Lady From Day Blog

Cast Interviews & Cross Promotion

2008-05-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

In lieu of their break I am doing some cast interviews to keep everyone amused and interested. Book 3 starts out in June.

Interview #1 - PhaeThorn

April Sadowski, creator of Lady From Day, interviews the voice of Rowan - PhaeThorn in the first of several cast interviews in between Book 2 and Book 3.

http://www.ladyfromday.com/LFD_inter...owan_final.mp3

Interview #2 - JauntyHat

April Sadowski, creator of Lady From Day, interviews the voice of Siegfried- JauntyHat.

http://www.ladyfromday.com/interview2_siegfried.mp3

Interview #3 - R. Douglas Barbieri

April Sadowski, creator of Lady From Day, interviews the voice of several characters as well as the Book 2 narrator and credit announcer - R. Douglas Barbieri.

http://www.ladyfromday.com/barbieri_interview.mp3

Interview #4 - Sophie Neveu (Solstice)

April Sadowski, creator of Lady From Day, interviews the voice of Lia - Sophie Neveu.

http://www.ladyfromday.com/liainterview.mp3

Featuring Sophie Neveu (Lia in Lady From Day) as Lily Evans, Snape's Diaries is being produced by myself at Misfits Audio Productions (www.misfitsaudio.com). Please stay tuned for it's June release. The first episode is finished and let me tell you - it sounds awesome! The cast does a wonderful job at really bringing these characters (pre-Harry obviously) to life.

Chapter 21 and Other News

2008-04-09T09:51:00.000-07:00

http://ladyfromday.com/ChapterXXI.mp3

CAST for Chapter 21:

NARRATOR: R. Douglas Barbieri
INNKEEPER: R. Douglas Barbieri
LUCIEN: R. Douglas Barbieri
ROWAN: PhaeThorn
SIEGFRIED: JauntyHat
MIRA: Randi Anderson
PHELAN: Nathan Barrass
JULIA: Mippa
GLORIA: Fiona Thraille

SYNOPSIS:
Mira helps Siegfried and Rowan start acting like women rather then men as Mira helps them with their disguise. When Mira gets hit on by one of Rowan's men (Phelan), she gets furious and talks to him. Then they go throughout the town to get more tools to make their disguises more accurate.

MUSIC:
The Brothers Femme - RainWalk
Kevin MacLeod - Majestic Hills
Deyo - Bachesque
Kevin MacLeod - Water Prelude

LENGTH: 23:07 minutes

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CAST INTERVIEWS
Cast interviews will begin next week with the release of PhaeThorn's. PhaeThorn plays Rowan and will be discussing his acting background and other tidbits of interesting information. Interviews will commence until the release of Book 3, releasing in June.

CASTING CALL
I will having an open casting call starting next week with available parts thus far. Casting will be open until the end of May, 2008. Parts will be available for Book 3 and carry-over characters for Book 4.

Chapter 20 Released - And a side note

2008-04-03T10:41:00.000-07:00

http://ladyfromday.com/ChapterXX.mp3

CAST for Chapter 20:

LIA - Sophie Neveu
TAYLA - Mippa
EMTEH - Mary Bruhand

SYNOPSIS:
Tayla and Lia discuss the reliability of Emteh. Meanwhile Emteh is scheming for herself and reveals her motives to Lia.

MUSIC:
Deyo - Una Limosnita po el Amor de Dios

LENGTH: 6:11 minutes

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Side Note:
Why are some of my chapters so short?
How long do you want to wait for things to get released? I am publishing the chapters as they are in the book, and there are times when they need to be short. If I combined the chapters the flow wouldn't be as natural and you would have to wait longer for releases. The first two Books have relatively short chapters and in addition - they are also more of the incline up to the rest. Book 3 is more of a middle point, and significantly longer than the rest. Book 4 is the same and things are surmounting. The rest is full of action and mystery....stay tuned!

Chapter 19 is Released...Summer Vacation

2008-03-12T09:39:00.000-07:00

Chapter 19

Direct Download: www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXIX.mp3

CAST:
NARRATOR: R. Douglas Barbieri
ROWAN: PhaeThorn
SIEGFRIED: JauntyHat
MIRA: Randi Anderson
GLORIA NAYDLE: Fiona Thraille

SYNOPSIS:
Mira takes Siegfried and Rowan shopping for women's clothes and so they come up with a story to make it sound like the clothes aren't for them. The meet up with Gloria Naydle, Moir Awin's seamstress and she's a very large cockney lovable woman.

Summer Vacation
So after Book 2 is completed in April, I will be letting the actors have a little summer vacation (for 2 months). In the meantime, Lady From Day will be continuing will podcast interviews from me to the actors. If you are interested in asking the actors questions, please address them to book@ladyfromday.com so I can use them in the interviews.

Thanks!

Chapter 17 and 18 Released

2008-03-10T11:08:00.000-07:00

To listen to all chapters, visit http://www.ladyfromday.com and scroll to the RSS player.

Chapter 17

Direct Link:
http://www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXVII.mp3

Podcast:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...t?id=259717043

CAST for Chapter 17 (A Green Visitor):

NARRATOR - R. Douglas Barbieri
ROWAN - PhaeThorn
SIEGFRIED - JauntyHat
MIRA - Randi Anderson

SYNOPSIS:
Rowan and Siegfried discuss operations with a small trusted group Lia's men. When Rowan and Siegfried talk amongst themselves later on how they individually will infiltrate, they meet the Guardian of Harper Wood who offers to help them.

MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod - Stoneworld Battle
Kevin MacLeod - Distant Tension
Kevin MacLeod - Epic Unease
Kevin MacLeod - Quiet Panic
Kevin MacLeod - Unrelenting

Chapter 18

Direct Link:
http://www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXVIII.mp3

Podcast:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...t?id=259717043

CAST for Chapter 18 (Servant Quarters):

LIA - Sophie Neveu
EMTEH - Mary Bruhand
KOORK - Laura Fedora

SYNOPSIS:
Lia and Emteh walk through the gorlag keep to find the servant quarters. Emteh talks about her experience at the keep with Lia and divulges a secret.

MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod - Interloper
Kevin MacLeod - Ghost Processional

Chapter 16 Release and Chapter 15 Remake

2008-02-11T10:32:00.000-08:00

So...there was a change in Chapter 15 (with the narrator voice) so I remixed and upload the new one today. I also edited the Tayla credit in Chapter 14 (CORRECT credit is for Mippa. Randi Anderson plays Mira).

CAST for Chapter 16 (Hen House):

TAYLA - Mippa
EMTEH - Tinker Jet
MISTRESS – Laura Fedora
KOORK - Laura Fedora
LIA - Sophie Neveu

SYNOPSIS:
Lia learns more of the regular activities of kitchen staff and gets eggs from unusually large chickens.

MUSIC:
Ghost Processional by Kevin McLeod
Air Prelude by Kevin McLeod
Dark Dance by Kevin McLeod

Download: http://www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXVI.mp3

Remember you can subscribe on iTunes! Click Here

Chapter 15 Release and Harmless Promotions

2008-02-08T07:40:00.000-08:00

CAST for Chapter 15 (Separation Anxiety):

SIEGFRIED - JauntyHat
ROWAN - PhaeThorn
ARAS, NARRATOR - R. Douglas Barbieri
RENOLD - Blackened88

SYNOPSIS:
Rowan is getting anxious because Lia hasn't come back yet from after talking with Siegfried and walking around on her own to catch some air. Rowan decides to take matters into his own hands as he assumes she was captured by gorlags. He encounters a drunk Siegfried (pouting over his marriage proposal rejection) and talks to Aras and Renold.

MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod - Shamanistic
Kevin MacLeod - Grave Blow
Kevin MacLeod - Temple of the Manes

Download: http://www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXV.mp3

Remember you can subscribe on iTunes! Click Here

And now some harmless promotion...

Lady From Day will be airing on The Sonic Society this month! Catch it on February 12. The Sonic Society airs weekly from September to May and features different Audio Dramas each week. The first four chapters of Lady From Day will air.

On another note...catch me, April Sadowski on BrokenSea Audio's new Dr. Who series. I play Maren of Karn.

Review by Radioplay Contests!

2008-01-10T12:27:00.000-08:00

A couple links to listen:

http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=29190
http://www.radioplaycontests.com/index.php?topic=511.0

Download link: http://rapidshare.com/files/82757662/RadioplayContests-Podcast03.mp3.html

Co-hosts Mochan and Niko Ford review Lady From Day on Radioplay Contests Podcast #3. It's a WONDERFUL review and the whole cast is praised on their excellence :)

I'm not going to leak out anything...so just listen :)

OH...BTW Thanks PhaeThorn (Rowan) for letting me know.

Chapter 14 Released!

2008-01-08T19:09:00.000-08:00

CAST for Chapter 14:

TAYLA- Mippa
EMTEH- Mary Bruhand (Tinker Jet)
LIA- Sophie Neveu

SYNOPSIS:
Lia gets to work and meets the two kitchen staff Tayla, and Emteh. Emteh seems to be a tattle-tale and Tayla and her don't get along.

MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod - Dragon and Toast

Download: http://www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXIV.mp3

Remember you can subscribe on iTunes! Click Here

Chapter 13 Released!

2008-01-07T10:34:00.000-08:00

The Second Book has started up now with the release of Chapter 13. This chapter has a theme which will be quite obvious in Chapter 15 if you don't already figure it out now.

CAST for Chapter 13:

LIA - Sophie Neveu
KRATAH - Ashlyn Barbieri
MISTRESS - Laura Fedora
KOORK - Laura Fedors

SYNOPSIS:
Lia is introduced to the Gorlag Keep by way of a bit unusual bath. She is put to work in the kitchens where she meets the head cook.

MUSIC:
R. Douglas Barbieri (dooglio) - Gorlag Keep
Kevin MacLeod - Phantasm
Kundara - Classical
Kundara - Hell Fire in Kishon

Download: www.ladyfromday.com/chapterxiii.mp3

Remember you can subscribe on iTunes! Click Here

Round of Updates

2008-01-05T04:00:00.001-08:00

First off, we are now #3 on Dramapod :) Thanks for listening!

Book II, Chapter 13 (no...the new books continue the chapters, they don't start from 1, just like in a novel) is done with the main mixing. I'm waiting on the intro and credit lines to put the whole thing together and then it will be posted. We are still ahead of the deadline and I will be mixing Chapter 14 hopefully next week.

Thank you for listening!

#4!

2007-12-26T09:27:00.000-08:00

Moving on up...Lady From Day is #4 of the day on Dramapod :) Thanks for listening and voting.

Dramapod #7 Top Listen of the Day!

2007-12-24T06:45:00.001-08:00

Check this out! What is number 7 right there? YES it is! Lady From Day :) You can click the image to enlarge it.

Also to note, I'm a voice actress in the two new ones at the bottom... The White Carnation (I'm Narrator 2...PhaeThorn who does Rowan in LFD is Narrator 1, and JauntyHat who plays Siegfried in LFD is starring as Felicity). I am also playing a villain in Pendant Production's Star Wars: Blue Harvest (Jenna Zan Arbor). Hey I can have a little shameless self promotion can't I? Anyway it's very exciting! Thank you all for listening and stay tuned for Book 2. There are a lot more characters and a lot more new developments as you will find out what happens to Lia.

Chapter 12 and Commentary Released

2007-12-22T13:54:00.001-08:00

DIRECT LINK:
http://www.ladyfromday.com/ChapterXII.mp3

FOLLOWING WRITER COMMENTARY:
http://www.ladyfromday.com/commentary2_aprilsmith.mp3

PODCAST:
Click here to subscribe in iTunes.

To listen to Chapter I - XII and the commentaries, visit http://www.ladyfromday.com and scroll to the Splash Cast Player (there are additional podcast website links there too).

CAST for Chapter 11:

LIA - Sophie Neveu
ROWAN – PhaeThorn
SIEGFRIED – JauntyHat
INTRO – R. Douglas Barbieri

SYNOPSIS:
Lia and Rowan return to Moir Awin. Siegfried proposes a question to Lia. Lia catches some fresh air and something horrible happens. This is the final chapter in Book 1. The story will continue in Book 2 releasing in 2008.

MUSIC:
Kevin MacLeod - Frozen Star
Kevin MacLeod - Love Song
Kevin MacLeod - Time Passes
The Regulator and Skinny Bee - Horrorstyle

COMPLETE RADIOPLAY SYNOPSIS:
Lady from Day is a story about an adventurer Lia (Sophie Neveu) and her group of companions and their quest to save the princess Daschl Feyris (Cerhiunnhn) from her malady that is causing the kingdom of Feyris to go into famine. Lia and her counterpart Siegfried (JauntyHat) roam Feyris and the outlying regions in search of a cure for the princess. Through their journey they meet up with some unexpected people and encounter some horrible creatures such as the gorlags (Emcgo, Moose, R. Douglas Barbieri) and beautiful places like Harper Wood and Petalodys Valley. Come listen to the story over a course of four Books (Parts).

As usual...I would love any and all comments :)

Chapter 12 Mixing Begins!

2007-12-22T05:21:00.001-08:00

I will begin mixing Chapter 12 today thanks to PhaeThorn giving me his lines :) I've also finished writing another chapter in Book 3 so there are a total of 10 chapters left to write in the story and 2 in the Book (or "Part" if you will).

Another note - I have banners now on the main site available for download so you can put them on your blog, site, forum, etc.

Making Headway!

2007-12-17T06:07:00.000-08:00

I'm nearly done writing Book 3 (3 chapters to go)! I decided to make a chapter-by-chapter outline to help speed up the writing process and it really has helped. Remember, the last chapter in Book 1 is going to be released this month so stay tuned :) Things are really going to change.

Commentary Number 2

2007-12-11T18:52:00.000-08:00

I've recorded the second commentary for Lady From Day. I will release it along with Chapter 12 (before Christmas). Listen to Chapter 12 first as there is a spoiler in the commentary.

I will answer the following questions addressed on the forum (and if you want to ask a question, sign up on the forum and go under production updates > audio commentary and post, or email me at book@ladyfromday.com):

Q#1 by PhaeThorn (ROWAN): Why DID you call it Lady From Day?
Q#2 by Solstice (LIA): How many words are in Book I?
Q#3: Will there be bloopers?

If you are a cast member, I posted the commentary under the Cast boards>General>Audio Commentary 2 - Sneak Peak!

I will also let on some MAJOR changes in the production so make sure you listen!

Latest Updates

2007-12-07T18:13:00.000-08:00

Well, first off we have new cast members! I am scouting right now since there aren't really enough new parts to do a casting call. I have replaced myself as Gloria Naydle in Book 2 with Fiona Thraille, who has been kind enough to do the part. She will also sound more authentic. I've started to look out for people for Book 3 (there are only 3 new characters so far as I'm still writing it). I was chatting with a new fan (she found it from my posting on BrokenSea Audio's Yahoo group) and asked her to do some lines for me since she was wondering about when I'd be holding auditions for Book 3. What she does in real-life is exactly the same as the character I developed. So welcome Alexa Chipman as Nessa!

I will be releasing Chapter 12 (the last chapter in Book 1) hopefully before Christmas. I'm waiting on PhaeThorn's lines but that's ok because the official deadline isn't until January 1. I will also be releasing another audio commentary at that time. If you have any questions you would like answered on there, please post a question!