Announcing the Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto, Ontario/Marlton, New Jersey - Pop culture website Biff Bam Pop! today announces the launch of the Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network, an umbrella to house and promote a host of podcasts featuring various members of the BBP staff. Please meet us after the jump for the details.

“For the past two years here at Biff Bam Pop!, we've featured The GAR! Podcast, the work of myself, and my partner Ray Cornwall,” says Biff Bam Pop! Senior Editor and Writer Glenn Walker. “Recently it occurred to us here onsite that I was not the only one who had a hand in the world of podcasting. We should organize the podcasts of our writers under one umbrella, adding to each show's promotional power for the betterment of everyone. Each time a new episode goes live, it would be featured here onsite. Thus was born the Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network.”

The currently running podcasts that will now fall under the Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network umbrella include:

The Audacious Eleven Podcast featuring Wendy Sheridan, Mary McGinley, Donna Juzva, and Biff Bam Pop's own, SJWG member Robin Renee. The show is described as a reality podcast that ventures from Pagan spirituality and life empowerment to technology, entrepreneurship, love, sex, and fandom.

The Biff Bam Popcast is our own video roundtable recorded from Google Hangouts that features BBP staffers and occasional guests talking about the pop culture topics of the day in film, television, comics, gaming, books, and music.

The GAR! Podcast is the Glenn Walker and Ray Cornwall weekly podcast where they talk unrehearsed about whatever happens to come to mind. It’s an audio-zine for your mind, a nerd exploration of a nerd world, coming to you from across the vastness of suburban New Jersey via Skype.

Gobbledygeek features hosts Paul Smith and AJ Wiley and focuses on a variety of entertainment subjects, with our hosts and special guests frequently discussing films, comics, and television. BBP staffers K. Dale Koontz and Ensley F. Guffey are frequent guests.

The Make Mine Magic Podcast features Jenn Walker and her husband SJWG member Glenn Walker talking about Disney, parks, movies, travel advice, characters, Marvel, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli, etc., if it’s Disney, it’s fair game.

The Official Popshifter Podcast, features Popshifter managing editor Less Lee Moore and featured contributor Jeffery X Martin shifting the tone of pop culture criticism and tackling the fields of film, music, and rest of the genre world.

Along with these shows, beginning on October 15th, we will launch the monthly Biff Bam Podcast. The inaugural edition will feature interviews with Kane Hodder and Brandi Cyrus, the stars of the new horror film Old 37, along with a roundtable discussion on the best movies to watch for Halloween, and contributions from various BBP staff writers.

“We’re very excited to be bringing Biff Bam Pop! to the podcasting world,” says Editor-In-Chief Andy Burns. “After seven years of writing on the web, we’re now going to entice your ears with our brand of pop culture talk.”

For more details on the Biff Bam Pop! Podcast Network, and the Biff Bam Podcast, contact Andy Burns or Glenn Walker.

Established in 2008 in Toronto, Canada, Biff Bam Pop is a pop culture website that features writers from across North America. Find us online at www.biffbampop.com, facebook.com/bbpcanada and via Twitter @biffbampop.

The Biff Bam Pop! website features the work of SJWG members Marie Gilbert, James Knipp, Loretta Sisco, Robin Renee, Sarah Hawkins-Miduski, Glenn Walker, and soon, Mieke Zamora-Mackay.

South Jersey Writers Database, part 2

Folks are always asking for a central source, a database of where to find the work and social media of the members of the South Jersey Writers' Group - so here you go. Here is the second part (you can see the first part here), and it's by no means complete. We'll be adding and updating as we go along, but this is certainly a good start.

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Nanci Rainey

Website: http://nancirainey.tateauthor.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nanci.rainey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillysTribute

Robin Renee

Website: http://www.robinrenee.com

Blog: https://dreambetween.wordpress.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobinReneeFan

Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiritrockssexy

Podcast: Audacious Eleven: http://a11.moon-and-star.com/

Randy Ribay

Website: http://www.randyribay.com

Blog: https://randyribay.wordpress.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/randyribay

Ewart Rouse

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com 

Michael Smolensky

Website: http://www.smolenskylaw.com/

Blog: http://gavelreport.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/smolenskylaw

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/smolenskylaw/

Kevin Stephany

Blog: https://kevinstephany.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevsteph0419 

L.A. Strucke

Website: http://www.lastrucke.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lastrucke

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LAStrucke

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/

Joanna Swank

Website: http://askmeaboutmybooks.webs.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joanna.swank

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CanBeANovelist

Loretta Swearingen Sisco

Website/Blog: http://www.lorettasisco.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loretta.swearingen.sisco

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LorettaSisco

Loretta at Biff Bam Pop!: http://biffbampop.com/author/lorettals/

Vince Sparks
Website/Blog: http://www.sparksignites.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vincesparks

Shelley Szajner

Blog/Website: http://www.shelleyszajner.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writershelleybax

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShelleySzajner

Rich Voza

Blog: http://brainsnorts.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brainsnorts

Glenn Walker

Website: http://www.glennewalker.com

Blogs: Welcome to Hell: http://www.monsura.blogspot.com

            French Fry Diary: http://www.frenchfrydiary.blogspot.com

            The Non-Gamer's Gamer's Blog: http://www.nongamersgamersblog

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monsura

Twitter: https://twitter.com/monsura   

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/monsura 

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/glenn1400/

Podcasts: The GAR! Podcast: http://www.garpodcast.com

                The Make Mine Magic Podcast: http://www.makeminemagicpodcast.com

Glenn at Biff Bam Pop!: http://biffbampop.com/category/glenn-walker/       

Jessica Walsh-Jadach

Blog: http://crackingnut.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.walshjadach

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jessica_A_Walsh

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Jessica_A_Walsh/

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/

Kahlil Weston

Website: http://www.madwriterpublishing.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madwriterspublishing
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wesdaddymack5

Janice Wilson

Website/Blog: http://www.soothingprose.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janice.wilson.988

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Soothingprose

Mieke Zamora-Mackay

Website/Blog: The Author in Training: http://www.miekezmackay.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MZMackay

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/mzmackay/

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com 

We hope you'll check out these links and continue reading our blog here.  See you next time! 

Why Do the NaNoWriMo?

The following was originally written for the Fear of Writing website back in 2010, and still rings true today. Now that the South Jersey Writers' Group is in the midst of NaNoWriMo, I think this might be a good time to unearth this nugget. Notably, since its writing, I am now on my eleventh year of NaNo-ing, and have finished three times. Enjoy, and be sure to check out FoW for great writing resources and inspiration.

When I was asked to contribute a guest blog about the NaNoWriMo, I jumped right in, just like the NaNoWriMo, and churned one out - and much like the publishing industry itself, I was told it wasn't a good fit. Good friend and the queen of Fear of Writing Milli Thornton quickly rattled off a few more appropriate topics. Number one was not only why do the NaNoWriMo, but why, like me, why do it eight times in a row.

Well, the answer of course is easy. I'm a masochist. I obviously must be. Why else would I subject myself to this process every November? And why would I keep coming back? Over and beyond the concept that I think all writers are masochists, there is another reason, a much more palatable one - to write.

When you become entrenched in the writing community, you quickly learn there are two kinds of writers. There are writers who work and work and are always on one project or another, and are always in the midst of the words. They are doing it, and if they are lucky, and they have the talent - these are the ones who make it.

The other kind of writer is the talker. Oh yeah, they talk a good game, they know their stuff, but you never really see them at work. Sure, maybe they have one or two finished or unfinished novels in their desk drawer or on disc that have never and/or will never be accepted, or revised, or edited. They're not writers, at least not anymore, they just talk about it.

November's National Novel Writing Month is a dividing line, and a barbed wire barrier. It firstly keeps the workers from becoming talkers, and second, it gives the talkers a chance to redeem themselves and become workers again. The goal, bottom line, of the NaNoWriMo is to make you write. Butt in seat, fingers on keyboard, words on page. Do it.

Now a lot of the workers also have their share of pitfalls in their busy writing lives. Sometimes they get bogged down in one project, so intent on that little world or universe you lose objectivity as its creator. Fresh winds and new ideas not only rejuvenate but give new insight to old ideas. The NaNoWriMo is a fresh wind, in that you must create a whole new novel from scratch. November is one big walk in the park or long cold shower - you know, those getaways that give you the energy to tackle an old project that's been dragging you down.

National Novel Writing Month also provides opportunities to meet other writers. Whether it is making writing buddies or posting on the message boards at the NaNoWriMo website, or actually attending the in-person Write-Ins in your region - it is always good to talk with and network with other writers. If only to compare notes and experiences and even talk about trends in the industry, writing is a solitary endeavor, and it's always good to know you're not alone.

The newness of the NaNoWriMo also keeps you fresh, period. As I indirectly confessed earlier, this is year number eight for me and the NaNoWriMo. I have finished my novel once within the given thirty days, but I have finished the novel started in almost every case. I've edited and revised and submitted those novels as well. And it should most importantly be noted, had it not been for the NaNoWriMo, they never would have been written to begin with.

Imagine that, every November a new manuscript to work on. Some folks work their whole lives to get one manuscript. If that alone isn't enough to get you to do the NaNoWriMo, I don't know what is.

About the author: Glenn Walker is the Membership Director of the South Jersey Writers' Group, Associate Editor of Biff Bam Pop!, and a French fry connoisseur. You can hear him on The GAR! Podcast, The Make Mine Magic Podcast, and see him on The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast. And while he doesn't have any of his own work in it, he wants you to buy and read Tall Tales and Short Stories from South Jersey, and, most importantly, contrary to popular belief, he does not flog guest-bloggers.