The difference is that, in the worse case scenario, an actor can find expression in little theater and amateur drama groups that exist all over the county. An unrecognized painter can have a one man show by setting up his canvasses on a sidewalk. A musician can sing and entertain on a street corner. All artists need the collaboration of an audience to interpret the vision of their imagination.

      A writer, too, needs an audience, a reader to build his words into imaginary worlds. However, a writer can't paste pages of his novel up on a wall in the hope someone will come along and go from page to page reading them. For a writer to receive validation he needs to be published. But in seeking publication, he is not simply competing with someone across the street or down the corner, he is competing with the whole damn country, perhaps the world, and whether he gets published or not often depends less upon the skill of the writer than upon the caprice of an editor or an agent. Or whether he has a name like Paris Hilton.

      Well, podcasting is my sidewalk. My street corner. And while I might not make any money at it, if you listen to either of these podcasted novels, Capitol Coven or If They Ask for a Hand, Only Give Them a Finger, both humorous, fast action thriller/mysteries adventures, and you enjoy Butr now that I found a way to publish them through Create Space, you'll be able to read them as well.

      Welcome again, and thank you for visiting.