Pimpin’ big-time:
Hello, New York Times readers!
March 1, 2007 _ Scott Sigler

If you’re visiting me from the Times, welcome. I offer free audiofiction in the form of podcasts. Directions for getting the stories are at the upper right-hand corner of this page, just under the Podshow logo. Go ahead, first hit is always free …

The New York Times is a landmark in the world of publishing - if you get your name in those pages, it’s a big friggin’ deal. Well I was lucky enough to start podcasting my fiction, pick up a few thousand fans (known as “Junkies”), and thanks to those Junkies today I landed in the NEW YORK TIMES.

It’s a great story (they didn’t even make fun me, which is unusual in my world …). The story inculdes a lot of great podcast fiction writers like J.C. Hutchins, Mark Jeffery and Tee Morris. What it did NOT mention, however, was Podshow, the company that carries my podcast and hooks me up nine ways to Sunday every chance they get. Podshow, salute!

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27 Comments »

Patty

Way to go Scott!!!! now lets hope your head doesnt swell too much to get in the closet…looks like it may be a tight fit already ;) Just joking I’m just so happy that your getting recognition outside of the internet.

Jason K

So, now it all makes sense now! The REAL reason our episodes are always late, is that you are in a closet lookin at your wife’s undies! Bout damn time you got some recognition, you deserve it!!!

Xenophanes

I love the picture of him in the closet speaking like a preacher from a pulpit.

Damn, you rule Sigler……you rule.

Scooby Snacks

Congrats Scott~! They fear you man~ the put you FIRST in the article~! Since you’re actually thanking ur jinkies, hows about an EARLY episode eh ?

waista

“Several times a week…”?! hehe

awesome. the next story will be about ancestor orders breaking amazon. congrats

Matt

I love that the Kraken’s jersey is in the pic.

Allen/AstralGuardian/AkallabêthUrulôkë

Definitely deserved, Mentor of mentors.

Mate

Good on you mate, now enough of the reading and get back in the closet and do some more recording………..

Adrian

You’re having a laugh Scott - who did you hire to pose as you mate? You look like Michael Stipe out of R.E.M & I had you down as a fat balding middle aged guy with glasses - kinda like John Goodman!

Anyway fantastic press coverage and very very well deserved for an excellent series of quality audiobooks, and even more so because the audio quality completely hides the fact that you record while munching knickers in a closet.

Qeldroma

And I qoute “roughly 45 minutes each”. HA!!!! None of this 20 minutes or less bullshit!

Kidding. Great job sigler. Great job!

Chris

digg it
http://digg.com/tech_news/Scott_Sigler_in_the_New_York_Times

“Several times a week…”?!
Yeah I remember that week.

Sarah from Charleston

Thats incredible!

I was just thinking about you…

Hope you’re coming to D*C this year….you have to see the new me…

Congratulations! keep up the great work!

FrizBGolf

WAY TO GO SCOTT!!! Go ahead and give yourself 3 pats on the back….now please get back in the closet and crank me out some more podcrack.

AdPulp

Podcasts Perfect Media for Novelists…

In the New York Times today, a great example of how faith in your art can pay off, if you’re smart, resourceful, and have something people want. Most first-time novelists only sell a few thousand copies, but Scott Sigler,……

Brent Weichsel

Thats what Im talking about one more step to Sigler taking over the world!

HwayHzrd

Fantastic! Great to see Scott gettin’ some love from the Mainstream Media Machine.

Thank you, internet, for giving us choices that the “Gatekeepers” would never have let see the light of day.

Vive La Tech Revolution!

Scott, you are seriously an inspiration to us all … where there is a will, there is truly a relative … er, I mean WAY … !

Michael Dean

CONGRATS! Man I’ve been watching (listening) to you for a while now. Very inspiring.

chris mcgilvray

fuckin A scott well done man for gettin the wordout to a much bigger audience as still to this day when i mention the word podcast to almost any1 i know i get the glassy eyed stare which tells me they know fuck all bout podcast audio books man do they not know what their missing

Maanoc

Congratulations Scott, now get back in the closet and get us another ep. of The Rookie. Alright, I guess this buys you a night off. :)
Lovin the book, and its great to see your getting your name in the main stream media.

Also if anyone wants to Digg this story, there is a Digg button under the Share on teh NT Times site. I dugg both the link above and the one of the NY site.

The Amish Scott

[IMG]http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t37/Xanatos661/Amish.jpg[/IMG]
This is Scott as a Amish..
Seeing how he has a fear of them i decided to make a quick version of him as 1

enahz

AWESOME!!! Hope that gets the publishers attention!! NYT way to go!!
You put faith in us and we junkies appreciate it!!

The Supreme Narutard

Damn Straight that’s Big Pimpin’! Scott just hit the roof and punched a fuckin’ hole right through it. All i have to say is that i can wait till April 1 and that we need to start ‘infecting’ the general public. In the meantime, WE NEED MORE!!!!!

Eric Scott

Just watched Sacred Cow (twice) from Stranger Things! WOW!!! I can see that they took your story and took it further than you did, but it was still within the What Would Scott Do realm of story telling! I did miss the rotting rat powered Pray-O-Meter though…

Stranger Things is a top-notch vidcast and I can’t wait to see more!

blogjunkie

Congrats on the interview man! You do a fantastic job and I think you should get all the recognition you deserve. And I love it that you record your podcasts in the closet!

adventures of a blogjunkie

NY Times podcasting story…

Two podcasters on my Podroll, Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins, have been interviewed by the New York Times (registration may be required) about podcasting. I love it that Scott records his podcasts in the closet.
“A lot of no-name authors like me are …

Oscar

Scott, you made the big podium. Congratulations with this.

Keep them episodes and books commin’

And concerning world domination… well you got me infected with the ‘Scott Sigler’ virus and now I’m hooked.

groeten,

Oscar - The Netherlands

Brian

We can’t wait for you to come out of the closet each week Scott. That means we’ll be getting our next fix!

But seriously, congrats to you man…the hard work is paying off. Next ya have to get on one of those nightly news magazines on television like 20/20 or 60 minutes.

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