The Metamor City Podcast

Good day, citizens! Blaine Terynson here from the Imperial Ministry of Information. I am most pleased to share some exciting news: the word of our beloved city has gone out far and wide, and men and women from across the globe have answered the call!

The communications distribution system known as iTunes has released a list of its most popular podcasts in the world of Literature — and The Metamor City Podcast, the Ministry’s prime vehicle for spreading news of our fair land, is now ranked in the top twenty Literature podcasts in all of iTunes!

This is a great triumph for the Imperial Ministry of Information, and the Majestrix extends her thanks to all of you, the Empire’s loyal citizens and fellow-travelers in distant lands, for making it possible. It is your use of our promotional spots, your blog posts, your word-of-mouth that has raised Metamor City into the collective awareness of the WorldNet community. You are truly the messengers of light and hope to a benighted world.

The Majestrix wishes to extend her particular thanks to loyal citizen Steve Eley, whose podcast Escape Pod has long been the standard-bearer for excellence in audio science fiction. In Episode 143 Mr. Eley aired the Metamor City promotional spot and waxed eloquent about the joys of our beloved city and the merits of our podcast program. Since the release of this episode hundreds of new visitors have come to Metamor City and discovered the wonder of our world for themselves. It is largely Mr. Eley’s dedication to the cause that has propelled The Metamor City Podcast to its current place of prominence. For this, and other services to the Empire, Majestrix Kyia is pleased to elevate Steve Eley to the peerage, bestowing upon him the title Baron of Giftum. We at the Ministry congratulate Lord Eley on his promotion and wish him the best in his continued services to the Empire.

As always, the Ministry encourages all citizens and friends of the Empire to inform us of any further efforts to disseminate positive information about our nation and its beloved capital city. Those who serve the Empire in this way shall be honored in future dispatches.

All Hail the Majestrix! All Hail Metamor!

The Hon. Blaine Terynson,
Imperial Minister of Information

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Blaine Terynson, Imperial Minister of Information, here to provide a report on our continuing efforts to disseminate positive information about our beloved Majestrix and the Imperial Union of Metamor and Allied Nations.

Several Imperial citizens must be recognized for their recent efforts in transmitting our message of hope and freedom. All of these individuals shall be awarded the Order of the Empire of Metamor (OEM) in honor of their good deeds.

• MA in PA mentioned her upcoming role in The Metamor City Podcast on Geek Acres #105 and on Better Late Than Never #16.
• P. G. Holyfield used a bumper from Head Scribe Chris Lester and played the Metamor City Promo on Murder At Avedon Hill Episode 9.
• Mur Lafferty featured a guest interview between Chris Lester and Kim Harrison on I Should Be Writing, Special Episode #26, and then extended her thanks to Chris in Special Episode #27.
• Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine both mentioned their upcoming roles as the androgyne Evan/Eva Selindi, in The Survival Guide To Writing Fantasy #33 and Whispers At The Edge #18. Pip also played the Metamor City promo.
• J. C. Hutchins played the Metamor City Promo on Episode #14 of 7th Son: Book III - Destruction.
• Nobilis has likewise played the Metamor City Promo on Nobilis Erotica #39.
• Beq Vyper, alias Silverfire, has promoted her part in The Metamor City Podcast on the User Friendly forums.
• Leann Mabry devoted an entire post on her blog to promoting her role as Morgan Drauling and the narrator of Episode 2 of The Metamor City Podcast. The Majestrix is greatly pleased and, in light of this and other services to the Empire, has elevated Ms. Mabry to the peerage, awarding her the title of Countess of Meriton. The Imperial Ministry of Information extends its congratulations to the new Lady Meriton and wishes her the very best in her new role.

The Ministry also wishes to extend its thanks to the following individuals; though not yet citizens of the Empire, they have shown themselves to be friends of our great nation by promoting its virtues far and wide. The Majestrix has ordered that each of these worthies be bestowed with the Honorary Order of the Companions of Metamor.

• Doug Rapson, for Geek Acres #109
• Chris Miller, for Interlude: NaNoWriMo
• Les Howard, for The Signal (Season 3) #21
• Russ Turley of The Podcast Studio, for Podcast of the Week 11/06/07
• Dan Shaurette, for Is This Thing On? #36
• Tabitha of Strangely Literal, for her recent blog post
• Jeff, Chip and Michael, for The Scotchcast #5
• Steve and Angie Nutt, for Our Place #83

The Ministry encourages all citizens and friends of the Empire to inform us of any further efforts to disseminate positive information about our nation and its beloved capital city. Those who serve the Empire in this way shall be honored in future dispatches.

All Hail the Majestrix! All Hail Metamor!

The Hon. Blaine Terynson,
Imperial Minister of Information

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Dan Shaurette, the creator of the Is This Thing On? blog and podcast, gave The Metamor City Podcast a very favorable review in Episode #36, his Halloween episode. The discussion of Metamor City starts at 45:39, if you just want to check out that part, or you can start at the beginning of the episode and listen to him and his co-host Michelle rant about 30 Days of Night, rave about Buffy Between the Lines, and discuss lots of other cool stuff.

Thanks for the good press, Dan! I hope you continue to enjoy Metamor City as the story progresses…

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