Immediate Alert

I need your help. The Escape Pod Science Fiction Podcast seeks a remote assistant, and that should be me.

This job hardly pays any less than my hit-and-miss temp work. This is work that is meaningful enough to me to make me passionately driven. It is where I want to be, and it will clearly lead to more places that I want to be.

I need co-signers to vouch for me as a clear communicator, proofreader, and organizer who is consistently available for communication, and who will be driven like a man possessed to succeed at this job.

You know me. You've seen it happen with Penguicon. Please go to this post to the Penguicon blog and leave your name in the comments there if you agree!

Escape Pod

Wow. I asked for signatories, and got testimonials! I'm blown away. It's times like this that affirm for me, if I had needed it, that I have spent my effort becoming rich after all. The phrase is a cliche, but it works so well. I'm rich in friends.

I know what some of you are thinking: I can't possibly take on any more responsibilities. But working for Escape Artists Inc. is the right move for me, both in vision and pragmatism. This isn't a hobby, it's paying work. I need extra income, and this has obvious advantages over its pay-rate competitor, McDonalds, both in specialized interest and flexible hours. I know where to cut from my schedule to make time for it without sacrificing Penguicon. My current full-time temp day job won't last forever.

Did you know Escape Pod is the second largest market for short fiction? It has more listeners than Asimov's or The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction have readers. Only Analog magazine has a larger subscriber base. Perhaps even more important than its significance to the lifeblood of genre fiction is the pioneering of forward-looking internet business models. That intersection is where I belong. Imagine the networking advantages that might accrue to the gatekeeper.

Some might also question, if this is so desirable, why it is that I am publicizing and promoting it where, perhaps, a potential competitor might read it. It's no problem. (1) I want the job to go to whoever fits it best, even if it's not me. (2) It is me.