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What is an Audio Drama?
I saw this question asked on Reddit some time ago, and the answers were predictably passionate. For some people an audio drama is specifically a dramatic presentation in audio that includes sound effects and dialogue, nothing else. No narrator. No descriptive elements. Just the audio doing all the work. For
Writing the Thieves Guild
One of the questions I get every so often is "How can you produce not just one, but three audio dramas on a weekly schedule?" The short answer is that I'm cheating, but I don't want to be glib, so I figured I'
My Dissonance With Social Media
One of the things that I constantly struggle with is that my usage of social media seems radically different than most other people. Generally speaking, I join a social network to interact with my friends and, in some instances, friends of friends. I'm not really interested in anything
Off of Facebook & Instagram
I'm a fairly private person, and most of my social networking has been minimal outside of a controlled environment like Facebook. There I would have all my posts set to private, and I would interact with a limited group of friends. That said, I've always been
The Thieves Guild Listening Guide
The Thieves Guild is an epic length serial that gets longer with every episode release. How epic? Well, the currently released episodes will fill almost three full novels and listening to it from the beginning will take more than 20 hours. Of course, that's part of the appeal!
How Do I Catch Up or Read/Listen to The Thieves Guild?
The Thieves Guild epic fantasy audio drama podcast is becoming quite popular. It is also available as novels and also as a serial at Kindle Vella. With so many options across three platforms, how can you catch up if you're interested? Let me give some recomendations. You Want
Find Me on Social Media
Beyond this website, there's a few places you can find me in social media. Feel free to reach out to me, ask questions, or simply follow me if you want. Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jakedfw Mastodon: https://kerr.social/profile/jake Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jake.
Artifacts of the Arcane Podcast Coming
I've had so much fun writing The Thieves Guild podcast as a serial story (with one chapter per week) that I've decided to launch another podcast with my friends at In Shambles Productions. This is an an adaptation of my Tommy Black series, which has been
The Thieves Guild Hits 100 Episodes!
The Thieves Guild, the audiodrama podcast written by me, has offiically reached 100 episodes. I'm quite proud of this podcast, as it's a full cast production and is epic in scope, even as the characters are personal and easy to root for. I started writing The
The Burning City Release Date is Tomorrow
Book two of my series, The Thieves Guild, is out tomorrow. All of the personal chaos that Ralan experienced in book one gets blown up into tons of political machinations. I hope you enjoy it. It's titled The Burning City because, well, the city is burning. :)
The Burning City Cover Reveal!
It's been a busy year, and part of the year has been revising and updating my Thieves Guild series. It was previously known as The Guildmaster Thief, but I have expanded some of it and totally re-edited both editions. Additionally, I'll be releasing book 3 in