Hi, all!
I regularly try to introduce myself during this event, if only to make new contacts among the wonderful folks here. The biggest news recently is that Blood & Gold--an audio adaptation by Realm Media of Blood and Gold, an epic historical Western about infamous gold rush-era bandit Joaquin Murrieta that I wrote with two-time Emmy Award winner Peter Murrieta (a fifth-generation descendant of Joaquin), won silver in the Signal Awards. (It was in the podcast cover art category, so not as cool as it might be--and actor Richard Cabral, who voiced the piece, should've won for his brilliant work). But it's still recognition for a fantastic audio adaptation of a novel that's received raves in the L.A. Times, the N.Y. Times, and other outlets, and is especially meaningful to members of the Latino population. (Did I mention that the book's cover art (not the podcast art) is by Jorge multiple award-winning animator/writer/director/producer Jorge Gutierrez (Maya and the Three, The Book of Life, El Tigre, etc.). Here's one of the book's many fans, who some of you might recognize.
I hope everybody who celebrates it has a great Thanksgiving, and a productive year ahead!
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That's Mario Lopez, Jeffrey J. Mariotte! Congratulations on "Blood & Gold" winning silver in the Signal Awards! Great cover.
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Thanks, Maurice! This is indeed Mario!
You're welcome, Jeffrey J. Mariotte. The "Saved by the Bell" theme song is stuck in my head now. Haha Is the "Blood & Gold" audio adaptation on Google Podcasts?
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I found it on Google Podcasts and subscribed, Jeffrey J. Mariotte.
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Maurice Vaughan, I hope you enjoy it. Marco Palmieri, the producer, used to be an editor at Pocket Books, who I worked with on some novels, and the adaptation was by a writer/editor named Greg Cox, who I've also worked with in his role as an editor at Tor Books. So it was kind of like old home week for me.