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Our Podcasting Luminaries Series features podcasters that have been producing content for at least 6 years and sometimes more! In the world of podcasting consistency and longevity are two of the most elusive and coveted qualities. Learn tips and insight about podcasting plus get inspired by how podcasting has served as a launching point for greatness<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Terry Fallis<\/a> has been navigating the world of podcasting since 2006, starting off delving into the world of Public Relations and continuing by voicing his award winning and highly successful novels. He is currently\u00a0in the midst of podcasting his latest novel,\u00a0Up and Down<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>which McClelland & Stewart will publish next month.<\/em><\/p>\n Terry Fallis is the author of The Best Laid Plans, and The High Road, satirical novels of Canadian politics. His debut novel (TBLP) was originally self-published in 2007 and won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Then McClelland & Stewartpublished TBLP in September 2008.<\/em><\/p>\n He also won the Gold Medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Regional Fiction \u2013 Canada East category. In 2010, the Waterloo Region chose The Best Laid Plans as the One Book, One Communityselection.<\/em><\/p>\n In February, 2011, The Best Laid Plans was crowned the winner of CBC Canada Reads as the \u201cessential Canadian novel of the decade.\u201d In November 2011,CBC-Television announced that The Best Laid Plans is indevelopment as a six-part TV miniseries.<\/em><\/p>\n My first podcast, Inside PR<\/a>, was really for fun and to explore the emerging world of podcasting and social media. My podcast novels were and are intended to build an audience for my writing in the hopes that satisfied listeners might actually remove their ear buds and buy the novels in their printed form.<\/p>\n I started podcasting in April 2006 when a colleague and I created the public relations podcast known as Inside PR. It was and remains a weekly podcast. I gave up the microphone in the spring of 2010 after four years and over 200 episodes, though the show continues.<\/p>\n In January 2007, prior to publication, I podcast my first novel, The Best Laid Plans, chapter by chapter. In the summer of 2010, I podcast my second novel, The High Road, in the same fashion. Currently, I\u2019m in the middle of podcasting my third novel, Up and Down, chapter by chapter even though it won\u2019t hit bookstore shelves until later in September.<\/p>\n Initially, we started the Inside PR podcast as a way to explore the emerging world of social media while giving back to our profession.<\/p>\n Podcasting my novels has always been about building and sustaining an audience for my writing. I truly believe that by giving away the audio version of my novels for free and building a following behind them, I have actually sold more copies of the printed book.<\/p>\n It was a thrilled to receive an email sent from a listener stuck in a massive traffic jam in Shanghai who had just listened to and enjoyed Chapter 9 of my first novel podcast a mere 90 minutes after I uploaded from my Toronto home.<\/p>\n I record using an Apex radio-style condenser mic through a Samsung Zoom H4 digital recorder. I then edit and produce each chapter in Audacity before exporting as an mp3 for uploading to Libsyn and my blog<\/a><\/p>\n At the very beginning back in 2006, we used to record through a four track board right into our computer. But eventually we discovered we get the best sound quality recording through condenser mics into a good quality digital recorder (in my case, a Samsung H4 Zoom) and then editing\/producing in Audacity.<\/p>\n I use various social media platforms to promote the Up and Down podcast, including Facebook, Twitter, and my blog at www.terryfallis.com.<\/p>\n I\u2019m glad I figured out that when I make a mistake when recording a chapter, I should just keep the same recording going rather than stopping and then starting again, thereby ensuring that I am left with only one track to edit rather than many to piece together.<\/p>\n The positive listener feedback to my first podcast novel gave me the resolve to self publish which led to winning one of Canada\u2019s oldest and most prestigious literary award, the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and then the CBC\u2019s Canada Reads competition. So I think podcasting really helped to change my life as a writer.<\/p>\n What are you waiting for? Go subscribe to Terry\u2019s UNRELEASED novel (at the time of this writing) Up and Down<\/a>! If you want to reach out to Terry you can do so at tfallis(at)gmail(dot)com.<\/em><\/p>\n Are you ready to start podcasting<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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