Welcome to Story Circle Network’s 2010 December Podcast!

For a special treat this month, we will hear the writing of three women, each in her own voice.

We have Susan Tweit reading her  Book Review of Hard Grass,  by Mary Zeiss Stange  and Amber Lee Starfire, Story Circle Star Blogger reading from her blog, Writing Through Life. Trilla Pando joins us to read her book review of "Texas Through Women's Eyes".  All Story Circle Network Book Reviews can be found online.

It’s time to join us once again to listen to your Story Circle sisters' voices.

Do you enjoy listening to these stories and interviews?

Story Circle Network Podcast Coordinator needed to continue this feature

We're looking for a member who can create monthly podcasts and post them to SCN's podcast site.
If you already have the right technical skills, this position will help you gain experience and create a portfolio in podcast creation and management.
Here are the job requirements:

• Must be able to record and edit audio files and produce mp3 files.
• Must be able to upload files to server. High-speed Internet connection works best.
• Must be able to develop content, including interviews. 
  SCN members contribute content by reading from their writings: ie.)  Story of the Month winners, Book Reviewer of the Month and Star Bloggers.

On average, 500-600 downloads occur each month, so people are listening!

If you'd like to help out with the podcast, send a note to podcast(at)storycircle.org.

 This podcast is released under a Creative Commons license. Contributing authors retain all rights to their work. Music in this show was provided by the Podsafe Music Network:Dust Rhinos play Wild Mountain Thyme for soundtrack.

 

Welcome to Story Circle Network’s 2010 November Podcast

We’ve got quite a line up this month!

Join us to listen to a reading from SCN Star Blogger, Sherry Wachter’s writing.

Bodie Parkhurst’s blog is found at http://magicdogpress.wordpress.com/  

Susan Tweitt of Salida, Colorado reads from her memoir, Walking Nature Home.

Walking Nature Home, has been called "lovely, brave, inspiring" and "a must read." It will  be available later this year as an audio book at http://redwoodaudiobooks.com/

Susan is an active member of Story Circle Network, also posting on the Telling Herstories blog.

Visit her web site to get updated on her published books.

Susan shares her blog at http://susanjtweit.typepad.com/

Tune in and listen to your Story Circle sisters! 

Do you enjoy listening to these stories and interviews? Are you interested in reading your work? No experience is necessary for contributing content.

If you'd like to help out with the podcast, send a note to podcast(at)storycircle.org.

 This podcast is released under a Creative Commons license. Contributing authors retain all rights to their work. Music in this show was provided by the Podsafe Music Network.

Thanks to our listeners, we just passed 5,500 downloads! June was our best month ever, with well over 550 downloads. We've had a relatively small but steady listener base--thank you for spending an hour of your month with us!

The SCN podcast is now on Podcast Alley. Vote for us and help get the word out about our show!
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The May episode will be published on May 21. Thanks for your patience!

Welcome to the Story Circle Network podcast. You'll hear the many voices of our membership as they explore their lives and world through writing and sharing. We hope that by sharing our stories, we help bring insight to each other's lives. It is by sharing that we become stronger and more in tune with ourselves. We come from all walks of life to beckon our creativity and weave our stories.

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Note from the host

Here at the Story Circle Network, we share our stories via e-mail every day. If you're anything like me, this story sharing has become a treasured time of day that I anticipate eagerly. But, as much as I enjoy it, there is just something missing when you read a story on your computer monitor. I crave the personal touch, the human passion, the warmth of a storyteller's voice. So, we thought, what better way to share our stories than by podcast?

Now you have a chance to listen to your fellow circle members tell their story. You'll still have your e-Circle activities to look forward to every month, but you'll also be able to hear stories every month on your computer or portable audio device.

Our podcast will include at least one Story Circle Network member reading their story (usually our Story of the Month winner), plus songs, musings, and interviews to help you on your way to fulfillment in your own personal writing.

So sit back, relax, grab a cup of hot tea ... and join us in the circle.

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Podcast team

Becca in Pinehurst, TX

• Profession: By day I'm a product marketing manager for a computer software company; by night I'm a Renaissance Woman, always looking for that next tidbit to learn or technology to tackle. I've been a professional communicator for over 10 years, so now I'm focusing on my creative pursuits, like this podcast and my lifewriting.
  
• What is your writing practice?: Unfortunately it's too easy for me to not have a set writing practice. I tend to write when I can grab a few free minutes, which isn't often enough. I do my best writing when I let myself disconnect from my "normal" schedule and seize the moment when it knocks me over.
  
• Favorite inspirational writing book(s): So far my favorites are Page after Page by Heather Sellers and Storycatchers by Christina Baldwin. But I have so many left to read!
  
• Favorite memoir(s): Hands down it's Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd. Dance is what pushed me down my own path to lifewriting. Beyond that I have a huge stack of memoirs on my bookshelves waiting to be read.
  

Judy in Dayton, OH

• Profession: I retired after a thirty three year career in education where I taught all ages, preschool through doctoral students. After an abrupt end to that career, I am reinventing my self with what I call Second Life Creativity. Now, I am a writer. I am committed to living a creative life style, allowing creativity to permeate my existence. I'm taking more time with my plants and garden, noticing the beauty of nature and bringing that into my home. I'm cooking more with herbs and using more locally grown and organic food. I'm knitting, sewing, learning how to creatively use technology, and writing, writing, writing!
  
• What is your writing practice?: I'm learning to live a creative life, beginning by establishing a daily writing practice. My goal is to write first every day. I've been researching the writing practices of successful writers and a common, recurring element is that they write every day, set goals, and dedicate themselves to their art. I'm presently immersing myself in writing communities both on line and locally. I'm getting some coaching and some mentoring and am moving forward into a new career and life.
• Favorite inspirational writing book(s): I have a shelf full of writing and creativity books! I'm relying on Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir by Lisa Dale Norton, and Eric Maisel's books on creativity and writing for current guidance and inspiration.
• Favorite memoirs: My favorite memoir, written by a woman, is The Black Swan: Memory, Midlife and Migration by Anne Batterson. I've read it several times and the pages are all marked up with notes and underlining, good indicators for how deeply I interacted with this lovely, lyrical book.

Karen in Austin, TX

• Profession: I'm actually career transitioning right now, hoping to get out of computer programming and get into either freelance writing or library work or both.
• What is your writing practice?: I don't have a set practice. I do a lot of journaling, about 5 times a week, and try to create various pieces for submission, but nothing too structured. I really just enjoy the benefits of journaling right now and I love moving pen over paper.
  
• Favorite inspirational writing book(s): Anything by Natalie Goldberg
• Favorite memoirs: I don't have an overall favorite. My favorite memoir this year is A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong and Sheryl Feldman, about a midwife in the Amish country in the 70's. My favorite fiction book right now is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. This book about the immigrant experience really captivated me and I love her style of writing.