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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:01:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Off the Shelf</title><description></description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Gabrielle Riel)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>43</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><copyright>Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States</copyright><itunes:image href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HyQ0kHazf5g/SONyMBan8LI/AAAAAAAAApc/v9brIFsMvIE/s200/logo5b.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>Kghia Gherardi and Simeon Beresford interview literary stars in the virtual world of Second Life</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>The Second Life radio show/podcast about books and the people that love them</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Technology"><itunes:category text="Podcasting"/></itunes:category><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:email>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:name></itunes:owner><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-7112310023094216840</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-01T14:00:04.411-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 07 - Teresa Edgerton</title><description>In the final episode of 2011, Simeon and Kghia speak to author &lt;a href="http://teresaedgerton.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Teresa Edgerton&lt;/a&gt;. Teresa has written eleven books and nine short stories in the high fantasy and/or steampunk genres. Si and K also take the opportunity to review and discuss the many guests with whom they have spoken on Off the Shelf in 2011.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600807.us.archive.org/1/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode07-TeresaEdgerton/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode07-TeresaEdgerton.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2012/01/off-shelf-season-04-episode-07-teresa.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="43517730" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600807.us.archive.org/1/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode07-TeresaEdgerton/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode07-TeresaEdgerton.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In the final episode of 2011, Simeon and Kghia speak to author Teresa Edgerton. Teresa has written eleven books and nine short stories in the high fantasy and/or steampunk genres. Si and K also take the opportunity to review and discuss the many guests with whom they have spoken on Off the Shelf in 2011. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In the final episode of 2011, Simeon and Kghia speak to author Teresa Edgerton. Teresa has written eleven books and nine short stories in the high fantasy and/or steampunk genres. Si and K also take the opportunity to review and discuss the many guests with whom they have spoken on Off the Shelf in 2011. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-1831977153269817019</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-04T14:00:00.065-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 06 - Kathryn Rusch</title><description>&lt;a href="http://kriswrites.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kathryn Rusch&lt;/a&gt; visits with Kghia and Simeon in Episode 6 of this season's Off the Shelf. Kathryn is an award-winning writer of multiple genres. In addition to writing, she has also served as an editor and a publisher, and is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won both a &lt;a href="http://www.thehugoawards.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Hugo award&lt;/a&gt; for editing and a Hugo award for fiction.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600708.us.archive.org/30/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode06-KathrynRusch/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode06-KathrynRusch.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/12/off-shelf-season-04-episode-06-kathryn.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="45508049" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600708.us.archive.org/30/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode06-KathrynRusch/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode06-KathrynRusch.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Kathryn Rusch visits with Kghia and Simeon in Episode 6 of this season's Off the Shelf. Kathryn is an award-winning writer of multiple genres. In addition to writing, she has also served as an editor and a publisher, and is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won both a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Kathryn Rusch visits with Kghia and Simeon in Episode 6 of this season's Off the Shelf. Kathryn is an award-winning writer of multiple genres. In addition to writing, she has also served as an editor and a publisher, and is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won both a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-30969137383903876</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-20T14:00:02.033-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 05 - RJ Sawyer</title><description>In episode 5 of this season of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia had the great pleasure of speaking with Science Fiction Writer &lt;a href="http://www.sfwriter.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Robert J. Sawyer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Robert has the distinct honor of having won all three of the world's top science-fiction awards for Best Novel of the Year: the Nebula (1996, The Terminal Experiment), the Hugo (2003, Hominids), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006, Mindscan). His novel Flashforward was developed into the ABC television series of the same name. K and Si were able to pick Robert's brain for over an hour, so enjoy!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600704.us.archive.org/26/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode05-RjSawyer/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode05-RjSawyer.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/11/off-shelf-season-04-episode-05-rj.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="68018073" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600704.us.archive.org/26/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode05-RjSawyer/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode05-RjSawyer.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In episode 5 of this season of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia had the great pleasure of speaking with Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer. Robert has the distinct honor of having won all three of the world's top science-fiction awards for Best Novel of the Year: the Nebula (1996, The Terminal Experiment), the Hugo (2003, Hominids), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006, Mindscan). His novel Flashforward was developed into the ABC television series of the same name. K and Si were able to pick Robert's brain for over an hour, so enjoy! You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In episode 5 of this season of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia had the great pleasure of speaking with Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer. Robert has the distinct honor of having won all three of the world's top science-fiction awards for Best Novel of the Year: the Nebula (1996, The Terminal Experiment), the Hugo (2003, Hominids), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006, Mindscan). His novel Flashforward was developed into the ABC television series of the same name. K and Si were able to pick Robert's brain for over an hour, so enjoy! You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-8537835509583018716</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-06T14:00:01.443-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 04 - Barbara Hambly</title><description>This week Kghia and Simeon have the pleasure of interviewing &lt;a href="http://www.barbarahambly.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Barbara Hambly&lt;/a&gt;, the award-winning author and&amp;nbsp; screenwriter. Barbara has written within many genres, including science fiction, historical fiction, mystery and fantasy.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700709.us.archive.org/20/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode04-BarbaraHambly/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/11/off-shelf-season-04-episode-04-barbara.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-341432560371671788</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-16T10:58:32.650-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 03 - LC Tyler</title><description>In Episode 3 of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak with &lt;a href="http://lctyler.com/"&gt;LC Tyler&lt;/a&gt;, British writer of comic crime fiction. They discuss his Elsie and Ethelred mystery series, two of which were nominated for &lt;a href="http://www.theedgars.com/"&gt;Edgar awards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600707.us.archive.org/24/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode03-LcTyler/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode03.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/10/off-shelf-season-04-episode-03-lc-tyler.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="43603195" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600707.us.archive.org/24/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode03-LcTyler/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode03.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In Episode 3 of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak with LC Tyler, British writer of comic crime fiction. They discuss his Elsie and Ethelred mystery series, two of which were nominated for Edgar awards. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In Episode 3 of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak with LC Tyler, British writer of comic crime fiction. They discuss his Elsie and Ethelred mystery series, two of which were nominated for Edgar awards. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-312475428434748130</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-02T14:00:05.558-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 02 - Geraldine Evans</title><description>In the second episode of the season for Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak with British crime novelist &lt;a href="http://www.geraldineevans.com/"&gt;Geraldine Evans&lt;/a&gt;. Geraldine, the author of the Rafferty &amp;amp; Llewellyn series, has embraced the publishing opportunity of eBooks and discusses that in this episode.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700705.us.archive.org/3/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode02/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode02.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; </description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/10/off-shelf-season-04-episode-02.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-3565649179958828585</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-04T14:37:51.512-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 04 - Episode 01 - Seanan McGuire</title><description>Welcome to Season 4 of Off the Shelf! This season brings some changes that we hope you will like as we strive to improve Off the Shelf for your enjoyment.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Simeon and Kghia kick off the season with an interview with &lt;a href="http://www.seananmcguire.com/"&gt;Seanan McGuire&lt;/a&gt;, the author of the October Daye urban fantasy series and upcoming InCryptid series. Seanan also writes science fiction as Mira Grant, and reports on politics in a post zombie plague world in the ongoing NewsFlesh trilogy, the &lt;a href="http://miragrant.com/feed.php"&gt;first book&lt;/a&gt; of which was &lt;a href="http://www.renovationsf.org/hugo-intro.php"&gt;nominated&lt;/a&gt; for a &lt;a href="http://www.thehugoawards.org/"&gt;Hugo Award&lt;/a&gt; this year.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600705.us.archive.org/3/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode01/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode01-SeananMcguire.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; </description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/09/off-shelf-season-04-episode-01-seanan.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="54378084" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600705.us.archive.org/3/items/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode01/OffTheShelf-Season04-Episode01-SeananMcguire.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Welcome to Season 4 of Off the Shelf! This season brings some changes that we hope you will like as we strive to improve Off the Shelf for your enjoyment. Simeon and Kghia kick off the season with an interview with Seanan McGuire, the author of the October Daye urban fantasy series and upcoming InCryptid series. Seanan also writes science fiction as Mira Grant, and reports on politics in a post zombie plague world in the ongoing NewsFlesh trilogy, the first book of which was nominated for a Hugo Award this year. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Welcome to Season 4 of Off the Shelf! This season brings some changes that we hope you will like as we strive to improve Off the Shelf for your enjoyment. Simeon and Kghia kick off the season with an interview with Seanan McGuire, the author of the October Daye urban fantasy series and upcoming InCryptid series. Seanan also writes science fiction as Mira Grant, and reports on politics in a post zombie plague world in the ongoing NewsFlesh trilogy, the first book of which was nominated for a Hugo Award this year. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-2569502609995029454</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-26T15:47:30.001-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 11 - Jane Nissen</title><description>Summer is coming and that means that Off the Shelf will be on hiatus until the Fall after this episode. Simeon and Kghia wrap up the season in grand fashion with a wonderful interview with Jane Nissen.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The books we read as children…and those that were read to us…create some of our strongest literary memories. When the time comes for us to buy Children’s Literature, those are the books we look for. Unfortunately, some of them fall out of print. Jane Nissen, a veteran of the Children’s Literature publishing industry, is working to make some of these memorable classics available again through her publishing company, &lt;a href="http://www.janenissenbooks.co.uk/"&gt;Jane Nissen Books&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600608.us.archive.org/11/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode11-JaneNissen/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode11-JaneNissen.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/05/off-shelf-season-03-episode-11-jane.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="69531210" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600608.us.archive.org/11/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode11-JaneNissen/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode11-JaneNissen.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Summer is coming and that means that Off the Shelf will be on hiatus until the Fall after this episode. Simeon and Kghia wrap up the season in grand fashion with a wonderful interview with Jane Nissen. The books we read as children…and those that were read to us…create some of our strongest literary memories. When the time comes for us to buy Children’s Literature, those are the books we look for. Unfortunately, some of them fall out of print. Jane Nissen, a veteran of the Children’s Literature publishing industry, is working to make some of these memorable classics available again through her publishing company, Jane Nissen Books. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Summer is coming and that means that Off the Shelf will be on hiatus until the Fall after this episode. Simeon and Kghia wrap up the season in grand fashion with a wonderful interview with Jane Nissen. The books we read as children…and those that were read to us…create some of our strongest literary memories. When the time comes for us to buy Children’s Literature, those are the books we look for. Unfortunately, some of them fall out of print. Jane Nissen, a veteran of the Children’s Literature publishing industry, is working to make some of these memorable classics available again through her publishing company, Jane Nissen Books. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-9134274720000925439</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-01T15:30:09.848-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 10 - Mike Stackpole</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.michaelastackpole.com/"&gt;Michael A. Stackpole&lt;/a&gt; has conquered galaxies both near and far, writing such notable books as &lt;b&gt;I, Jedi&lt;/b&gt;; &lt;b&gt;Talion: Revenant&lt;/b&gt;, and the Battletech novel &lt;b&gt;Assumption of Risk&lt;/b&gt;. One of Mike’s latest works, &lt;b&gt;In Hero Years…I’m Dead&lt;/b&gt;, plays with genres with entertaining results. He is also a generous contributor to the writer community, with his series The Secrets and the office hours he hosts in Second Life. Kghia and Simeon talk to Mike about his works, his career, and even his experiences with e-publishing &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600609.us.archive.org/8/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode10-MikeStackpole/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode10-MikeStackpole.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/05/off-shelf-season-03-episode-10-mike.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="63836519" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600609.us.archive.org/8/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode10-MikeStackpole/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode10-MikeStackpole.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Michael A. Stackpole has conquered galaxies both near and far, writing such notable books as I, Jedi; Talion: Revenant, and the Battletech novel Assumption of Risk. One of Mike’s latest works, In Hero Years…I’m Dead, plays with genres with entertaining results. He is also a generous contributor to the writer community, with his series The Secrets and the office hours he hosts in Second Life. Kghia and Simeon talk to Mike about his works, his career, and even his experiences with e-publishing You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Michael A. Stackpole has conquered galaxies both near and far, writing such notable books as I, Jedi; Talion: Revenant, and the Battletech novel Assumption of Risk. One of Mike’s latest works, In Hero Years…I’m Dead, plays with genres with entertaining results. He is also a generous contributor to the writer community, with his series The Secrets and the office hours he hosts in Second Life. Kghia and Simeon talk to Mike about his works, his career, and even his experiences with e-publishing You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-6573382652332129864</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-20T05:39:40.388-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 09 - MK Hobson</title><description>In the 9th episode for this season of &lt;b&gt;Off the Shelf&lt;/b&gt;, Kghia and Simeon will interview fantasy author, &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.demimonde.com/"&gt;MK Hobson.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Her "bustlepunk" novels include &lt;a href="http://www.demimonde.com/books/the-native-star/"&gt;The Native Star&lt;/a&gt; and the about-to-be-released &lt;a href="http://www.demimonde.com/books/the-hidden-goddess/"&gt;The Hidden Goddess.&lt;/a&gt; Curious about what bustlepunk is? K and Si are as well, so they will get more details from Mary! Hobson is a well-established short story author, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and the co-host of the Podcastle podcast.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700607.us.archive.org/22/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode09-MkHobson/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode09-MkHobson.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/04/off-shelf-season-03-episode-09-mk.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-751946520624929837</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-15T20:42:16.919-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 06 - Donna Fletcher Crow</title><description>In this episode of Off the Shelf, Kghia and Simeon speak to &lt;a href="http://www.donnafletchercrow.com/"&gt;Donna Fletcher Crow&lt;/a&gt;, author of many series' of books, including: the historic mystery series &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Very-Private-Grave-Monastery-Murders/dp/1854249681?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=songsfr-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;The Monastery Murders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=songsfr-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1854249681" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Be-Worthy-Cambridge-Chronicles-Bk/dp/0891078096?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=songsfr-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;The Cambridge Chronicles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=songsfr-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0891078096" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;, Daughters of Courage, and the &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grave-Matters-Lord-Danvers-Mystery/dp/0802427111?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=songsfr-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Lord Danvers Mysteries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=songsfr-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0802427111" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; In &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Glastonbury-Christian-Donna-Fletcher-Crow/dp/1581341628?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=songsfr-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Glastonbury, A Novel of Christian England&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=songsfr-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1581341628" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /&gt;, Crow spans 1500 years of Christian history in England, and her latest novel, A Very Private Grave, focuses on a modern heroine digging into the past to solve a murder. Join us to find out what she will be writing next.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600403.us.archive.org/35/items/OffTheShelf-DonnaFletcherCrow/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode06-DonnaFletcherCrow.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/03/off-shelf-season-03-episode-06-donna.html</link><thr:total>1</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="47407802" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600403.us.archive.org/35/items/OffTheShelf-DonnaFletcherCrow/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode06-DonnaFletcherCrow.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In this episode of Off the Shelf, Kghia and Simeon speak to Donna Fletcher Crow, author of many series' of books, including: the historic mystery series The Monastery Murders, The Cambridge Chronicles, Daughters of Courage, and the Lord Danvers Mysteries. In Glastonbury, A Novel of Christian England, Crow spans 1500 years of Christian history in England, and her latest novel, A Very Private Grave, focuses on a modern heroine digging into the past to solve a murder. Join us to find out what she will be writing next. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In this episode of Off the Shelf, Kghia and Simeon speak to Donna Fletcher Crow, author of many series' of books, including: the historic mystery series The Monastery Murders, The Cambridge Chronicles, Daughters of Courage, and the Lord Danvers Mysteries. In Glastonbury, A Novel of Christian England, Crow spans 1500 years of Christian history in England, and her latest novel, A Very Private Grave, focuses on a modern heroine digging into the past to solve a murder. Join us to find out what she will be writing next. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-7126578391702257870</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-06T14:44:53.592-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 08 - Gail Carriger</title><description>In Episode 8, Kghia and Simeon interview &lt;a href="http://www.gailcarriger.com/"&gt;Gail Carriger&lt;/a&gt;, the author of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soulless-Parasol-Protectorate-Gail-Carriger/dp/0316056634/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1299447792&amp;amp;sr=8-3"&gt;Soulless&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Changeless-Parasol-Protectorate-Gail-Carriger/dp/0316074144/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1299447792&amp;amp;sr=8-5"&gt;Changeless&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blameless-Parasol-Protectorate-Gail-Carriger/dp/0316074152/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1299447792&amp;amp;sr=8-4"&gt;Blameless&lt;/a&gt;. Gail combines urban fantasy, or rather urbane fantasy, with Steampunk and a generous dose of humor to create the world of The Parasol Protectorate. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600403.us.archive.org/21/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode08-GailCarriger/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode08-GailCarriger.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/03/off-shelf-season-03-episode-08-gail.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="53780002" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600403.us.archive.org/21/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode08-GailCarriger/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode08-GailCarriger.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In Episode 8, Kghia and Simeon interview Gail Carriger, the author of Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless. Gail combines urban fantasy, or rather urbane fantasy, with Steampunk and a generous dose of humor to create the world of The Parasol Protectorate. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In Episode 8, Kghia and Simeon interview Gail Carriger, the author of Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless. Gail combines urban fantasy, or rather urbane fantasy, with Steampunk and a generous dose of humor to create the world of The Parasol Protectorate. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-3365570918276673535</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-06T17:51:54.199-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 07 - Janny Wurts</title><description>This week Kghia and Simeon speak with &lt;a href="http://www.paravia.com/"&gt;Janny Wurts&lt;/a&gt;, author of The War of Light and Shadow series, The Cycle of Fire Trilogy, and co-author with Raymond E. Fiest of The Empire Trilogy. Wurts has written more than twenty novels, using fantasy backdrops to explore the play of politics and prejudices, of power and responsibility from multiple angles. An accomplished artist, Wurts created many of the covers for her books.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia600403.us.archive.org/21/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode07-JannyWurts/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode07-JannyWurts.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2011/02/off-shelf-season-03-episode-07-janny.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="74790826" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia600403.us.archive.org/21/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode07-JannyWurts/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode07-JannyWurts.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>This week Kghia and Simeon speak with Janny Wurts, author of The War of Light and Shadow series, The Cycle of Fire Trilogy, and co-author with Raymond E. Fiest of The Empire Trilogy. Wurts has written more than twenty novels, using fantasy backdrops to explore the play of politics and prejudices, of power and responsibility from multiple angles. An accomplished artist, Wurts created many of the covers for her books. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>This week Kghia and Simeon speak with Janny Wurts, author of The War of Light and Shadow series, The Cycle of Fire Trilogy, and co-author with Raymond E. Fiest of The Empire Trilogy. Wurts has written more than twenty novels, using fantasy backdrops to explore the play of politics and prejudices, of power and responsibility from multiple angles. An accomplished artist, Wurts created many of the covers for her books. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-2820787919015419835</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-05T15:13:52.784-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 05 - Nancy Holzer</title><description>In Episode 5, Kghia and Simeon interview author &lt;a href="http://nancyholzner.wordpress.com/"&gt;Nancy Holzner&lt;/a&gt;, who is the author of Deadtown and Hellforged, urban fantasies that feature the only professional demon slayer in Boston, Victory Vaughn.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700306.us.archive.org/5/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode05-NancyHolzner/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode05_NancyHolzner.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt; where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/12/off-shelf-season-03-episode-05-nancy.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-7048358959997402243</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-07T14:16:30.002-08:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 04 - Marjorie M. Liu</title><description>This week, Simeon and Kghia interview &lt;a href="http://marjoriemliu.com/index.php?/novels/index/"&gt;Marjorie M. Liu&lt;/a&gt;, author of both urban fantasy and &lt;a href="http://marjoriemliu.com/index.php?/comics/index/"&gt;comic&lt;/a&gt; books.&amp;nbsp; Marjorie talks about her past work as well as &lt;a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/In-the-Dark-of-Dreams-Marjorie-M-Liu?isbn=9780062020161&amp;amp;HCHP=TB_In+the+Dark+of+Dreams"&gt;her newest Dirk &amp;amp; Steele novel&lt;/a&gt;, In the Dark of Dreams, which comes out this month.&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700106.us.archive.org/5/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode04-MarjorieM.Liu/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode04-MarjorieM.Liu.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/11/off-shelf-season-03-episode-04-marjorie.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-188965001840667878</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-17T14:08:02.185-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 03 - Samantha Thompson, Rhonda Trueman and Bill Sowers</title><description>Kghia and Simeon interview Samantha Thompson, Rhonda Trueman and Bill Sowers of the Community Virtual Library on Off the Shelf at 1 pm PDT on Sunday, October 17.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; A Second Life resource since 2003, the Library has continued to evolve to meet the needs of the residents of Second Life. These virtual librarians talk about the rewards and the challenges of working in a digital environment. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700208.us.archive.org/8/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode03-SamanthaThompsonRhondaTruemanAnd/OffTheShelf-Season3-Episode3-SamanthaThompsonRhondaTruemanAndBillSowers.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/10/off-shelf-season-03-episode-03-samantha.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-3435326149517286264</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-10T19:06:04.876-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 02 - Daniel Wallace</title><description>On today's show, Kghia and Simeon interview Daniel Wallace, the New York Times bestselling author of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-Characters-Star-Wars/dp/0345449002/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_11"&gt;Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters&lt;/a&gt;, as well as a dozen more books that explore the underpinnings of the STAR WARS™ universe, including &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Essential-Daniel-Wallace/dp/0345477642/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_5"&gt;Star Wars: The Essential Atlas&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Star-Wars-Encyclopedia/dp/0345477634/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1286138800&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; He is a regular contributor to Star Wars Insider magazine and assembled the questions used in the Star Wars Trivial Pursuit game. In addition to making many contributions to the galaxy far, far away, he has written for universes including Indiana Jones, Smallville, Supernatural, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; His newest project, &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jedi-Path-Manual-Students-Force/dp/1603800964/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1285884134&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;THE JEDI PATH: A MANUAL FOR STUDENTS OF THE FORCE&lt;/a&gt;, marks the first time Lucasfilm™ has authorized a book that comes from INSIDE the STAR WARS galaxy. This is the “last surviving copy” of a famous Jedi textbook that was all but eliminated following the Clone Wars.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia700108.us.archive.org/4/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode02-DanielWallace/OffTheShelf-Season03Episode02_DanielWallace.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/10/off-shelf-season-03-episode-02-daniel.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-8731647477942296076</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-19T15:06:39.055-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 03 - Episode 01 - Adele Ward and Mike Fortune-Wood</title><description>We're back!&amp;nbsp; It's Season Three of "Off the Shelf"!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; In our season-opener, Simeon Beresford and Kghia Gherardi interview Adele Ward and Mike Fortune-Wood, the forces behind &lt;a href="http://www.wardwoodpublishing.co.uk/"&gt;Ward Wood Publishing&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Ward Wood's goal is "to provide innovative good reads of a high literary standard in a variety of forms while also encouraging aspiring authors to work towards publication."&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia360704.us.archive.org/19/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode01-AdeleWardAndMikeFortune-wood/OffTheShelf-Season3-Episode1_AdeleWardAndMikeFortune-wood.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/09/off-shelf-season-03-episode-01-adele.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="40356667" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia360704.us.archive.org/19/items/OffTheShelf-Season03-Episode01-AdeleWardAndMikeFortune-wood/OffTheShelf-Season3-Episode1_AdeleWardAndMikeFortune-wood.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>We're back!&amp;nbsp; It's Season Three of "Off the Shelf"! In our season-opener, Simeon Beresford and Kghia Gherardi interview Adele Ward and Mike Fortune-Wood, the forces behind Ward Wood Publishing.&amp;nbsp; Ward Wood's goal is "to provide innovative good reads of a high literary standard in a variety of forms while also encouraging aspiring authors to work towards publication." You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>We're back!&amp;nbsp; It's Season Three of "Off the Shelf"! In our season-opener, Simeon Beresford and Kghia Gherardi interview Adele Ward and Mike Fortune-Wood, the forces behind Ward Wood Publishing.&amp;nbsp; Ward Wood's goal is "to provide innovative good reads of a high literary standard in a variety of forms while also encouraging aspiring authors to work towards publication." You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-45106042929132949</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-06T14:59:55.639-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 02 - Episode 11 - Rae Lori</title><description>In Episode 11 of this second season, Kghia and Simeon interview author &lt;a href="http://www.raelori.com/"&gt;Rae Lori&lt;/a&gt;. Rae is a prolific writer in several genres. She has written books, novellas and short stories that run the gamut of science fiction, fantasy, short roman noir, romance and paranormal under various pen names. Her manuscript, Hotel Sunset, won an Honorable Mention award in the 73rd &lt;a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/annual"&gt;Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition&lt;/a&gt;. Rae is also very active in Second Life, teaching writing classes at "The Written Word" and participating in roleplaying communities.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Our musical selection today is "Clockwork Dream" by the &lt;a href="http://www.deadlynightshadebotanicalsociety.com/"&gt;Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society&lt;/a&gt;, from their album "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001OHDWPI/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;cloe_id=6dbf3477-588a-4475-9f48-886f7e7932f5&amp;amp;attrMsgId=LPWidget-A2&amp;amp;pf_rd_p=486539851&amp;amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;amp;pf_rd_i=144143626X&amp;amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=1CY50BMZVTNNK6RMF73V"&gt;Clockwork Dreams&lt;/a&gt;".&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia360706.us.archive.org/17/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode11-RaeLori/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode11-RaeLori.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/06/off-shelf-season-02-episode-11-rae-lori.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="32484010" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia360706.us.archive.org/17/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode11-RaeLori/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode11-RaeLori.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In Episode 11 of this second season, Kghia and Simeon interview author Rae Lori. Rae is a prolific writer in several genres. She has written books, novellas and short stories that run the gamut of science fiction, fantasy, short roman noir, romance and paranormal under various pen names. Her manuscript, Hotel Sunset, won an Honorable Mention award in the 73rd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Rae is also very active in Second Life, teaching writing classes at "The Written Word" and participating in roleplaying communities. Our musical selection today is "Clockwork Dream" by the Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society, from their album "Clockwork Dreams". You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In Episode 11 of this second season, Kghia and Simeon interview author Rae Lori. Rae is a prolific writer in several genres. She has written books, novellas and short stories that run the gamut of science fiction, fantasy, short roman noir, romance and paranormal under various pen names. Her manuscript, Hotel Sunset, won an Honorable Mention award in the 73rd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Rae is also very active in Second Life, teaching writing classes at "The Written Word" and participating in roleplaying communities. Our musical selection today is "Clockwork Dream" by the Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society, from their album "Clockwork Dreams". You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-4167865566857910446</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-23T14:44:11.885-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 02 - Episode 10 - Viv Trafalgar</title><description>In our 10th episode, Kghia and Simeon interview Viv Trafalgar, Second Life Steamlands resident.&amp;nbsp; Viv is involved in several virtual world projects, such as &lt;a href="http://rezzable.com/"&gt;Rezzable's&lt;/a&gt; Heritage Key, the New Babbage &lt;a href="http://aethersalon.blogspot.com/"&gt;Aether Salon&lt;/a&gt; and a Second Life clothing business, just to name a few!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Our music selection for today's show is "Something Doing" by &lt;a href="http://magnatune.com/"&gt;Magnatune&lt;/a&gt; Artist &lt;a href="http://magnatune.com/artists/armchair"&gt;Professor Armchair&lt;/a&gt; from his album "Too Much Mustard".&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia360709.us.archive.org/5/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode10-VivTrafalgar/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode10-VivTrafalgar.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/05/off-shelf-season-02-episode-10-viv.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="51796203" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia360709.us.archive.org/5/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode10-VivTrafalgar/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode10-VivTrafalgar.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In our 10th episode, Kghia and Simeon interview Viv Trafalgar, Second Life Steamlands resident.&amp;nbsp; Viv is involved in several virtual world projects, such as Rezzable's Heritage Key, the New Babbage Aether Salon and a Second Life clothing business, just to name a few! Our music selection for today's show is "Something Doing" by Magnatune Artist Professor Armchair from his album "Too Much Mustard". You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In our 10th episode, Kghia and Simeon interview Viv Trafalgar, Second Life Steamlands resident.&amp;nbsp; Viv is involved in several virtual world projects, such as Rezzable's Heritage Key, the New Babbage Aether Salon and a Second Life clothing business, just to name a few! Our music selection for today's show is "Something Doing" by Magnatune Artist Professor Armchair from his album "Too Much Mustard". You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-6205081779890829855</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 21:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-09T14:16:07.225-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 2, Episode 09 - Cassandra Curtis</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;On Episode 9, in this second season, of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak to writer Cassandra Curtis, who focuses on paranormal and erotic fiction.&amp;nbsp; In addition to being a writer, Cassandra has been a journalist, fine artist, teacher, film critic and a buyer for a clothing and jewelry store.&amp;nbsp; Cassandra won the 2006 Amber Quill Press Heat Wave Contest with her novella, Cup of Fate. In 2007, she was a finalist in the EPPIES (EPIC Awards) with her novella I Put A Spell On You.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia331209.us.archive.org/2/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode09-CassandraCurtis/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode09-CassandraCurtis.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/05/off-shelf-season-2-episode-09-cassandra.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="26756451" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia331209.us.archive.org/2/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode09-CassandraCurtis/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode09-CassandraCurtis.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On Episode 9, in this second season, of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak to writer Cassandra Curtis, who focuses on paranormal and erotic fiction.&amp;nbsp; In addition to being a writer, Cassandra has been a journalist, fine artist, teacher, film critic and a buyer for a clothing and jewelry store.&amp;nbsp; Cassandra won the 2006 Amber Quill Press Heat Wave Contest with her novella, Cup of Fate. In 2007, she was a finalist in the EPPIES (EPIC Awards) with her novella I Put A Spell On You. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On Episode 9, in this second season, of Off the Shelf, Simeon and Kghia speak to writer Cassandra Curtis, who focuses on paranormal and erotic fiction.&amp;nbsp; In addition to being a writer, Cassandra has been a journalist, fine artist, teacher, film critic and a buyer for a clothing and jewelry store.&amp;nbsp; Cassandra won the 2006 Amber Quill Press Heat Wave Contest with her novella, Cup of Fate. In 2007, she was a finalist in the EPPIES (EPIC Awards) with her novella I Put A Spell On You. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-8353966018586574229</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-25T14:41:17.360-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 2, Episode 08 - Robert Vardeman</title><description>In Episode 8, Kghia and Simeon speak to venerable author &lt;a href="http://www.cenotaphroad.com/"&gt;Robert E. Vardeman&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Robert has over 200 published novels, with a focus in science fiction and fantasy.&amp;nbsp; He also has multiple series of westerns and brought &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Swift_III"&gt;Tom Swift&lt;/a&gt; back to life in the Third Series (1980-1984).&amp;nbsp; We hope you enjoy this excellent discussion about Robert's past and future in writing!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia331217.us.archive.org/1/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode08-RobertVardeman/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode08-RobertVardeman.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/04/off-shelf-season-2-episode-08-robert.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="40707744" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia331217.us.archive.org/1/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode08-RobertVardeman/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode08-RobertVardeman.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In Episode 8, Kghia and Simeon speak to venerable author Robert E. Vardeman.&amp;nbsp; Robert has over 200 published novels, with a focus in science fiction and fantasy.&amp;nbsp; He also has multiple series of westerns and brought Tom Swift back to life in the Third Series (1980-1984).&amp;nbsp; We hope you enjoy this excellent discussion about Robert's past and future in writing! You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In Episode 8, Kghia and Simeon speak to venerable author Robert E. Vardeman.&amp;nbsp; Robert has over 200 published novels, with a focus in science fiction and fantasy.&amp;nbsp; He also has multiple series of westerns and brought Tom Swift back to life in the Third Series (1980-1984).&amp;nbsp; We hope you enjoy this excellent discussion about Robert's past and future in writing! You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-2433955108555566681</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-11T16:14:42.937-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 2, Episode 07 - Crap Mariner</title><description>On lucky episode number seven, Kghia interviews one of Second Life’s most iconic personalities — &lt;a href="http://isfullofcrap.com/"&gt;Crap Mariner&lt;/a&gt;. Podcaster, live music enthusiast, and author, Crap is one of the most recognized robots on the grid.&amp;nbsp; In spite of Crap's crappy internet connection, and multiple crashes during the live broadcast, Kghia speaks to him about his &lt;a href="http://podcasting.isfullofcrap.com/"&gt;100 word stories&lt;/a&gt;, Second Life musicians, Linden Lab and the kitchen sink.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia361308.us.archive.org/23/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode07-CrapMariner/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode07-CrapMariner.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/04/off-shelf-season-2-episode-07-crap.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="43235979" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia361308.us.archive.org/23/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode07-CrapMariner/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode07-CrapMariner.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On lucky episode number seven, Kghia interviews one of Second Life’s most iconic personalities — Crap Mariner. Podcaster, live music enthusiast, and author, Crap is one of the most recognized robots on the grid.&amp;nbsp; In spite of Crap's crappy internet connection, and multiple crashes during the live broadcast, Kghia speaks to him about his 100 word stories, Second Life musicians, Linden Lab and the kitchen sink. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On lucky episode number seven, Kghia interviews one of Second Life’s most iconic personalities — Crap Mariner. Podcaster, live music enthusiast, and author, Crap is one of the most recognized robots on the grid.&amp;nbsp; In spite of Crap's crappy internet connection, and multiple crashes during the live broadcast, Kghia speaks to him about his 100 word stories, Second Life musicians, Linden Lab and the kitchen sink. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-5817020759777519710</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-28T14:38:33.638-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 2, Episode 06 - Mitch Wagner</title><description>On the sixth episode of Off the Shelf, Kghia interviews &lt;a href="http://blog.mitchwagner.com/"&gt;Mitch Wagner&lt;/a&gt;, actual life journalist.&amp;nbsp; In his spare time, he hosts one of Second Life's most popular podcasts, &lt;a href="http://copperrobot.com/"&gt;Copper Robot&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; We hope you enjoy this unique conversation between podcasters!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia331219.us.archive.org/0/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode06-MitchWagner/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode06-MitchWagner.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/03/off-shelf-season-2-episode-06-mitch.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="44196869" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia331219.us.archive.org/0/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode06-MitchWagner/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode06-MitchWagner.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>On the sixth episode of Off the Shelf, Kghia interviews Mitch Wagner, actual life journalist.&amp;nbsp; In his spare time, he hosts one of Second Life's most popular podcasts, Copper Robot.&amp;nbsp; We hope you enjoy this unique conversation between podcasters! You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>On the sixth episode of Off the Shelf, Kghia interviews Mitch Wagner, actual life journalist.&amp;nbsp; In his spare time, he hosts one of Second Life's most popular podcasts, Copper Robot.&amp;nbsp; We hope you enjoy this unique conversation between podcasters! You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219444954429890597.post-5087696648672605739</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-14T14:35:17.188-07:00</atom:updated><title>Off the Shelf - Season 2, Episode 05 - Mark Eller</title><description>In honor of "&lt;a href="http://thebookstacks.org/2010/03/06/horrorfest3/"&gt;Horror Fest III: Tales of Terror&lt;/a&gt;", Simeon and Kghia talk with Mark Eller on this installment of "Off the Shelf".&amp;nbsp; Mark is an accomplished Author and Podcaster who is involved in a variety of projects.&amp;nbsp; You can learn more about Mark on his website at: &lt;a href="http://www.markseller.com/"&gt;http://www.markseller.com/&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;nbsp; The featured song in this episode is "Wicked" by &lt;a href="http://www.scream-machine.moonfruit.com/"&gt;Scream Machine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://ia360926.us.archive.org/2/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode05-MarkEller/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode05-MarkEller.mp3"&gt;Direct link&lt;/a&gt; to the show on &lt;a href="http://archive.org/"&gt;Archive.org&lt;/a&gt;, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe on iTunes&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Subscribe using our &lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/OfftheShelf"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</description><link>http://offtheshelfsl.blogspot.com/2010/03/off-shelf-season-2-episode-05-mark.html</link><thr:total>0</thr:total><author>gabrielle.riel@gmail.com (Gabrielle Riel)</author><enclosure length="33075842" type="audio/mpeg" url="http://ia360926.us.archive.org/2/items/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode05-MarkEller/OffTheShelf-Season02-Episode05-MarkEller.mp3"/><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In honor of "Horror Fest III: Tales of Terror", Simeon and Kghia talk with Mark Eller on this installment of "Off the Shelf".&amp;nbsp; Mark is an accomplished Author and Podcaster who is involved in a variety of projects.&amp;nbsp; You can learn more about Mark on his website at: http://www.markseller.com/ .&amp;nbsp; The featured song in this episode is "Wicked" by Scream Machine. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Gabrielle Riel</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In honor of "Horror Fest III: Tales of Terror", Simeon and Kghia talk with Mark Eller on this installment of "Off the Shelf".&amp;nbsp; Mark is an accomplished Author and Podcaster who is involved in a variety of projects.&amp;nbsp; You can learn more about Mark on his website at: http://www.markseller.com/ .&amp;nbsp; The featured song in this episode is "Wicked" by Scream Machine. You can listen to Off the Shelf via any of the following methods: Direct link to the show on Archive.org, where you can listen to it as a stream or download the audio file directly Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe using our RSS feed Thank you for listening to Off the Shelf!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Second,Life,Kghia,Gherardi,Simeon,Bereford,Off,the,Shelf</itunes:keywords></item></channel></rss>