It's good to be content.

I was going to put the title, "It's good to be the King."  But I'm definitely no king.

At least not yet.  mwhahahahaa!

So, I've been wanting to post something for a while now just keeping my Vox readers up to date on what is happening in the life according to snowball.  So I'll start off in sections.

This Week in Geek - http://thisweekingeek.net

1) This Week in Geek - Yes, that's right TWiG is going extremely well.  I can't believe how big it is getting and we have only been podcasting since February of this year.  Weird isn't it?  Now, we aren't anywhere near TWiT or Hak.5 numbers, but hey the success that Mike and I have had since we started is just simply amazing.  We have finally reached the 200,000 hit to our website mark, and over 8,500 downloads since we have started.  That may be small like I said compared to other great podcasts, but for me that is the highest numbers for podcasting that I have ever achieved.

Not only have our stats gone up, but our show has expanded as well.  We brought on two full time producers, Pierce "The Punk" Derks, and Brandon "MacGyver" Chambers.  Yes, that's right the Punk the Dial folks we keep having on to fill in as co-hosts are now part of the TWiG crew.  We also expanded our shows by doing Video Game and Movie reviews, Interviews, and TWiG Blogs.  Plus we've upgraded the equipment for our studio and we should be receiving it within the next week.  Which means, we are going to sound as good as we look.  Well, maybe me, Mike still needs work.  LOL  I kid, I kid! 

Speaking of Interviews though, we have some big interviews lined up.  We have famed Vampire author Laurel K. Hamilton coming on our show at the end of August, we have Canadian Television Legend Rick Green, and possibly, quite possibly Summer Glau from Firefly and Serenity and the new Sarah Conner Chronicles series were she is going to play a female Terminator.  This is going to be awesome! 

Now granted I am still on vacation from TWiG until the end of August, but to say that all this has happened in a short period of time for us is more than we ever dreamed of.  This vacation has given me some focus and figuring out a plan creatively and professionally for me over the next few years that would make my life that much better.

Anyway, that's all the TWiG stuff I have today.

Next up....

Steve and Carol

2) The Girlfriend  - Yes, that's right I actually do have a girlfriend now.  Her name is Carol and she is in the same program I am in for school.  Which is awesome.  We have been dating for two months now (or at least it will be this Friday.  See ladies, not every guy forgets anniversary dates).  Carol is awesome.  She loves the same kind of stuff I do and then some.  She likes Harry Potter more than I do, but I'm learning and starting to like the Glasses wearing, black haired dude.  I hope that this relationship will last for a while.  Right now I'm taking it slow and seeing where this is going.  I'm not afraid of the future by any means, just want to take the time to see the scenery first.

my ibook at starbucks

3) The Super Secret Writing Project - Ah, you've been waiting to hear about this one huh?  Well, the project is going so well that soon I'll be able to actually release more information about the project.  Maybe within the next few weeks.  You never know.  Anyway, at last count I am at over 28,000 words and 195 pages total for the story.  Now I know that the word count isn't a full blown novel as of yet, but because it's my first I figure start slow and work my way up to that 90,000 + mark. 

I'm definitely on my way to being able to podcast this sucker sometime in the fall, and it's going to be so fun to do.  I am going to be releasing it exclusively on Podshow Media, which is a great way for me to reach listeners that I haven't reached before and hopefully bring my creative writing to a larger audience.  I hope I can count on you when I launch this thing that I can count on you to spread the word about the podiobook. 

Can't say any more about it at this point, but I am on course to finish the book and have it edited by the end of August so be prepared!

So that's it.  That's what has been keeping me content in my life.  I have a good family, good friends(online and offline), and a great life.  Feels good.

So take care have a good one, and just give someone a smile today.  Just for me.

As always, I remain, obediently yours....

Toodles!

Steve "Snowball" Saylor