, 11:59 PM EST will count as an entry, and the winner will be announced in mid-september.
Of course, a raffle is no good without a prize. What’s the prize, you might ask? Well, I’m glad you asked, because the prize is…
#3) TOAFN MERCHANDISE! We are so so happy to announce that we now have a merchandise store with CafePress! Our store is at www.cafepress.com/toafn . We have t-shirts, hoodies, coffee mugs, beer steins, and so much more, all with the TOAFN artwork you see around our site (all the art is from the talented John Flanagan). Please do check out the store, there’s some pretty sharp-looking stuff in there. If you see something you like, consider treating yourself, or maybe getting a super-super-early head start on that old Xmas shopping list!
The lucky winners of the promotional raffle will each win a T-Shirt from our store. So get those raffles in, and you may get lucky!
We’ve said it before, but we really really cannot say it enough, Thank you everyone so much for supporting the show, listening every episode, and following us. The support we’ve been getting, especially surrounding the Geekie Awards and Parsec Awards, has really been unbelievable. So thank you for listening, we hope you are enjoying, and get excited for the Book 1 Finale!
In this, the penultimate episode of Book 1, Julius Mooncrest mourns his nephew Antonin. But all is not what it seems with the young lord’s apparent demise. Meanwhile, at the Horse’s Head Inn, a terrible discovery threatens to cut short Gwen and Arlene’s newfound romantic bliss. And our stalwart Narrator confesses that he has run out of events with which to delay the recounting of the Battle of Freehold and its aftermath.
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The climactic conclusion of Book 1 is coming next. Be sure to subscribe, and tell your friends so they won’t miss it. And hey, have you seen all the exciting news lately about merchandise, free full-chapter downloads, and awards?
For today’s bonus content, Christian (director, co-creator), Zach (co-writer, co-producer), Anya (Regan, Arlene, various female), Ian (Narrator, various male), Dan (Ardel, Traft, various male), Paul (Nelson, Antonin) and Lily (Gwen, Ry’y, various female) sat down with Matthew of the Audio Drama Production Podcast to talk about the highlights, challenges, and strategies that went into creating Book 1 of THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD.
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Show notes are below.
Continue reading on Audio Bonus Content #8 – Book 1 Roundtable
As we mentioned before, we are honored to nominees for Best Podcast in the 2015 Geekie Awards. Well, the Awards are now open to a PUBLIC VOTE to determine who gets to take home a statue.
If you would like to vote, just go to http://vote2015.thegeekieawards.com/ . No sign-in required or anything. It’s designed so that each voter can vote once per day per category, from now until Noon Pacific on August 31.
The Geekie Awards are doing an awesome thing by increasing exposure for independently-produced content, and we’d love to return the favor by supporting them. So vote early and vote often! We’re nominated alongside some truly excellent content, so vote as you see fit. But if you think we deserve some extra recognition, votes for us would be a great way to support our show and costs you nothing but a few seconds.
We’ll keep you posted on any future developments.
Thanks!
-The Producers of THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD
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