However, since we got caught behind our own schedule, and because Seth is such a friend of the show, we wanted to help him out by running his Wheel episode just before the launch of his new pod novel, Jack Palms 3, and the print debut of the novel that started it all, Jack Wakes Up and we moved it up so that the show aired in time for his book release. If you’re a fan of crime noire fiction, check it out. Its good, adult oriented fiction with a ‘kick you in the teeth’ flavor.

So, if this feels familiar, then you’ve probably had the misfortune of seeing Firefly as it was aired on the Fox Network. Sorry about that. We now present to you, the REAL episode 1 of season 3. About, um… 2 months late. We would’ve gotten it to you on time, but no one volunteered to do our regular work for us. Thanks a lot, all of you.

Anyway, enjoy this month’s episode as we talk about what we’ve been up to, catch up on a few odds and ends, and answer listener Katie’s questions about college and internships.

Items mentioned in this episode:
S.C.O.R.E. (Service Core of Retired Executives)

Shows we’re listening to:
Duct Tape Marketing
Marketing Over Coffee

Jonny Goldstein’s Freelance Blues

The Joe Kuberts School of Cartoon and Graphic Design

The New England School of Art & Design

Answers for Freelancers Intern Search

Katie’s Mailbag Questions are here.

SHOW NOTES:

Featured Podcast – Bells in the Batfry

Album Art by Alexandre Tchobankov
If you would like to send your artwork in for inclusion in our album art, feel free! Make the artwork square. No bigger than 250px by 250px. Make sure that Answers for Freelancers! is the point of the art. Add your signature and a link to your web portfolio. Keep it clean. We’re a family podcast.

The famous LL Bean Snowy River Hat.

Others who sent in letters this show are Edward Wedig and Daniel Young.

The Podcast novelists that we talked about are J.C. Hutchins and Scott Sigler.

Also coming up is an interview with Dan Thompson, cartoonist of Lost Sheep fame.

Matt asked us to track a job from start to finish… kind of like that School House Rock where a bill becomes a law…. Well it took a little while, but here it is. Starting with a phone call and ending with an invoice. This episode is all about the life cycle of a job. Thanks for writing in Matt.

However, there were a whole lotta problems all the way around with this episode.

First, we did the Mail Bag during the weekend of the big internet changeover in our town. Apparently, Comcast was taking over from Adelphia. So, we kept losing connectivity, and by the end of our 35 minutes of audio, we had spent about an hour and a half trying to record while dealing with dropped calls. Frustration reigned supreme at the end of that call.

Second, apparently Bob’s machine sometimes switches over into “super static” mode. So, even once we were finished, when I got the final audio, it was noisy.

Third, Bob is smack in the middle of some of his worst deadlines this year, so we couldn’t re-record. The decision: Do we miss an episode and re-record it in a week or two? Do I record it myself, all over (I can hear you now, “No, Please No!”) Or do I clean it up the best and I can and put it out as is? Right. Put it out! Here it is. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

Wheel of Misfortune event by Pia Sjolin – http://www.pia-us.com/

Mail Bag links

Jay Montgomery’s Website – http://www.jaymontgomery.com/

Podcamp Atlanta – http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/PodCampAtlanta

Aquent/AIGA Design Salary Survey 2005 – http://www.designersalaries.com/

Aquent/AMA Marketing Salary Survey 2006 – http://www.marketingsalaries.com/

National Association for the Self-Employed – http://www.nase.org/

Special apologies for cutting Dan Salzman’s information out of the notes we were using for the Mail Bag. Dan’s website is at:
http://www.dansalzman.com/