http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.comRSS feeds for AudioGO - Trade60http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/186/FREE-Twitter-Audio-2-Fashionably-Undead-is-Here.aspx#Comments10http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=186http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=186&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/186/FREE-Twitter-Audio-2-Fashionably-Undead-is-Here.aspx Fashionably Undead By Meg Cabot and the Twitterverse Narrated by Sarah Drew New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot and more than 50 fiction lovers joined forces on Twitter.com to spin a hilarious tale of haute couture and horror. Carly, an unassuming receptionist at Guru Fashion Agency, is shocked when sexy new guy Jake texts her to say he needs her help—fighting off zombie models! Soon she discovers New York is under siege and she’s the chosen one who can save them all.  With the help of her sassy, donut-loving deskmate Joyce and the intriguing Jake, Carly embarks on a death-defying adventure that leads to a Fashion Week showdown with the Queen of the Zombies, one of the industry’s biggest icons. It just might be the strangest first date she’s ever had.   About the Author Meg Cabot (www.megcabot.com) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-five series and books that have sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. Her Princess Diaries series, published in more than 38 countries, was made into two hit movies by Disney. Meg also wrote the bestselling Mediator and Queen of Babble series, as well as 1-800-Where-R-You? (on which the television series, Missing, was based).  Meg currently writes the Allie Finkle Rules For Girls series and the Heather Wells mystery series for adult readers.  Look for Runaway, the final installment in her Airhead series, in stores now, and Insatiable, a new adult paranormal, coming this summer.  She divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City.   About the Narrator Sarah Drew can currently be seen on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. April Kepner. Other television credits include Hannah Rogers on Everwood, Suzy Pepper on Glee, and Kitty Romano on Mad Men, to name a few.  Film credits include Radio, American Pastime, The Baxter, Front of the Class, and Tug, which is premiering this month. Sarah has also performed on Broadway and London's West End in Vincent in Brixton. Her regional theatre credits include Romeo and Juliet, Third, and Heartbreak House.   List of contributors: @45Spacer, @aarsic, @AnaCPaul, @ange1ina, @Angela_Hunter, @AngerFork, @Ash131618, @barbarathome, @bdrewcollier, @Bia_Barrett, @bnglebee, @CahLac, @crzychick04, @CrystalMariaS, @csyusten, @escapetheworld, @Fluffybookfae, @FocusPlease, @glenbw, @hazeltwilight, @jbsheehan, @JenniferLJacobs, @JennyWorsley, @juliamenna, @KataCullen, @Kiwialabama, @Kristinveiga, @KwanaWrites, @lauramcb, @livingxparadox, @luvmuch2, @mackenzie_finch, @marissajeanine, @megcabot, @melannielove, @Nate_Music, @nathy_tafarelo, @NatiVi , @nikita15, @NinjasFanpire, @non_conformistz, @omgxitskatiexx, @rmooreowlpower, @SaireeElizabeth, @scarymarynease, @sebastianwaller, @simon_staffans, @Surfingsue, @susiebj, @Taragel , @terencewest, @tnahuz, @urbanrenewalgal, @weirdsis, @wheems01, @xMairaxAziex, @WotV   Playing time: 1 hr 22 min   © 2010 by BBC Audiobooks America. All rights reserved. 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The opinions expressed in this and other works published by BBC Audiobooks America are solely those of the authors, and not of the company.   Cover design by Natalie Albright    ___________________________________________   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 1 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 2 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 3 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 4 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead  - Chapter 5 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 6 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead  - Chapter 7 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 8 Download MP3 File   Fashionably Undead - Chapter 9 Download MP3 FilebbcaadminTue, 18 May 2010 13:37:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:186http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/183/Tell-Us-Your-Green-Tips-and-Win-Free-Audios.aspx#Comments8http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=183http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=183&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/183/Tell-Us-Your-Green-Tips-and-Win-Free-Audios.aspxBBCAA IS GOING GREEN Here at BBCAA, we've embarked on several practices to be more environmentally friendly, including using more recycled material in our packaging and creating less paper waste via digital catalogs and online ordering. 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A British publishing executive was looking for something to read other than magazines or pulp fiction during a train ride and had a brainstorm to bring "quality" reading to the masses at an affordable price: He then acquired the rights to ten reprints of serious literary titles and went knocking on non-bookstore doors. When Woolworth’s placed an order for 63,500 copies, Lane realized he had a viable financial model. Lane’s paperbacks were cheap. They cost sixpence, or two and a half pounds, the same as ten cigarettes, the publisher touted. Volume was key to profitability; Penguin had to sell 17,000 copies of each book to break even. The first ten Penguin titles, including The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers, were wildly successful, and after just one year in existence, Penguin had sold over three million copies. 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The Twitter Audio will be available as a free podcast/download via iTunes and streaming here on this blog! (Please read from the bottom up.) RT @rmooreowlpower: Carly grinned at Jake, and grabbed her spork. "Let's go save the world." RT @WotV: Jake took Carly's hand and grinned. "Guess you really are ... the one... you know." RT @susiebj: Carly'd never imagined life as a zombie hunter, but then, who had? She pulled back and smiled at Jake. RT @susiebj: The models started cheering. Joyce whooped. "Come on you two. We got zombies to hunt." RT @glenbw: The crowd applauded wildly as the lights in the room darkened, leaving only the couple in the spotlight. RT @AngerFork: Without a word, she embraced his head and pulled her lips onto his. "That one wasn't." RT @escapetheworld: She only knew one way to answer to his question. Carly put her arms around his neck and leaned in to kiss him... RT @susiebj: Carly had fought zombies and CEOs but the look in Jake's eye made her wobbly. RT @susiebj: "That kiss before," said Jake. He paused and flushed slightly. "Was it only because you had to?" RT @wotv:  As Joyce stalked off, Jake grabbed Carly by the arm. "We have unfinished business..." RT @susiebj: @BBCAA #bbcawdio Carly glanced back. Toothpick models were laughing and eating. Sammi smiled and mouthed "Thank you." RT @Taragel Joyce laughed. "Honey, he's the HEAD of the ZFT! He was making it work long before that silly TV show," she winked. "let's go!" RT @csyusten: "Tim Gunn is part of ZFT?" Carly asked. RT @rmooreowlpower Suddenly Joyce's earpiece crackled. She listened intently. "All right, Tim, we're on our way." She looked up. "Tim Gunn." RT @susiebj: "Oh, honey," said Joyce. "Zombies aren't only in fashion. Haven't you ever been to Hollywood?" RT @rmooreowlpower: "What happens to the ZFT now?" Carly asked. RT @csyusten: "That's it," Joyce replied with an almost indetectable sadness RT @taragel Carly saw Sammi dash over to a stunning dazed-looking redhead whose cheeks were filling with color. "Patty! You're OK!" RT @crzychick04: She looked around. Some of the models also appeared to be aging... returning to their true age. RT @NatiVi:  Carly looked at the body in disbelief. "That's ... that's it?" she turned to Jake. " Is it over?" RT @csyusten: "Carly, I think you did it," Jake whispered almost inaudibly. RT @susiebj: Carly heard someone in the crowd gasp "The kiss of death." Applause broke out. Cameras flashed. "Oh the crazy fashion world!" RT @crzychick04 Carly looked back at Coco, who lay twitching, as she started to change. Her skin got loose & grey, hair started falling out. RT @csyusten: "But look," Jake motioned to the other zombie models who were falling to the ground. RT @crzychick04: After what seemed like an eternity, Coco broke away from Carly, stumbled and fell. RT @WotV: "Ew," said Joyce, who'd just skidded up behind Jake. "That is wrong on so many levels..." RT @crzychick04: This was it! Carly dove for the distracted Coco and with a grimace, kissed her with everything she had. RT @JenniferLJacobs: Chanel howled, covering her eye. But the interesting part was, so did ALL the models RT @WotV Carly gripped her spork and lunged forward, stabbing the crazed fashion maven in the eye. RT @Taragel This couldn't be it! She couldn't go down without a fight. She'd promised Jake. Suddenly Carly knew what to do RT @Jenniferljacobs: Carly gulped as all the models at the shoot started to move in on her RT @Ash131618: the guests all glared at Carly like SHE was the evil one for wearing good zombie killing clothes. RT @45Spacer: "and really darling? You don't think i would be informed when the only 'cure' for my immortality is stolen?" RT @susiebj: Meanwhile, the guests all stared at Coco who sneered, "She was wearing Dolce and Gabbana." RT @csyusten Jake ran to her side helping her up. "I told you not to come," Carly said but was cut off by Chanel's approach. RT @crzychick04: Trying to clear her head, Carly thought... Why hadn't the serum worked? Wasn't it strong enough? RT @Surfingsue: A little dazed she struggled to her feet just as Jake burst in RT @glenbw: Coco lifted Carly up in the air and threw her against a nearby group of guests. RT @Surfingsue: The humor of the situation quickly wore off as Coco was far stronger than Carly had imagined RT @45Spacer: The two struggled. Carly had a momentary laugh at the irony of the caterer being the night's main course. RT @susiebj: "I wont lose her," yelled Jake. Carly heard no more as a manicured hand ripped her earphone away. RT @glenbw: "Carly's right, Jake. This is something that she alone must accomplish," said Joyce. RT @susiebj: Carly heard a crash. The most elegant women in the world had thrown down her champagne glass and was leaping at Carly RT @csyusten: "No, Jake, I can handle it," Carly replied. RT @susiebj: Joyce started to speak but Jake interrupted, "I'm going in." RT @Taragel "Joyce! Jake!" She hissed, pressing the earpiece tightly. "What's going on? It's NOT WORKING!" RT @glenbw: One minute to midnight. Now what? There was no other way to stop Coco from spreading the zombie curse upon the world. RT @crzychick04: "Interesting..." mused Coco. "Dom Perignon and... hmm... something else." RT @wotv: ...and nothing happened. Coco smiled at Carly, a challenging gleam in her eye as she set the glass down.  bbcaadminThu, 25 Feb 2010 17:17:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:177http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/176/bbcawdio-Day-8-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=176http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=176&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/176/bbcawdio-Day-8-The-Story-So-Far.aspxIt's mayhem on the runway as our fearless heroes try to stop the zombie invasion at Fashion Week. Here's our story so far: Carly was shocked when the hot new guy at Guru Fashion Agency texted her of all people. She barely knew Jake, but suddenly he was cryptically demanding her help and--even more shocking--saying his life depended on it! Before she can figure out if it's all a prank or deadly serious, she and her coworker Joyce discover a dead body in the office's broom closet. To her horror and shock, Joyce insists the cause of death was zombies! Carly struggles with the realization that zombies, vampires, werewolves and more are all real, but there's not much time for thinking--Jake calls again needing her help. The two women rush to his location in the nearby men's room and find more casualties. Then Jake and Joyce reveal that they are part of a mysterious organization dubbed ZFT: Zombie Force Terminators. As they fend off another attack, Jake and Joyce reveal to Carly that she has a greater purpose than fetching coffee for Prada-clad princesses. For she is The Keeper, the one who can save them all. Taking refuge at ZFT headquarters in a nearby used bookstore, Carly is surprised to discover the whole office is in on the plan! But she gets a bigger shock when she learns that her DNA is needed to cure the zombie infection. A nefarious and curious plot unfolds in which Coco Chanel masterminded the use of zombies as slave labor to model her clothes and Carly's grandfather had the cure via a serum he created. Unfortunately Chanel's minions stole the serum and now, if Carly doesn't want to kiss a multitude of undead models, she and Jake are going to have to steal it back! Luckily, an invitation to Fashion Week with all-access passes means they can get close to the Chanel head honcho and steal the serum. To get close enough, Carly will have to go undercover as a model with Jake as backup! As the zombies close in, they race off to Bryant Park and Fashion Week. Along the way, Jake shares a painful secret about why he got started with the ZFT and they share a moment of camraderie. But soon they're at the tents and spotting their target. The Chanel CEO has the vial around his neck! Now they just need to get close enough to grab it. But first Carly is pulled into makeup and hair. As she gets ready to make her runway debut, Carly's curiosity gets the better of her and she attemps to use her infection-fighting saliva on one of the other models. But it doesn't seem to work, as the undead woman simply pivots and heads out onto the runway. Then through the curtains, a loud crash and gasp from the audience is heard. There's no turning back now! It's showtime! Pandemonium breaks out in the Chanel tent. Carly slips out into the crowd and manages to snag the vial from the Chanel CEO but then he pulls a gun on Carly and Jake! Luckily, they're able to distract him, knock him out and get away, but the zombies have grabbed Jake and bitten his arm. Carly must deliver a curing kiss, but there's no time for romance. Joyce and the ZFT arrive on the scene and whisk them away. Just when Carly thinks she's done playing Buffy, Jake and Joyce tell her there's more work to be done. They need to take out the root of the zombie infection, the Queen goddess of fashion herself: the fabulously undead Coco Chanel. Carly will have one chance to get to her and sneak the serum into her drink at a nighttime photoshoot in the park. It's a risky endeavor but Jake assures Carly that they'll have her back. In the meantime, the team must retreat to headquarters and prepare for battle. Jake and Carly grow closer as the time for the mission draws near. The stakes are high but Carly is determined to succeed. When she reaches the park, a little assistance from an unlikely ally gets her front-and-center with the Zombie Queen of Fashion herself. But time is ticking...will she get her the cure in time? And what will happen if and when she does? When the mission's over, will her relationship with Jake end too? bbcaadminThu, 25 Feb 2010 13:51:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:176http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/175/bbcawdio-Scene-13-LinebyLine-Breakdown.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=175http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=175&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/175/bbcawdio-Scene-13-LinebyLine-Breakdown.aspxJust in the nick of time, Carly got the cure to our Queen Zombie--but now what will happen? Tune in tomorrow morning at 9 AM EST for the thrilling conclusion to our Twitter Audio saga. (Please scroll down and read from the bottom up.) RT @rmooreowlpower: Without so much as a look or a word of thanks for Carly, Coco took the champagne, raised it in a toast & drank. RT @Taragel Taking her chance, Carly stalked forward and thrust the glass out to the iconic designer. "For you, Ms. Chanel." RT @rmooreowlpower Or more specifically, to his lap. She leaned over to whisper to him, her hair falling over his face and blocking his view RT @Taragel She grabbed the model and whispered quickly into her ear. The girl nodded and slipped away to the CEO's side RT @rmooreowlpower: Then Carly caught Sammi running off set to change, and she had an idea. RT @Fluffybookfae: "Guys!" she realized, suddenly. "I can't bring her the champagne, he'll recognize me!" RT @Taragel "Apparently not. He doesn't look dead.. Or undead," she grumbled. She paced nervously out of sight till the shoot ended. RT @CahLac: "Oh Gosh, that can't be the CEO." she said to herself. "What? The CEO is there? I thought we..." asked Jake in the earpiece. RT @Fluffybookfae As cameras began to flash, Coco sat back in a large folding chair, right next to a man who looked very familiar. RT @wotv: Carly picked up a tray of champagne, poured the serum into a glass, and stirred it with the spork. RT @ange1ina: Coco clapped her hands imperiously and everyone stood to attention. "Positions everyone please!" RT @aarsic: Models were conveniently covered with feathers and sequins, pearlesque tights and wasp hair do's. RT @escapetheworld "No. First, we shoot, then we drink." Chanel's voice reminded Carly of a general. "Yes, ma'am." She put the bottle on ice RT @FocusPlease: Chanel's nose twitched, and Carly glanced over at the clock on the wall. 11:40. She gulped. RT @wotv: "I'm sorry, ma'am," Carly said quietly, "I thought you looked stressed and might want..." RT @rmooreowlpower "Were you not told to keep those-" she pointed, "-out of sight until after the shoot?" Her gaze was like ice. RT @crzychick04: Nervously, Carly approached her... "Yes ma'am, how can I help you?" RT @rmooreowlpower: Carly gulped, and headed over with her tray. At the corner of her eye she saw Sammi posing with the models. RT @rmooreowlpower: Just then, Chanel looked Carly's way, pulling down her shades to see better. "You, with the champagne. Come here." RT @escapetheworld Everyone was almost set up for the shoot. She gathered up glasses, filling them with champagne. Just a few more minutes.. RT @crzychick04: Chanel looked on imperiously from the side of the photographer. RT @escapetheworld: Carly heard Jake's voice through the earpiece "Good Luck." She felt a little better. RT @rmooreowlpower: Carly got her first look at the setup: a gathering of skinny zombie models--male and female--in front of the waterfall. RT @crzychick04: Looking down at her watch, Carly realized that it was 11:30. She only had half an hour to get Chanel to drink the serum. RT @NatiVi: "And i guess you need a new catchphrase honey. But, go, go! I'll be at the back if you need me." RT @bnglebee: "I guess it's showtime," said Carly. RT @crzychick04: An assistant with a megaphone yelled out "All Models Report to the Set!" RT @Taragel As they watched, the trailer door swung open and the woman--the legend--herself stepped out. RT @rmooreowlpower The trailer was sleek and silver, with subtlely chic detailing around the windows. "That's hers," said Joyce grimly. RT @crzychick04 "No, but there's this really weird trailer. Over there" pointing across the park. "Nobody's gone in or out, but light's on" RT @bnglebee: "Nothing, it's not important now. Have you spotted her yet?" RT @Fluffybookfae: Joyce sighed in relief. "Oh, good. That's all it is. I thought you'd realized..." she broke off. "Realized what?" RT @wheems01: Carly replied "For my cover story? I thought I might look more convincing as a caterer with a spork." RT @bnglebee: "What on Earth could you need spork for?" RT @wheems01: "Joyce! You scared me half to death! I thought you were in the van with the others." "I was until that spork comment honey!" RT @Ash131618: screamed like she'd never screamed before. RT @JenniferLJacobs: She heard the click of heels on the other side of the wall. Just turn the corner and... RT @Ash131618: The spork felt slippery in her hand as she started sweating in fear. RT @bnglebee: Clutching the spork she'd salvaged as a good luck charm from dinner , Carly crept along the wall, trying to remain unnoticed.  bbcaadminWed, 24 Feb 2010 22:24:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:175http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/174/bbcawdio-Scene-12-Linebyline-breakdown.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=174http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=174&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/174/bbcawdio-Scene-12-Linebyline-breakdown.aspxCarly might have found an ally to help her pull off her plan to drug Coco! But danger awaits... Join us at 2:30 PM EST for more in the story! Please read from the bottom up. RT @rmooreowlpower: Carly swallowed. "Okay," she said. "Now I understand why I need the spork." RT @CahLac: "What? What are you seeing Carly?" asked Joyce. RT @crzychick04: "Models, clothes, people with camera equipment, chairs.... hmm... what's that?" RT @glenbw: "Just her 'guests', Joyce. Lots of guests," Carly complied. RT @crzychick04: "We can tell she's nearby, but there's too much interference. What do you see?" RT @glenbw: "Still no sign of Chanel yet", Carly pressed against her earpiece. "Can you find her with your tracking device?" RT @CahLac: "Good job with that model." said Joyce in the earpiece RT @crzychick04: She left and Carly busied herself setting up catering trays. She looked around as much as she could, trying to spot Chanel RT @Taragel "After the photoshoot, come find me. I think we can help your friend." She paused, smiling. "I think we can help all of them." RT @KataCullen: "Look Hungry" she repeated "Should be easy since I haven't had a carb in years" RT @45Spacer: Carly was suprised by how in control of the situation she was. Or at least how she felt she was. She only hoped it'd last RT @crzychick04: "Okay Sammi... go get yourself into hair and makeup, and I'll find you later. Just remember. Look hungry!" RT @WotV: "My name is Sammi. I'm in the shoot... if I can keep them believing I'm... infected." RT @rmooreowlpower: "Are you in the photoshoot?" Carly asked. RT @45Spacer: "hey, model 1-what's your real name anyway?-i think i may have an idea that will benefit us both. Maybe" RT @Taragel Maybe they could help each other. Model 121-did she have a name?-could be a distraction while she slipped the serum in her drink RT @Surfingsue: She looked around nervously, voice dropping to a whisper "No, I'm here to try and help my friend Patty they still have her" RT @barbarathome The model grinned."I don't know what you're talking about. I'm perfectly fabulous!" Carly looked at her: no more fixed gaze RT @Jenniferljacobs: "I thought I cured you..." continued Carly. "Are you still...sick?" RT @Jenniferljacobs: That model from the runway show? "What are you doing here?" asked Carly, shocked #bbcawdio RT @Surfingsue: #bbcawdio She cautiously entered the tent and was surprised to see... RT @Jenniferljacobs: "Um...sir..." said Carly, but he shoved past her, knocking her into the cart. "Jerk..." thought Carly RT @Surfingsue "That's it, I'm not working with you people any more!" he was still mumbling under his breath as he pushed past RT @glenbw: As Carly was about to enter the tent, a midget-sized chef stormed out of it. He didn't seem to be very happy at all. RT @Surfingsue: "If? Oh I think you can take that as a given," said Carly as she headed off feeling very alone. RT @Taragel "Okay, we can't go any further but we'll be listening and right in the van if you run into trouble." RT @crzychick04: "Okay, the guard said catering goes over there" pointing to a small tent set up just to the left of all the bright lights RT @crzychick04: "Let's just say she's hungriest between midnight & 3am. We don't want you anywhere near her at that point." RT @NatiVi: "Why before the cloock strikes 12? What happens if I find her at 12:01?" RT @glenbw: "This is it, Carly! You have to get into the dining hall and look for Coco Chanel before the clock strikes 12!" Jake said. RT @Taragel Carly sighed, biting back a curse, and turned to glare at Joyce as she climbed out of the van. RT @JenniferLJacobs ...when Joyce threw the door open. "Come on people, we've got us some catering to do...those zombies are getting served! RT @WotV: Carly turned and looked into Jake's eyes. She leaned closer... RT @Surfingsue: She felt her cheeks flush but thought what the hell, this may be my last ever kiss RT @wotv: "So, about that protective kiss..."Jake murmured into Carly's ear. RT @glenbw: "You guys just hold on. I'll deal with the security guard." Joyce went out of the van to speak with the guard. RT @bnglebee: Breathe, Carly reminded herself. Just breathe.. RT @crzychick04: Shortly thereafter the van, now emblazoned with "Zelda's Catering", pulled up to a security checkpoint.  bbcaadminWed, 24 Feb 2010 17:40:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:174http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/173/bbcawdio-Scene-11-LinebyLine-breakdown.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=173http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=173&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/173/bbcawdio-Scene-11-LinebyLine-breakdown.aspxCarly takes a short break to regroup and rest up and then she hits the road for the final showdown with Coco Chanel! What will happen? Tune in tomorrow at 9 AM EST to find out... Please read from the bottom up. RT @terencewest: As Carly climbed into the van, she wondered if that was true. Would there be a 'later'? For any of them? RT @Taragel Joyce gave them both a shove towards the van. "Save it for later, you two.” RT @wotv: "You, I'll spit on," mumbled Carly. "Of course... if you want..." RT @csyusten"Uh, yeah, preventatively," Jake smiled, surprised, "Good idea." Joyce popped her head up, smirking. "You gonna kiss me too?" RT @JennyWorsley Carly had never been so forward in all her life, but she may get destroyed by a Zombie, what other chance might she get! RT @WotV: "Wait!" Carly said, grabbing Jake's arm. "Maybe I should, um...kiss you. Preventatively, you know." RT @csyusten: "Don't worry, Carly, we'll be with you the whole time," Jake replied. Sometimes guys could be so dense, Carly thought. RT @Fluffybookfae: "Thanks," she said, a little disappointed, as they headed to the van. RT @csyusten: "Just one last thing," Jake said coming closer to her, she leaned in her heart fluttering, "Can't forget your ear piece." RT @JennyWorsley: 'It's time' said Jake. Carly then decided to shout 'let's kick some Zombie butt!' The gang just looked at her, silently. RT @csyusten: "So are we going to get this show on the road?" Carly asked. "I think she's just about ready," Joyce told Jake. RT @FocusPlease: Carly couldn't disagree. She did work in fashion. RT @JennyWorsley: 'Of course sweetie' piped up Chelsea 'She may be a Zombie but she is a damn fine designer!' RT @csyusten: "They'll be less likely to notice you if you're wearing their products," Joyce confirmed. RT @aarsic: Chanel? Carly asked? RT @rmooreowlpower: Joyce handed her some goggles. "Night vision?" Carly asked. "Shades," said Joyce. "Photoshoot lights are bright." RT @JennyWorsley: 'Are you ready?' Joyce called out as Carly stepped back into the room. 'As ready as I can be' Carly replied. RT @JenniferLJacobs: Relishing the alone time, Carly mentally prepared herself. She wouldn't be like Zak. She would fight. And she would win Rt @Taragel She slipped into the restroom grabbing her new ensemble and changed quickly. RT @JennyWorsley: If only this was a dream thought Carly, she never thought she would miss her mundane life so much. RT @Fluffybookfae: "You'll get used to the absurdity one day," said Jake, grinning. RT @CahLac: "I had a strange dream. I had to kill Coco Channel 'cause she was a zombie. Wow, I shouldn't sleep at work" said Carly RT @terencewest: "Are you ready?" Jake asked. "It's time." RT @Taragel As they ate, Joyce laid out the plan, then suggested Carly rest Surprisingly she fell asleep fast & suddenly Jake was waking her RT @crzychick04: As they were eating, a variety of weapons were brought out and stored in the van. RT @Fluffybookfae: "Good thing I'm not modeling tonight," Carly grinned. RT @crzychick04: He grinned suddenly. "We ordered in KFC. It's gonna be a long night. Gotta keep your strength up." RT @WotV: "But.... will it stop the zombies?" Carly asked. "Um. No," said Jake. RT @Taragel She frowned. Were they serious? She was supposed to use this to defend herself? Next thing they'd be handing her a wooden puppet RT @WotV: "Well,"said Jake, "It is a very versatile tool. You know, half spoon, half fork..." RT @WotV: Jake handed her a spork. "A spork?" questioned Carly. "What the hell do I do with this?" RT @rmooreowlpower: "Now," said Joyce. "You'll need some weapons." RT @KataCullen: Looking at them Carly suddenly realized that she couldn't *not* do it. She was already too big a part of it. RT @Jenniferljacobs: Joyce inturrupted. "Don't worry, hon. It's not going to happen again. We're better prepared, we know what to expect." RT @crzychick04: "I won't lose you. It's not an option." Jake looked down into her eyes, and Carly warmed even more. RT @Taragel "He was always so headstrong. I should have known he'd try it, by the time I caught up....I was just a few minutes too late. " RT @JenniferLJacobs: Carly's eyes softened. "I don't want you to blame yourself for losing someone else, Jake" RT @Taragel He spoke the last few words bitterly, his jaw tightening and she felt her heart twinge in sympathy. RT @crzychick04 "Zak was reckless. He took off with no plan & snuck into Chanel's offices without any backup. He didn't even tell me." RT @omgxitskatiexx "No,"Carly said. "No!! I can't use it if last time-" she stopped. How could she say she didn't want to die like Zak? RT @JenniferLJacobs: Jake sighed. "The last time we used it, Zak had it...and he's gone..." "That's how the CEO got it," continued Joyce RT @csyusten: "Only once," Joyce muttered her eyes hardening on Jake. RT @CahLac: "Wait, you guys have used the serum before?" asked Carly confused. RT @csyusten Jake and Joyce exchanged a look and Jake put his arm around Carly, "The last time we tried to use the serum," Jake began.  bbcaadminTue, 23 Feb 2010 22:38:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:173http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/172/bbcawdio-Scene-10-Linebyline-breakdown.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=172http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=172&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/172/bbcawdio-Scene-10-Linebyline-breakdown.aspxCarly and the ZFT are getting ready to stage their last battle! But a mysterious complication might arise... What will it be? Join us at 3:00 pm EST to find out! Please read from the bottom up. 1.      RT @simon_staffans: Carly looked at Jake. "If I'm the one going in there, I need to know. Level with me. What's the worst that can happen?" 2.      RT @Surfingsue: "Yeah sure nothing to worry about here, just my life and zombie afterlife flashing before my eyes!" 3.      RT @45Spacer: the members of the zft exchanged awkward glances. joyce smiled "more so the latter, honey. But don't you worry" 4.      RT @WotV: "So, are we talking white shoes past Labor Day unpleasant or zombies eating brains unpleasant?" 5.      RT @simon_staffans: "...there is a slight chance that something unpleasant will happen" "How slight?" Carly asked. "Oh, about 46 percent..." 6.      RT @escapetheworld: Carly was impatient. "However what? What's going to happen, Joyce?!" 7.      RT @glenbw: "The data tells me that the serum will definitely cure all those who are infected with the virus. However..." 8.      RT @rmooreowlpower: Jake & Joyce began throwing technical jargon back and forth. "Uh, guys?" Carly said. "I may be a digital native, but..." 9.      RT @rmooreowlpower: "Hey, guys?" Joyce beckoned. "We've finished analyzing the serum." She pointed to a screen cluttered with data. 10. RT @crzychick04: "Well, I guess you'll just have to invest in lip balm..." said Jake. 11. RT @WotV:  "Should?" Carly looked at him skeptically. "And what if it doesn't?" 12. RT @escapetheworld Jake seemed uncomfortable. "The thing is... we don't know what happens exactly...but it should cure her and the rest." 13. RT @rmooreowlpower: "So...you never told me what exactly will happen when I give Chanel the serum," Carly said, examining the odd pockets. 14. RT @crzychick04: At least I'll be able to run better this time, Carly thought. RT @crzychick04: An earpiece, a pair of jeans and a tee shirt, a belt with some strange pockets attached all began to be thrown at her. 15. RT @Angela_Hunter: "OK" said Joyce as she spotted Carly, "We need to get you kitted out for tonight." 16. RT @crzychick04: Leading her over to the knot of people that had formed around Joyce, he said "We work." 17. RT @csyusten: "Yeah," Carly nodded gaining a renewed sense of purpose, "So what do we do now?" 18. RT @Taragel He shrugged. "It's... important. If we can get to Chanel & cure this infection, maybe Zak's death won't be in vain, you know?" 19. RT @JenniferLJacobs "You really love this, don't you," Carly asked. He seemed genuinely excited. What would happen when this was all over? 20. RT @csyusten: "Yeah, isn't it great?" Jake said with a glimmer in his eye. 21. RT @crzychick04: Clearing her throat, she said "So this is the briefing room?" 22. RT @csyusten: At least Jake took the edge off the whole killer zombie thing, she didn't know what she'd do without him as a distraction. 23. RT @crzychick04: She turned to look at him, and found him mere inches away. Carly looked away quickly, aware she was blushing. 24. RT @crzychick04: The din was incredible. Then, Carly heard Jake whisper in her ear "Looks a bit like 24, doesn't it?" 25. RT @Surfingsue: As her eyes adjusted she began to make out lots of computer screens all showing different parts of the city 26. RT @glenbw: Bright rays of white light beamed out of the door, briefly blinded Carly until it slowly subsided. 27. RT @crzychick04: Joyce brushed passed them. "C'mon. We've got to get you to the briefing room." She tapped the wall and it opened 28. RT @glenbw: Carly and the gang eventually reached the far end of the wing. Looks like a dead end, Carly thought. 29. RT @crzychick04: "We had to set that up to be close to the office. This is where the real magic happens." Jake said winking. 30. RT @Taragel "Uh, where are we?" Carly whispered to Jake. "This doesn't look like the used bookstore on the block behind Guru." 31. RT @glenbw: Carly and the gang followed the two escorts into the west wing of the building. 32. RT @WotV: They all piled out of the van. "This way," one escort said tightly, waving a wand over Carly's body. "She's clean." 33. RT @glenbw: Outside the HQ, two escorts were seen waiting in front of the entrance. Both of them carried high rank insignias.  bbcaadminTue, 23 Feb 2010 17:55:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:172http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/171/bbcawdio-Day-6-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=171http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=171&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/171/bbcawdio-Day-6-The-Story-So-Far.aspxIt's mayhem on the runway as our fearless heroes try to stop the zombie invasion at Fashion Week. Here's our story so far: Carly was shocked when the hot new guy at Guru Fashion Agency texted her of all people. She barely knew Jake, but suddenly he was cryptically demanding her help and--even more shocking--saying his life depended on it! Before she can figure out if it's all a prank or deadly serious, she and her coworker Joyce discover a dead body in the office's broom closet. To her horror and shock, Joyce insists the cause of death was zombies! Carly struggles with the realization that zombies, vampires, werewolves and more are all real, but there's not much time for thinking--Jake calls again needing her help. The two women rush to his location in the nearby men's room and find more casualties. Then Jake and Joyce reveal that they are part of a mysterious organization dubbed ZFT: Zombie Force Terminators. As they fend off another attack, Jake and Joyce reveal to Carly that she has a greater purpose than fetching coffee for Prada-clad princesses. For she is The Keeper, the one who can save them all. Taking refuge at ZFT headquarters in a nearby used bookstore, Carly is surprised to discover the whole office is in on the plan! But she gets a bigger shock when she learns that her DNA is needed to cure the zombie infection. A nefarious and curious plot unfolds in which Coco Chanel masterminded the use of zombies as slave labor to model her clothes and Carly's grandfather had the cure via a serum he created. Unfortunately Chanel's minions stole the serum and now, if Carly doesn't want to kiss a multitude of undead models, she and Jake are going to have to steal it back! Luckily, an invitation to Fashion Week with all-access passes means they can get close to the Chanel head honcho and steal the serum. To get close enough, Carly will have to go undercover as a model with Jake as backup! As the zombies close in, they race off to Bryant Park and Fashion Week. Along the way, Jake shares a painful secret about why he got started with the ZFT and they share a moment of camraderie. But soon they're at the tents and spotting their target. The Chanel CEO has the vial around his neck! Now they just need to get close enough to grab it. But first Carly is pulled into makeup and hair. As she gets ready to make her runway debut, Carly's curiosity gets the better of her and she attemps to use her infection-fighting saliva on one of the other models. But it doesn't seem to work, as the undead woman simply pivots and heads out onto the runway. Then through the curtains, a loud crash and gasp from the audience is heard. There's no turning back now! It's showtime! Pandemonium breaks out in the Chanel tent. Carly slips out into the crowd and manages to snag the vial from the Chanel CEO but then he pulls a gun on Carly and Jake! Luckily, they're able to distract him, knock him out and get away, but the zombies have grabbed Jake and bitten his arm. Carly must deliver a curing kiss, but there's no time for romance. Joyce and the ZFT arrive on the scene and whisk them away. Just when Carly thinks she's done playing Buffy, Jake and Joyce tell her there's more work to be done. They need to take out the root of the zombie infection, the Queen goddess of fashion herself: the fabulously undead Coco Chanel. Carly will have one chance to get to her and sneak the serum into her drink at a nighttime photoshoot in the park. It's a risky endeavor but Jake assures Carly that they'll have her back. In the meantime, the team must retreat to headquarters and prepare for battle.   bbcaadminTue, 23 Feb 2010 13:48:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:171http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/170/bbcawdio-Scene-9-Linebyline-breakdown.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=170http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=170&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/170/bbcawdio-Scene-9-Linebyline-breakdown.aspxCarly has one more challenge awaiting her and some surprise revelations to cope with! Can she stay strong and fulfill her purpose as The Keeper? Join us at 9 am EST tomorrow to find out. Remember: scroll down and read from the bottom up. RT @terencewest: Jake sighed, "We're going to war." RT @Taragel "So what happens now?" Carly asked. "What do we do till the shoot tonight?" RT @escapetheworld: She began to feel a little better. Then Joyce annouced. "Well, here we are, the ZFT headquarters!" RT @Nate_Music: Carly thought to herself, hopefully not watching me die, that's no fun. RT @escapetheworld Jake must've noticed she was nervous, since he took her hand & squeezed it. "You'll be fine. We'll be watching you." RT @JennyWorsley: One chance thought Carly, now this was getting serious! “Will there be someone with me? What if it goes wrong!” RT @JennyWorsley: “They always toast the photoshoot - makes them look...normal. You only have one chance’.” RT @NinjasFanpire: "So I just slip it into some champagne, give it to her, and bada-bing-bada-boom, bad girl's gone?" RT @Nate_Music: But are Zombies usually thirsty? she thought. Hungry yes, but... well she guessed these weren't your average zombies. RT @JennyWorsley: 'You musn't let her know you have it' said Joyce, 'you have to make her drink it' RT @rmooreowlpower: "Being dead is a *virus*??" Carly demanded. "No, being *undead* is a virus," Joyce told her. RT @marissajeanine: "So since Coco is the Queen, do I give it to her and everyone is cured?" she said gesturing to the vial RT @escapetheworld: "We don't know exactly how it works, but it seems to expel the virus from the zombie's bodies." Jake said. RT @NatiVi: "We don't want to kill them, Carly. Just cure them." Jake said. RT @marissajeanine: "If zombies can't be killed," she said slowly, "then what's the serum for?" RT @rmooreowlpower: While she still had one. No, she couldn't think like that. Mentally Carly gave herself a slap. RT @JennyWorsley: As the van moved swiftly across the city, Carly tried to figure a few things out in her head RT @Fluffybookfae: Sounds romantic, thought Carly, sneaking a sidelong glance at Jake. Except for the whole undead part. RT @rmooreowlpower: "Tonight," Joyce said. "It's a moonlight shoot up in the park with the waterfall." RT @Fluffybookfae: Carly snickered. "So when is the photo shoot going to be, anyway?" RT @marissajeanine: "Carbs," mused Jake. "Too many carbs." RT @omgxitskatiexx: Carly glared at her. "What happened to WHEATIES?!" RT @marissajeanine: "Actually, it's champagne and breath mints, and caffeine pills," corrected Joyce. "Breakfast of champions." RT @Nate_Music: "They do! Everybody knows the meal of a supermodel is a tic tac! You'll be fine." RT @Taragel "Craft services?" Carly rolled her eyes, trying not to panic. "But they don't eat anything?!" RT @crzychick04: "Don't worry, you won't be" said Joyce. "We can send you in as Craft Services. No one will pay any attention to you." RT @wheems01: "A photoshoot!" shouted Carly, "You've got to be out of your mind! What if they recognize me?" RT @omgxitskatiexx: "Anyway," Jake said. "This time you're sneaking into a photoshoot." RT @crzychick04 "And we can take out model/zombies forever, but if we don't destroy Coco... Let's just say, the Twiggy trend will never end. RT @Fluffybookfae: "Don't worry," said Jake, smiling slightly. "Runway shows aren't the only thing models do." RT @non_conformistz: "Right," Carly ran the last sentence over in her head, "wait, 'set up'? Jake, I'm not doing another catwalk show!" RT @simon_staffans: Jake locked eyes with her. "It's much worse than that. She's the Zombie Queen, controlling all the others" RT @simon_staffans: Carly shook her head. This was really not her idea of a good night out - despite the perks, she thought looking at Jake RT @rmooreowlpower: @BBCAA "Set up for what?" Carly asked, though she was pretty sure she didn't want to know. RT @crzychick04: "She is a trendsetter..." said Joyce. "Regardless, we've got to get you set up." RT @non_conformistz: Carly turned to Jake, confused. "How long have you guys known about this?" RT @tnahuz: "Wait. you're telling me, the goddess of fashion and independent women is a ZOMBIE???" RT @csyusten "Impossible," Carly muttered under her breath. "Zombies don't die, Carly, and she's the worst of them all," Jake replied. RT @csyusten: Carly shook her head "How is it possible that we have to defeat Coco Chanel? She's not even alive" "Exactly" Joyce replied RT @Fluffybookfae: Joyce just raised an eyebrow. "Honey, compared to Coco Chanel herself, that man was cake." RT @csyusten: "That guy seemed pretty big," Carly chuckled. None of the ZTF agents cracked a smile. RT @Fluffybookfae: Jake & Joyce looked at each other and laughed. "No, honey," said Joyce. "He wasn't. We're taking down MUCH bigger game." RT @non_conformistz: "I thought we'd already got him," Carly turned to Jake, "the CEO was 'the boss', wasn't he?" RT @csyusten: Carly put her head in her hands, just a couple hours ago she was nothing more than a coffee runner funny how things change. RT @Jenniferljacobs "Where are we going," asked Carly. "To their headquarters," replied Joyce. "We're taking down the boss." RT @csyusten: Jake patted the empty bit of floor next to him, Carly tried to gracefully sit down without showing anyone else Spongebob. RT @JenniferLJacobs "Oh yes, very," smirked Carly as she got into the van. She tried to find a place to sit amongst the high tech equipment RT @csyusten The ZTF agents all piled into the old VW van with peace symbols painted on it, "Good cover, huh?" Jake said helping her in.  bbcaadminMon, 22 Feb 2010 23:06:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:170http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/169/bbcawdio-Scene-8-Linebyline.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=169http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=169&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/169/bbcawdio-Scene-8-Linebyline.aspxJake has narrowly avoided becoming one of the undead thanks to Carly's life-saving liplock, but they still have to find a way to stop the cursed zombie supermodels from overtaking the city! As they rush off with the secret serum, what fate will await them.... Tune in at 2:30 pm EST to find out. Please read from the bottom up! RT @glenbw: "Alright, guys! Let's hit the road!" RT @CahLac: "Deal!" said Jake smiling. Her heart was beating too fast, her lips tingling still. RT @barbarathome: Carly looked around her to a bunch of ZFT members. "Well, as long as I don't have to wear the t-shirt", she smiled. RT @susiebj: Jake reached over and took Carly's hand. "I really hope you'll want to stay a part of the team." RT @glenbw: Joyce turned to Carly and smiled before saying, "Exactly, honey. As a Keeper, there's no turning back." RT @marissajeanine "You must be kidding. I put on an impossibly small outfit, swiped a necklace, fought off zombies, & there's more?" RT @rmooreowlpower:  "Honey, we've only just begun," she said. RT @Ash131618: "So this is it?" Carly asked as she handed the vial to Joyce. "I'm done saving the world?" Joyce laughed. RT @rmooreowlpower "Let's get that back to base." Joyce ushered everyone into the ZFT van. "That bolt we put on that door won't hold long." RT @marissajeanine: "There are no pockets in couture," snapped Carly. "Please." RT @escapetheworld: Carly seemed a little embarassed as she took the vial out of her bra. One of the guys snorted. RT @susiebj:Then Joyce looked at Carly. "So, where's the vial? These girls are hungry. We can't hold them much longer." RT @escapetheworld: Jake seemed rejoiced now. Carly helped him on his feet. 'Are you alright?' He smiled gently. 'Yep, better than ever.' RT @susiebj: Jake got up more slowly. The dazed look hadn't left his big brown eyes. Joyce half smiled. "He's got it bad." RT @Surfingsue: The spell broken, Carly shook her head as if to clear it and jumped into action RT @susiebj: Then Joyce's voice cut in, "Alright you two, we've got to get the vial to safety." RT @JenniferLJacobs Carly bent down & kissed him gently, and all the chaos around her faded, leaving just her and Jake together for a moment RT @rmooreowlpower Joyce and the Zombie-busters were meanwhile trying to shut the emergency exit against a tangle of toothpicks in stilettos RT @susiebj: Carly's heart seemed to be hammering out of her sequined mini as she leaned in closer. RT @escapetheworld: Jake moaned by her side "Kiss... Me" he was about to pass out. RT @Surfingsue: Joyce and what looked like a team of 'Ghost Busters' crashed in through the door RT @rmooreowlpower: Before Carly could do anything, though, the emergency exit burst open behind them. RT @NatiVi: "Kiss me..." said Jake. Carly couldn't believe her ears. "What?"Then Jake said. "The cure... kiss me." RT @Surfingsue: Jake seemed to be trying to speak but all that came out of his mouth was ... RT @rmooreowlpower "He's bleeding and I can see bite marks!" Carly shouted back after throwing an arm around Jake and yanking up his sleeve. RT @marissajeanine: "What do you MEAN, they got Jake? Got him how?" Joyce shouted back.  bbcaadminMon, 22 Feb 2010 17:09:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:169http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/168/bbcawdio-Scene-7-Linebyline.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=168http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=168&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/168/bbcawdio-Scene-7-Linebyline.aspxOh no! Has Jake fallen prey to the evil zombie-models? How will Carly save him? Join us Monday at 9 AM EST to continue the story! Please read from the bottom up. RT @csyusten "Joyce are you there?" Carly shouted, pushing the earpiece tight to her ear, horror dawning. "I think they got Jake!" RT @Taragel Her gaze focused on his arm, where blood was trickling down from his bicep to his wrist. RT @omgxitskatiexx: Jake began to cough. Carly came to a halt. "Jake?" Her eyes widened in horror as Jake shook uncontrollably. RT @wheems01: The alarm blares as they push their way through the exit door. Outside in the dim sunlight, Jake doubles over. RT @csyusten: With one push of the door, the fire alarm sounded and the sprinklers drenched the zombie models. RT @NatiVi: Passing by the models over the floor, both of them managed to reach the emergency exit. RT @terencewest: Jake stared at the oncoming zombies and nodded, "I couldn't agree more. We need to go!" RT @omgxitskatiexx"Jake," she said anxiously. "Jake, are you okay?" "Mmphm," he mumbled. "Hmmm?" There were zombies everywhere now. "Jake! RT @non_conformistz: Carly looked round and assessed the damage- models and memebers of the audience alike lay groaning on the ground. RT @aarsic: "OK, time to go," Carly said to Jake. RT @terencewest: As the CEO crumpled to the ground, Carly reached down for Jake. Looking up, she watched more zombies slowly filter in. RT @Fluffybookfae: Thinking fast, Carly ran over and slammed the gun into Marvolo's skull. RT @ange1ina: She pointed the gun at Marvolo, wondering whether he or Jake had been bluffing about the bullets. RT @aarsic: "OK, I"m the one holding the gun now Marvolo. Let Jake go and step aside." RT @non_conformistz: Carly dove for the gun as the two men struggled on the floor- she didn't have long; Marvolo seemed to be winning. RT @csyusten: At that moment Jake threw his entire body mass into Marvolo's torso knocking him and the gun to the floor. RT @ange1ina: "Not an imbecile, no" said Jake. "Just a man with an unloaded gun." RT @terencewest: Marvolo frowned, "I'm not an imbecile. Give me the vial." RT @rmooreowlpower: Carly turned to Jake, whispering. "This is so not in my contract." RT @wotv: "Right! And.... I'm not into the whole 'recruitment' thing anyway..." Carly pulled Jake closer. RT @Fluffybookfae: "And my client certainly wouldn't lie," Jack piped in. "I'm sure of it. I've been her agent for five years." RT @rmooreowlpower: "Keep him talking!" hissed Joyce's voice in her ear. "Jake's going to try-" Carly could hear no more through the static. RT @omgxitskatiexx: "She's not doing your dirty work, Marvolo," Jake growled. "Jake, what are you talking about?" Carly hissed. RT @aarsic: "What vial? I don't know what you are talking about" Carly stammered as she tried to cover. RT @rmooreowlpower "Then hand over the vial!" said the CEO. "Or you're my newest recruit. Thanks to you, I have a few job openings to fill." RT @45Spacer: "Woah, woah woah woah. I'd really rather not die today, mister." Carly was still a little woozy. RT @wheems01: Carly and Jake turn to find the CEO standing behind them with a gun aimed at Carly's heart. "Now hand it over." RT @Fluffybookfae: "Not until you give back that pretty little necklace you stole," said a deep male voice from behind Carly. RT @ange1ina: "We need to move now!" cried Jake, helping her to her feet and putting a supportive arm around her. RT @omgxitskatiexx: "Carly!" Jake's voice sounded like an echo. "Carly, can you hear me?" She didn't answer. She felt dizzy. RT @JenniferLJacobs: "Jake!" Carly cried, as models began to faint all around her. Carly began to feel woozy herself RT @rmooreowlpower: Models howled as loudly as if the world had run out of Jimmy Choos and they had to make do with Walmart flip-flops. RT @rmooreowlpower: A moment later, a flash so bright Carly could feel its scorching heat burst through the room. RT @rmooreowlpower: The device dropped to the floor, the faint clunk of its landing inaudible through the general mayhem around Carly. RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Jake! Close your eyes!" She shrieked before closing her own and covering them with her shaking hands. RT @non_conformistz: ".the...cover....eyes" Joyce's voice came through the static, "..photosensitive...bomb!" RT @csyusten: With her eyes squinted she could vaguely make out a male figure about twenty feet from her. RT @rmooreowlpower: Carly tried to see through the blinding light, made even more blinding by the designer's rampant overuse of sequins. RT @45Spacer: Ignoring the question, Joyce replied in shock, "Carly.. that device was meant to be a last resort." RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Joyce! What does this thing do?" Carly yelled in horror RT @WotV: Carly had no time to reply before the room was bathed in piercing white light. RT @45Spacer: "Honey, please tell me you didn't just go and do what i think you done gone and did." RT @csyusten: "Oops," Carly replied. "What do you mean OOPS!?!" bbcaadminFri, 19 Feb 2010 22:22:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:168http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/167/bbcawdio--Scene-6-LinebyLine.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=167http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=167&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/167/bbcawdio--Scene-6-LinebyLine.aspxThings are looking dire on the catwalk for Carly and Jake! What will the red button do? Join us at 2:30 pm EST to add more to the tale! Please read from the bottom up: 1.      RT @wotv: Just then her earpiece crackled to life "...whatever you do, don't press the red button!" screamed Joyce. 2.      RT @glenbw: Carly pulled the small contraption out of her pocket. Not knowing how the device worked, she simply pressed the red button. 3.      RT @Taragel Nothing. It was dead. Carly took a deep breath. She was on her own now. There was only one thing to do... 4.      RT @escapetheworld: She couldn't see a thing around her. "What the... JOYCE, ar you there?" She pressed the earpiece. 5.      RT @non_conformistz "Jake!? Jake, are you okay?" yelled Carly, but all she received in the way of a reply was an agonizing scream. 6.      RT @csyusten: "OK I'm sending-" Joyce's voice went dead, along with every light in the building. 7.      RT @csyusten: "I don't know if it's time yet," Joyce replied. "It's time!" Jake's voice cracked through her earpiece. 8.      RT @glenbw: "That device the ZFT gave to me back there," as Carly pulled the contraption out of her pocket. "How does it work?" 9.      RT @Surfingsue: 'Joyce are you there? I could really use some back up here” 10. RT @45Spacer: Then Carly remembered the third piece of technology she was given at ztf headquarters. What did it do!? 11. RT @escapetheworld: She could see Jake in the midst of models. Carly spat in some model's faces. "JAKE!" She could almost reach him now. 12. RT @csyusten: She pushed that thought from her mind, she couldn't let Jake be destroyed by zombie barbies! 13. RT @omgxitskatiexx: Jake found his brother five minutes late. What if she found Jake five minutes too late, too? 14. RT @csyusten: The further she got into the crowd, the louder Jake's cries got. 15. RT @barbarathome: She spat in her hands & started slapping at the models .Soon they were falling to the ground."This is fun", Carly thought. 16. RT @glenbw: "No! Not till I get Jake out of here, alive!" Carly ignored Joyce's orders and surged into the crowd. 17. RT @weirdsis: Carly was determined that Jake would not suffer the same fate as his brother. 18. RT @Taragel She wavered for a second, torn between protecting the vial and her friend. Then she remembered her promise to Jake in the car. 19. RT @csyusten: "Don't worry about him, Carly! You need to get out of there now!" Joyce yelled. 20. RT @45Spacer: "No!" Carly shouted. But she was too late. Jake disappeared into a mass of claws and tooth-pick bodies. 21. RT @Surfingsue: 'Run Carly run,' he yelled as they dragged him backwards 22. RT @non_conformistz: Carly fell into his arms, and twisted into a standing position. Before she could thank him, the models grabbed Jake 23. RT @glenbw: As Carly fell off of the catwalk, Jake stepped in to catch her. 24. RT @JennyWorsley: One of them grabbed her, the nails digging deep in her skin. With one swift move Carly twisted her head and spat 25. RT @glenbw: The stilettos struck at one of the zombies' eyes, green blood spurting out of the socket. 26. RT @Taragel They didn't slow. She watched them close in behind her & ran heedlessly forward, plunging off the end of the catwalk. 27. RT @csyusten: A Carly placed the vial in her push up bra, took off her stilettos and chucked them at the nearest zombies. 28. RT @non_conformistz: "Hold on Carly," came his voice, "I'm coming!" She looked round just as Jake tackled the nearest model to the ground. 29. RT @glenbw: "Jake, I've got the vial!" Carly communicate through her earpiece. "Now let's get the hell out of here!" 30. RT @glenbw: The models turned their directions at Carly, unleashing razor sharp fingernails. 31. RT @non_conformistz: "Stop her!" he shouted at the models, as Carly tried to run. 32. RT @csyusten: The CEO's hand instinctively went to his neck, when his touch was met with an unfamiliar nothingness his eyes flashed red. 33. RT @terencewest: "Smooth," Joyce cooed from the earpiece. 34. RT @CrystalMariaS: Quickly Carly got back on the runway, models acting as a cover while she attempted to blend in 35. RT @KataCullen: "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry" Carly quickly apologized. 36. RT @barbarathome The bulky man gasped. Carly acted fast, pulling the vial with its chain and getting up before the CEO could react. 37. RT @wotv: But wait- tripping might work! As she neared the CEO's seat, she tripped... and fell into his lap! 38. RT @terencewest: She could see the glint of the glass vial on his chest. It was so close. She could just reach out and take it... 39. RT @JennyWorsley: Carly felt the beads of sweat dripping down her back as she tried not to trip over her own feet. 40. RT @barbarathome: The CEO was very close. He had sat down on his chair again, aplauding quietly with a grin on his face. 41. RT @Jenniferljacobs: Carly plastered on a smile and strutted out on the catwalk. It's just walking, right? How hard could it be? 42. RT @non_conformistz: "Car'y!" Jake hissed, "get on that catwalk!"  "You go girl," Joyce chimed in, "shake what yo’ mamma gave you". 43. RT @WotV: "Are they clapping because they think it's part of the show, or because they like to see suffering?" wondered Carly. 44. RT @csyusten: "Carly, you have to get out there with the other models!" Jake said. She realized they were all grouped on the runway. 45. RT @barbarathome: Laughs came from the crowd, then loud claps, while four other models carried 121 out of the stage. 46. RT @glenbw: The audience cheered wildly, with flashy, colorful searchlights beaming from all over the place. 47. RT @glenbw: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our annual Chanel Fashion Show 2010!" the CEO's voice boomed throughout the room. 48. RT @WotV: Carly sidled along the edge of the catwalk, closer to the CEO. 49. RT @JenniferLJacobs: "Okay, so maybe it actually did work," thought Carly, as she ran out onto the platform with the other stunned models 50. RT @csyusten: The show had come to a complete hault as the CEO was making his way toward the stage. "There he is!" Carly shouted. 51. RT @non_conformistz No. 121 lay sprawled across the floor, convulsing. Carly put a hand to her mouth- feeling her stomach tighten. 52. RT @simon_staffans: Carly peeked out from behind the great curtain. Hundreds of astonished faces were turned towards the catwalk.  bbcaadminFri, 19 Feb 2010 17:43:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:167http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/166/bbcawdio-Day-4-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=166http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=166&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/166/bbcawdio-Day-4-The-Story-So-Far.aspx It's mayhem on the runway as our fearless heroes try to stop the zombie invasion at Fashion Week. Here's our story so far: Carly was shocked when the hot new guy at Guru Fashion Agency texted her of all people. She barely knew Jake, but suddenly he was cryptically demanding her help and--even more shocking--saying his life depended on it! Before she can figure out if it's all a prank or deadly serious, she and her coworker Joyce discover a dead body in the office's broom closet. To her horror and shock, Joyce insists the cause of death was zombies! Carly struggles with the realization that zombies, vampires, werewolves and more are all real, but there's not much time for thinking--Jake calls again needing her help. The two women rush to his location in the nearby men's room and find more casualties. Then Jake and Joyce reveal that they are part of a mysterious organization dubbed ZFT: Zombie Force Terminators. As they fend off another attack, Jake and Joyce reveal to Carly that she has a greater purpose than fetching coffee for Prada-clad princesses. For she is The Keeper, the one who can save them all. Taking refuge at ZFT headquarters in a nearby used bookstore, Carly is surprised to discover the whole office is in on the plan! But she gets a bigger shock when she learns that her DNA is needed to cure the zombie infection. A nefarious and curious plot unfolds in which Coco Chanel masterminded the use of zombies as slave labor to model her clothes and Carly's grandfather had the cure via a serum he created. Unfortunately Chanel's minions stole the serum and now, if Carly doesn't want to kiss a multitude of undead models, she and Jake are going to have to steal it back! Luckily, an invitation to Fashion Week with all-access passes means they can get close to the Chanel head honcho and steal the serum. To get close enough, Carly will have to go undercover as a model with Jake as backup! As the zombies close in, they race off to Bryant Park and Fashion Week. Along the way, Jake shares a painful secret about why he got started with the ZFT and they share a moment of camraderie. But soon they're at the tents and spotting their target. The Chanel CEO has the vial around his neck! Now they just need to get close enough to grab it. But first Carly is pulled into makeup and hair. As she gets ready to make her runway debut, Carly's curiosity gets the better of her and she attemps to use her infection-fighting saliva on one of the other models. But it doesn't seem to work, as the undead woman simply pivots and heads out onto the runway. Then through the curtains, a loud crash and gasp from the audience is heard. There's no turning back now! It's showtime! bbcaadminFri, 19 Feb 2010 14:03:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:166http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/165/bbcawdio-Scene-5-linebyline.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=165http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=165&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/165/bbcawdio-Scene-5-linebyline.aspxThe zombie models have overrun Bryant Park's Fashion Week! Can Carly and Jake stop them before the world's fashionistas become dinner? And what would Tim Gunn say about all this? Tune in tomorrow at 9 AM EST to tweet with us! Here's the line-by-line breakdown of today's storytelling  (Read from the bottom up) RT @JenniferLJacobs: She heard the din of the audience and the loud music, then a huge gasp arose from the runway. Showtime. RT @wotv: Joyce's voice came through her earphone, "Just wait for it...." RT @csyusten: "Jake! Joyce! It didn't work! Nothing happened!" Carly whispered violently. RT @susiebj: The music suddenly blasted. 121 pivoted and headed down the runway. Baffled, Carly had to follow as models pushed from behind. RT @susiebj: The model sniffed again. Carly licked her finger and wiped the model's lip. "Uh, your liner's smeared." RT @WotV: "Oh, nice to meet you..." Carly wondered vaguely what would happen if she spit in her hand and shook with model 121. RT @ange1ina: "Hi, I'm new here. What's your name?" Carly babled. "Name?" the girl gazed blankly through glazed eyes. "I'm model 121." RT @susiebj: The model's head turned. She sniffed and then her glazed eyes locked onto Carly RT @csyusten: Carly felt blood rushing to her face but the sight of Jake giving her two thumbs up made her feel a little less queasy. RT @rmooreowlpower: Just then, the pervasive scent of decay got a little closer as the limo-model shoved her way in line in front of Carly. RT @Fluffybookfae: From somewhere nearby, Carly heard the sound of a high-pitched man's voice shout "Five minutes!" She took a deep breath. RT @csyusten: "You can do it," Joyce piped up. "Just keep your head up, shoulders back, and look hungry!" RT @rmooreowlpower: "The CEO won't come backstage," Jake said. "But he'll be in the front row for the show. So you have to go on the runway. RT @non_conformistz:"Wait, the runway?" Carly demanded, a little too loudly, "I thought the model disguise was just to get me in!" RT @Taragel "Nice underwear by the way." She gasped. How did he...?! Her head darted around to find him standing near the runway, winking. RT @Fluffybookfae: "While you're on the runway," said Jake, "I'm going to search the premises. Once I find him, I'll signal you. RT @Taragel Suddenly her earpiece crackled again, Jake's sultry voice rumbled over the line. RT @CrystalMariaS: With Carly's luck she would trip and a cameraman would be aimed and ready hoping she pulled a Britney RT @rmooreowlpower: Still, she really, really wished she hadn't gone for the SpongeBob SquarePants underwear this morning. RT @csyusten: Carly eyed the minidress and let out an exhale, Here goes nothing, she thought. RT @WotV: Then a strong hand grabbed Carly by the arm and shoved an impossibly small minidress at her. "Go put this on. NOW!" RT @JenniferLJacobs The model turned down a corner & Carly followed. But the hallway was so crammed with people, she couldn't find the girl RT @rmooreowlpower: She looked like 'Weight Loss Barbie.' RT @melannielove: As soon as the stylist finished doing her make up, she jumped off the chair and started to follow the model RT @barbarathome: She didn't see him, but she saw one of the models that had gotten out of the limo with him earlier RT @SaireeElizabeth Carly used the mirror to slyly survey the room for any sign of the man she'd glanced earlier, the CEO. RT @terencewest: "Keep your eyes open," said Joyce through the Carly's earpiece. RT @JenniferLJacobs: "You've got great bone structure," said the stylist. "And nice tone." From the lack of flesh in my diet, thought Carly. RT @CrystalMariaS: "Yeah, I'm just trying something new" Carly replied with a weak smile that didn't reach her eyes RT @Taragel Hey! Carly thought. She moisturized every morning! RT @terencewest: "Looks like your skin is sloughing off here," the stylist noted. "I can fix that." RT @CrystalMariaS: "You're a new face" said the stylist currently working on her, a worried line crossing her brow RT @JenniferLJacobs: Carly was torn from her romantic haze and sat in the chair as stylists painted, brushed, and plucked away. RT @susiebj: "You. New girl," said a guy standing by a long counter, snapping his fingers. "Get over here and get your make up on." RT @NatiVi: Carly stood standing for a moment, feeling her cheek burn where Jake had kissed. RT @JenniferLJacobs: Jake kissed her on the cheek. "I have faith in you," he whispered. And then he was gone. RT @NatiVi: "Oh, yeah! Now I'm much more calm," said Carly RT @CahLac: "Besides, at least you can just kiss someone if they come too close." RT @rmooreowlpower: "Don't worry," said Jake. "They're not allowed to eat anything before a show, anyway." RT @susiebj: "Don't go far," hissed Carly. "I don't want either of us to end up as lunch." RT @JenniferLJacobs: "You go change," said Jake. "I'm going to try and get some information out of some people around here." RT @juliamenna: "Good work honeys." Carly heard Joyce saying "Now try to find that serum!" RT @rmooreowlpower"What now?" hissed Carly, doing her best to look dead and hungry. Which she really, really wasn't at the moment. RT @susiebj:  "Allright. We're in," Jake muttered alerting the ZTF members listening in. RT @susiebj: As Jake and Carly entered the tent, all eyes turned toward them. Several models licked their lips. RT @wotv: Carly stifled a snorting laugh at "yummy" and followed Jake into the tent. RT @barbarathome: "Hum", shiny-clothes took a long look at Jake. "He does look yummy...Ok, bring him in". RT @marissajeanine: Jake thought quickly. "My cologne! It neutralizes the decay." RT @marissajeanine: Shiny raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" he asked. He sniffed Jake. "Doesn't smell like one of us." RT @WotV: "I can't... he has to... " Carly stumbled over her words before assuming an eerie monotone. "He is one of us. He is mine." RT @escapetheworld: Shiny-clothes turned to Jake. "Oh no, dear. Models only." Carly clutched Jake's arm. RT @juliamenna: Shiny-clothes rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Come with me." As they were walking, Jake whispered to Carly "See? Piece of cake." RT @CrystalMariaS: "She accidentally had lunch yesterday. Believe me she's perfect." Jake replied smoothly RT @susiebj: Shiny-clothes narrowed his eyes. "She's not as skinny as the rest." RT @wotv: "She's the one!" Jake said just a little too brightly. RT @escapetheworld: They were suddenly stopped by a man. He wore the most shiny clothes in the room. "Is she the new model?!" RT @simon_staffans: Swallowing nervously she tried her best to look glazed and hungry as she followed Jake through the throng. RT @wheems01: Carly and Jake begin to meander their way through the crowd to the models' dressing area. RT @CrystalMariaS: "Come on" urge Jake in Carly' s ear, "we need to go" RT @Taragel So....glazed, hungry, smelly, Carly thought. Check. She rolled her eyes. Glamorous work. RT @susiebj: "It's usually the skinniest ones," said Jake. "Those that manage to look both glazed and horribly hungry. RT @Kiwialabama: "Well," Jake said, "I've heard they have a strange odor but it's difficult to get that close without risk." RT @terencewest: Carly wasn't sure if she was expecting rotting flesh, but all the models were absolutely beautiful. RT @wotv: "Is there an obvious way to tell which models are... infected?" Carly asked. RT @barbarathome: "It sure can", Carly thought, as she saw dozens of models walking around. Those fixed glazes made her shiver a bit. RT @terencewest: "Brace yourself," Jake said placing his hand on Carly's arm, "this could get ugly." RT @glenbw: "Oh my gosh!" Carly couldn't help squealing like a little girl. "There's Valentino Garavani & Domenico Dolce & Steffano Gabbana" RT @glenbw: Upon reaching the tents, they could see everything as seen on TV: fashion designers, models, reporters, etc... RT @susiebj: Jake found a spot and parked, jumping out of the car & opened her door. She took his arm & they headed for the tents. RT @susiebj: @BBCAA #bbcawdio "And here we go," said Jake. He looked Carly straight in the eye. "I'm with you all the way. Remember that." RT @Angela_Hunter: The vial! If she wanted to get hold of it, she would have to get close to that chest. RT @barbarathome: A tall bulky man got out of the limo. He was wearing a dark suit and Carly thought she saw something shine on his chest. RT @susiebj Expensive cars lined the road. Gorgeous people were everywhere but all eyes were on the limo pulling up to the valet. RT @susiebj: Jake smiled back and Carly's heart flipped. She looked quickly away and out the window. Bryant Park was just ahead. RT @mackenzie_finch: For a brief horrible moment she thought she'd gone too far, but then he laughed, quietly. "Thank you." RT @Taragel "Even if I have to kiss a hundred zombies." She joked, grinning. RT @glenbw: Jake smiled briefly. "Promise?" he asked. RT @barbarathome: "It won't", Carly finally said. "I'll help you make sure of it". RT @Angela_Hunter: "Since then I've done everything I can to make sure that doesn't happen to anyone else," Jake went on. RT @hazeltwilight: Now Carly really didn't know what to say. How to you comfort someone who's brother was killed by zombies? RT@mackenzie_finch"The zombies cornered him in an alleyway. Ripped him to pieces." He paused."I got there five minutes too late. Just five." RT @hazeltwilight: "Oh," Carly managed stupidly, "sorry." RT @mackenzie_finch: Jake's face set, his voice growing harder-edged. "My younger brother was a hunter. Was." RT @hazeltwilight: "Well," Carly paused, "how did you get involved with this stuff. The ZTF I mean." RT @jbsheehan: @BBCAA "Ask away," Jake said as he made a sharp left turn. RT @glenbw: @BBCAA "Jake, I'd like to ask you something," Carly finally opened her mouth after a long silence. RT @NatiVi: @BBCAA especially when it involved brand new clothes and attention of the hottest guy in the firm. RT @simon_staffans: Somehow she kind of liked her transformation from office drone to one of the most important people in the world. RT @mackenzie_finch: It was strange, Carly thought, how much someone's life could change in the space of a few hours.  bbcaadminThu, 18 Feb 2010 21:55:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:165http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/164/bbcawdio-Day-3-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=164http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=164&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/164/bbcawdio-Day-3-The-Story-So-Far.aspxIs Zombie the new black? We're about to find out as our intrepid heroes hit Fashion Week! Here's our story so far: Carly was shocked when the hot new guy at Guru Fashion Agency texted her of all people. She barely knew Jake, but suddenly he was cryptically demanding her help and--even more shocking--saying his life depended on it! Before she can figure out if it's all a prank or deadly serious, she and her coworker Joyce discover a dead body in the office's broom closet. To her horror and shock, Joyce insists the cause of death was zombies! Carly struggles with the realization that zombies, vampires, werewolves and more are all real, but there's not much time for thinking--Jake calls again needing her help. The two women rush to his location in the nearby men's room and find more casualties. Then Jake and Joyce reveal that they are part of a mysterious organization dubbed ZFT: Zombie Force Terminators. As they fend off another attack, Jake and Joyce reveal to Carly that she has a greater purpose than fetching coffee for Prada-clad princesses. For she is The Keeper, the one who can save them all. Taking refuge at ZFT headquarters in a nearby used bookstore, Carly is surprised to discover the whole office is in on the plan! But she gets a bigger shock when she learns that her DNA is needed to cure the zombie infection. A nefarious and curious plot unfolds in which Coco Chanel masterminded the use of zombies as slave labor to model her clothes and Carly's grandfather had the cure via a serum he created. Unfortunately Chanel's minions stole the serum and now, if Carly doesn't want to kiss a multitude of undead models, she and Jake are going to have to steal it back! Luckily, an invitation to Fashion Week with all-access passes means they can get close to the Chanel head honcho and steal the serum. To get close enough, Carly will have to go undercover as a model with Jake as backup! As the zombies close in, they race off to Bryant Park and Fashion Week.  bbcaadminThu, 18 Feb 2010 13:58:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:164http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/163/bbcawdio-Scene-4-Linebyline.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=163http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=163&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/163/bbcawdio-Scene-4-Linebyline.aspxFinally Carly gets some answers about her predicament! But can she step up and save the day? Here's the line-by-line breakdown for scene 4 (Read from the bottom up!) RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Fashion Week or bust," Jake said grimly, steering the car towards Bryant Park. RT @WotV: Jake floored the Mustang and they were propelled out of the garage with a squeal of the tires. RT @terencewest: "No more time," Jake said climbing into a battered 70s Mustang, "we have to get you out of here." RT @Taragel Joyce tossed the keys to Jake & he grabbed Carly's hand, pulling her towards a door at the back of the room. It led to a garage. RT @CrystalMariaS: "We'll explain later, just go find that vial!" Joyce shouted pushing Carly RT @Fluffybookfae: "The third one is for--" started Jake, but he was interrupted by a loud BANG. RT @sebastianwaller: "What does the third one do?" She asked expectantly RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Now let's get going," Joyce bounced impatiently on the balls of her feet. RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Sweet," she said as she let them hook up all the tech stuff. They even attached something to one of her back teeth. RT @SaireeElizabeth: The second man held up an earpiece. "And we can give you intructions," he explained. RT @non_conformistz: "We'll monitor your progress from here" explained Simon from HR,"these microphones & cameras will give us all the intel RT @Fluffybookfae: Three men approached Carly, each holding a complicated-looking piece of technology. "First, you'll need a few things." RT @barbarathome: "Ok, we don't have time for this. Let's get this show on the road!" Joyce jumped off her stool. RT @JenniferLJacobs: Then Carly remembered that the models didn't look any different, even if they were zombies, and she smiled. RT @Fluffybookfae: Wait, thought Carly. Does he think I'm pretty, or does he think I look like a zombie? RT @barbarathome: "Yeah, sure. You do have the looks for it," Jake smiled. In spite of everything, Carly melted a bit. RT @FocusPlease "So, wait... I'm gonna pretend to be a model???" Carly was definitely more of a behind-the-scenes person. RT @Fluffybookfae: "And since the invitation is for two," said Jake, pointing at the fine print, "I'll go with you as your agent." RT @Bia_Barrett: "You just have to pretend you're already 'zombified' and be one of the models in the Chanel show." RT @JenniferLJacobs: "I can't just rip some guy's necklace off. I'll get arrested! What am I supposed to do once inside?" RT @SaireeElizabeth: "We can get backstage at the Chanel show," Jake explained."It may be our only chance to take the serum back from them." RT @SaireeElizabeth: "The CEO of Chanel stole the serum. It's rumored he wears it on a vial around his neck." RT @omgxitskatiexx: Carly didn't see how one invitation to a fashion show was the solution to all their problems. "Yeah...okay. How?" RT @ange1ina: @BBCAA "Those invitations are like gold dust," said Jake. "That's our in." RT @terencewest: @BBCAA "It's an all access pass," Joyce pointed out. RT@Taragel Carly opened it more gingerly. "An invitation to Fashion Week? THIS is the answer to all our problems?" she scoffed. RT @ange1ina Carly grabbed the envelope & began to rip it open."Hey, careful," said Joyce, "Gently, what's in there is precious." RT @Fluffybookfae: "Well, we have this..." said Joyce, pulling a tea-colored, wrinkled envelope from her purse. RT @Taragel "Get you in?" she raised an eyebrow. "In where? You actually have a plan?" RT @SaireeElizabeth: "We will get it back," Jake told her. "That's why we need you, to get us in so we can get to it." RT @non_conformistz: "I don't believe this" laughed Carly, standing up. "This is all some sick joke, isn't it." RT @Bia_Barrett: " So get it back!" yelled Carly. " I won't go around spreading my saliva!" RT @SaireeElizabeth "It was different back then," Jake replied."Your grandfather created a serum that cured the zombies but it's been stolen. RT @CrystalMariaS: "My grandfather made out with zombies?!" RT @barbarathome: Carly just couldn't say anything. She stared at Jake, wondering what wrong turn did she take to be in a basement with ZFT. RT @SaireeElizabeth: "It's in your genetics, Carly. Your great-grandfather founded ZFT because he found he held the cure." RT @non_conformistz: "magic has nothing to do with it" explained Jake, "your genes carry the anti-bodies required to combat the virus" RT @CrystalMariaS: Joyce exchanged a significant look with Jake. "Well she asked..." RT @juliamenna: “Why do I have do this anyway? How do you know that my saliva is... magic?" RT @JenniferLJacobs: "Oh that's great," Carly said sarcastically. "I only have to kiss SOME zombie models then. I feel so much better." RT @NatiVi: Jake & Joyce exchanged glances. "You don't have to kiss ALL of them." Jake said. RT @WotV: "That's just repulsive. I am so NOT kissing any of those nasty zombies." RT @AngerFork: "Well, you can still kiss them if you want..." RT @rmooreowlpower  “That is so disgusting I don’t even know where to begin,” Carly said. “I don’t do bodily fluids okay? Not in these shoes.”  bbcaadminWed, 17 Feb 2010 22:22:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:163http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/162/bbcawdio-Scene-3-linebyline.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=162http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=162&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/162/bbcawdio-Scene-3-linebyline.aspxWhat strange twists and turns have our zombie caper taken now? Check out our breakdown of Scene 3 below (read from the bottom up!) and find out!   RT @weirdsis: "You know the age old question: spit or swallow? You're going to spit, honey," said Joyce. RT @Taragel It was silent for a moment as the members of the ZFT shared misgiving glances in the musty old stockroom. RT @wheems01: "Not your blood, honey. The antidote is in your saliva." "So what? Am I supposed to go around kissing the zombies?" RT @NatiVi: "What, are you saying my blood is the antidote or something?" asked Carly, skeptical. RT @csyusten: "I'm pretty sure I don't have any antidote on me," Carly replied. "Not on you, in you..." Joyce whispered. RT @wheems01: "How can I be the cure? I knew nothing about this until you called me this morning." RT @barbarathome:  "Like I said, you're the keeper", Jake answered. "You carry the antidote for the zombie disease" RT @csyusten: Carly didn't know what to think, "Okay, so what does that have to do with me?" RT @juliamenna: "Those zombies were the perfects models. They didn't complain, didn't talk, didn't need to have a salary" RT @JennyWorsley: "No one saw the difference.....the glazed fixed expressions with a look of hunger, who would!?" RT @Ash131618 "Are you really that suprised? I mean it's totally obvious once you think about it!" Andrew chimed in. RT @wheems01: @BBCAA Stunned by the revelation, Carly asks "You mean she created the Zombies to model her clothes?" RT @Jenniferljacobs: "Honey, have you ever heard of slaves to fashion? Well, that's what Chanel created to sell her clothes." RT @NatiVi: Carly was shocked. "Coco Chanel was a zombie??" RT @sebastianwaller: "I know who it is!" Carly hissed annoyed. RT @JennyWorsley: Chelsea, the glamorous receptionist, now covered in specks of blood, said 'That's the fashion designer sweetie' RT @omgxitskatiexx: "Well," Jake said, "I guess it all started with Coco Chanel." RT @csyusten: "Yes, why don't we start at the beginning, shall we?" Andrew piped in. RT @KataCullen: "Jake, Honey I think you should start before that" said Joyce calmly RT @juliamenna: "Oh, God, If I have to wear one of this shirts, you can forget about it. No way." said Carly. RT @csyusten: "Carly, the Fashion Agency is a cover," Jake explained. RT @susiebj: Joyce grabbed a donut from the box on the table and motioned to a stool. "Have a seat, honey." RT @jenniferljacobs When the lights came on, Carly noticed her entire office sitting in the room with ZFT shirts. "What IS this?"Carly asked RT @JennyWorsley: She couldn't see him, but she swore she heard Andrew from Accounts talking from her right. RT @Jenniferljacobs: Carly felt herself being carefully guided through the trapdoor RT @susiebj: Joyce bent down and Carly heard the creak of hinges. Light shone from a trapdoor. RT @JennyWorsley: She could smell old paper and a damp undercurrent that made her nose twitch. RT @csyusten: Carly felt a tug on her right arm and without notice she was pulled even further into the darkness. RT @glenbw: Stepping inside Carly could not see anything, for the entire room was shrouded in complete darkness. RT @susiebj: "Not far," said Joyce as she led the way down the alley, past trashbins & unlocked the back door of that tacky used bookstore. RT @sebastianwaller: "Where is this safehouse" Carly asked. Hoping it wouldn't be too long a run. RT @Jenniferljacobs: As the trio reached the end of the fire escape, Joyce peered around the side. The coast was clear. Then they ran. Fast. RT @susiebj: Carly cursed her beautiful Jimmy Choos as she stumbled down the iron steps with Jake close behind. RT @susiebj: with Joyce leading the way and Jake guarding Carly's back, they charged out of the bathroom window onto the fire escape. RT @susiebj: Carly had to admit, some of the trust may have come from the way Jake's hair fell over those big brown eyes of his. RT @csyusten: As Carly took Jake's hand, the building began to shake. "Alright, guys it's now or never!" Joyce shouted. RT @Taragel She wasn't sure why, since she barely knew the guy, but for some reason, Carly believed him. RT @glenbw: "Trust me, I know what I am doing here," Jake reassured Carly that everything would be alright. RT @Jenniferljacobs: "Come on,"Joyce said. We can't just stay here. We have to take her to the safe house." RT @urbanrenewalgal: "Look I have a roommate, I have a goldfish, I have student loans. I don't have time to fight zombies!" RT @csyusten: Jake grabbed her arm to steady her, "Don't worry, we'll explain everything, we just need to make sure you're safe." RT @mackenzie_finch: She sagged against the wall, keeping her breakfast down with some difficulty. This was all wrong. RT @aarsic: Me? What can I possibly do? Has everyone gone insane? Carly asked bbcaadminWed, 17 Feb 2010 17:21:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:162http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/161/Day-2-of-bbcawdio-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=161http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=161&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/161/Day-2-of-bbcawdio-The-Story-So-Far.aspxWe'll dive in to a new day of Twitter Audio storytelling in just about 30 minutes at 9 AM EST. Our first day saw us collaborating on a comic romance/zombie horror caper! Here's the story so far: Carly was shocked when the hot new guy at Guru Fashion Agency texted her of all people. She barely knew Jake, but suddenly he was cryptically demanding her help and--even more shocking--saying his life depended on it! Before she can figure out if it's all a prank or deadly serious, she and her coworker Joyce discover a dead body in the office's broom closet. To her horror and shock, Joyce insists the cause of death was zombies! Carly struggles with the realization that zombies, vampires, werewolves and more are all real, but there's not much time for thinking--Jake calls again needing her help. The two women rush to his location in the nearby men's room and find more casualties. Then Jake and Joyce reveal that they are part of a mysterious organization dubbed ZFT: Zombie Force Terminators. As they fend off another attack, Jake and Joyce reveal to Carly that she has a greater purpose than fetching coffee for Prada-clad princesses. For she is The Keeper, the one who can save them all.bbcaadminWed, 17 Feb 2010 13:23:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:161http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/160/Twitter-Audio-Scene-2-Linebyline.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=160http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=160&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/160/Twitter-Audio-Scene-2-Linebyline.aspxAs Day One of our Twitter Audio project winds down, it seems our fearless heroine has stumbled onto a massive zombie conspiracy! And how did the hot new guy Jake get involved? Will the ZFT save the day? And what's all this about her being "The Keeper"?  Will she ever get some answers--or some sensible shoes? It's tough getting blood on your Jimmy Choos...Tune in tomorrow at 9 AM EST for more in the comic caper! Here's the line-by-line Scene 2. Please read from the bottom up! RT @Kristinveiga "Honey the keeper is the one person in the world that can stop the zombie disease. Only you can save us now." Joyce said. RT @KataCullen: What's the keeper? Carly asked RT @csyusten: "You mean she's the keeper?" Joyce motioned to Carly, "You've got to be kidding me!" RT @csyusten: "I told you to protect the keeper!" Jake shouted at Joyce when the zombie was finally motionless. RT @marissajeanine: "Oh hell no, this is too weird," thought Carly. "Plus that dress was VINTAGE!" RT @csyusten: January's cover girl didn't look any different than she had the month before, Carly was surprised Jake was able to kill her RT @non_conformistz: Before Carly could react Joyce tackled it to the floor, and Jake rammed the handle of his brush into its eye. RT @Kristinveiga: She came straight for Carly. While she tried to cover herself, she heard Jake scream at Joyce to protect the keeper. RT @lauramcb: But what entered the bathroom was a girl, blond, tall, in a Valentino. With blood in her mouth, and a crazy look on the eyes. RT @juliamenna: Carly expected a zombie just like in movies,ugly and scary. She was prepared for that. Too bad this was nothing like that RT @bdrewcollier: The door burst open, banging against the wall like a gunshot. RT @csyusten: Carly held her breath, nowhere in her contract did it say "Kill Zombies" RT @NatiVi: As Carly was speaking the bathroom door started to open. "well, I guess you're about to see it." Said Jake RT @sebastianwaller: "But how?" Carly ask. "How do you even kill a zombie?" RT @csyusten: "Alright guys, let's get serious," Joyce said, "We've gotta get to them before they destroy the whole city!" RT @omgxitskatiexx: Jake snickered. "You laugh," Carly said, "But I can TP like nobody's business." RT @SaireeElizabeth: Jake laughed. "You're getting your cliches confused. Mummies are the ones with the toilet paper." RT @JenniferLJacobs: Panicking, Carly picked up the closest "weapon" she could find - a toilet paper roll. RT @mackenzie_finch: Though Carly didn't think a toilet brush and a handbag could really be counted as weapons, if she was honest. RT @non_conformistz: A low, guttural moan sounded from outside the toilets, before Carly could react both Jake & Joyce had armed themselves. RT @mackenzie_finch: Jake at least had the grace to look embarrassed. "I know, I know. I didn't make it up." RT @barbarathome: "Well, honey, someone has got to do the dirty work around here. Or do you think these zombies terminate themselves?" RT @SaireeElizabeth: Joyce grabbed Carly's arm and started pulling her towards the bathroom door. RT @mackenzie_finch: "'Zombie Force Terminators?'" Carly had to laugh. "Seriously?" RT @NatiVi: Jake finally found what he was fumbling for in his pocket. He handed a pair of keys to Joyce. "Here. You know what to do." RT @omgxitskatiexx: Joyce & Jake exchanged glances. "The Zombie Force Terminators" he said. "But we can't explain here, there's no time!" RT @scarymarynease: "Ok, could someone please tell me what's going on?" asked Carly. "Zombies... teams... and WTF is the ZFT?" RT @terencewest: "ZFT, eh? Zombie Freedom Troupe? Zurich Fascist Team?" RT @juliamenna: Oh, now I'm feeling special, thought Carly RT @CrystalMariaS: I texted you because I couldn't get through to Joyce, thank God you found her Carly RT @WotV: For a moment, Carly was quite put out. She was never chosen for any teams. RT @Fluffybookfae: "You know," said Jake weakly, fumbling for something in his pocket. "The ZFT." RT @NatiVi: "Wait. what do you mean, you and Joyce are on the same team?" RT @mackenzie_finch: Carly was beginning to feel very much out of her depth. Was everyone in on this but her? RT @barbarathome: "You don't look so good", Joyce said, when Jake came tumbling out of the stall. RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Oh, well, Joyce and I are on the same team," Jake said, unlocking his stall. RT @CrystalMariaS: "I just have Joyce here, she may know what's going on!" Carly replied voice trembling RT @non_conformistz: "Are you alone?" came Jake's voice, with a nervous waver Carly hadn't heard before. RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Back here," came Jake's voice from the furthest stall. RT @marissajeanine: "Jake?" Carly called, averting her eyes from the blood and brains coating the tile. RT @terencewest: Bodies lay heaped on the floor, their expensive clothing tattered and bloody.  bbcaadminTue, 16 Feb 2010 22:29:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:160http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/159/Twitter-Audio-Scene-1-Line-by-line.aspx#Comments0http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=159http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=159&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/159/Twitter-Audio-Scene-1-Line-by-line.aspxWe've kicked off our newest round of Twitter audio with the help of #1 NYT Bestselling author Meg Cabot (@megcabot)! Almost 1000 tweets have been submitted so far in our comic caper about zombies plaguing a modeling agency! Here's the line-by-line breakdown of our first scene as we take a quick break and follow us @BBCAA to join the fun! Please remember to read from the bottom up! RT @wheems01: The site that met her when she entered the men's restroom was not one she could have prepared for. RT @sebastianwaller: She threw herself in through the door, expecting the worst. RT @wheems01: Dragging Joyce, she ran as quickly as she could down the long hallway to the restrooms, praying she wouldn't be too late. RT @SaireeElizabeth: "Well, you should have said that in the first place." Joyce put on her serious face. RT @sebastianwaller: Not really, no. She lowered her voice, "I think Jake is in danger" RT @escapetheworld: "The toilet? Honey, we're dealing with zombies here, can't you hold it?" Carly rolled her eyes and pulled Joyce on. RT @bdrewcollier: "Quick!" She grabbed Joyce by the arm. "We have to go to the toilet." RT @marissajeanine: On the other hand, it'd be a shame to lose a hottie like Jake to a bunch of model/zombies. RT @wotv: Carly grimaced. Was Jake really worth going into a men's room for? She wasn't reallly sure... RT @xMairaxAziex: "I'm in the-" A cry, followed by; "men’s room" RT @mackenzie_finch: "Jake! Jake, is that you?" But all she heard in response was a low groaning, almost but not quite forming words. RT @csyusten: "I love this song!" Joyce said. Carly fumbled to get the phone up to her ear. RT @barbarathome: Carly felt her stomach turning around. She was about to collapse when her fone rang again. Restricted number. RT @csyusten: "I'd never joke about zombies!" Joyce retorted. RT @NatiVi: "All right, I think you're watching too much Supernatural Joyce." Carly said seriously. "This is serious." RT @barbarathome: Carly felt like her head was going to explode. "Zombies, in New York? Really?" RT @45Spacer: Joyce laughed. "Besides, girl, her brain's half eaten. I don't think those brooms did that. Yep, zombies." RT @Kristinveiga: "Oh honey my daddy back in Mississippi he was a hunter: Vampires, zombies, werewolves you name it. RT @non_conformistz: "you really are new to the business, aren't you" said Joyce, with a condescending smile. RT @Kristinveiga: "Damn zombies always eating the good ones." Joyce said exasperated. "Zombie? How- How'd you know?" RT @mackenzie_finch: Carly nodded, slowly. "She was." RT @barbarathome: "I'll be damned!", Joyce said, "isn't she that new agent who just got hired yesterday?" RT @bdrewcollier: Joyce rolled her eyes, made a "pftt" noise, reached past her and yanked open the door. RT @ange1ina: A red pool was oozing out from under the door to the broom cupboard. Hardly daring to look inside, Carly steeled herself. RT @susiebj: Stilettos didn't do well in pools of blood. RT @hazeltwilight: Panic flooding her Carly ran towards the source of the noise, nearly falling as she came to a stop. RT @glenbw: "What the heck is that?" Joyce's and Carly's eyes widened. RT @bdrewcollier: Heads popped up from every cubical like some weird whack-a-mole game. RT @non_conformistz: Before she had time to formulate an answer, a piercing scream ripped through the office. RT @AnaCPaul: "Okay, If I were Jake, where would I be?" She thought. RT @45Spacer: Carly turned around, caught off guard. "Waiy-what? I mean, great! Let's go!" How was she going to get to Jake? RT @45Spacer: "Ooh, honey, that sounds good! I think I'll join you. I'm ahead of schedule anyway." RT @CrystalMariaS: Well here I go, thought Carly. I just need to find a group of vultures (i mean models) around their prey RT @escapetheworld: "Oh, thanks Joyce. Hey, I'm going out for a cup of coffee, ok?" Carly picked up her bag and went out quickly. RT @nathy_tafarelo: "Except the fact that those women have never eaten a donut? No honey." RT @Kristinveiga: "Thanks... Umm Joyce you haven't noticed anything... weird with the model RT @nikita15: With a mouthful of donut, she said, "Honey, i don't know where that boy is half the time. He didn't say nothing to me." RT @scarymarynease: "Hey, Joyce," said Carly to the girl in the cubicle beside her. "Where was Jake supposed to be today?" RT @omgxitskatiexx: Carly stared at her phone in shock. What? They're not what? Friendly? Well, everyone knew that. Monsters, he'd said. RT @non_conformistz: "It's the models!" hissed Jake, "They're not--" suddenly the line went dead. RT @mackenzie_finch: "What is this?" Carly pressed the phone closer to her ear, trying to make out the background noise. "What's going on?" RT @KwanaWrites: Jake's voice muffled voice was low, "Carly I'm desperate. I need help. Now," he hissed. RT @nathy_tafarelo: All she could hear were voices talking far away. So she said louder: 'Hello!' RT @hazeltwilight: More quickly then she would care to admit Carly answered, "Hello?" RT @marissajeanine: The tinny tune of "Bad Romance" broke her concentration, and she glanced at the screen. It read "Restricted." RT @omgxitskatiexx Seriously, how was she going to help him if he wouldn't even answer her? She was about to turn her phone off when it rang RT @luvmuch2: Now what was she to think? Was this just some kind of practical joke he was playing? Was he toying with her? RT @terencewest: Her phone was silent. No response. RT @susiebj: As if Carly could save anybody? Her own life was mess. RT @csyusten: "Where can I find u?" She texted back. RT @marissajeanine : "Literally as in zombies, or as in just crazy." Please be the latter, she thought. I can't deal with zombies now. RT @bnglebee: "I need you", it read. "My life depends on it". His life?, thought Carly, he must be joking. RT @livingxparadox: Carly opened the text, reading it silently. "These women are monsters," it said. "Literally." RT @hazeltwilight: Still there was no harm in looking to see what it said. RT @escapetheworld "Well, maybe he just got the number wrong" Carly thought, not even consdering the possibility that he actually noticed her. RT @megcabot Every girl at Guru Fashion Agency had an eye on the hot new guy, Jake. So Carly was shocked when he texted HER with his odd S.O.S.  bbcaadminTue, 16 Feb 2010 19:56:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:159http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/158/60-minutes-and-counting-to-Twitter-Two-Liftoff.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=158http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=158&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/158/60-minutes-and-counting-to-Twitter-Two-Liftoff.aspxWe've got less than an hour to go before we embark on another whimsical, wild storytelling journey with the help of #1 New York Times Bestselling author Meg Cabot (@megcabot) and the Twitterverse! Meg will tweet the tantalizing first line at Noon EST and we'll immediately retweet it! Then you tweet a possible second line of the story, like this: @BBCAA Your Tweet Here #bbcawdio And then we're off! We'll select and retweet the lines that push the story forward in new and interesting directions at @BBCAA, so follow our account to keep up-to-the-minute on all the twists and turns. We'll try to shape a narrative out of all your creative ideas as quickly and spontaneously as possible. It will be messy and chaotic and maybe we'll go off in some crazy directions. But that's all part of the fun. Once we're approaching 1000 lines retweeted, we'll cap things off. (Please keep in mind we are but human and may need to take some hiatuses in there!) But you can continue the story. Maybe there'll be sequels and trilogies? It's all up to you. Stay tuned to this blog because we'll summarize the story in progress as we go. Thanks for joining us on this storytelling adventure!bbcaadminTue, 16 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:158http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/157/Twitter-Novel-Round-Two-Kicks-Off-Soon.aspx#Comments4http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=157http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=157&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/157/Twitter-Novel-Round-Two-Kicks-Off-Soon.aspx You can write an original audiobook story on Twitter with #1 New York Times Bestselling Author  Meg Cabot  Starting February 16 at Noon EST, author Meg Cabot (@megcabot) will launch a special interactive storytelling experience. She'll tweet the first line of an original tale and then the rest is up to you! Just login to your Twitter account (registration is free) to tweet your own suggested sentence to continue the tale.   How Does it Work? Read the opening line of the story tweeted by Meg and follow us here @BBCAA to tweet the possible next sentence of the story (tweets must be 140 characters or less) like this: @BBCAA Your Tweet Here #bbcawdio We'll read all of the suggested lines and retweet the ones that best continue the story in real time. This special choose-your-own-adventure style story will also be chronicled here on our blog daily as the story unfolds with its myriad twists and turns created by YOU! What Happens Next? When our story winds down, we’ll edit the contributions and compile a script, then head into the studio to record and produce the audiobook. The final audiobook will be downloadable free on our website and also available as a digital download at iTunes and other audiobook retailers. (Please see our legal release for further rules and information.) About Meg Cabot Meg Cabot (www.megcabot.com) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-five series and books that have sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. Her Princess Diaries, published in more than 38 countries, was made into two hit movies by Disney. Meg also wrote the bestselling Mediator and Queen of Babble series, as well as 1-800-Where-R-You? (on which the television series, Missing, was based). Meg currently writes the Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls series for middle-grade readers and the Heather Wells mystery series for adult readers.  Look for Runaway, the final installment in her Airhead series, this spring, and Insatiable, a new adult paranormal, this summer. She divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City.  Stay tuned to this blog and our Twitter page (@BBCAA) for updates, news, giveaways and more!  bbcaadminTue, 02 Feb 2010 20:30:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:157http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/154/Go-Into-the-Studio-with-Narrator-Katherine-Kellgren-bbcawdio.aspx#Comments1http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=154http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=154&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/154/Go-Into-the-Studio-with-Narrator-Katherine-Kellgren-bbcawdio.aspx Our talented and endearing narrator Katherine Kellgren gives you a special glimpse inside her process as she records Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry. Filmed on location at the full service recording studios, Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Katherine shares her insights on her involvement with this special audiobook and her preparation for tackling this epic fairy tale created by more than 100 writers via Twitter.  bbcaadminMon, 11 Jan 2010 15:27:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:154http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/147/bbcawdioThe-Twitter-Audiobook-is-Here.aspx#Comments34http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=147http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=147&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/147/bbcawdioThe-Twitter-Audiobook-is-Here.aspx Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry By Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse Narrated by Katherine Kellgren “Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled, and said, "We don't love you anymore." So began the Twitter Audio project, with a dazzling first line penned byNew York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman. What followed was an epic tale of imaginary lands, magical objects, haunting melodies, plucky sidekicks, menacing villains and much more. From mystical blue roses to enchanted mirrors to pesky puppets, this classic fable was born from the collective creativity of more than one hundred contributors via the social network Twitter.com in a groundbreaking literary experiment. Together, virtual strangers crafted a rollicking story of a young girl’s journey with love, forgiveness, and acceptance.   About the Narrator Katherine Kellgren is an actress of film, television, and theater. She has appeared onstage in London, New York, and Frankfurt. She is a graduate of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Katherine has narrated numerous audiobooks and won various awards including the AudioFile Earphones Award, the Peabody Award and several Audie® Awards. AudioFile calls Katherine Kellgren a marvel with accents and a narrator for which to keep an ear out.   Contributors: @45spacer, @aarsic, @adrianika, @ajekofalltrades, @allfades, @almeldiel, @anabowlova, @anew15, @ange1ina, @angela_hunter, @angerfork, @anglotastic, @auilix, @b3gillin, @bryansarrasin, @cafenirvana, @californiakara, @celebelei, @click2carney, @colinyoung, @dannygunter, @dejrabel, @devikat, @didius111, @dnairnw, @doodlewhale, @dotsforeyes, @dstieglitz313, @e2d2, @erikscottdebie, @fashionzebra, @foggymoontour, @furious_jack, @glenbw, @groovygeekygirl, @gulliverbear, @gwenners, @hazeltwilight, @heraldeditrix, @hirschic, @hopiepokie, @iainabernathy, @jamezrjonez,@jennyworsley, @jinxed_wood, @jkathryne0510, @jlawrencem, @jmag21, @jshadl, @kaiserschwarcz, @karie122, @khohannessian, @laviecestmoi, @ldygray, @l_veg, @lilrebel616, @litomnivore, @lionnesss, @liz_hawk, @lizmcgregor, @lorespinner, @loupok, @lovelythings, @lucia_wilde, @luiswulf, @luvmuch2, @mackenzie_finch, @mahlemedved, @makingmymarc, @meadhbh, @melodyg, @mildmojo, @missdeliana, @mo_ali, @mocando, @moirawrite, @mookychick, @nafda, @nataliefyffe, @neilhimself, @nettsche, @nmfox, @noirmoll, @nokomarie, @nycteris, @paulcrilley, @pockybum22, @queensowntalia, @reddingofish, @reeshageppert, @rominamislang, @rosedefiant, @rukasufox, @sean_mcdevitt, @selorian, @shanella, @simon_staffans, @snarkspork, @soratian, @surfingsue, @taragel, @tattsjane, @taupefox_59, @techtigger, @terencewest, @thessaly_wake, @thessilian, @thesteampowered, @threeville, @thurtinkle, @tombness, @undeadlibrarian, @unrealfred, @upguntha, @vagabond_blue, @valeca, @vivren, @waterfall8484, @wavepl, @wmsnedden, @wotv, @youstruckgold, @zhalfim,   Copyright © 2009 by BBC Audiobooks America. Copyright (P) 2009 by BBC Audiobooks America. All rights reserved. Copyright exists on all recordings issued by BBC Audiobooks America. Any unauthorized broadcasting, public performance, copying or re-recording of such recordings in any manner whatsoever, will constitute an infringement of such copyright.   This product is intended for personal use only. Commercial or non-personal use, editing, alteration, copying or redistribution inconsistent with copyright laws is prohibited, whether by digital, electronic or other means.   BBC Audiobooks America is committed to publishing and distributing audiobooks that reflect many different viewpoints on a variety of topics. The opinions expressed in this and other works published by BBC Audiobooks America are solely those of the authors, and not of the company.   Cover design by Natalie Albright   Music by Will Sibilia    ___________________________________________   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 1 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 2 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 3 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 4 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 5 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 6 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 7 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 8 Download MP3 File   Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry - Chapter 9 Download MP3 FilebbcaadminTue, 01 Dec 2009 15:33:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:147http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/145/bbcawdio-Holiday-Update.aspx#Comments21http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=145http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=145&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/145/bbcawdio-Holiday-Update.aspxJust a quick note to update you all. The #bbcawdio tale, Hearts, Keys and Puppetry, is winging its way to iTunes this week to be captured in a podcast that we'll post to our website. It'll be available in individual chapters for handy quick listening! One unfortunate piece of news, due to the lack of entries, we've cancelled the artwork contest, but truly appreciate your energy and enthusiasm for it! Next time, we'll be sure to get things rolling a little earlier and include some sort of allowance for international tweeters to submit their artwork as well. In happier news, one week from today, the story will be available for your listening pleasure! Katherine Kellgren did a wonderful job bringing Sam's story to life and I think everyone's going to love hearing the finished product. Happy Thanksgiving!bbcaadminTue, 24 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:145http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/144/bbcawdio-Artwork-Contest-and-Title-Announcement.aspx#Comments9http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=144http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=144&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/144/bbcawdio-Artwork-Contest-and-Title-Announcement.aspxSo after 175 total votes cast, we have a winning title for our #bbcawdio novella: Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry (title submitted by @45Spacer) And finally, we're kicking off our #bbcawdio Artwork contest. This is going to be a very quick challenge since we're going into the studio tomorrow and want to get this audio tale available for you as soon as we can! But here are all the rules to enter: Submit your original artwork and design for a forthcoming audiobook, launched by Neil Gaiman and written by more than 120 fans on Twitter. Visit our blog at www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com and read the story summary, then send your original design as a high-resolution jpeg or PDF (at least 1200 X 1800 pixels, 300 dpi resolution) to contest@bbcaudiobooksamerica.com by Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). We’ll choose three finalists, and from among them we’ll select one winner! The winner will receive ten complementary copies of the forthcoming audiobook described above, and the winning design will be used on the cover of that audiobook, and exhibited on www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com and at iTunes. The winner will also receive an audio prize package of various BBCAA audiobooks.  (Please review the contest rules carefully before entering the Contest. Any failure to comply could disqualify your design.) CONTEST OVERVIEW Create an original design and submit it to us by November 20, 2009, 11:59:59 pm EST. Please be advised that any entry of copyrighted material will disqualify both the design and the entrant who submitted it, respectively, and each will be deemed ineligible for this Contest, and any prize awarded or associated with this Contest. Once the submissions have been received, we will announce three (3) finalists.  BBC Audiobooks America (“BBCAA”) will select one (1) winning design from among the finalists. The winning design shall be featured as the primary cover art in or in connection with a certain BBCAA audiobook presently titled the “Audiobook”, and, the winner will receive ten (10) copies of this Audiobook, in addition to an audio prize package of other BBCAA audiobook selections.   WHO CAN ENTER? Anyone over 18 who is a legal resident of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia. If you’re younger than 18, you can still submit a design, but it must be submitted on your behalf by a parent or guardian.  No purchase is necessary to win or participate. Internet access and valid e-mail address are required. The competition is void where prohibited or restricted by law. All entries must be received by November 20, 2009, 11:59:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). CONTEST TIMELINE November 16, 2009 - Contest is announced, contest begins, rules and regulations accepted by contestants and submissions are accepted November 20, 2009 – 11:59:59 pm EST: Deadline for design entries to be submitted November 23, 2009 – 11:59:59 pm EST: Three finalists will be announced November 24, 2009 – 11:59:59 pm EST: One winner will be announced   DESIGN AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submit as many designs are you wish, as long as we receive them before the submission deadline. All entries must be submitted via email to contest@bbcaudiobooksamerica.com. Submissions must be formatted in high-resolution, jpeg or PDF (at least 1200 X 1800 pixels, 300 dpi) format. Prior to appearing publically at www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com and/or any other website, each submission is evaluated by BBCAA and its representatives. Submissions deemed overtly sexual, racist or which defame or violate another’s right to privacy or intellectual property will be rejected. Any decision to exclude a submission is final. Be sure to review the complete rules, terms & conditions. bbcaadminMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:144http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/143/bbcawdioBe-sure-to-vote-in-our-title-poll.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=143http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=143&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/143/bbcawdioBe-sure-to-vote-in-our-title-poll.aspxSo, after 8 days, 875 tweets by 124 contributors from more than six countries, and 14,385 tweeted words, we're moving into production on the Twitter Audiobook. Through November 18, you can vote in our poll to select the title for the #bbcawdio novel. There's 11 great suggestions to choose from. (If you need a refresher on the story specifics, check out our summary.) Stay tuned for more news and contests!  bbcaadminWed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:143http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/142/bbcawdioThe-Work-in-Progress.aspx#Comments27http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=142http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=142&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/142/bbcawdioThe-Work-in-Progress.aspxSo it's been just about two weeks since we tweeted the last lines of the #bbcawdio Twitter Audiobook, launched by NYT Bestselling author Neil Gaiman and finished by more than 100 Twitter participants from all over the world. (At least six countries were represented at last count!) We've been cleaning up our rough draft and editing for clarity and fluidity, but we have some exciting news to share about the final product: Title Poll: We'll be hosting a poll next week to choose a title for our story. Read the entire story summary and start thinking of suggestions. Leave a note here in the comments with your best title suggestion (please only offer ONE title). We'll take all nominations, create a poll and post it next week for voting. The top vote getter when the poll closes on Friday, November 13, will be our winning title. Artwork Contest: Stay tuned for details on a contest where you can submit original artwork to be used as the cover design for the Twitter Audiobook. We'll be accepting fan submissions soon and the winner chosen by BBCAA will receive complimentary copies as well as a special audiobook prize package. Narrator Chosen!:  We're thrilled to announce that Katherine Kellgren, the 2009 Audie Award-winning Female Narrator of the Year, will be voicing our plucky heroine Sam. Katy, who has won accolades and honors for narrating the popular children's audios Bloody Jack and The Curse of the Blue Tattoo, will be recording the Twitter Audiobook here near our Rhode Island headquarters in the coming weeks. Release Date: The finished audiobook will be available as a free download beginning December 1, 2009. (The title will also be available through iTunes, free for the first thirty days on iTunes and 99 cents starting January 1.) Sequels: Due to popular demand, we'll be hosting another #bbcawdio project in February 2010! Keep following our blog for more details on which author will be kicking off our next Twitter audio project. In the meantime, leave us your thoughts on who you'd like to see starting the next story, as well as any general suggestions for the next round of #bbcawdio.  bbcaadminFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:22:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:142http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/139/bbcawdio-The-Whole-Story.aspx#Comments73http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=139http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=139&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/139/bbcawdio-The-Whole-Story.aspxOur crowd-sourced saga has concluded! The Twitterverse (with the assistance of New York Times Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman) has created a rollicking, epic fairytale, set in a fantasy world, with an endearing coming-of-age story at its heart.  Here's a brief summary of the eight-day-long story event. Stay tuned to this space for more updates and developments as we take our story through the editing and production stages of making an audiobook! First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1 The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2 Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3 Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart. Scene 7 Sam hears the story of the woman who has become Queen of this mysterious land. The woman was once a puppet maker entreated with making a special puppet for a prince. She toiled hard but the puppet wasn’t grand enough. Then a magpie came along one day with a magic mirror. The mirror brought dead things to life and made living things die. This was the solution to the puppet maker’s problem! She would use the mirror to bring her toy to dazzling life. But the magpie insisted the Puppet Maker give her heart in exchange! The crafty woman felt this was too high a price, but she wanted the best puppet possible for the prince. So she tried to cheat, but the magic mirror pulled her through to the other side. Sam was enraptured by this familiar sounding tale but then an interruption: the Prince himself appeared! And he reveals that he is the twin brother of the Queen, separated from her at birth. He also tells Sam that the green stone egg, that she now knows to be the Queen’s heart, is the key to finding her brother, Bobby. Scene 8 Elated to hear this, Sam asks what she must do to find her brother. The Prince takes her, the badger and Pinman on a wild chariot ride into the sky. Their map is a curious music box that plays a familiar tune from Sam’s childhood. The rhyme reveals that she must seek a rose of midnight blue and a door unseen. Suddenly the song stops and a bright light explodes in the sky and the chariot falls to the ground where a deep blue hue engulfs the land. Then everything stops and Badger spots attack bats in the sky sent by the Queen. The prince gives Sam the music box and tells her to run. She, Pinman and Badger flee into the darkness, but are unsure where to go next. She opens the music box but the tune doesn’t play. Badger spies a keyhole in the box, and Sam remembers the key in her pocket. She uses it and the lid slowly opens to reveal …a doll that looks exactly like Sam. Suddenly, the doll opens its mouth and screams one fateful word: “Impostor!” Scene 9 In shock, Sam drops the box, the tiny voice echoing the refrain of her mirror twin from the day’s start: “We don’t love you anymore!” Suddenly, the Prince, wounded near-fatally, staggers forward and reveals that the doll is a part of Sam herself and that it holds the key to her understanding. He urgently reminds Sam to find the rose and remember the song, and then he dies tragically. Sam is saddened and furious, but forges on determined to find the blue rose. She happens on an invisible vine that pulls her, Pinman and Badger into a strange garden, filled with talking blue roses. She accidentally lands on one, breaking it and is confronted by an imperious paper swan wearing a crown embellished with a blue crystal rose. The swan demands she hand over her heart in exchange for the broken rose, but Sam cleverly thrusts the queen’s heart into Pinman’s hand and it starts smoldering. He lights the swan on fire, immolating her and Sam takes the crown, the rose emitting a blue-green glow that surrounds them… Scene 10 Putting on the crown emboldens Sam with a sense of power, but brings her no closer to finding her brother. She inspects the blue rose and finds on its stem a thorn—a tiny shard of silver mirror. Sam thinks about pieces, pieces of herself and pieces of the puzzle—two brothers, two sisters, two promises broken. A key and a heart….but how do they unlock the mystery? She can’t quite put it together yet and time is a tickin’. Sam remembers the song mentioned a door and they search for a door unseen without luck. Then Sam puts on the crown once more and as Queen of the Roses, commands the flowers to show her the door. The blue crystal rose floats up and out of the crown breaking into a shimmering cloud of shards, in which a door forms. She uses the key and then the heart, finally wrenching the door open just in time for the three of them to tumble through before the Queen’s hunters swoop down to attack them. But the question remains…where are they now? Scene 11 Sam, Pinman and Badger find themselves in a dark space, only to hear a voice and realize they are now inside the music box! The doppelganger doll tells Sam that she’s a piece of her and that she’ll need to reunite the fractured pieces of herself and love herself again to rescue herself and Bobby. There is an enchanted mirror in the music box that shows them the location of her brother Bobby—he’s a prisoner in the Queen’s castle, trapped in the body of a magpie.. Scene 12 Sam laments that the castle is too far to walk back to and that they’ll need transportation to get there. She knows just who she can call, and as she readies her trinket (the gold crown) she and her friends join forces with the doll and leave the music box, stepping through the mirror. No sooner are they through than their old friend Finnegan comes along with his carriage full of trinkets and sweeps them up to head to the Queen’s castle, but upon pulling up outside, they get a bit of a surprise. It seems the Queen’s very large army is waiting for them! (Dun, dun, dun!) Scene 13 Sam and her friends are trying to come up with a way to slip past the Queen’s army when Pinman bravely (or foolhardedly?) decides to address the puppet army. His address seems to be failing to aid their situation, until Sam steps forward and, using the crown, commands them to dance. They are awed by her power over them, but Sam sets them all free, saying she will not exert control over them. The army is astounded by this and pledge to aid her. They part the way and allow her to go forward. As she approaches the long staircase up to the Queen’s castle, things look bleak, abandoned, desolate. She ascends the stairs and finds the Queen at the top, with a lifeless magpie in hand! Scene 14 Sam is distraught over the seemingly dead bird. She entreats the Queen to fix it, and the Queen demands the heart. But suddenly the Prince appears! Sam is shocked, having seen him die, to find him here alive. He is cryptic but entreats her to give the heart to him instead. Confused, she demands the truth and threatens to smash the heart if they don’t confess it. They stall, but suddenly Sam gets an idea and she runs forward and snatches the magpie from the Queen. She presses the heart to its chest and a green glow spreads over them all. In the brightness, the bird floats up and its silhouette changes, lengthening and shedding its feathers. When the glare clears, a voice whispers “Sam?” It’s her brother, Bobby, and he’s human again. Scene 15 Sam learns that Bobby may be human, but he’s not quite whole. When the Queen took him to save him from death, she healed him but hid pieces of him so he would not escape. His voice is with Pinman and his soul is with the Prince. With some help from Finnegan, she figures out the pieces of the puzzle and knows what to do. She takes the Queen’s crown which she got from the Paper Swan and breaks it into pieces. Then she, Pinman, the Prince, Bobby, the Queen and the music box Doll all grab hold of it. Reality swirls and they are transported. When Sam comes to, she realizes she’s looking at a familiar sight…herself. Scene 16 Sam finds herself in the garden where it all began, the day her brother was hurt. She sees her younger self running after Bobby who holds the green stone heart. She pushes him and he falls, bleeding, to the ground. Nearby the mirror peeks out from beneath the leaves. Sam is distraught to see this all unfold once more and tries to warn herself.  The evil Queen is reflected in the mirror and tries to make the fateful promise with younger Sam.  Watching, Sam gets hold of the green stone heart and tosses it at the mirror shattering it and shattering the memory-mirage of the garden. Sam finds herself in her room again staring at a reflection of herself. Scene 17 But something isn’t right…Sam can’t control her movements. She realizes that she is now the reflection trapped in the mirror. Her menacing mirror-twin sneers at her from the bedroom but Sam stands tall and confronts herself, insisting that she’s changed and learned from her mistakes. Slowly the mirror gets weaker and Sam gets stronger…strong enough to reach through the glass finally and grab her reflection and pass through to the other side. When she lands, she’s elated but worries that she’s alone. Where is her brother and her companions? Suddenly there’s a thumping in the hallway and someone enters her room. It’s Bobby! Alive and whole and wondering why Sam is so excited that he’s allright. He calls her to dinner and she realizes all has been restored in her world. But as he goes he hands her a mysterious item that came for her: the music box! She opens it to find the queen and prince as dancing dolls inside, while a new altered version of the song that’s long haunted her plays. She looks in the mirror and sees Pinman, the Badger and Finnegan waving to her and fading. When they disappear, only Sam remains, smiling at herself in the mirror. It’s good to be home. THE ENDbbcaadminFri, 23 Oct 2009 01:47:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:139http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/138/bbcawdio-The-Final-Scene-Line-by-Line.aspx#Comments47http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=138http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=138&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/138/bbcawdio-The-Final-Scene-Line-by-Line.aspxThat’s it folks: The Twitter Novel is over! Thank you all for your splendid contributions. We’re going to be busy the next few weeks transforming it from a list of tweets to actual paragraphs and chapters. Please stay tuned to our blog for more updates on the #bbcawdio project! (Please read from the bottom up.) THE END – via bbcaa #bbcawdio ...leaving another image behind. Someone she hadn't truly seen in a long time: herself. Sam smiled. It was good to be home. (via terencewest) She saw the image of the castle, everyone there. They were smiling as they faded… #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Sam closed the lid and placed it on her night stand. She glanced at her mirror and saw... #bbcawdio (via sean_mcdevitt) Inside the music box two figures span as if dancing, two figures with raven hair. 'The Prince and Queen' she gasped (Via JennyWorsley) "Heart of stone, heart of stone, Taken to a world unknown. A brother lost, At heavy cost. Until that heart be purely shown" (via 45Spacer) "Where did you get this?" she called after him, to no avail. With trembling hands she opened the lid... #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) Her eyes widened and she took the familiar item. Bobby turned to bolt out of the room "Hurry up Sammy Slowcoach! I'm hungry!" (via taragel) "Oh yeah, this came for you." In his hand he held a small delicate music box. #bbcawdio (via taupefox59) "Weirdo!" he said. "Mum just wanted me to come get you for dinner!" #bbcawdio (via melodyg) Bobby looked at her and rubbed her head 'you bang your head or somethin?' Sam laughed as that reminded her of Pinman. (via JennyWorsley) "Get off!," Bobby pushed away Sam as she hugged and kissed him #bbcawdio (via surfingsue) "Bobby?" Sam stared, "Bobby you're all right! Everything's all right!" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) There was an unfamiliar pounding coming down the hall. Sam turned, questioning, only to see Bobby bounding into her room. (via taupefox59) She began to doubt that she had ever left, and put the brush down. Was she going crazy? But then... #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) As her world turned the right way round she realised she was sitting in her chair, holding her hairbursh. #bbcawdio (Via JennyWorsley) ...and land in front of the mirror where it began. She blinked; her reflection complied. Things felt different, more real... (via rukasufox) In vain, she tried to halt herself. Instead she felt herself gather pace and slip through the surface of the mirror(via simon_staffans) Then she realized something- where were the others!? Where was bobby!? #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) As the reflection entered her side, Sam felt herself being pulled to the other side of the mirror...#bbcawdio (via rukasufox) Its time for you to follow my lead' Sam grabbed her reflection and it felt cool as she pulled her through the mirror. (via Jennyworsley) Sam drew herself up taller. "Everything you said was a lie. It's not your turn & it doesn't have to be like this."#bbcawdio (via techtigger) "And neither are you". Sam reached towards the surface of mirror, watching the girl opposite her reaching as well. (via simon_staffans) The reflection began to break up as if a signal had been interrupted. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Sam stood tall owning her life, her actions. She wanted to go home and wouldn't be stopped by the reflection in the mirror. (via taupefox59) That tactic would've worked before, Sam thought, but not anymore. "No I'm not," she replied. #bbcawdio (via CaliforniaKara) "I'm not going back there Sam," the girl leaned closer, panicked. "I'm never going back there. To be that puppet's toy." (via hazeltwilight) She made an experimental wave with her hand, and watched the other Sam gasp as her hand made the same movement. (via simon_staffans) "You're weak Sam," The reflection sneered, "For years I had to watch you're pathetic life, enslaved to you actions." (via JennyWorsley) As Sam felt more confident she began to feel a tingle in her fingers, she was starting to get control. #bbcawdio (via taupefox59) Sam said confidently. "I accepted responsibility for what I've done. And," she breathed, "I apologized." (via terencewest) The reflection looked ragged, like it wasn't quite holding together. Sam wondered if only she could see it. #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Sam nods and looks out through the mirror at her. "I'm not afraid anymore." @bbcaa #bbcawdio (via techtigger) The other Sam lost her sneer, as she looked more closely at her reflection. "You've changed" she said. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "Who would, really? A girl who would not take responsibility, who would not take blame." #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) We don't love you anymore," Sam said. "That's what you said to me before this whole mess started. Why?" #bbcawdio (via melodyg) Horrified, she suddenly realized - she WAS the reflection. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Sam's hands moved as if she was a puppet. She had no control over her movements, (via wotv) Back again, I see," sneered her reflection. #bbcawdio (Via vagabond_blue) Sam stared at her reflection in the mirror, but something wasn't right... (via terencewest)  bbcaadminThu, 22 Oct 2009 21:52:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:138http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/137/bbcawdio-Scene-16-LinebyLine.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=137http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=137&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/137/bbcawdio-Scene-16-LinebyLine.aspxWe’re almost at the very end! Please vote in our poll: http://twtpoll.com/ljazrn to weigh in on how the final scene should end and then join us at 2:30 pm EST to add your tweets to #bbcawdio. (Please read from the bottom up.) She saw herself, in her room, sitting down in front of her and pick up a comb. She felt her own hand respond, mimicking. (via simon_staffans) It was her mother. "Sam? Sam it's dinner time, what's taking you so long?" A familiar voice behind her says. "I'm coming" (via techtigger) Slowly a room began to form around her, it was her room and a voice was calling her name #bbcawdio (Via surfingsue) The young Sam and Bobby on the ground began to turn into a blur and Sam saw the landscape change around her. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) The garden began to shake all around her, it was like a tv picture that wasn't tuned in properly #bbcawdio (via survingsue) The egg began to shake in her hand, there was only one thing to do. She grabbed the mirror and threw the egg through it. (via JennyWorsley) The other Sam looked up from the mirror, confused. Who had just spoken? She couldn't see anyone. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) She felt the invisible tendrils snap as Sam regained her movement, pushing herself forward as her hand clasped the stone, "Stop!"(via nafda) She concentrated on the heart, and a warm green glow surrounded her. She could move again! @bbcaa #bbcawdio (Via techtigger) It was the Prince's voice, and suddenly she understood. They were all here with her. All of them. (via terencewest) "Use your heart, Sam," someone whispered into her ears. "Use it to reach her..." #bbcawdio (via glenbw) My heart for your heart, locked in a stone, make me a promise and I'll heal cuts and bones." Sam heard the voice tell her. (via selorian) Sam's heart began to pound wildly. She had to figure out a way to do it right this time. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Sam yelled at her younger self "No, don't do it! Get mom, call for help!" But she didn't hear the warning. @bbcaa #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Memories she didn't remember of that day flooded back as she watched herself. "Take the stone, Sam, and make me a promise." (via Selorian) A terrible realization began to surface. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Sam watched herself cry in anguish. In the mirror, a face appeared. "Sam", the woman said "what have you done.." (via simon_staffans) But Bobby didn't cry nor scream. Even as blood oozed out from his back, he felt no pain. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "Get up, Bobby" she heard herself shout, kneeling by his side, shaking him. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Sam watched in horror as her brother fell, the egg falling from his hand and landing by the mirror. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "No!" Sam shouted as she saw herself grab the swing chain with one hand and push Bobby with the other as he swung by. #bbcawdio (via selorian) Then as if time had slowed to a turtle's pace, Sam realized that what she feared was happening. (Via RominaMislang) 'Finders keepers, losers weepers' Bobby sang as he went higher and higher. Then Sam saw it in the leaves. The mirror. (via JennyWorsley) "Bobby, this isn't funny! Give it back!" Sam heard herself shout. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) "It's mine," Bobby yelled as he jumped into a swing and kicked off, pumping his legs to go higher before she reached him. (via Selorian) Sam watched the scene in front of her, but couldn't seem to move. It was as if she was restrained by invisible ropes. (via taupefox59) "Slow poke," He yelled back towards her, "you might be the slowest person I know!" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Sam suddenly realised what was about to happen. but could she stop it? #bbcawdio (via Jennyworsley) In front of her ran her brother, holding a egg shaped rock in his fist as he headed for the swings. #bbcawdio (via Selorian) Sam looked at herself running through the grass of the garden, shouting "Bobby!" at the top of her voice. #bbcawdio (via Simon_Staffans)    bbcaadminThu, 22 Oct 2009 17:02:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:137http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/136/bbcawdio-Day-8-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments15http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=136http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=136&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/136/bbcawdio-Day-8-The-Story-So-Far.aspx We're nearing the finish line on our Twitter Awdio Project. Yesterday brought things to a big climax and now we charge into the finale. Follow the story at @bbcaa or by adding your tweets to #bbcawdio. First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart. Scene 7 Sam hears the story of the woman who has become Queen of this mysterious land. The woman was once a puppet maker entreated with making a special puppet for a prince. She toiled hard but the puppet wasn’t grand enough. Then a magpie came along one day with a magic mirror. The mirror brought dead things to life and made living things die. This was the solution to the puppet maker’s problem! She would use the mirror to bring her toy to dazzling life. But the magpie insisted the Puppet Maker give her heart in exchange! The crafty woman felt this was too high a price, but she wanted the best puppet possible for the prince. So she tried to cheat, but the magic mirror pulled her through to the other side. Sam was enraptured by this familiar sounding tale but then an interruption: the Prince himself appeared! And he reveals that he is the twin brother of the Queen, separated from her at birth. He also tells Sam that the green stone egg, that she now knows to be the Queen’s heart, is the key to finding her brother, Bobby. Scene 8 Elated to hear this, Sam asks what she must do to find her brother. The Prince takes her, the badger and Pinman on a wild chariot ride into the sky. Their map is a curious music box that plays a familiar tune from Sam’s childhood. The rhyme reveals that she must seek a rose of midnight blue and a door unseen. Suddenly the song stops and a bright light explodes in the sky and the chariot falls to the ground where a deep blue hue engulfs the land. Then everything stops and Badger spots attack bats in the sky sent by the Queen. The prince gives Sam the music box and tells her to run. She, Pinman and Badger flee into the darkness, but are unsure where to go next. She opens the music box but the tune doesn’t play. Badger spies a keyhole in the box, and Sam remembers the key in her pocket. She uses it and the lid slowly opens to reveal …a doll that looks exactly like Sam. Suddenly, the doll opens its mouth and screams one fateful word: “Impostor!” Scene 9 In shock, Sam drops the box, the tiny voice echoing the refrain of her mirror twin from the day’s start: “We don’t love you anymore!” Suddenly, the Prince, wounded near-fatally, staggers forward and reveals that the doll is a part of Sam herself and that it holds the key to her understanding. He urgently reminds Sam to find the rose and remember the song, and then he dies tragically. Sam is saddened and furious, but forges on determined to find the blue rose. She happens on an invisible vine that pulls her, Pinman and Badger into a strange garden, filled with talking blue roses. She accidentally lands on one, breaking it and is confronted by an imperious paper swan wearing a crown embellished with a blue crystal rose. The swan demands she hand over her heart in exchange for the broken rose, but Sam cleverly thrusts the queen’s heart into Pinman’s hand and it starts smoldering. He lights the swan on fire, immolating her and Sam takes the crown, the rose emitting a blue-green glow that surrounds them… Scene 10 Putting on the crown emboldens Sam with a sense of power, but brings her no closer to finding her brother. She inspects the blue rose and finds on its stem a thorn—a tiny shard of silver mirror. Sam thinks about pieces, pieces of herself and pieces of the puzzle—two brothers, two sisters, two promises broken. A key and a heart….but how do they unlock the mystery? She can’t quite put it together yet and time is a tickin’. Sam remembers the song mentioned a door and they search for a door unseen without luck. Then Sam puts on the crown once more and as Queen of the Roses, commands the flowers to show her the door. The blue crystal rose floats up and out of the crown breaking into a shimmering cloud of shards, in which a door forms. She uses the key and then the heart, finally wrenching the door open just in time for the three of them to tumble through before the Queen’s hunters swoop down to attack them. But the question remains…where are they now? Scene 11 Sam, Pinman and Badger find themselves in a dark space, only to hear a voice and realize they are now inside the music box! The doppelganger doll tells Sam that she’s a piece of her and that she’ll need to reunite the fractured pieces of herself and love herself again to rescue herself and Bobby. There is an enchanted mirror in the music box that shows them the location of her brother Bobby—he’s a prisoner in the Queen’s castle, trapped in the body of a magpie.. Scene 12 Sam laments that the castle is too far to walk back to and that they’ll need transportation to get there. She knows just who she can call, and as she readies her trinket (the gold crown) she and her friends join forces with the doll and leave the music box, stepping through the mirror. No sooner are they through than their old friend Finnegan comes along with his carriage full of trinkets and sweeps them up to head to the Queen’s castle, but upon pulling up outside, they get a bit of a surprise. It seems the Queen’s very large army is waiting for them! (Dun, dun, dun!) Scene 13 Sam and her friends are trying to come up with a way to slip past the Queen’s army when Pinman bravely (or foolhardedly?) decides to address the puppet army. His address seems to be failing to aid their situation, until Sam steps forward and, using the crown, commands them to dance. They are awed by her power over them, but Sam sets them all free, saying she will not exert control over them. The army is astounded by this and pledge to aid her. They part the way and allow her to go forward. As she approaches the long staircase up to the Queen’s castle, things look bleak, abandoned, desolate. She ascends the stairs and finds the Queen at the top, with a lifeless magpie in hand! Scene 14 Sam is distraught over the seemingly dead bird. She entreats the Queen to fix it, and the Queen demands the heart. But suddenly the Prince appears! Sam is shocked, having seen him die, to find him here alive. He is cryptic but entreats her to give the heart to him instead. Confused, she demands the truth and threatens to smash the heart if they don’t confess it. They stall, but suddenly Sam gets an idea and she runs forward and snatches the magpie from the Queen. She presses the heart to its chest and a green glow spreads over them all. In the brightness, the bird floats up and its silhouette changes, lengthening and shedding its feathers. When the glare clears, a voice whispers “Sam?” It’s her brother, Bobby, and he’s human again. Scene 15 Sam learns that Bobby may be human, but he’s not quite whole. When the Queen took him to save him from death, she healed him but hid pieces of him so he would not escape. His voice is with Pinman and his soul is with the Prince. With some help from Finnegan, she figures out the pieces of the puzzle and knows what to do. She takes the Queen’s crown which she got from the Paper Swan and breaks it into pieces. Then she, Pinman, the Prince, Bobby, the Queen and the music box Doll all grab hold of it. Reality swirls and they are transported. When Sam comes to, she realizes she’s looking at a familiar site…herself.bbcaadminThu, 22 Oct 2009 12:44:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:136http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/135/bbcawdio-Scene-15-LinebyLine.aspx#Comments17http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=135http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=135&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/135/bbcawdio-Scene-15-LinebyLine.aspxTwitter Whale!Fail may have slowed us down but it didn't stand in our way! Scene 15 featured a pivotal showdown with the Queen and the endgame in sight for our fine heroes. Join us tomorrow at 9 AM EST for the final scene in our epic saga! Take our poll to weigh in on the location then follow the story @BBCAA and tweet your contributions to #bbcawdio. (Please read from the bottom up.) ...herself. (Via mildmojo) #bbcawdio Gradually the waves faded, and the ebb and flow of time slowed. She looked around, eyes adjusting to the light. She saw... (via rukasufox) Sam felt like something was pulling her forward, she knew the feeling as it had happened before. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) The air was filled with the scent of roses. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Images and time began to lap over one another, like gentle waves upon the beach on a warm, breezy day. #bbcawdio (via Selorian) Sam felt oddly liquid, morphic. She could feel her fingers, but was staring at herself from the opposite side of the crown. via taupefox59) And the crown was whole again. It hovered before them, shimmering. (via terencewest) #bbcawdio The soft familiar music of old memories began to stream from the metal as the soft light grew brighter -but never harsh. (via taupefox59) Drawn by a magnetic force, the glowing pieces of metal melded together. #bbcawdio (via angela_hunter) Sam started to feel dizzy as the six of them began to blur @bbcaa #bbcawdio (via techtigger) The peices of the crown crackled and sparked. The Pinman looked genuinely afraid--and he was not the only one. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) As the shattered pieces of crown neared each other, electricity jumped and arced. Each piece began to attract the others. (via terencewest) The group fell silent again as they each came to grips with what was about to happen. Sam took a breath and nodded, "ready?" (Via terencewest) Pinman looked at Sam, then let out a grumble, "Fine." And then reluctantly stepped into place with the others. #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "I have to believe that this will solve everything," Sam eyed the piece of crown in her hand. "Please trust me." (via terrencewest) "When I was made, I wasn't given a voice. When your brother arrived, I got his as a gift." #bbcawdio (via melodyg) Looking somber, Pinman answered, "Not all things can be made whole Sam." (via ajekofalltrades) Sam looked at the Pinman quizzically. "Don't you want to be whole again?" she asked. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) Pinman interjected, "And what about me? I can't be left without a voice!" He eyed the broken crown warily. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) "Home," the queen looked towards her brother, "I can never go home." #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "I don't know about home, but no one will be in pieces anymore," Badger said as he looked at the group before him. (via Selorian) All at once, the Queen began to weep silently. "There's no need to worry anymore," Sam said. "We're going home." (via vagabond_blue) Sam reached out to the Queen, closing her fingers over the hand that felt so much like her own. (via vagabond_blue) "I ran but you sacrificed yourself for Bobby and me," Sam said. "I love you for that. Now please, let me give you your turn." (via Selorian) Sam turned to the queen. "I'm sorry," she said. "I was scared. " #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) "Not that heart," Finnegan answered softly, "that day she took a piece of you, but you also took a piece of her." (via hazeltwilight) Sam looked at Finnegan in confusion. "But I...the heart...it's in Bobby," Sam stuttered trying to understand. #bbcawdio (via Selorian) "It's time to give her the heart, Lass," said Finnegan, his voice calm and sure. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) The doll nodded, but the queen remained aloof. "You broke your promise, Sam. YOU broke it, not me." #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) Sam holds out a hand to the musicbox doll. "You too, we all need to do this." #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Sam looked at the Queen and said sadly "He is your brother too, if you truely love him, you will help me fix him." #bbcawdio (via liz_hawk) Bobby glanced up at his sister as she came towards him, allowing hope into his eyes for the first time in years. #bbcawdio (via taupefox59) "I think I have this figured out myself," she said handing each a piece of crown. "Now Bobby, grab hold of both pieces." (via selorian) Silence rang through the night. Sam grabbed Pinman and the Prince and led them over to where her brother was standing. (via taupefox59) Sam held the pieces, only to have the queen rush at her. "STOP!" yelled Sam. "EVERYONE STOP IT!" They froze... #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) "Oh no you don't..." Pinman swiped the crown away and into Sam's hands. (via wotv)about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck With a scream of pure anger the Queen threw herself forward, grasping for the split crown. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "Ah, but you won't," Finnegan said kindly. "I also remember all of the reasons." #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Finnegan smiles. "Give me the crown, Sam. " She hands it to him, then gasps as he breaks it over his knee... (via techtigger) The Queen laughed, shrilly. "You are only alive because I wish it, impertinent fool. I could end you with a thought." (via mackenzie_finch) Finnegan looked up at the queen. "I know the rules, milady, and I've been here far longer than you." #bbcawdio (via melodyg) Finnegan took both of Sam's hands and leaned to her right ear, whispering, "Whatever I do, just trust me, okay?" #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "No!" The Queen shrieked, "this will not be allowed! He is mine!" (via terencewest) #bbcawdio "And I, lass," Finnegan chimed in, "I think I have a way to get Bobby put back together again." #bbcawdio (via selorian) Badger, who had crept up the stairs with Pinman, now made a low grumbling. "Well, isn't this strange?" he said. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) The Prince stood tall, proudly. "And I have Bobby's soul." (via Terencewest) Sam had become so use to Pinman's voice that she had nearly forgotten for it was Bobby's voice she heard when he talked. (via selorian) "Me?" said Pinman innocently, "I got nuthin'. So, who's hungry? #bbcawdio (via wotv) Sam thought back, and suddenly looked at Pinman. "You!" she exclaimed. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) 'A heart, a voice, a soul' Sam heard Bobby whisper inside her head #bbcawdio (via jennyworsley) "Yes. He was broken, remember? The Queen mended him, but some parts she hid in other people so he would not escape." #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) " Other pieces?" Sam asked, suddenly feeling dizzy. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) "Sam," the prince coughed, "You used the stone too soon, you were suppose to collect the other pieces first." #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Though severely burned, the queen still had some strength. "your brother, our brother, is never leaving this world" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) 'You're not the only one who has been torn into little pieces my dear' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) The mad Queen, seeing that Bobby was unable to speak, rose up from the floor, laughing maniacally at Sam. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) Sam blinked staring at her brother, was... was she able to hear this thoughts? #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) But the same voice that had whispered 'Sam' echoed in her mind. "It's me. It's really me." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Bobby opened his mouth to reply to his sister, but he couldn't. He had lost his voice. #bbcawdio (via dotsforeyes) "Heh. He's not what I expected." said Pinman as he and Finnegan and Badger ran up behind them. "Much taller in my mind," (via laviecestmoi) Sam stood frozen. "Bobby, is that really you?" Things had a way of not being what they seemed afterall. #bbcawdio (via selorian) "You came," Bobby said, shakily getting to his feet. "You really came to get me." #bbcawdio (via CaliforniaKara)  bbcaadminWed, 21 Oct 2009 21:16:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:135http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/134/bbcawdio-Day-7-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments36http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=134http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=134&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/134/bbcawdio-Day-7-The-Story-So-Far.aspxOur tale is coming slowly to a close! Here's a recap of all the events so far. Follow the Twitter Audio project at @BBCAA or post your own tweet to #bbcawdio to contribute as our tale marches on!    First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart. Scene 7 Sam hears the story of the woman who has become Queen of this mysterious land. The woman was once a puppet maker entreated with making a special puppet for a prince. She toiled hard but the puppet wasn’t grand enough. Then a magpie came along one day with a magic mirror. The mirror brought dead things to life and made living things die. This was the solution to the puppet maker’s problem! She would use the mirror to bring her toy to dazzling life. But the magpie insisted the Puppet Maker give her heart in exchange! The crafty woman felt this was too high a price, but she wanted the best puppet possible for the prince. So she tried to cheat, but the magic mirror pulled her through to the other side. Sam was enraptured by this familiar sounding tale but then an interruption: the Prince himself appeared! And he reveals that he is the twin brother of the Queen, separated from her at birth. He also tells Sam that the green stone egg, that she now knows to be the Queen’s heart, is the key to finding her brother, Bobby. Scene 8 Elated to hear this, Sam asks what she must do to find her brother. The Prince takes her, the badger and Pinman on a wild chariot ride into the sky. Their map is a curious music box that plays a familiar tune from Sam’s childhood. The rhyme reveals that she must seek a rose of midnight blue and a door unseen. Suddenly the song stops and a bright light explodes in the sky and the chariot falls to the ground where a deep blue hue engulfs the land. Then everything stops and Badger spots attack bats in the sky sent by the Queen. The prince gives Sam the music box and tells her to run. She, Pinman and Badger flee into the darkness, but are unsure where to go next. She opens the music box but the tune doesn’t play. Badger spies a keyhole in the box, and Sam remembers the key in her pocket. She uses it and the lid slowly opens to reveal …a doll that looks exactly like Sam. Suddenly, the doll opens its mouth and screams one fateful word: “Impostor!” Scene 9 In shock, Sam drops the box, the tiny voice echoing the refrain of her mirror twin from the day’s start: “We don’t love you anymore!” Suddenly, the Prince, wounded near-fatally, staggers forward and reveals that the doll is a part of Sam herself and that it holds the key to her understanding. He urgently reminds Sam to find the rose and remember the song, and then he dies tragically. Sam is saddened and furious, but forges on determined to find the blue rose. She happens on an invisible vine that pulls her, Pinman and Badger into a strange garden, filled with talking blue roses. She accidentally lands on one, breaking it and is confronted by an imperious paper swan wearing a crown embellished with a blue crystal rose. The swan demands she hand over her heart in exchange for the broken rose, but Sam cleverly thrusts the queen’s heart into Pinman’s hand and it starts smoldering. He lights the swan on fire, immolating her and Sam takes the crown, the rose emitting a blue-green glow that surrounds them… Scene 10 Putting on the crown emboldens Sam with a sense of power, but brings her no closer to finding her brother. She inspects the blue rose and finds on its stem a thorn—a tiny shard of silver mirror. Sam thinks about pieces, pieces of herself and pieces of the puzzle—two brothers, two sisters, two promises broken. A key and a heart….but how do they unlock the mystery? She can’t quite put it together yet and time is a tickin’. Sam remembers the song mentioned a door and they search for a door unseen without luck. Then Sam puts on the crown once more and as Queen of the Roses, commands the flowers to show her the door. The blue crystal rose floats up and out of the crown breaking into a shimmering cloud of shards, in which a door forms. She uses the key and then the heart, finally wrenching the door open just in time for the three of them to tumble through before the Queen’s hunters swoop down to attack them. But the question remains…where are they now? Scene 11 Sam, Pinman and Badger find themselves in a dark space, only to hear a voice and realize they are now inside the music box! The doppelganger doll tells Sam that she’s a piece of her and that she’ll need to reunite the fractured pieces of herself and love herself again to rescue herself and Bobby. There is an enchanted mirror in the music box that shows them the location of her brother Bobby—he’s a prisoner in the Queen’s castle, trapped in the body of a magpie.. Scene 12 Sam laments that the castle is too far to walk back to and that they’ll need transportation to get there. She knows just who she can call, and as she readies her trinket (the gold crown) she and her friends join forces with the doll and leave the music box, stepping through the mirror. No sooner are they through than their old friend Finnegan comes along with his carriage full of trinkets and sweeps them up to head to the Queen’s castle, but upon pulling up outside, they get a bit of a surprise. It seems the Queen’s very large army is waiting for them! (Dun, dun, dun!) Scene 13 Sam and her friends are trying to come up with a way to slip past the Queen’s army when Pinman bravely (or foolhardedly?) decides to address the puppet army. His address seems to be failing to aid their situation, until Sam steps forward and, using the crown, commands them to dance. They are awed by her power over them, but Sam sets them all free, saying she will not exert control over them. The army is astounded by this and pledge to aid her. They part the way and allow her to go forward. As she approaches the long staircase up to the Queen’s castle, things look bleak, abandoned, desolate. She ascends the stairs and finds the Queen at the top, with a lifeless magpie in hand! Scene 14 Sam is distraught over the seemingly dead bird. She entreats the Queen to fix it, and the Queen demands the heart. But suddenly the Prince appears! Sam is shocked, having seen him die, to find him here alive. He is cryptic but entreats her to give the heart to him instead. Confused, she demands the truth and threatens to smash the heart if they don’t confess it. They stall, but suddenly Sam gets an idea and she runs forward and snatches the magpie from the Queen. She presses the heart to its chest and a green glow spreads over them all. In the brightness, the bird floats up and its silhouette changes, lengthening and shedding its feathers. When the glare clears, a voice whispers “Sam?” It’s her brother, Bobby, and he’s human again.   bbcaadminWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:40:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:134http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/133/bbcawdio-Scene-14-LinebyLine.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=133http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=133&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/133/bbcawdio-Scene-14-LinebyLine.aspxScene 14 of the Twitter Audio project is concluded. Reunited and it feels so good! Or does it? Sam has her brother back, but now what? The Queen and the Prince must be dealt with and they still must find their way home! Join us at 9 AM EST tomorrow for more in this magical, mystical saga and add your tweets to the story by posting them to #bbcawdio! (Reminder: please read from the bottom up.) As the light subsided Sam looked up and felt elation like shed never felt before. The bird was no more In its place stood Bobby. (Via Liz_Hawk) When it was almost too much to bear, there was one last flash and then momentary darkness. "Sam?" a shaky voice whispered. (via melodyg) The light became so bright that everyone in the room had to shield their eyes. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) MUsic started playing. #bbcawdio (via mocando) The brd's shape started to shift, and contort, growing longer legs, the wings becoming long and feathers falling away. (via melodyg) An image of her brother, broken and bleeding in the garden, flashed before Sam's eyes. "I already have!" she shouted back. (via lorespinner) )The magpie stopped struggling as it became enveloped by the warm green light. It slowly began to float out of Sam's hands.(Via dstieglitz313) "No!" The Queen crowed, "you'll ruin everything!" (via terencewest) #bbcawdio The Queen and the Prince both lunged for her, only to recoil in pain: where the green light hit them, their bodies were burned(via luiswulf) The bird began to squawk and struggle, but Sam refused to loosen her grip. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) Sam felt a great energy spread across her arms and the bird and heart became one. A light began to spread before her. (via JennyWorsley) Seeing how weak the magpie was, Sam took the heart and gently pressed it against the magpie's chest. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) Two brothers, two sisters Sam thought. The Queen was a part of her. Bobby had to be a part of the Prince. What was the bird? (via Selorian) She ran towards the queen and snatched the magpie out of her hand. Time to bring all the pieces together, she thought (via dstieglitz313) Out of the corner of her eye she saw the magpie move. She knew what she had to do. She had to trust in her brother. (via taupefox59) Sam stepped back. "Don't," she warned, poised to throw. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "Don't be foolish, Sam," said the prince. "You don't want to lose Bobby again..." He took a step toward her... #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) "You won't destroy us," the Queen said slowly, "You don't have it in you." (via wotv) Sam stepped away from everyone and held the heart high above her head, "I want the truth or I smash the heart!" (via terencewest) Who could she trust? Hadn't he lied about the music box? A weak caw from the magpie distracted her - she had to decide now! (via techtigger) "I did," the Prince said. "But I've died before. That makes things easier." He held out his hand, waiting. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) Sam's eyes widened in surprise. "You... I thought you died?" The prince moved forward, his green eyes shining brightly. (via rukasufox) Sam's eyes widened in confusion. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "Don't give it to her," a familiar voice called from behind Sam. She turned as the Prince run through the door "Give it to me." via Selorian Something didn't feel right. "This has to be a trap," Sam thought. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) The queen favors her with cold smile. "Give me the heart." @bbcaa #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Sam broke down 'Please, how can I make this right. I want to make this right' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "Ah, that's right," the Queen said. "It was me that kept the promise before. It was you who ran and left us here." #bbcawdio (via Selorian) "No!" Sam was sobbing now, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Not this time! Not this time! Please! I'm sorry!" #bbcawdio (Via mackenzie_finch) "What's the matter," the Queen laughed, "We let him die once before, what's different this time?" #bbcawdio (via Selorian) "No!" Sam screamed, throwing herself forward, trying to grab the magpie from the clutches of the Queen. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "What have you done!?" sam cried. The queen smiled. "You mean 'we', my dear." #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) Sam stared, tears pricking the corners of her eyes. No. No. This wasn't real. This wasn't happening. Not now. Not now! (via mackenzie_finch)  bbcaadminTue, 20 Oct 2009 21:29:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:133http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/132/bbcawdio-Scene-13-Linebyline.aspx#Comments17http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=132http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=132&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/132/bbcawdio-Scene-13-Linebyline.aspxTwitter Audio project marches on! Sam leads the army to the Queen's door in Scene 13...but what will she find there? Join us at 2:30 PM EST to continue on with #bbcawdio. (Please read from the bottom up!) ...the Queen, holding the seemingly lifeless magpie on her hands. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) Breathless, she reached the top step, only to find... #bbcawdio (via californiakara)  The screams stopped & the voice returned "Sam, sam, heart of stone, don't you realize You're alone?" A cackling laugh followed (via rukasufox) She ignored the pain in her calves, the calls of her companions. There was one thing that mattered right now. Her brother. via hazeltwilight Sam raced up the stairs, tripping and falling on the blackened steps. She had to save him, she couldn't lose him again... (via rukasuFox) Sam picked it up with a tremble of fear. What had she done to her brother? #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) The feather of a magpie. Somewhere up above a woman screamed, a scream full of anger and malevolence. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "Did you hear that?" Sam asked. "Hear what?" Pinman asked, as Badger shook his head. Finnegan smiled at her knowingly (via simon_staffans) The staircase was no longer golden, it was black and broken. On the first step was a single feather. (via JennyWorsley) it looked almost abandoned. The closer they got, the darker the clouds on the sky seemed to become #bbcawdio (via MissDeliana) It was that voice again. That voice that had haunted her the first time she reach the castle. And then she realized... (via hazeltwilight) Something whispered in Sam's ear, cold and quiet. "Sam, Sam, heart of stone, still must take her path alone."#bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) As they neared the castle, Sam saw there was something different about it. No soft music, no festive people... #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Sam and the others fell behind the wave of wooden puppets and they walked the now short distance to the castle. (via hazeltwilight) The puppet smiled and clapped his hands 'Puppets let us lead the way' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) Sam thought about what to say. "Come with me to the Queen. Not as my army, not to fight for me, but as free people." #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) "If there is anything we can do to repay your kindness." He continued. Another puppet step forward, "yes anything at all." via hazeltwilight Sam shook her head, "I know what it's like to be in someone else's control. You're free now" (via Anabowlova) "If you were planning an exit, now would be the moment.", Finnegan suggested #bbcawdio (via nafda) The puppets looked around amazed, they were free? One puppet, took a careful step forward, "Thank you mistress." (via hazeltwilight) Sam watched the puppets dance under her control. Stopping them, she said, "I'll never do that again, I set you all free!" (via selorian) Quickly, Sam put the crown on her head. Eventually, the crown began to glow and the puppets stared in amazement. (via glenbw) Missed this! The sound of five hundred pairs of wooden feet tapping the floor in unison drowned all other sounds. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) The puppets stood still. "The crown! Put the crown ON!" Badger interjected. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) Sam had a wild thought as she remembered the first puppet she met. She held up her hand and twitched a finger, "Dance!" (via selorian) "Arrrgh! They are going to kill us all!" Pinhead covered his head, panicking. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) The puppet army looked at each other in bewilderment then reached for their bows and arrows, taking aim (viasurfingsue) #bbcawdio "Do you think this will work?" Finnegan whispered to Badger. (via terencewest) #bbcawdio I am your Queen - I even have the queen's heart, Samantha announced to the crowd as they drew back aghast #bbcawdio (via aarsic) Sam took the crown from Finnegan's grasp and raised it high above for all to see. "Your queen." she said. #bbcawdio (via laviecestmoi) "Show them that you are a Collector now!" said Finnegan, handing him the crown. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) sam had an idea- if the queen was a reflection of her, she was a reflection of the queen. Maybe she could control the army (via 45spacer) "We serve the Queen!" A puppet soldier shouted. "This is blasphemy!" (via terencewest) Sam stepped forward boldly. "It's true. He is free. and you can be free also." #bbcawdio (via aarsic) "Er..." Pinman swiveled his torso toward the ragtag group. "You could help a pinhead out here, you know?" #bbcawdio (via laviecestmoi) There was much grumbling between the puppets, then their spokeman said, "No, more proof!" #bbcawdio (via surfingsue) "Well..." Pinman hesitated, then continued "I can curse her name! Curse the Queen! There, satisfied now?" #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Pinhead gulped. He turned at Sam and her friends, seeking for some kind of solution. None seemed to know how. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) One of the puppets stepped forward 'Prove it, prove you are free' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) But the puppets shifted a bit, looking left and right. Could it be that Pinman was actually getting through? #bbcawdio (via melodyg) badger slouched. "oh, so very, VERY doomed." #bbcawdio (via 45Spacer) Pinman continued,"Friends, I have cast off my strings surely as I stand before you.I am truly free. Can you say the same?" (via melodyg) "I discovered that our promise to the Queen could be broken. She made us but she doesn't control us. Be free' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "You see, my friends, I am cut from the same cloth as you!" cried PInman as he faced the army of puppets. #bbcawdio (via ange1ina) "I best believe we're doomed." intoned Finnegan cheefully. #bbcawdio (via laviecestmoi) "Friends, countrymen - lend me your ears.." began PInman. One of the puppets pulled off its cloth ear and held it aloft. (via ange1ina) "I hope he knows what he is doing out there," Sam prayed. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) Pinman began, "My fellow puppets..." #bbcawdio (via aarsic) Badger put his paws over his eyes as Pinman clambered out of the carriage. 'I can't bear to watch' #bbcawdio (via jennyWorsley) "Leave that to me, I speak their language," said Pinman. #bbcawdio (via wotv) The Doll looked at Sam, "How do we get past all the puppets'? There are so many of them!" #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "I'm afraid that is impossible. Look!" the lady pointed at the puppet army. "The Queen is readying for a grand battle." (via glenbw) "No." Sam said, "No. We have to go see the Queen. I have to get my brother back. And my heart. We have to stop her." #bbcawdio (taupefox59) The army outside advanced, hundreds of puppet soldiers readying themselves for battle. #bbcawdio (via dotstoreyes) "No. It is best you run away from this place. She'll kill you all if her minions spot you." the lady said. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "Lady! We know shes insane, anyone with a wooden eye could tell! Just let us in!" said Pinman #bbcawdio (via mahlemedved) Sam didn't actually think anyone was sane here anyway, but that was beside the point she supposed. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "Gone mad?" Finnegan's tone was querying, but there was an underlying current of mockery. "Has she now?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam ducked back in the carriage, shrinking a bit. She wondered if the lady had realized what happened to her bracelet... (via Taragel) It was the lady from the tower. "She's gone mad, she has! I'd not get near her if I were you!" #bbcawdio (via melodyg) He seemed to be speaking to someone outside the carriage & as Sam listened, she realized that she knew the other voice (via mackenzie_finch) "Large enough" Badger said gravely. "We needs find a way to slip past them quietly" Finnegans laughter interrupted them (Via simon_staffans)  bbcaadminTue, 20 Oct 2009 16:35:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:132http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/131/bbcawdio-Day-6-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments11http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=131http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=131&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/131/bbcawdio-Day-6-The-Story-So-Far.aspxThe Twitter Audio Project continues with more daring adventure and dastardly twists and turns. Follow the story tweet-by-tweet at @bbcaa and join in the fun by posting your tweets with the hashtag #bbcawdio.  First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart. Scene 7 Sam hears the story of the woman who has become Queen of this mysterious land. The woman was once a puppet maker entreated with making a special puppet for a prince. She toiled hard but the puppet wasn’t grand enough. Then a magpie came along one day with a magic mirror. The mirror brought dead things to life and made living things die. This was the solution to the puppet maker’s problem! She would use the mirror to bring her toy to dazzling life. But the magpie insisted the Puppet Maker give her heart in exchange! The crafty woman felt this was too high a price, but she wanted the best puppet possible for the prince. So she tried to cheat, but the magic mirror pulled her through to the other side. Sam was enraptured by this familiar sounding tale but then an interruption: the Prince himself appeared! And he reveals that he is the twin brother of the Queen, separated from her at birth. He also tells Sam that the green stone egg, that she now knows to be the Queen’s heart, is the key to finding her brother, Bobby. Scene 8 Elated to hear this, Sam asks what she must do to find her brother. The Prince takes her, the badger and Pinman on a wild chariot ride into the sky. Their map is a curious music box that plays a familiar tune from Sam’s childhood. The rhyme reveals that she must seek a rose of midnight blue and a door unseen. Suddenly the song stops and a bright light explodes in the sky and the chariot falls to the ground where a deep blue hue engulfs the land. Then everything stops and Badger spots attack bats in the sky sent by the Queen. The prince gives Sam the music box and tells her to run. She, Pinman and Badger flee into the darkness, but are unsure where to go next. She opens the music box but the tune doesn’t play. Badger spies a keyhole in the box, and Sam remembers the key in her pocket. She uses it and the lid slowly opens to reveal …a doll that looks exactly like Sam. Suddenly, the doll opens its mouth and screams one fateful word: “Impostor!” Scene 9 In shock, Sam drops the box, the tiny voice echoing the refrain of her mirror twin from the day’s start: “We don’t love you anymore!” Suddenly, the Prince, wounded near-fatally, staggers forward and reveals that the doll is a part of Sam herself and that it holds the key to her understanding. He urgently reminds Sam to find the rose and remember the song, and then he dies tragically. Sam is saddened and furious, but forges on determined to find the blue rose. She happens on an invisible vine that pulls her, Pinman and Badger into a strange garden, filled with talking blue roses. She accidentally lands on one, breaking it and is confronted by an imperious paper swan wearing a crown embellished with a blue crystal rose. The swan demands she hand over her heart in exchange for the broken rose, but Sam cleverly thrusts the queen’s heart into Pinman’s hand and it starts smoldering. He lights the swan on fire, immolating her and Sam takes the crown, the rose emitting a blue-green glow that surrounds them… Scene 10 Putting on the crown emboldens Sam with a sense of power, but brings her no closer to finding her brother. She inspects the blue rose and finds on its stem a thorn—a tiny shard of silver mirror. Sam thinks about pieces, pieces of herself and pieces of the puzzle—two brothers, two sisters, two promises broken. A key and a heart….but how do they unlock the mystery? She can’t quite put it together yet and time is a tickin’. Sam remembers the song mentioned a door and they search for a door unseen without luck. Then Sam puts on the crown once more and as Queen of the Roses, commands the flowers to show her the door. The blue crystal rose floats up and out of the crown breaking into a shimmering cloud of shards, in which a door forms. She uses the key and then the heart, finally wrenching the door open just in time for the three of them to tumble through before the Queen’s hunters swoop down to attack them. But the question remains…where are they now? Scene 11 Sam, Pinman and Badger find themselves in a dark space, only to hear a voice and realize they are now inside the music box! The doppelganger doll tells Sam that she’s a piece of her and that she’ll need to reunite the fractured pieces of herself and love herself again to rescue herself and Bobby. There is an enchanted mirror in the music box that shows them the location of her brother Bobby—he’s a prisoner in the Queen’s castle, trapped in the body of a magpie.. Scene 12 Sam laments that the castle is too far to walk back to and that they’ll need transportation to get there. She knows just who she can call, and as she readies her trinket (the gold crown) she and her friends join forces with the doll and leave the music box, stepping through the mirror. No sooner are they through than their old friend Finnegan comes along with his carriage full of trinkets and sweeps them up to head to the Queen’s castle, but upon pulling up outside, they get a bit of a surprise. It seems the Queen’s very large army is waiting for them! (Dun, dun, dun!)bbcaadminTue, 20 Oct 2009 12:45:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:131http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/130/bbcawdio-Scene-12-LinebyLine.aspx#Comments14http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=130http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=130&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/130/bbcawdio-Scene-12-LinebyLine.aspxScene 12 brought a reunion with our old friend Finnegan for Sam & her intrepid band of cohorts. How will they face the Queen's army? Join us at 9 AM EST tomorrow to find out at @bbcaa and add your tweets to #bbcawdio. (Please read from the bottom up.) Sam leaned out of the carriage, gulped, and slid back inside. She looked to Badger, "how large an army does the Queen have?" (via terencewest) "Well well. It seems there's a welcoming committee for you here lass." called Finnegan. #bbcawdio (via thurtinkle) Pinman was strangely quiet during the ride, perhaps imitating the stoic Badger. After a few minutes the carriage began to slow. (via rukasufox) Sam held on the dolls hand for comfort her mind racing with what was ahead of her. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) The carriage rocked underneath them as it began to move the familiar sound of the metal knocking filling the air. (via hazeltwilight) "Seeing the queen twice in one day? Bold as brass, you are" Says Finnegan, and he cracks the whip. #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "The castle!" Sam said breathlessly as her companions scrambled into the carriage. #bbcawdio (via jkathryne0510) "You still haven't answered my-" Sam began, but stopped as the door of the carriage opened. #bbcawdio (Via mackenzie_finch) "That'll do just fine lass. Now, where to?" #bbcawdio (via liz_hawk) "Oh did you now?" Finnegan turned the crown over in his hands, examining it. "She'll be pleased to see this back." (via mackenzie_finch) "But how did you know where to find me?" Sam exclaimed #bbcawdio (via melodyg) "yes!" Sam says, relieved. "And I brought my own trinket this time." She hands him the crown. #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Sam's heart lifted instantly, as Finnegan sat on top of his carriage, tipping his hat, "Don't mind the extra company either." (via nafda) she heard a familiar voice. "Ah, lass, I see you'll be needing another carriage?" #bbcawdio (via melodyg) Sam felt lightheaded, and her bones shifted within her. For a moment there was nothing but a silver light, until...(via rukasufox) Meeting their reflections, they all stepped through the mirror. #bbcawdio (via missdeliana) The Doll moved closer to Sam, took her hand, and in unison, they all took a step towards the mirror. (via jkathryne0510) "It's about time," Pinman said grasping Sam's hand and Badger's paw, dragging them all to the mirror. "I'm claustrophobic." (via selorian) 'We need to move through the mirror Sam - but we must do it together' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "Alright then," said Sam. "We'll give him the crown. But how do we get to him?" #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) But in this world, she could never know. 'trinkets' turned out to be the most important things of all #bbcawdio (via 45Spacer) Sam gazed at the crown, considering.She hadn't thought of it as a trinket before, but it really was worthless, wasn't it? (via lorespinner) Badger points to her head. "You still have the crown, even if the rose is gone. That should be enough." #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Pinman shrugged. "Unless you want to rip one of my arms off, I've got nothing. But Badger here has a nice coat of fur."(via rukasufox) She turned to the doll and smiled. "And I bet we'll need a trinket," she said. "Does anyone have one?" #bbcawdio (via selorian) Sam sniffed. "No, of course not. But if we got IN, we can surely get OUT!" #bbcawdio (via melodyg) 'There is only one person who will be able to get us into the castle' said the Doll #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "did you forget we're in a box?" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) "There's no way we can walk all that way," Sam sighed. "We need transportation." #bbcawdio (via terencewest) bbcaadminMon, 19 Oct 2009 21:25:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:130http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/129/bbcawdio-Scene-11-Line-by-Line.aspx#Comments15http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=129http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=129&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/129/bbcawdio-Scene-11-Line-by-Line.aspxHere's a breakdown of Scene 11, line-by-line. How will Sam vanquish the queen and get her brother back? And what will happen back in the real world? Tune in to find out at @bbcaa or and add your tweets to #bbcawdio. Sam hated the Queen. She held her hand out to the doll. "Come on, we have a Queen to see. And we have to love her again." (via selorian) Sam frowned. This was all....madness. They had to get going. She could figure out the truth later #bbcawdio (via taragel) "So, your brother turned out to be the Queen's greatest birdbrain, huh?" Pinhead laughed his head off, literally. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "Yes," the doll answered Sam's unspoken question. "She had to give it a heart and she wouldn't give up her own, would she?" (via Selorian) The magpie? Really? It couldn't be, she thought. #bbcawdio (via californiakara) Sam was confused 'Already seen him? Surely I would recognise...' Sam stopped herself. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "He's in there." The doll frowned. "Changed, though. You've already seen him - or what she's made of him, anyway." (Via mackenzie_finch) Sam looked at the mirror. In it was the Queen's castle, as if looking at it from a great distance. #bbcawdio (via Selorian) "Where?" Sam almost shouted. "Look in the mirror again", the doll said and pointed behind Sam. #bbcawdio (Via simon_staffans) "The Queen is a reflection of me," Sam answered, sure of it now. "She controlled our heart. I think it's time we take it back."(via Selorian) The doll frowned. "Yes, the prince was bobby, but only a part. A reflection. Your brother is elsewhere" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) "Is she...is she me too?" Sam asked with a sudden realization, "Then was the Prince Bobby?" Her heart froze with dread. (via allfades) Sam looked at her puzzled, she recalled the Queens, her brother the Prince. Two brothers, two sisters...#bbcawdio (via jennyWorsley) The doll looked at sam. "you haven't realized who the queen is, have you?" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) The doll stood still as she looked at the egg 'The queen's heart?' #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) The doll stared. "It was broken," Sam said softly "And we need each other if we ever want it be whole." #bbcawdio (via taupefox59) "The heart... the heart ... the heart.." voices whispered in the darkness. "You would give us the heart?" the doll asked (via simon_staffans) Sam thought. Digging into her pocket, she moved toward the doll. "This is all I have to give," she held out her hand. (via terencewest) The doll looked at her for a long minute. "Prove it," it said, finally. #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam realized she had hated herself since Bobby was lost. Looking at the doll, she said, "Because I love us again." #bbcawdio (via Selorian) The doll shook its head, cloth arms folded over its chest. "And why would I help you?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) She reached out her hand and beckoned to the doll. "I have to find all of the pieces of me to get out of here." #bbcawdio (via allfades) "It was your heart I heard," Sam said, turning to the doll hiding in the dark. "Our heart, because you're a part of me." (via Selorian) Sam tilted her head. "Wait a second. That's what the Prince said about you too." #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) "But it's not. That's more than a reflection. It's a part of you." #bbcawdio (via thessaly_wake) "See what? It's just a mirror." (via taragel) "See?" said the doll. "Told you." #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "is this where we tell them we don't love them anymore?" asked Pinhead #bbcawdio (via californiakara) Staring back at Sam, Pinhead and Badger was Sam, Pinhead and Badger. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "Wait, can this be... impossible, how can this be happening?" Badger was filled with horror as he looked at the mirror. (via glenbw) "Sam, is that you?" she heard from the other side of the mirror. #bbcawdio (via californiakara) As she listened to the rhythmic beat, she noticed the sound of another heart, beating in unison to her own. #bbcawdio (via selorian) Sam knelt in front of the mirror, waiting for a reaction. She closed her eyes and listened to her beating heart. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "You have to be careful with mirrors," the doll warned. "They just make more of everything--including trouble." #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Sam moved slowly toward the mirror. Gently, she placed the tiny sliver of glass into its rightful spot. #bbcawdio (via californiakara) "How many versions of you are there?" asked PInman in disbelief as he saw another Sam in the mirror. #bbcawdio (via ange1ina) Sam ignored the voice, all of her attention on mirror. It was missing a small sliver, just like the one in the rose crown. (via techtigger) "But if you're her..." A cloth hand appeared in the dark, pointing at the mirror. "...then who is that one out there?" (via luiswulf) "If you're here", the dolls voice said, somewhere near "it might be you're no imposter after all. Perhaps you're HER." (via simon_staffans) Sam looked around. Above her was the doll's empty pedestal, and she now noticed a tiny mirror. #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "Matters not how we got here," said the badger. "The question is, how do we get out." #bbcawdio (Via adrianika) "How did we get here?" Pinman wondered aloud in the same instant as her realization #bbcawdio (via loupok) Suddenly Sam knew. Knew completely and uncertainly, where she was and who had spoken. The doll. She was in the music box. via hazeltwilight) "Who do you think?" asked a voice that sounded eerily familiar. #bbcawdio (via angela_hunter) The voice came from everywhere but nowhere, followed by the sound of cloth brushing against cloth outside the ring of light. (via Selorian) Sam squinted against the glare. "Who is it? Who is there?" #bbcawdio (via wotv) Suddenly a light flooded from over head, "It's not fun in the dark is it. Now you know how we feel." #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "Hello?" Sam called out,. "Is there anyone here?" (via MissDelian) #bbcawdio In front of her, she saw something move. #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) She could see a line of light from the ceiling. The floor was not carpet but ....velvet? She knew this place somehow. (via JennyWorsley) "Can someone turn on the lights here? I can't even see my own pin..." Pinhead questioned. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) The first thing she noticed was the music, the same soft melody that had been haunting her sense she came to this place. (via hazeltwilight) "I'm getting tired of having to figure that question out," Sam sighed to Pinman and Badger, looking at their surroundings. (via Selorian)  bbcaadminMon, 19 Oct 2009 17:12:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:129http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/128/bbcawdio-Day-5-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments16http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=128http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=128&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/128/bbcawdio-Day-5-The-Story-So-Far.aspxThe Twitter Audio Project continues at 9 AM EST Monday! Here's the story so far. Vote in our poll to decide where Sam and her friends end up next. Then join in the fun by posting your tweets with the hashtag #bbcawdio.  First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart. Scene 7 Sam hears the story of the woman who has become Queen of this mysterious land. The woman was once a puppet maker entreated with making a special puppet for a prince. She toiled hard but the puppet wasn’t grand enough. Then a magpie came along one day with a magic mirror. The mirror brought dead things to life and made living things die. This was the solution to the puppet maker’s problem! She would use the mirror to bring her toy to dazzling life. But the magpie insisted the Puppet Maker give her heart in exchange! The crafty woman felt this was too high a price, but she wanted the best puppet possible for the prince. So she tried to cheat, but the magic mirror pulled her through to the other side. Sam was enraptured by this familiar sounding tale but then an interruption: the Prince himself appeared! And he reveals that he is the twin brother of the Queen, separated from her at birth. He also tells Sam that the green stone egg, that she now knows to be the Queen’s heart, is the key to finding her brother, Bobby. Scene 8 Elated to hear this, Sam asks what she must do to find her brother. The Prince takes her, the badger and Pinman on a wild chariot ride into the sky. Their map is a curious music box that plays a familiar tune from Sam’s childhood. The rhyme reveals that she must seek a rose of midnight blue and a door unseen. Suddenly the song stops and a bright light explodes in the sky and the chariot falls to the ground where a deep blue hue engulfs the land. Then everything stops and Badger spots attack bats in the sky sent by the Queen. The prince gives Sam the music box and tells her to run. She, Pinman and Badger flee into the darkness, but are unsure where to go next. She opens the music box but the tune doesn’t play. Badger spies a keyhole in the box, and Sam remembers the key in her pocket. She uses it and the lid slowly opens to reveal …a doll that looks exactly like Sam. Suddenly, the doll opens its mouth and screams one fateful word: “Impostor!” Scene 9 In shock, Sam drops the box, the tiny voice echoing the refrain of her mirror twin from the day’s start: “We don’t love you anymore!” Suddenly, the Prince, wounded near-fatally, staggers forward and reveals that the doll is a part of Sam herself and that it holds the key to her understanding. He urgently reminds Sam to find the rose and remember the song, and then he dies tragically. Sam is saddened and furious, but forges on determined to find the blue rose. She happens on an invisible vine that pulls her, Pinman and Badger into a strange garden, filled with talking blue roses. She accidentally lands on one, breaking it and is confronted by an imperious paper swan wearing a crown embellished with a blue crystal rose. The swan demands she hand over her heart in exchange for the broken rose, but Sam cleverly thrusts the queen’s heart into Pinman’s hand and it starts smoldering. He lights the swan on fire, immolating her and Sam takes the crown, the rose emitting a blue-green glow that surrounds them… Scene 10 Putting on the crown emboldens Sam with a sense of power, but brings her no closer to finding her brother. She inspects the blue rose and finds on its stem a thorn—a tiny shard of silver mirror. Sam thinks about pieces, pieces of herself and pieces of the puzzle—two brothers, two sisters, two promises broken. A key and a heart….but how do they unlock the mystery? She can’t quite put it together yet and time is a tickin’. Sam remembers the song mentioned a door and they search for a door unseen without luck. Then Sam puts on the crown once more and as Queen of the Roses, commands the flowers to show her the door. The blue crystal rose floats up and out of the crown breaking into a shimmering cloud of shards, in which a door forms. She uses the key and then the heart, finally wrenching the door open just in time for the three of them to tumble through before the Queen’s hunters swoop down to attack them. But the question remains…where are they now?bbcaadminMon, 19 Oct 2009 03:51:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:128http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/127/bbcawdio-A-Poll-for-Scene-11.aspx#Comments13http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=127http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=127&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/127/bbcawdio-A-Poll-for-Scene-11.aspxClick here to vote in a poll about where Sam, Pinman and Badger should find themselves when Scene 11 begins.bbcaadminFri, 16 Oct 2009 21:22:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:127http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/126/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-10.aspx#Comments20http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=126http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=126&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/126/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-10.aspxScene 10 sees Sam using some of the key magical items in her possession to get closer on her quest to find her brother. Where will Scene 11 take them? What's on the other side of the door? Join us Monday at 9 AM EST to find out! (Please read from the bottom up.)  Pinman sighed " We're safe now, knock on wood." He tapped his own head. "Now... Where are we exactly?" (via MissDeliana) Badger took one last look at the approaching crows and jumped through the door as it began to fade. #bbcawdio (via selorian) Sam hesitated only for a moment before leaping through the open door. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) There was a void on the other side...the Pinman shoved past her and disappeared into the darkness with a cry of "Come on!" (via rukasufox) The queens crows were sweeping down over the garden, cawing madly and getting closer with each sweep. (via missdeliana) The door solidified beneath the Queen's heart and Sam shoved the key into the keyhole, flinging the door open. #bbcawdio (via selorian) Then she remembered, the prince said the heart was a key! She holds it against the door. #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Her hand closed on the key, & she ripped it from her pocket. "There's no keyhole!" The door was gone, only the frame remained (v rukasufox) "Hurry! They are allmost here!" Badger was starting to get really anxious as the sound of flapping wings turned into a roar (via missdeliana As Sam fumbled with the key, she saw the door begin to shimmer and become more vague. "The door that can't be seen!" (via simon_staffans) The door was as if made of mist. You could see the garden right through it and, at the same time, some other place entirely (via luiswulf) "Don't just stand there!" the Pinman shouted. "The key! Use the key!" #bbcawdio (Via lorespinner) "Quick," hissed the roses. "Leave us... begone...hide the garden again..." Sam started toward the door. #bbcawdio (via rukasufox) And in the midst of the cloud a door began to form. #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) the blossom came apart entirely, turned into sparkling powder that swirled around like a shimmering cloud. (via missdeliana) #bbcawdio suddenly the crown began to vibrate, the blue flower pulled away twisting in mid air. #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) She jammed the crown back on her head and turned toward the flowers. "Show us a way out," she commanded, "now!" #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "Quickly! we need a way out" said the badger "a way they cannot follow" #bbcawdio (via threeville) She barely finished thinking that before a loud flapping sound could be heard. "The queen's minions, they're after us!" (via missdeliana) "But I don't know how to put it together," she said, out loud. "Not yet." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Two brothers, two sisters, two broken promises. A heart, a key, a doll, a rose, a shard. How did they fit all in? #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) "All the pieces of the puzzle..." mused Sam. She thought about all the pieces she knew of. #bbcawdio (via thurtinkle) "All pieces of the puzzle. You know how to put it together now don't you?" #bbcawdio (via allfades) So many of us," the voice continued, "So many pieces." #bbcawdio (via hazel twilight) "We're all here," came a myriad of voices. #bccawdio (via vagabond_blue) "We don't love you any more." The face in the mirror said it. And the doll in the music box said it too. #bbcawdio (via selorian) Her reflection in the sliver of mirror scowled in reply. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "Do you love me as I loved you?" she whispered. "Loved who? Who are you?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) The melody ran through her head once more, and as she stared into the shard, she could see . . . #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "Remember the song," the dying prince's words echoed in her mind. #bbcawdio (via cafenirvana) Looking closer, she realized that the thorn was actually a shard from a broken mirror. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Examining the rose she suddenly saw something beneath the flower. A thorn, a silver thorn, small and delicate. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) It was pretty, yes. It was more than pretty - it was beautiful. But it got her no nearer to finding her brother. (via mackenzie_finch) She took the crown off and examined the blue crystal rose. Why had she needed to find this? (via taragel) Sam looked at the flowers. They had grown silent, reverent. Was the crown all it took to be the Queen of Roses? #bbcawdio (Via Lorespinner) "oh....kay." retorted the puppet and began an elaborate mime act of following invisible walls and trying door handles (via thurtinkle) Sam looked up, suddenly excited. "Find the door that can't be seen! It must be here somewhere!" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "Um, anybody see a door because I sure don't." Pinman was looking out over the roses. (via noirmoll) #bbcawdio We need to move, I don't think we'll be safe here much longer." #bbcawdio (via liz_hawk) "Badger, may I please have the heart?" Badger bows, and hands it back to her. "Of course, my lady." #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Imposter. That is exactly how she felt. She didn't belong here...not now, anyway. She had find him. She had to get home. (via rukasufox) "Imposter!" came a muffled shout from the music box in her pocket. #bbcawdio (via hopiepokie) powerful. And yet...empty. There was something missing. Something wrong. #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Emboldened, Sam placed the crown on her head and stood tall. She felt... (via mildmojo) #bbcawdioabout 2 hours ago from TweetDeck "Does this make her the Queen of Roses?" Pinman asked Badger. "You know, she did rightfully defeat the Swan. So maybe it does." (via noirmoll) Behind him stood the shaking form of Pinman, clutching it's hand which was still smoking, badly charred. (via simon_staffans) As the light brightened the flower petals swirled around Sam, clothing her in a gown of midnight blue #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Through the haze, she saw the badger pick up the egg where it had fallen. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) The glow seemed to pulse around Sam to a steady beat. The rose was hers...but where was her heart? #bbcawdio (via RukasuFox) Sam shivered in the enveloping light. She had killed for the crown. Flowers cried 'Murderer'. Were they right about her? (via selorian)  bbcaadminFri, 16 Oct 2009 20:56:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:126http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/125/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-9.aspx#Comments18http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=125http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=125&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/125/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-9.aspxAnother action-packed scene from the Twitterverse! Well done everyone! Let's get ready to dive into Scene 10 and the mysteries of that blue rose... (Please read from the bottom up.) The moment the crown and rose touched her hand, she was enveloped in a blue-green glow. #bbcawdio (via nataliefyffe) Sam stepped forward, and grabbed the crown from the burning embers. She was surprised that it was cold as ice. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) The swan screeched as it burned to ashes. When it was over, the crown lay on the ground. #bbcawdio (via Rusakufox) The badger swatted at Pinman with a mighty paw quickly extinguishing the flames on his body. (via taragel) The swan shrieked as Pinman collided with her. Fire chewed through her and the puppet. Pinman seemed gleeful as he burned. (via terencewest) The bird hissed, beating its great wings as it reared back. But the damage was done - the flames had caught it. (via mackenzie_finch) "Fire, fire, fire!" the roses shouted in alarm. They had been strangely quiet until now. #bbcawdio (via tombness) Flames erupted from the puppet's wooden hands, and he charged the swan as fast as his rickety legs would carry him. (via terencewest) The Pinman squealed with glee, and for a moment, Sam worried that he would run off with the egg. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) She remembered the smoke that appeared from the egg when Pinman held it before. Could she risk giving it to him again? (via JennyWorsley) Reaching down, she took hold of the puppet's hand, pressing the little green stone into it. #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam heard Pinman's quiet query and suddenly, she knew what to do. #bbcawdio (via nataliefyffe) "Seriously, not a single match?" Pinman mumbled again. #bbcawdio (via tombness) "Stop playing dumb girl!" The swan screeched. "I know you have it!" #bbcawdio (via jshadl) "My...heart?" Sam stepped backwards warily. "I don't think-" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Trembling, Sam's hand clenched around the stone in her pocket. She wasn't willing to bring it out. Not yet. #bbcawdio (Via taupefox59) "I will decide if you mean harm," replied the commanding voice. "Now show me your heart." #bbcawdio (via Rukasufox) "Yes that's why we're here," replied Sam. "We didn't mean any harm." #bbcawdio (via ange1ina) Sam noticed that on her head was a golden crown with a blue crystal rose attached to it. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "Anyone got a match?" mumbled the Pinman. #bbcawdio (via ange1ina) "You seek a blue rose, do you?" #bbcawdio (via loupok) "The fate of one that holds the box can only belong to me ," the chilling and sinister voice issued its challenge,. (via nafda) The trio made a dramatic turn and was now standing face to eyeless face with a huge paper swan. #bbcawdio (via tombness) The flowerrs grew silent, and seemed to shrink, as if they were afraid and ashamed. #bbcawdio (via missdeliana) A voice came screaming out from the back of the ravenous pack of flowers. "Enough! I shall decide her fate!" #bbcawdio (via angryfork) The voices spoke again, "Unkindly are you! Heart as cold as hers! Imposter!", the voices getting louder, shouting out in unison (via nafda) "Oh, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, gently removing the rose and laying it on the ground. #bbcawdio (via waterfall8484) "Not good," Pinman squawked. "Oh, not good." (via terencewest) #bbcawdio Confused, sam lifted her foot. Attached to her shoes was the stem of a broken blue rose. #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) "They squished one of us, one of us! Get the girl, get the girl!" #bbcawdio (via tombness) She grabbed the music box and shoved it in her pocket. (via taragel) #bbcawdio Stunned, Sam stood up and looked about. To her surprise, the box sat squarely at her feet. #bbcawdio (Via vagabond_blue) but which one is the real one?" Pinhead asked. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) It was completely blue because the ground was covered entirely with shining blue roses. #bbcawdio (via loupok) They were in a garden, a garden that was completely blue. #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) it took a moment for her eyes to adjust to the light. "we're here," Badger said with a sense of wonder. #bbcawdio (via californiakara) Sam thought that she had had quite enough flying and landing for the day. Or night. Whichever it was now. #bbcawdio (via loupok) All at once, they landed with a huge thud. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) She felt at tug at her ankle, and looked round to see Badger and Pinman grabbing hold of her as they flew through the air. (via Jennyworsley) Suddenly she was yanked off her feet, the blue nothingness disappearing with a sound like ripping cloth. #bbcawdio (via waterfall8484) The cord -- a tendril really--began to wrap itself around her wrist, pulling her forward. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Pinman shuddered, looking around wildly for the source of the voice. "Look, girl, maybe this isn't such a good idea..." #bbcawdio(via loupok) She pulled, and the cord grew teeth that bit in to her palm. Sam tightened her grip and pulled harder. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "Little thief...thief in the night..come to steal our precious roses...hide them...hide them from her..." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Her hand closed around something cold, smooth, cordlike. #bbcawdio (Via cafenirvana) "Ssshhh.. She is here to take our roses.. Hide the garden.. Hide the garden.." The badger eyed the area. "Did I hear that?" (via tombness) Reaching out, she moved towards the odor. Closer...closer...suddenly, she felt something, though she could not see it. (via melodyg) She closed her eyes, drawing a deep breath. Somewhere to her right she could smell roses. #bbcawdio (waterfall8484) They walked on for quite a while, blue nothingness as far as the eye could see. Sam was on the verge of giving up, when... Badger and Pinman looked at each other, shrugged, and began to follow behind. #bbcawdio (via melodyg) filled with conviction, Sam began walking. She had no destination, but needed movement, needed action. #bbcawdio (via taupefox59) Sam looked immediately up at the sky. Sure enough, a blue disc was hanging low in the sky. #bbcawdio (via loupok) "A blue rose?" said badger. "I've heard they only bloom once in a blue moon." #bbcawdio (via angela_hunter) "I need to find a blue rose," Sam replied, feeling a sudden resolve. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Sam lowered the rock slowly and looked from Pinman to the Badger, trying to gather some course of action. "The rose." (via lizmacgregor) "Time is a-wasting!" Pinman continued in a sing-song voice. "What's your next move gonna be, girl?" #bbcawdio (via loupok) The Pinman tapped his foot impatiently. "Are you going to spend all day talking to yourself?" he asked. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) Sam picked up a rock from the ground and walked towards the box. "No, wait!" cried the badger. "That's exactly what she wants." (via noirmoll) "Stop it, stop it!" Sam cried, and slammed the lid shut. "Why won't you all just leave me alone!" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "This is all your fault!" The doll mimicked her voice cruelly. "You left me here! You broke the promise! Heart of stone!" (via luiswulf) "Impostor!" came the shrill voice of the doll. Sam turned furious, "Shut up! This is your fault!" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Sam felt the badger's paw at her shoulder. "Come, child," he said softly. "We mustn't delay longer. Let's find that rose." (via lizmacgregor) Sam hadn't known the prince for long, but a weight settled on her heart nonetheless. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "It's in your hands, Sam. It always has been." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam felt tears run down her cheeks as the Prince closed his eyes, with this last breath he said...#bbcawdio (via jenny worsley) "You only have so much time to put the pieces back together...now go," he told her,his voice trailing off to a whisper. (via vagabond_blue) Sam ran to him The prince shook his head. "You have to face her. She's part of you. You have to..." He coughed, bloodily.(via mackenzie_finch) "You needed it to show you the way. You needed to understand" The Prince gasped as he failed to hold himself up. (via Jenny_Worsley) Sam looked in horror from the prince to the box--and suddenly, she was angry. "Why did you give this to me?!" she cried. (via lorespinner) "Don't touch me," the Prince gasped. "My blood will burn you..." (via wotv) #bbcawdio "I'm dying, Sam. But you can still make it. Find the rose, and remember the song...." the prince fell to his knees. (via simon_staffans) "Prince, what happened? Are you okay?" Sam rushed up to him, trying to help. But he held up his sword in warning. (via thessaly_wake) She turned around to see the prince. He was badly wounded clutching his stomach in pain. #bbcawdio (via tombness) "She's a part of you," he continued. #bbcawdio (via vagabond blue) She moved to reach for the doll, but the Prince's voice stopped her cold: "Don't touch it!" #bbcawdio (via wmsnedden) The eyes flashed strangely. "No, no," Sam whispered, backing away. This was too familiar. The doll laughed. #BBCawdio (via lizmacgregor) A chill ran up Sam's spine. Frantically, she tried to close the box, but the lid wouldn't budge. #bbcawdio (via lorespinner) "We don't love you anymore." The doll said as its glass eyes stared up with hatred at Sam. #bbcawdio (via Selorian) Sam dropped the box, crashing to the ground. #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight)  bbcaadminFri, 16 Oct 2009 17:57:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:125http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/124/bbcawdio-Day-4-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments16http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=124http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=124&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/124/bbcawdio-Day-4-The-Story-So-Far.aspx The Twitter Audio Project continues! Here's the story so far! Join in the fun by posting your tweets with the hashtag #bbcawdio.  First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart. Scene 7 Sam hears the story of the woman who has become Queen of this mysterious land. The woman was once a puppet maker entreated with making a special puppet for a prince. She toiled hard but the puppet wasn’t grand enough. Then a magpie came along one day with a magic mirror. The mirror brought dead things to life and made living things die. This was the solution to the puppet maker’s problem! She would use the mirror to bring her toy to dazzling life. But the magpie insisted the Puppet Maker give her heart in exchange! The crafty woman felt this was too high a price, but she wanted the best puppet possible for the prince. So she tried to cheat, but the magic mirror pulled her through to the other side. Sam was enraptured by this familiar sounding tale but then an interruption: the Prince himself appeared! And he reveals that he is the twin brother of the Queen, separated from her at birth. He also tells Sam that the green stone egg, that she now knows to be the Queen’s heart, is the key to finding her brother, Bobby. Scene 8 Elated to hear this, Sam asks what she must do to find her brother. The Prince takes her, the badger and Pinman on a wild chariot ride into the sky. Their map is a curious music box that plays a familiar tune from Sam’s childhood. The rhyme reveals that she must seek a rose of midnight blue and a door unseen. Suddenly the song stops and a bright light explodes the sky and the chariot falls to the ground where a deep blue hue engulfs the land. Then everything stops and the Badger spots in the sky attack bats sent by the Queen. The prince gives Sam the music box and tells her to run. She, Pinman and Badger flee into the darkness, but are unsure where to go next. She opens the music box but the tune doesn’t play. Badgers spies a keyhole in the box, and Sam remembers the key in her pocket. She uses it and the lid slowly opens to reveal …a doll that looks exactly like Sam. Suddenly, the doll opens its mouth and screams one fateful word: “Impostor!”bbcaadminFri, 16 Oct 2009 03:10:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:124http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/123/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-8.aspx#Comments15http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=123http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=123&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/123/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-8.aspxWell, this is turning into quite the creepy little story isn't it? There was some good action in Scene 8 (Flying chariots! Attack bats! Running!) and tomorrow things threaten to turn sinister. Join us at 9 AM EST to tell us the rest of the story! (Please read from the bottom up!) The doll opened its eyes and stared at Sam. "Impostor!" it screamed. (via ange1ina) ...to reveal a small doll that looked exactly like herself.   (via hazeltwilight) "No!" she heard the prince shout far away. The key turned, and kept on turning, as the lid slowly opened... (via Simon_Staffans) "Here goes nothing," thought Sam, and turned it in the keyhole. It clicked into place.  (via cafenirvana) A key? Sam took the key Finnegan had given her out of her pocket, and, after a minute, inserted it into the hole. (via mackenzie_finch) The badger bent down to take a closer look. "There's a hole in the side for a key, maybe you need to wind it?"  (via techtigger) "It's not working." She closed and opened it several more times, but the box remained silent. "Now what?" she asked. (via rukasufox) With trembling hand she opened the lid, but there was no sound from the little music box. (via MissDeliana)  "What?" Sam replied, her thoughts still on the prince. Pinman sighed- "The box, girl, the BOX." (via 45spacer) Sam still clutched the box in her hand, and the Badger was huffing rather loudly. "Which direction?" scowled the Pinman. (via rukasufox) Behind them, the battle faded away. They were alone, in the nothingness. Entirely alone. (via mackenzie_finch) The ground seemed to bend under her will, springing them forward at an inhuman speed, into the unending blue of the land.(via taupefox59) Sam ran, heels flying through the blue nothingness thinking all the while, "WHERE am I running?" (via TheSteamPowered) She hesitated. "Didn't you hear the man?" Pinman shouted "Run!" He and Badger set off, half carrying Sam. (via simon_staffans) "Don't worry about me," said the prince, as Sam hesitated. "I can hold them off. Now go!"   (via ange1ina) "No!" Sam tried to refuse the box, "What about you?! I can't just leave!"  (via hazeltwilight) The prince's face blanched. "My sister's hunters." He turned to Sam and presssed the box into her hands. "Run. RUN!" (via mackenzie_finch) Sam heard a flapping of wings, but these were not birds above them, they were big, black bats.  (via ange1ina) "And it isn't over yet!" the badger shouted and pointed up.  (via tombness) "And more importantly, where is HERE?" Sam asked, seeing nothing but a deep blue hue surrounding her (via nataliefyffe) "What the-" Pinman wobbled on his wooden legs trying to steady himself. "That was a helluva thing." (via terencewest) "Did...did my song bring us here?" Sam asked, almost knowing the answer before she spoke.  (via angerFork) Evertyhing stilled. "We're there," the prince said. He sounded quite calm, and Sam wondered whether this was a regular occurrence.  (via Mackenzie_finch Sam screamed as the chariot fell and the light faded to a deep midnight blue.  (via selorian) She fell backwards, shielding her eyes, and felt the badger's paw stead her. "Careful, girl." (via mackenzie_finch) As Sam finished the song, the chariot shook violently as a blinding white light exploded. (via selorian) "...find me a rose of midnight blue, do you love me as I loved you?"  (via techtigger) The prince looked at her gravely. "Finish the song," he said. (via lorespinner) Heart made of stone! Key of gold! Her hand went to her pocket. But how could it be? "How...?" she begun. #bbawdio (via simon_staffans) The chariot began to rock as she sang louder with the music (via aarsic) "key of gold, and stone of green, find the door that can't be seen"  (via techtigger) "Follow me, follow me, follow me home, Beware of the one with a heart made of stone.." she sang.  (via ange1ina) Caught up in the delicate music, Sam began to hum along softly, growing louder as the memory became clearer. (via taupefox59) The Prince looked over at her. "You know this tune, don't you? Do you know the words?" (via mackenzie_finch) The melody suddenly brought a haunting memory to Sam: her mother, humming the same tune to her and her brother years ago. (via jkathryne0510) The Prince opened the lid of the music box and the same melody Sam had heard in the castle filled the carriage. (via selorian) The Prince took a music box from his pocket. "This," as the Prince continued to hold the box, " is our map."  (via glenbw) The night sky cool against her cheek, Sam watched as the ground slipped away, the chariot bound for destinations unknown.(via ajekofalltrades) "Now, can you tell me, where are we all going?" Sam said.  (via cafenirvana) "Great. The gang's all here. Can we get going already!" Pinman groused. With a lurch, the chariot took off into the sky. (via taragel) "Please, Badger," said Sam. Her eyes pleaded with her new friend. Grumbling, the gruff storyteller clambered aboard.  (Via LdyGray) Last one aboard was the prince himself, after helping Pinman up into the chariot.  (via MissDeliana) "Oh no miss," the badger shook his head, "We badgers don't do well off the ground. "  (via hazeltwilight) Badger grumbled a bit, preferring the solidness of the ground than trusting the Crows.  (via e2d2) "Aren't you coming along too, Badger?" asked Sam. (via glenbw) The chariot vibrated gently, clearly eager to be off despite the lack of driver. Sam hesitated and then stepped on board. (via lovelythings) Up close the Crows seem to be made of rich black velvet and shiny silken wings.  (via doodlewhale) The Prince never hesitated. "Everyone in," he commanded, helping Sam onto the chariot.  (via Rukasufox) It swooped through the air, landing softly on the grass. It was empty of even a driver.  (via hazeltwilight) "Are we going to fly?" Sam asked in wonder, staring at the chariot. (via cafenirvana) Patchwork crows lashed to the chariot made a terrible racket as they swooped toward the groundsfolk.  (via mildmojo) She was more surprised to note that there WAS a sky, complete with a moon and twinkling stars. Hadn't they been in a room? (via mackenzie_finch) The Prince looked to the sky and let out a loud whistle. Sam was rather surprised to see a gold chariot in the distance. (Via angerfork) "The Queen has spies all over this place, including the puppets. We must leave this place immediately." (via glenbw) Still, she had to trust someone, and at least he was making sense. She took his hand...  (Via techtigger) "How do I know I can trust you?" she asked. The Prince simply smiled. "You don't." (via mackenzie_finch) Afterall, the Queen had acted nice to begin with, trying to get what she wanted. Was the Prince doing the same?   (via selorian) "Oh no!" came Pinman's voice, "you're not going without me. That egg is mine." (via terencewest) Sam reached out - then stopped, a sudden misgiving making her pause. Yes, he seemed nice. But seeming wasn't everthing.(via mackenzie_finch) The Prince extended his hand to Sam, his green eyes sparkling. "First you must trust me. Take my hand." (via terencewest) But in response the Prince said, "We've much to accomplish little time. We must get moving." (via wmsnedden)  Sam couldn't extinguish the hope that blossomed. "How?" she asked frantically, "What do I do?" (via taupefox59)  bbcaadminThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:29:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:123http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/122/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-7.aspx#Comments19http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=122http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=122&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/122/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-7.aspxIt was another interesting installment as we delved into the secret behind the Queen's sordid history and met a new figure in our epic tale! What will happen next? Tune in at 2 PM EST to tell us more. You see it's also the key to getting your brother back #bbcawdio (via Upguntha) "It's a heart." He paused. "But you're only half right." #bbcawdio (Via mackenize_finch) "So how did I get this? And is it really her heart?" she opened her palm and showed him the strange green egg. (via Taragel) Sam shook her head in confusion. It was all too much, too fast. #bbcawdio (via e2d2) "The queen is my twin sister. But we were separated at birth. She went to the toymaker and I stayed in the castle" (via JennyWorsley) The Queen tricked the mirror, so now we're all trapped here: puppeteer, magpie and prince." #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) "And," he said continuing the tale. "The puppet maker, who was trapped inside the mirror, had no other way to escape..." (via glenbw) His lips parted, forming a tight smile, "We all have choices to make, some of us are bound by them." @BBCAA (via nafda) "But," the Prince sighed, "allow me to finish Badger's tale." #bbcawdio (via terencewest) "Of course you did. We always have a choice to keep our promises." #bbcawdio (via angerfork) I didn't realize I had a choice," said Sam, adding as an afterthought: "Your Majesty." #bbcawdio (via ange1ina) "You were never supposed to come here, Sam," he said quietly. #bbcawdio (via wotv) He had the same raven hair and piercing green eyes as the Queen, but there was a kindness in his, where hers held fury. (via jkathryne0510) Sam gasped as she caught sight of the Prince. #bbcawdio (via ange1ina) "Prince!" Badge said, bending one knee to the floor. "I didn't tell her no secrets." #bbcawdio (via thessaly_wake) "Agreed." The voice came from behind Sam - deep, and unmistakably human. "But the rest is mine to tell, Badger." (via mackenzie_finch) "Wow, what a cliffhanger!" Pinhead shouted cheerfully. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "The mirror knew her game; it engulfed her instead" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) She put the fake heart into the puppet and thrust it through the mirror, but suddenly... #bbcawdio (via taragel) "Use it to make the puppet live, of course. But the mirror was not to be fooled so easily." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) "Well to give up her heart for a prince she hardly knew, it just didn't feel right", the Badger said. (via cafenirvana) "But what did she plan to do with the mirror?" Sam asked, now enthralled in Badge's story #bbcawdio (via doodlewhale) "She tried to trick the magpie.She took an avocado the size of her fist and painted it red.From afar,it looked like a heart" (via loupok) "You can obviously see the puppet maker's dilemma," said the Badger. #bbcawdio (via HopiePokie) “But she tried to cheat... #bbcawdio (via thessaly_wake) Pinman grinned, "Finally! The good stuff." #bbcawdio (via Terencewest) "And place it inside the puppet." #bbcawdio (via selorian) She should give up her own heart #bbcawdio (via kaiserschwarcz) "Bo-ring!" Pinman definitely sounded like her brother now. "Skip to the exciting part. The blood and guts of it." (via mackenzie_finch) "The girl could use it ... under one condition..." #bbcawdio (via glenbw) "Everything that was dead, became alive through the mirror. The downside was that everything alive, became dead..." (via scott_steffans) "The magpie brought her a mirror--an enchanted mirror. " (via taragel) "Fine!" the badger grumbled "No one appreciates a good story these days..." #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Sam was getting restless. "I really am short on time, Sir Badger, if you don't mind." #bbcawdio (via californiakara) Badger growled at Pinman "I was getting to that" #bbcawdio (via JennyWorsley) "Mirrors are shiny" Pinman said teasingly. #bbcawdio (via doodlewhale) He frowned at the puppet but continued on. "Magpies hoard shiny things, as you know." #bbcawdio (via loupok) "Badge, get on with it!" Pinman snapped. "You're more long-winded than SHE was, and that's saying something!" #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't please her expectations, till she met the magpie that is." #bbcawdio (via didius111) "She worked day and night, until one day.. she decided there was something she needed that was missing." #bbcawdio (via tombness) Flattered, she decided to outdo herself this time, and set about making the most beautiful puppet ever. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "Her puppets were so grand, that even the King himself asked her to make one for the prince." #bbcawdio (via selorian) The badger sighed at the interruption. "As I was saying. The young girl and her puppets were beloved by everyone..." (via mackenzie_finch) "Oh no. 'Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...'" Pinman rolled its eyes. "Can we just get on with it?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) "Once there was a fair puppet maker, who made toys for the children in town." #bbcawdio (via melodyg) "We must start from the beginning," said the Badger, "How the lady whose heart you hold became the queen..." #bbcawdio (via cafenirvana) Sam sighs. "Okay, fine. I'm listening. So what happened to the prince?" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "Look," said the badger, "If you don't want to know where your brother is, you're free to walk away." #bbcawdio (via dnairnw) "Sometimes" the badger said, "You have to listen first, and find out how it helps you later." #bbcawdio (via nycteris) The puppet had been watching the conversation in silence. "Really Badge, did you have to give up all our secrets?" #bbcawdio (via noirmoll) "It is important to remember," he went on, "that a Queen must never be afraid to fail."#bbcawdio (via rosedefiant) Sam crossed her arms. "Now you're being silly. If you don't want to help me you can just say so!" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "Although, come to think of it," the badger continued, ignoring her. "The magpie didn't do too shabby himself." #bbcawdio (via dannygunter) Sam began to feel irritated by how every conversation in this place got her nowhere "I need to know where my brother is" (via Jenny_Worsley) “And let me tell you, the avocado got the best out of THAT deal.” #bbcawdio (via thessillian) "Avacados?" Sam was starting to think the badger was mad. #bbcawdio (via Jenny Worsley) "The story is terrible, oh so terrible. It involves a fair prince, and a magpie, and avocados." #bbcawdio (via luiwulf) "She made a deal once and traded her heart for another's life." (via ajekofalltrades) "Everyone here has broken some sort of promise," the badger said #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) The badger sat back on its haunches. "She wasn't always wicked. She had a real heart once." #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Sam looked completely dumbfounded. "Her heart?" she asked, "how is that possible?"#bbcawdio (via mahlemedved)  bbcaadminThu, 15 Oct 2009 16:14:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:122http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/121/bbcawdio-Day-3-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments16http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=121http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=121&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/121/bbcawdio-Day-3-The-Story-So-Far.aspx We're about to embark on Day 3 of #bbcawdio and here's our story thus far. Thanks for contributing and join us 9 AM EST for Scene 7. First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. Scene 4 A mysterious little man pulls up in a horse and carriage with a wagon full of shiny trinkets. He demands that Sam provide a trinket for admittance to a party thrown by Her Most Excellent Collector of Things. Unexpectedly, Sam finds a strange green egg in her pocket that glows and pulsates. She tries to offer it as payment but the man, a delivery man named Finnegan, tells her to put it away and keep it a secret. He drives her into the castle walls and past the guards to a golden staircase. Then Finnegan says she must go on alone. He also tells her that if she gets in trouble she should rub the egg three times and gives her a mysterious key that he says may come in handy in unlocking something important. He drives off and Sam faces the staircase. Scene 5 Sam ascends the stairs to find a lavish party with a feast and music and dancing. In the midst of the ball, is a striking woman with green eyes and raven tresses and a blue velvet gown.  The woman knows Sam’s name—and she knows her brother! She’s the one who collected him. They retire to the Queen’s parlor and she goads Sam into remembering the day she made the promise, the day her brother disappeared. Sam and her brother had an accident in the garden and the Queen had appeared as a mirror reflection. Sam had promised to go to the Queen’s world if she would save her brother but then she broke the promise and the Queen snatched the boy. Now Sam discovers her brother is still alive. She and the Queen have a standoff: the Queen wants Sam’s magic egg before she’ll give up her brother. But Sam doesn’t trust the queen and she rubs the egg. Darkness takes hold once more… Scene 6 When Sam came to, she was in a room full of puppets. Suddenly she heard her brother’s voice calling her. She searches the room but doesn’t see a boy. Then one of the puppets speaks, demanding the egg! He uses her brother’s voice, but can it really be Bobby? Sam can’t believe it, but the puppet tricks her and steals the egg, which he says is a heart, and runs off with it. Sam chases him and the heart begins to pulsate and smoke. Suddenly a giant stuffed toy badger appears and chastises the puppet, knocking him down. The egg falls and Sam grabs it. Sam asks the badger if he knows what the egg is: Could it truly be a heart? The badger grins and tells her it’s not just any heart, it’s the Queen’s heart.  bbcaadminThu, 15 Oct 2009 03:34:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:121http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/119/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-6.aspx#Comments18http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=119http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=119&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/119/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-6.aspxAnother interesting scene from the Twitterverse! We finally learn Sam's brother's name and what that mysterious green stone egg is! ...And what's with all the puppet love? Tune in tomorrow to tell us more! (Remember to read from the bottom up!) The grin grew. "It's not just a heart. It's the queen's heart." (via e2d2) "He said it was a heart, but I don't think that was true. I think it may be a portal" Sam shuffled unsure of herelf. (via jennyworsley) "Don't you?"The badger's snout creased in something which might have been a smile. "My, you are slow." (via mackenzie_finch) "Do you know what this is?" Sam asked (via jennyworsley) "She wouldn't even know how to use it." whined the puppet from where he had fallen. (via jshadl) As Sam's eye wandered up the badger's massive form, she noticed seams in the creature. It was a toy too. (via terencewest) "And you, girl, I wouldn't touch that if I were you. Those things are dangerous." (via mackenzie_finch) The paw grew into Sam's view, slowly becoming a badger. And the first non-puppet she'd seen. (via e2d2) Sam skidded to a stop and bent to retrieve the egg.  (via melodyg) "Pinman, are you bothering this girl? I've told you to mind you own business!" the owner of the furry paw said. (via scott_staffans) "Now that sort of behavior just won't do," said the voice that belonged to the paw.  (via vivren) The puppet ran faster, then in an instant a furry paw stopped the puppet in its tracks and the egg flew to the ground (via threeville) As she pursued the puppet, she noticed the egg begin to glow. A tendril of smoke rose from the puppets hand. (via simon_staffans) The taunt stung--her brother had called her that. Tears pricked her eyes as she ran, but she brushed them angrily aside. (via lorespinner) "Can't catch me!" the puppet taunted, darting between the other toys. "Slowcoach! Sammy slowcoach!"  (via mackenzie_finch) She grabbed at the tattered shirt the puppet was wearing but it slipped through her fingers. "No! Give it back!"  (via allfades) "Hey!" Sam shouted. "Come back here with that!" (via dstieglitz313) "This one!" the puppet shouted, jumping forward and snatching the egg from Sam. "Catch me if you can!" as it ran away (via simon_staffans) Suspicious, Sam replied "Maybe. Which one?" (via e2d2) "Remember our game?" The puppet asked. (via snarksporK) Sam eyed him suspiciously. "Tell me something only my brother would know." (via techtigger) As nasty and rude as this little puppet was, he did SOUND like Bobby… and even look like him a little. Still… (via mocando) But the egg was green and small and nothing like a heart at all, Sam thought. (via taragel) "All I need is a heart to make me whole, like everyone else here" said the puppet, "Give me the heart. Let go of it." (via cafenirvana) but as she gripped the egg she felt a warmth and a regular pulsating thump that she hadn't felt before  (via Youstruckgold) Sam shook her head angrily. "Nice try," she said, "but I don't believe you."  (via lorespinner) "A heart, of course." The puppet raised an eyebrow. "But you wouldn't know that, would you?" (via mackenzie_finch) Sam held the egg out of reach. "Tell me what it is," she said, determined to get some answers.  (via lorespinner) "Bobby?" Sam asked. "It's mine," the puppet said. "You stole it from me." (via snarkspork) Her grip on the egg tightened defiantly. (via lorespinner) "Come on, give!" said the puppet, reaching for the egg. "You're no true Collector anyway!"  (via simon_staffans) She dropped to her knees to take a closer look at the green-eyed puppet. (via wavepl) She didn'y understand… couldn't believe… Could this be a trap set by the Queen? (via mocando) "You're not my brother!" Sam shouted, pushing the puppet away. "No, but I'm your brother's voice" smirked the puppet (via simon_staffans) A puppet with pale green marble eyes tried to wrest the egg from her hand, "give" it said in her brother's voice  (via dejrabel) She jerked back, trying not to scream. (via lorespinner) "Sam! Sam, I'm here!" But all she could see was row upon row of puppets. Somewhere, a music box began to play (via mackenzie_finch) She was drawn towards pile of puppets. Before she realized, a little hand reached out and clasped the fist holding the egg. (via cafenirvana) The puppets moved aside, bowing jerkily, their painted and stitched eyes fixed on her.  (via mackenzie_finch) Numbly, she let it lead her, placing one foot in front of the other without thinking.  (via lorespinner) She had forgotten all about the marble egg in her hand, as she felt it begin to pulsate, pulling her forward. (via simon_staffans) "Over here", her eyes darted around the room, but the source of her brothers voice remained illusive.  (via didius111) She was in a room filled with puppets, large, small, wood, cloth. But there was no sign of her brother. "Where are you?" (via techtigger) Sam's eyes snapped open. She knew that voice. Even though she hadn't heard it outside of dreams for three years. (via mackenzie_finch) "Sam?" a voice whispered. "Sam, is that you? I knew you would come one day..."  (via simon_steffans)  She could feel a pair of eyes fixed upon her as she came to, but dared not open her own.  (via californiakara) bbcaadminWed, 14 Oct 2009 21:24:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:119http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/118/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-5.aspx#Comments14http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=118http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=118&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/118/bbcawdio-LinebyLine-Scene-5.aspxThanks for all your contributions, Twitterverse. I think an interesting story is developing. Here's the line-by-line breakdown for scene 5. (Remember to read from the bottom up.) An electric buzz skittered up her flesh. The acrid smell of ozone bit into her nose as Sam was engulfed by darkness. (via terencewest) "NO!" the woman screamed. Everything began swirling around Sam like she was on an amusement park ride. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) Now was not the time to worry about what would happen - she had to just do it! One, two, three...#bbcawdio (vai ange1ina) Somehow she knew if she gave up the egg, she'd never get home. Finnegan had said to rub the stone three times... #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Finnegan's image appeared in Sam's head. "What should I do?" she thought desperately. #bbcawdio (via jamezrjonez) "You haven't held up your end of the deal, Samantha." The Queen walked towards her. "Give me the egg, it was never yours." (via noirmoll) "My brother." Sam's voice was shaking as she tightened her grip on the egg. "Tell me where he is." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) The Queen laughed, "Surely, you know better than to threaten me in my own castle" she said, and the Magpie squawked wildly. (via cafenirvana) "And why," the woman paused, "would I do that?" #bbcaa (via hazeltwilight) Sam played a dangerous game, but the egg provided comfort. "You can have it after you tell me where my brother is." (via fashionzebra) Closing her eyes, she thought of the only thing that mattered--her brother. (via melodyg) #bbcawdio Falling back, Sam cradled the egg in her hand. Her heart thumped like a drum in her chest. (via terencewest) Then she remembered Finnegan's voice telling her to rub the egg three times if she got in trouble #bbcawdio (via aarsic) Finnegan had warned her to keep the egg hidden, so it could hardly be worthless. #bbcawdio (via selorian) Sam caught her breath, it wouldn't be hard... shouldn't be hard to let it go. It didn't mean anything to her. But... (via hazeltwilight) "That egg. That stone. Such a little stone, and so cold. Hardly worth keeping, really." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam just wanted to make things right. "What do i have to do?" #bbcawdio (via jamesrjonez) But what were such objects to her? Not when it meant saving him. #bbcawdio (via taragel) Sam's fingers tightened around the marble egg and the key in her pocket. (via ange1ina) #bbcawdio The raven haired woman approached Sam. "You are very special, Sam. You have something i want." #bbcawdio (via jamezrjonez) "You still have a chance to save your brother," the raven haired lady said. "You mean..he's alive?" Sam asked hesitantly. (via groovygeekygirl) "I was scared. I didnt know what to do" cried Sam. "All that matters is that you are here now" replied the raven hair lady (via b3gillin) "But you didn't do it", said the Queen "You ran away in fear, child, when you heard my price.You left your brother to die."(via cafenirvana) "You would fix my brother if I came. If I came with you."#bbcaa (via hazeltwilight) "And do you remember what you promised me, so that I would save your poor bleeding brother?" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "And I made you a promise...I had to do it..." Sam stared at the woman. #bbcawdio (via loupok) "That's right," the woman said, a sinister smirk on her face. "And I offered to help your brother...for a price." (via dstieglitz313) "It wasn't my fault" she whispered, as tears choked her voice. "He wouldn't listen to me." #bbcawdio (via techtigger) The lady smiled. "But he didn't fall, did he?" She leant forward, eyes fixed on Sam's face. "You pushed him." (via mackenzie_finch) Sam's eyes went wide. "You! You were there.. In the reflection.. I remember!" #bbcawdio (via tombness) Sam searched her memory, "he fell. And then there was a mirror. That can't be right... under the leaves? (via hazeltwilight) A flash of her brother on the floor, head bloodied, came to Sam. Her hands went to her pockets, to the egg and the key. (via Khohannessian) "You remember the garden that night" said the lady. "You remember you were both playing in the swing when he fell down" (via anabowlova) Sam flinched as the magpie cawed again. "Left your brother all alone!" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "I can't remember anything else," Sam said with tears welling up in her eyes. "Sometimes memories are locked away, my dear." (via selorian) And do you remember what happened in the garden?" The lady's green eyes were almost hypnotic. #bbcawdio (via soratian) "And a swing, and a mirror," Sam said. She struggled to recall any other detail. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) "I remember...a garden?" Sam looked up, meeting the lady's green eyes. "Yes. A garden." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam jumped as the magpie cawed. "Heart of Stone! Heart of Stone!" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "You don't even remember, do you, the promise that you broke?" said she, "You don't even know why you are here." (via cafenirvana) "I seek a promise," said the lady, "A promise that was broken by you, Sam, and one only you can fix" #bbcawdio (via cafenirvana) The magpie squawked at Sam's outburst. The raven haired woman just smiled. #bbcawdio (via sean_mcdevitt) Sam's fear was quickly turning towards anger. "I don't know who you are, but I demand to know what is going on!" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) "Sit down, Samantha. And relax. Nothing will harm you here." The woman smiled. "Your brother made sure of that." (via mackenzie_finch) Sam followed her cautiously. The parlor was pure white, and a Magpie sat on a perch in the corner. #bbcawdio (via jennyworsley) Sam, followed, as if led by some unknown force. A milllion questions ran through her head. #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) "Come join me in my parlor," the woman said. "Better we discuss these matters in a more private setting." #bbcawdio (via dstiegiltz313) Sam froze. "Coll-Collected him? Wha-what does that mean?" #bbcawdio (via 45spacer) She smiled widely, "I'm the one who collected him." #bbcawdio (via hazelttwilight) The words broke from her before she could stop them. "Do you know where he is? Is he here?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) "Brother!" Sam froze, "You know my brother?" #bbcaa (via hazeltwilight) "Come on dear. My, don't you look like your brother!" #bbcawdio (via Selorian) Sam stepped forward, heart thudding in her chest. This was wrong. This was very very wrong. #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Sam stared for a moment, before following with a stumble. She was definitely sure she hadn't told THIS woman her name. (via hazeltwilight) "Samantha." She cooed "My dear, what took you so long. And what? Not dressed this time? Come, come with me." She beckoned. (via allfades) The woman had long black hair, as black as ravens, and piercing green eyes. She looked directly as Sam. #bbcawdio (via shanella) She gazed forward, to where a grand, gold staircase dominated the far end. A woman in rich blue velvet stood at the top. (via jkathryne0510) She gathered all her courage, and walked towards the throng. Suddenly, the music died down. #bbcawdio (Via cafenirvana) The dance was too perfect, the smells too wonderful. It didn't feel real. Or rather, it felt more real than it should. (via mackenzie_finch) "What IS this place?" Sam wondered. The scene before her was wonderfully lavish, yet at the same time she felt a chill. (via loupok) Before her, a sea of revelers danced with ornate gowns glittering with gold and diamonds. #bbcawdio (via snarkspork) The smells of the most wonderful feast wafted to her, and her mouth began to water. It had been some time since she'd eaten. (via melodyg) Once Sam reached the top of the stairs, a grand archway opened up to her. Golden light shown brightly. #bbcawdio (via makingmymarc) As Sam climbed, the music got louder, and she was pulled irresistably towards it. #bbcawdio (via jshadl) It had seemed that Sam had been walking for hours by the time she reached the top of the stairs, but she couldn't be sure.(via hazeltwilight The stairs felt odd under her feet as she climbed - springy, like fresh grass. #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Putting the key in one pocket, & squeezing the marble egg in the other, she knew the only thing to do was join the party (via dstieglitz313) bbcaadminWed, 14 Oct 2009 18:59:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:118http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/117/bbcawdio-linebyline-scene-4.aspx#Comments19http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=117http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=117&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/117/bbcawdio-linebyline-scene-4.aspxOk, here's the line-by-line breakdown from Scene 4 of our epic tale. Remember to read from the bottom up. Had she told him her name? Sam wondered. She couldn't recall but pushed the thought aside. There was a staircase waiting. (via nettsche) Sam sighed. What was that supposed to mean? Why did everyone here have to speak in riddles? #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) "Just remember, lass, the most important doors are the hardest ones to find," Finnigan said before he disappeared. #bbcawdio (via selorian) "How do you know my name?!" Sam asked, startled. #bbcawdio (via loupok) "I best get 'round back with this delivery before Her Excellency has m' head, and you best start climbing, young Sam." (via Taragel) "She collects all sorts of things. Doors too, and memories, and dropped intentions." He sighed. "This is all I can do." (via luiswulf) "What's this for?" Sam asked. She still wasn't sure how much she could trust this Finnegan character. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) He reached deep into his pocket and quickly handed her a key. #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) "...if you find yourself in trouble in there, rub that trinket of yours three times. Remember that, three times." (via simon_staffans) "Well this is as far as I can take you Miss, but before you go..." #bbcawdio (via doodlewhale) Sam began to feel her hands clamming up and her heart race. #bbcawdio (via Jennyworsley) Sam took a peep outside & she saw a long flight of stairs that shimmered in the moonlight. #bbcawdio (via cafenirvana) The music was louder now, and mixed with a babble of voices. #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Sam glowered, and opened her mouth to protest, but suddenly the carriage came to a halt. #bbcawdio (via Taragel) "Aye. You're not more than two hundred, if that." Finnegan replied. "And didn't I tell you to say nothing?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) "Little lass?" Sam asked after they had passed by the footmen. #bbcawdio (via tombness) "Very well then," the first footman said. "Carry on." He waived his wooden hand forward, and the carriage continued on. (via dstieglitz313) "This little lass is comin' to the party. She should amuse Her Excellency". Sam thought the comment ominous, but said nothing. (via celebelei) "And who is your passenger?" the other footman asked. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) Finnegan smiled, and put a finger to his lips. "That's for Her ears only, you know that. And Her eyes, too." (via mackenzie_finch) "What have you got for Her Excellency today, Finnegan?" One of the footmen said as he opened the carriage door #bbcawdio (via loupok) They looked like life-size puppets, and were holding long spears. #bbcawdio (Via dstieglitz313) "Say nothing." she heard Finnegan hiss as the cart rumbled to a stop. "And, whatever happens, keep that egg out of sight." (via valeca) Two footmen approached the carriage. #bbcawdio (via snarkspork) Sam tightened her grip on the egg. She felt somehow comforted by it #bbcawdio (via doodlewhale) Sam reached down to the tiny egg in her pocket. #bbcawdio (via snarkspork) The egg in her pocket began to pulse as the carriage came to a stop. #bbcawdio (via B3gillin) Sam had a nagging feeling that she may have just become the grandest trinket of all. #bbcawdio (via selorian) From within the carriage, Sam saw halls of marble, of alabaster, of mithril. They all were beautiful, but ... (via khohannessian) Once they had finished passing through the gate, it faded away just as quickly and mysteriously as it had appeared. (via dstieglitz313) The wagon was filled with marbles, bracelets, gemstones. Sam sat down abruptly as the wagon lurched into motion. #bbcawdio (simon_staffans) Sam stepped into the carriage. #bbcawdio (via glenbw) Finnegan began to lead his horses and carriage into the castle, as Sam stared. "Not joining us after all?" he asked. (via dstieglitz313) "carry on", said the woman, "and make it a good haul; Her excellency is in a mood tonght" #bbcawdio (via youstruckgold) Handing it over, Sam could only stare as a gate appeared out of nowhere on the castle wall. It slowly swung open. (via simon_staffans) Finnegan turned to Sam. "Now," he said, "Your entry fee. That bracelet will do." #bbcawdio (via dnairnw) The little man tipped his hat and bowed to the woman. "Just collecting the entrance fee for Her Excellency's party here." (via luiswulf) Quick as a flash, Sam bent down and picked it up. #bbcawdio (via ange1ina)  as she leaned out, the bracelet on the woman's thin wrinkled wrists fell out the window and landed just behind sam's foot (via youstruckgold) She leaned out of the window. "Trinkets I see? What have you brought for me? Are they shiny? Are they bright?" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Sam couldn't see the woman's face clearly, but she couldn't help but stare... the woman had a green glow about her. #bbcawdio (via almeldiel) "Finnegan!" the woman called out. "You going to be lazing about out there all day when there's work ta be done?" (via dstieglitz313) Sam quickly curled her fingers around the egg and shoved it in her pocket. #bbcawdio (via techtigger) Music was playing somewhere behind the castle walls. A light, springy melody, it was beckoning to Sam. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "But I don't have any other trinkets" Sam said desperately. Just then, a window opened on the tower and a woman leaned out (via taragel) She rolled it between her fingers. The green vein grew brighter. #bbcawdio (via moirawrite) Then he lowered his eyes and whispered, "You best put that away Miss, before anyone sees." #bbcawdio (via vagabond_blue) Where had that come from, Sam wondered. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) It was a marble egg, tiny and pulsating, with a shell of rich veined green . The little man eyed it voraciously. #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) The man blinked, "I can't hardly believe! I haven't seen something like that in years!" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) She looked down at the object she had pulled out then.... #bbcawdio (via loupok) "No one would dare insult Her Excellency like that!" Sam stammered, trying to sound insulted herself. #bbcawdio (via nataliefyffe) "Oh quite sure!" as she pulled the object out of her pocket, hoping it would pass for a trinket #bbcawdio (via didius111) Sliding her fingers into her pocket, they landed against something smooth and warm. #bbcawdio (via terencewest) He walked up to here and eyed Sam up and down. "Are you quite sure you're invited?" he said, his nose wrinkling slightly (via simon_staffans) Sam took a step back, patting her pockets. She felt a small bump in the left one, just about the size and shape of a marble (via thessilian) "Her Most Excellent Collector of Things requires a trinket from all that attend," he said as he stepped from the carriage. (via selorian) The man nodded, then scowled. "Well then! Where's your trinket, now? No admittance without one, as you well know." #bbcawdio (via luiswulf) Sam looked down for a moment, then steeled herself. She might as well play along til things were sorted. "Yes, of course!" (via melodyg) The little man seemed to notice her for the first time. "Well hello there miss, you come for the party too?" he asked (via simon_staffans) "Wait!" Sam shouted after the little man. "Can you tell me where I am?" #bbcawdio (via nycteris) The carriage stopped abruptly at the base of the tower. The little man banged on the side of the vehicle: "Delivery time!" (via luiswult) In the back of his carriage were numerous trinkets of all sorts. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) "Tiddle dee dee and a Tally Ho!" shouted the little man. #bbcawdio (via dannygunter) Sam jumped out of the way as the carriage nearly ran her down. #bbcawdio (via WotV) A small carriage driven by a little man cracking a whip over six tiny horses barreled down the street toward her. #bbcawdio (via selorian) bbcaadminWed, 14 Oct 2009 15:25:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:117http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/116/bbcawdio-Day-2-The-Story-So-Far.aspx#Comments12http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=116http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=116&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/116/bbcawdio-Day-2-The-Story-So-Far.aspx We're just about to launch Day 2 of the #bbawdio novel and here's a quick summary of the story so far. We've been loving all of your creative contributions!  First line: Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, “We don't love you anymore.” (Posted by Neil Gaiman, @neilhimself)  Scene 1: The girl in the mirror speaks ominously to Sam of a promise once made to “them.” Sam tries desperately to remember and a memory flickers of a devil’s bargain she once made—the same day her brother disappeared. Then everything fades as Sam slips through the mirror into another world. Scene 2: Sam wakes up in darkness on the other side of the glass. She’s only able to look on in horror while her mirror twin slips into her place in the world. Even her own mother doesn’t seem to recognize that she has been replaced by a substitute. As she begins to succumb to fear and panic, a voice in the darkness stops her. There’s a mysterious puppet speaking to her. The puppet suggests that the way out is not through the mirror and that it’s Sam’s own fault that this is happening. The puppet also tells Sam she is nothing more than a puppet herself in some ways, even making her dance as if she were on strings. It warns Sam that time is passing and the more she lingers, the more danger there is of her mirror twin causing unspeakable harm in Sam’s world. But it offers help—of an enigmatic sort. Unable to do much else, Sam follows the puppet further into this dark world. Scene 3: Sam is trying to piece together where she is and what is happening. She has a faint memory of the day she made the promise to save her brother’s life. But it is elusive and fades before she can truly remember much. Suddenly the darkness gives way to light, as Sam finds she’s in the middle of a glittering city. It is a curious place, seemingly made of wood and wax, with many towers. She looks around and realize she is alone. Scared and confused, Sam searches for a way out, only to hear an eerie voice taunting her with an insidious rhyme. She runs to escape the voice to the nearest tower, but before she can gain entry, a loud cracking noise echoes from behind her. bbcaadminWed, 14 Oct 2009 12:50:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:116http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/115/bbcawdio-Line-by-Line-Scene-3.aspx#Comments21http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=115http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=115&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/115/bbcawdio-Line-by-Line-Scene-3.aspxSorry for the delay everyone. We're trying to suss out exactly what the problem is with Twitter (it doesn't seem to be an API issue) but while we do that here's the line-by-line update for Scene 3 so far. We may have to reconvene tomorrow (9 AM EST) unfortunately but it was a great first day for the project! Thanks to all for their creative and engaging submissions. Read from the bottom up! Baffled, Sam stopped in her tracks. A loud crack behind her made her turn around. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Frantically, she looked for a door. She ran widdershins around the building but could find nothing. #bbcawdio (via lionnesss) The tower now loomed before her, tiny lights twinkling from its tiny windows. #bbcawdio (via mildmojo) "Shut up!" Sam screamed and she started to run towards the city, hoping to leave the whispering voice behind. #bbcawdio (via hirschic) Only laughter could be heard floating in the wind. #bbcawdio (Via click2carney) "But I didn't!" Sam screamed. "I made the promise to save him!" #bbcawdio (via bryansarrasin) Sam turned but there was no one there "What a heartless Sam is she. Let him down didn't she?" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Something sang in her ear, wicked and soft. "Sam, Sam, heart of stone, let her brother die alone." #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) Her brother. What happened to her brother? She strained at the memory of him. But he vanished like mist in her mind. (via makingmymarc) A memory danced at the back of her mind, just out of reach. Just as she thought she had it, the wind whispered in her ear. (via selorian) She trudged forward, grasping at the memories of what had happened before the darkness fell. There was a garden and...#bbcawdio (via taragel) The puppet hadn't exactly been helpful, Sam thought. What was she supposed to do here? #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) Setting her sights on the largest of the towers, she sighed and begun to walk. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) The wind whirled around her. Distance noises hid just outside her hearing. She suddenly felt very alone. #bbcawdio (via undeadlibrarian) In the inky sky above hung only the faint sliver of what Sam assumed must be a moon, shining with a pale, green light. (via jlawrencem) Although she was not fond of the puppet, she did miss having a companion. Now she was lost and alone. #bbcawdio (via L_veg) Quickly she spun around hoping to find the wooden man. #bbcawdio (via didius111) "Have I been here before?" Sam asked, turning to the puppet, only to find herself alone. #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) Sam stared at the city that seemed to be made out of wood and wax. There were tiny windows in tiny towers off in distance. (via makingmymarc) She experienced the odd sensation of simultaneously being somewhere quite familiar and somewhere altogether unknown...#bbcawdio (via nmfox) Out of nowhere, it seemed, the pair had arrived at a city, illuminated from some strange source. Sam had to squint. #bbcawdio (via jmag21) Sam felt she'd had quite enough surprises for one day, and was on the point of saying so when the darkness lit up. (via mackenzie_finch) "If I told you that, it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?" joked the Puppet #bbcawdio (via lilrebel616) "Fine", said Sam, suddenly more irritated than scared. "At least tell me where we're going!" #bbcawdio (via simon_staffans) "What will you give me in exchange for it? A memory, a lock of hair? Another...promise?" #bbcawdio (via techtigger) "You still haven't told me your name!" shouted Sam. #bbcawdio (via gulliverbear) The puppet turned and began to shuffle away into the darkness. Sam hesitated and then hurried after him. #bbcawdio (via wmsnedden) bbcaadminTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:50:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:115http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/114/Technical-Difficulties.aspx#Comments16http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=114http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=114&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/114/Technical-Difficulties.aspxWell it's 4:25 pm and Twitter has decided it's heard enough out of us today. We'll keep trying to update/retweet but although all systems should be a go (API is fine...etc.) Twitter's refusing to update us. Sorry for the break in your regularly scheduled storytelling everyone. We'll post as soon as we can.bbcaadminTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:26:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:114http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/113/bbcawdio-Linebyline-Scene-2.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=113http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=113&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/113/bbcawdio-Linebyline-Scene-2.aspxGood job everyone! We'll soldier on to Scene 3 and then post an update at the end of the day with summary of the story so far! Here's line-by-line breakdown of Scene 2 (read from the bottom up): 1.      The puppet smiled. A far more human smile, and more disturbing for that. "Well. Shall we begin, my dear?" #bbcawdio (via mackenzie_finch) "Nothing. Or Everything. It all depends on how you play the game." #bbcawdio (via karie122)  Terrified, Sam turned back towards the mirror, "What will she do? What will she do to them?" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "The answer is before you. But ask yourself: What will happen if SHE is THERE too long?" #bbcawdio (via anglotastic) "But what does that mean? What will happen if I'm here too long?" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "Do you think I was born a puppet, my dear? This place changes us all." #bbcawdio (via l_veg) "While the clock ticks in our world, the clock also ticks in yours..." #bbcawdio (via angerfork) "What do you mean 'I don't have the time?'" #bbcawdio (via allfades) "Want… need… there's very little difference if you stop to think about it. Of course YOU don't have the time…"#bbcawdio (via mocando) "No, I suppose not," the puppet sighed. It flicked its wrist dismissively and released her. "Just trying to prove a point." (via terencewest) "I don't WANT to get used to it!" Sam yelled, struggling with all her might to escape whatever powers were controlling her. via bryansarrasin) "Stop it," she yelled, "stop it! This isn't funny!" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "It's not so bad, really--once you get used to it," the puppet said. #bbcawdio (via erikscottdebie)10 minutes ago from TweetDeck The puppet extended its fingers, and began to move its hands up and down like it was playing a piano. Sam began to dance. (dstieglitz313) "What do you-?" Sam began, and then stopped as she felt the soft tug of silken strings lifting her off her feet. #bbcawdio (mackenzie_Finch) "You brought this on yourself," the puppet replied gently, glancing away. They never forget a promise." (via anew15) The puppet raised its hand and twitched a finger. As it did so, Sam was horrified to feel her own arm respond. #bbcawdio (via wmsnedden) Sam wiped away a tear with the back of her hand. "What do you mean?" she asked in a trembling voice. #bbcawdio (via foggymoontour) "Besides, you're hardly one to talk, my dear," said the puppet, a little sadly. #bbcawdio (via Nokomarie) "I thought that would be rather obvious," the doll answered. "It would seem I'm not the only one with a head of wood." (via terencewest) "How can you help? You're just a puppet." The puppet got up, and Sam took a step backwards. #bbcawdio (via reeshageppart) Sam hestitantly moved toward the puppet, her heart pounding faster and faster. #bbcawdio (via click2carney) "I can help. No strings attached, if you pardon the pun." #bbcawdio (via sean_mcdevitt) Sam stepped back, "What are you? What is this place?!" #bbcawdio (via hazeltwilight) "You can speak?" she asked. #bbcawdio (via litomnivore) The puppet shifted slightly. Sam shrieked. "No need to scream, dear" the puppet said #BBCawdio (via Groovygeekygirl) The puppet was old, worn. Its stitched smile slanted, as if the thread had been unraveled by a careless child years ago. (via furious jack) "I did." The voice was friendly enough-accented and low-but it had an edge to it that made Sam's skin prickle. #bbcawdio(via mackenzie_finch) She whirled around, searching for the voice. the only thing she could see was an old puppet, slumped on its side. #BBCawdio(via paulcrilley) Sam turned around but there was only darkness. "Who said that?!" #bbcawdio (via tombness) A voice came from behind Sam, "You won't get back through that way, dear." #bbcawdio (via nmtox) Sam turned around, fumbling through the darkness , trying to find something, anything to use to break the mirror. #bbcawdio(via doodlewhale) Her mother and the other self stood up and left the room, turning the light out. Now all was darkness. #bbcawdio (via lucia_wilde) "Remember your promise," her reflection whispered, with a cruel smile. #bbcawdio (via wmsnedden) The imposter smiled up at her mother then turned to look at Sam in the mirror #bbcawdio (via aarsic) She pressed her fingers hard against the mirror, but it remained impenetrable. (via khohannessian) "Mum, that isn't me! Mum!" Sam cried, but they couldn't hear. Or rather, only her imposter could. #bbcawdio (via erikscottdebie) Her mother gave the double a hug, showing no sign of recognizing that this girl was not her daughter. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) The other Sam winked to the mirror before turning to greet her visitor. #bbcawdio (via colinyoung) She screamed as loud as she could, but her mother just smiled and ran her fingers through the imposter's hair. #bbcawdio (via anglotastic) Suddenly, she saw her mother enter the room and walk towards the girl that wasn't her #bbcawdio (via surfingsue) Sam leaned forward, "Please," she cried, "Please don't leave me in here!" #bbcawdio (via Hazeltwilight) She slammed the palms of her hands against the glass over and over again. #bbcawdio (via dstieglitz313) Sam had gone through the looking glass. But it wasn't all white rabbits and Mad Hatters. It was horrible. #bbcawdio (via terencewest) She stared in horror. She could see herself sitting in her room brushing her hair. #bbcawdio (via paulcrilley) On the other side sat a girl who looked exactly like her, with a malevolent smile on her face. #bbcawdio (via iainabernathy) Frightened she fell back, tears slipping down her cheeks. #bbcawdio (via Hazeltwilight) She reached toward the light and tapped experimentally on the thick glass. #bbcawdio (via erikscottdebie) As she felt her way towards it, she realized that the faint light came from the other side of the mirror. Her side. #bbcawdio (via devikat) It was a reassuring glow and in the darkness it was the only thing she could focus on as she stumbled to her feet. #bbcawdio (via auilix) When she woke up Sam could only see a few feet in front of her. All the light had vanished except a strange glow... #bbcawdio (via allfades)  bbcaadminTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:54:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:113http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/112/bbcawdio-Linebyline-Scene-1.aspx#Comments26http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=112http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=112&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/112/bbcawdio-Linebyline-Scene-1.aspx Ok, we're off to a great start. Your creativity is amazing! Here's scene #1 but remember: read from the bottom up! 1. And then Sam felt herself slip through the glass and its cold, smooth emptiness. (via Heraldeditrix) 2. And all she could hear now in the darkness was laughter. (via unrealfred) 3. She stopped struggling and embraced the darkness. . (via dstieglitz313) 4. It was then she knew that she would have to let go of everything, let the dark-mirror take her... (via Heraldeditrix) 5. The voices.. they were familiar now. They had taken him, and she had begged to follow. She had promised... (via lizmcgregor) 6. Mirrors. There had always been mirrors. It's where they all resided (via aarsic) 7. She remembered the day she had made the deal. They day everything went wrong, the day her brother went away. (via paulcrilley) 8. A memory fluttered in Sam's mind. A garden. A swing. A mirror glittering in the leaves... (via mookychick) 9. Sam grabbed for her hairbrush, but it just passed through her hand like smoke on a breeze. (via doodlewhale) 10. She tried to remember her who she was, the feel of her fingers and toes, what sunlight felt like. (via jinxed_wood) 11. Reality was flickering around her, things once solid blinking in and out of existence. (via queensowntalia) 12. "It's our turn. You promised." (via wotv) 13. Sam began to tremble and sweat. The reflection in the mirror said, Sam, don't fight this. You will only lose. (via luvmuch2) 14. And then as the room faded so did she. FIrst her body and then her very thoughts. She tried to hold on... (via L_veg) 15. It's happening, the girl's voice said, because it has to happen. (via hazeltwilight) 16. Sam was transfixed. How could this be happening? she thought. (via gwenners) 17. The room on the other side of the mirror was fading, the mirror going gradually black. (via meadhbh) 18. That was when she noticed the shadows creeping toward her reflection. (via paulcrilley) 19. The lights of her dressing room began to dim. (via reddingofish) 20. Sam picked up her hairbrush and made as if to hurl it at the reflection, but then a funny thing happened.... (via tattsjane) 21. Sam tried to tear her gaze away, an effort to push away the reflection's words, but her eyes were drawn back to it. (Via zhalfim) 22. We've always been here for you. You don't remember do you? (via aarsic) 23. I don't understand said Sam. We know said the reflection, looking sad. (Via mo_ali) 24. "You're just a pale reflection of us, Sam," the girl in the mirror said with a sad look in her eyes. (via selorian) 25. "We?" Sam's voice trembled. "Who's 'we'?" (via gulliverbear) 26. Sam reached out slowly to touch the mirror. That's not how it works, dear the reflection replied. (via bryansarrasin) 27. The woman looking across the divide certainly resembled her, yet the lines of her face told a far older story. (via colinyoung) 28. Her reflection stared back at her as if waiting for her to reply. (via hirschic) 29. You've been a disappointment to us, Sam. We always thought you were the one. via (paulcrilley) 30. Sam fell backwards, off of her stool, then peeked up over the edge of the table at her own reflection (via PockyBum522) 31. Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled & said, We don't love you anymore. (via neilhimself)    bbcaadminTue, 13 Oct 2009 16:56:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:112http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/111/Twitter-Audio-T-minus-60-to-Launch.aspx#Comments16http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=111http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=111&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/111/Twitter-Audio-T-minus-60-to-Launch.aspxWow! The response to this storytelling experiment has been amazing! The Twitter community has really embraced this idea, retweeting it hundreds of times and in many different languages too! Mainstream publications such as Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, CNet.com, and more have also spread the news. Of course, we're so excited to have the amazing, bestselling and award-winning Neil Gaiman kicking things off for us at Noon EST today. He gave us a sneak peek at his opening and it's fantastically imaginative and chilling. (Just like you'd expect from the author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book!) Then it will be up to you! Remember that you can see all the submitted tweets by searching the hashtag #bbcawdio if you like, but we'll be retweeting the ones that push the story forward in new and interesting directions at @BBCAA. We'll try to shape a narrative out of all your creative ideas as quickly and spontaneously as possible. So bear with us! It will be messy and chaotic and maybe we'll go off in some crazy directions. But that's all part of the fun. Once we're approaching 1000 lines retweeted, we'll cap things off. (Please keep in mind we are but human and may need to take some hiatuses in there!) But you can continue the story. Maybe there'll be sequels and trilogies? It's all up to you. Stay tuned to this blog because we'll summarize the story in progress as we go. Thanks for joining us on this storytelling adventure!bbcaadminTue, 13 Oct 2009 14:59:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:111http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/110/Twitter-an-Audio-Story-with-Neil-Gaiman.aspx#Comments126http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=110http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=110&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/110/Twitter-an-Audio-Story-with-Neil-Gaiman.aspxYou can write an original audiobook story on Twitter with New York Times Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman!   Starting October 13 at Noon EST, Neil Gaiman (known as @Neilhimself) will launch a special round-robin interactive storytelling experience. He'll tweet the first line of the story and then the rest is up to you! Just login to your Twitter account (registration is free) to continue the story.  How Does it Work? Read the opening line of the story tweeted by Neil (or catch up with it in progress by visiting #bbcawdio) and then follow us at http://www.twitter.com/BBCAA to post the next sentence of the story (tweets must be 140 characters or less) like this: @BBCAA Your Tweet Here #bbcawdio (Please use both the @BBCAA and the #bbcawdio tags to be sure we see your contribution!)  This special choose-your-own-adventure style story will also be chronicled here on our blog as the story unfolds with its myriad twists and turns created by YOU! What Happens Next? When roughly 1000 Tweets are logged, we’ll edit the contributions and compile a script, then head into the studio to record and produce the audiobook. The final audiobook will be downloadable free on our website and also available as a digital download at iTunes and other audiobook retailers. (Please see our legal release for further rules and information.) About Neil Gaiman  Neil Gaiman is the author of the novels The Graveyard Book (New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Best Audiobook of the Year), Coraline, Neverwhere, Stardust, Anansi Boys, the Hugo-and Nebula-winning American Gods, the Sandman series of graphic novels, and several collections of short fiction. Originally from England, he now lives in Minneapolis. Visit his blog at www.neilgaiman.com. Stay tuned to this blog and our Twitter page (@BBCAA) for more updates, news and special giveaways!  bbcaadminMon, 12 Oct 2009 13:12:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:110http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/100/On-the-Roadwith-Katherine-Kellgren.aspx#Comments15http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=100http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=100&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/100/On-the-Roadwith-Katherine-Kellgren.aspxOur Marketing Director Michele Cobb and Audie-Award-winning narrator Katherine Kellgren hit the highway for a road trip to the Behind the Microphone special event at Cranford Public Library in Central, New Jersey earlier this week. Library Director John Malar and Katherine smile  for the camera before the event. Despite relying on the dubious navigational skills of one of our friends from Hachette Book Group, Katherine and I made it out to lovely Cranford, New Jersey where we tasted local eats and then spoke to about 25 library patrons. To assist with her reading, Katherine carefully marked up this mansucript page with notes on pronunciation and emphasis. Katherine talked with the group about her background in audio. It turns out she recorded her first audiobook for her father many years ago and had no idea that narrating would later turn out to be her career. Trained in dialog work in London (where they “beat her American accent out of her”), she wowed the audience with a selection from the new Barbara Taylor Bradford book Breaking the Rules. She effortlessly segued between British and American accents and the audience was able to see the subtle shifts in facial expressions and body language that reveal what a master she is at her craft. Katherine reads a challenging excerpt--with multiple  accents!--from Barbara Taylor Bradford's latest tome. The library patrons had great questions and a number of them were aspiring narrators themselves. (We're expecting their demo tapes any day now.) All in all, it was a great day in sunny New Jersey! Look for upcoming Behind the Microphone events in December 2009 and February 2010. bbcaadminFri, 11 Sep 2009 14:48:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:100http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/91/Five-Days-Left-to-Enter-Win-with-Widgets-Contest.aspx#Comments13http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=91http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=91&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/91/Five-Days-Left-to-Enter-Win-with-Widgets-Contest.aspxThere's just five days left to enter for a chance to win a $50 iTunes Gift Card and a prize package of quality audiobook titles (with a retail value of more than $250). Enter today in three easy steps (see our official entry rules for more info): 1) Click on MENU in the top navigation bar of the widget below, then EMBED THIS PLAYER and copy the code. 2) Post it to your personal website and/or Facebook page (under My Stuff). 3) Send a link to the page you posted to us at contest@bbcaudiobooksamerica.com That's all it takes to be entered to WIN!bbcaadminFri, 28 Aug 2009 13:41:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:91http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/88/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-in-Concert.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=88http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=88&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/88/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-in-Concert.aspxIf you're a Tolkien fan, then you might just want to make a little pilgrimage to New York City the weekend of October 9-11. That's when Radio City Music Hall will be presenting The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring in Concert! A full orchestral performance of the score from the recent hit film, created by Howard Shore, will be perfectly synchronized to accompany a screening of the 178-minute movie. What more could a Ringer ask for? A special sound mix of the movie is created that allows for dialogue and light sound effects to be heard but that showcases the orchestra's performance, which is carefully timed using a special color-coded software that signals the conductor to passage changes and tempo fluctuations in the score. Maestro Ludvig Wicki conducts Switzerland’s 21st Century Orchestra, the Collegiate Chorale and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus and additional vocals will be sung by Soprano Kaitlyn Lusk.  The fall weekend will include other LOTR-themed events as well, including CD and book signings with Shore and Doug Adams, author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, and panel discussions with Tolkien linguist David Salo, who translated all choral lyrics for The Lord of the Rings scores, as well as illustrator/artist Colleen Doran. More events will be announced soon as well. Sounds like an event any LOTR fan would go to the ends of Middle Earth for!      bbcaadminThu, 13 Aug 2009 13:55:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:88http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/87/Former-Doctor-Tom-Baker-Returns-for-Who-Audiobooks.aspx#Comments19http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=87http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=87&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/87/Former-Doctor-Tom-Baker-Returns-for-Who-Audiobooks.aspxAs reported (to much fan fair) by Wired.com, the fourth actor to play the lead in the cult hit TV show Doctor Who, Tom Baker, who portrayed the time-traveling hero from 1974 to 1981, is returning to the iconic role--on audio! Baker is in the studio recording a new five-program series for BBC Audiobooks (look for them to be offered in our catalogue this coming January as a complete set). The Doctor Who: Hornets’ Nest series was penned by Paul Magrs and also stars Richard Franklin, Susan Jameson, and Rula Lenska. Now 75 years old, Baker is the Doctor most Americans recognize and associate with the role, since his episodes were some of the first to be imported and aired here on PBS in the 1980s. Fans will surely welcome the return of this beloved actor to the Who-niverse!bbcaadminTue, 04 Aug 2009 19:46:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:87http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/85/Live-from-New-York-Its-the-Mighty-Boosh.aspx#Comments22http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=85http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=85&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/85/Live-from-New-York-Its-the-Mighty-Boosh.aspx Last Week, BBCAA's Managing Editor Vikki Warner let her freak flag fly with the cast and creators of The Mighty Boosh, on their US tour. After New York, they headed out West and tomorrow night they'll be signing at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles (see our calendar for more details). BBCAA basks in the Brilliance of the Boosh Last week, on a routine visit to our New York offices, I was stunned to find out that my favorite comedy duo, The Mighty Boosh, were in town to promote the DVD release of all three seasons of their zoo-tastic show—the strangest and funniest thing ever to cross my television screen. A signing? Great! A “secret” show, at which they would perform and DJ for their obsessive fans? Heavenly. Frantically collecting our audiobooks and DVDs for the Boosh to sign, Editorial Director Jeff Golick (my boss and fellow Boosh-aholic) and I made our way downtown, where we met not only the show’s creators and stars, Julian Barratt (Howard Moon) and Noel Fielding (Vince Noir), but the rest of the cast (Rich Fulcher, who plays the very talented dancer Bob Fossil; Michael Fielding, who plays the shaman Naboo, and even Dave Brown, who plays Bollo the ape). They signed things for me, at which I squealed in delight. I took pictures, and probably talked a little too loudly. A couple of hours later, after a calming cocktail, I managed by some fancy footwork and the help of my BBC colleagues to get into the “secret” show, which was thrown by mySpace. From the looks of it, it was very much NOT a secret. The line was around the block, and maybe the next block. It was then that I truly realized that I am not alone in my abiding love for the Boosh. Several thousand New Yorkers in that line were SO with me. The show was really outstanding. I chanted, clapped, and sang my way through it with some fellow nerds…erm, I mean fans. And though my poor-quality photos betray the real atmosphere in the room, the place was filled with energy and excitement. Julian and Noel and the rest of the cast were funny through and through—they seemed to ad-lib a bit, and they’re great at it, but of course—and the costumes and film accompaniments were so fun. Just one woman, who had somehow stumbled in, didn’t seem impressed. She asked her companions what the hell they were doing there—and then loudly proclaimed that she was “getting away from these freaks.” Which was perfect—more room for us!  Listen to a clip of The Mighty Boosh's original hit radio sketch show. bbcaadminMon, 27 Jul 2009 18:32:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:85http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/84/Clip-4-Sneak-Peek-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspx#Comments15http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=84http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=84&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/84/Clip-4-Sneak-Peek-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspxHere's our final sneak preview clip of the original radio drama, TORCHWOOD: LOST SOULS. In this installment, the gang assumes aliases and makes their way into the particle lab to begin the investigation.   Want to hear more of the story? TORCHWOOD: LOST SOULS will be available in stores and online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble tomorrow.bbcaadminMon, 08 Jun 2009 18:20:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:84http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/83/Clip-3-Sneak-Preview-of-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspx#Comments26http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=83http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=83&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/83/Clip-3-Sneak-Preview-of-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspxHere's the third sneak preview clip in the original audio story, Torchwood: Lost Souls. Check back tomorrow for more of the story!     The Torchwood investigators are reunited with Doctor Martha Jones, who catches them up on the trouble at the CERN supercollider.bbcaadminSun, 07 Jun 2009 14:21:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:83http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/82/Clip-2-Sneak-Preview-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspx#Comments12http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=82http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=82&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/82/Clip-2-Sneak-Preview-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspxHere's the next Torchwood: Lost Souls clip! Come back every day June 5-8 for more of the story.   Clip 2: On the plane ride to Geneva, Captain Jack shares a story from the past.    bbcaadminSat, 06 Jun 2009 15:25:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:82http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/81/Exclusive-Sneak-Preview-of-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspx#Comments19http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=81http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=81&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/81/Exclusive-Sneak-Preview-of-Torchwood-Lost-Souls.aspxWe'll be posting exclusive sneak peeks of the first 10 minutes of Torchwood: Lost Souls this whole weekend, leading to the release of Lost Souls on CD this Tuesday, June 9. Here's the first 2 minutes and check back every day for more exciting adventures with Captain Jack and the gang. CLIP #1 Torchwood: Lost Souls -- The Torchwood team and Martha face danger at CERN in this special BBC radio episode, starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and Freema Agyeman. Following the tragic deaths of two of their colleagues, only Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones remain of Torchwood, protecting humanity against the unknown. Martha Jones, ex-time traveler and now working as a doctor for UNIT, has been called to CERN -- the world's largest particle physics laboratory. They're about to activate the Large Hadron Collider, designed to recreate conditions after the Big Bang and thus give an insight into what the Universe is made of. But so much could go wrong: it could open a gateway to a parallel dimension, or even create a black hole. Voices from the past are calling out to people from the LHC, and scientists have started to disappear. Where have they gone? What is lurking in the underground tunnel -- and do the dead ever really stay dead? Come back tomorrow for more from Torchwood: Lost Souls!  bbcaadminFri, 05 Jun 2009 16:26:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:81http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/78/Highlights-from-APAC-BEA-More.aspx#Comments1603http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=78http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=78&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/78/Highlights-from-APAC-BEA-More.aspxIt's been a busy few days for the BBCAA team as we took in the sights and sounds of the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) and Book Expo America (BEA) in the Big Apple. Thursday was the annual APAC to discuss the future of the audiobook industry. Plenty of topics were discussed in the publishers and narrators tracks including the embracing of new formats (esp. digital download), the pricing scheme of audiobooks, ways to reduce costs but still ensure quality in recordings, new developments like the Kindle's text-to-speech feature, productive ways to market in a budget-challenged economy, and many more. Several attendees lauded the keynote speaker Joshua Cooper Ramo's talk on new business models (his book, The Age of the Unthinkable, discusses this very topic) as riveting and practical, and many confessed they'd be buying his book as soon as possible. Things wrapped up in the early evening with a cocktail function and a raffle of some exciting prizes (Kudos to our lucky friends at Macmillan Audio who swept the goodies, including a Wii and a Tom-Tom! We'll be coming over to play next time we're in the city.) On Thursday evening it was off to the stately Roosevelt Hotel for the Independent Book Publishers Association's annual Benjamin Franklin Awards ceremony. BBCAA was lucky enough to have all three of the nominees in the Fiction Audiobook category this year, and we were delighted when Martin Misunderstood, written by Karin Slaughter and narrated by Seinfeld's Wayne Knight, was announced as the winner. Then to our further delight, our title The Good Rat, written by Jimmy Breslin and narrated by Richard M. Davidson, Richard Mover, and Kaipo Schwab, was named Best Nonfiction Audiobook. Special kudos to our executive producer Dan Hypes, who was in attendance with our narrators to celebrate at the ceremony. Friday kicked off the first day of the show floor at BEA. While our publishing, marketing, and sales team were fielding meetings from the spacious and convenient International Rights Center, crowds milled on the exhibits floors and attended panels in the meeting rooms below. The effects of the economy were evident as fewer publishers hosted booths this year and even the big publishing houses had less galleys and catalogs available for the picking. Most of the major houses saved their big copy giveaways for the author signing times, instead of stacking the ARCs on the floors of their booths as in previous years. Nevertheless, excitement was high and booksellers and librarians were still lining up in droves for much anticipated titles like Pat Conroy's South of Broad and the latest installment of the next big YA series, Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire. Friday night brought the prestigious annual Audie Award ceremony, held this year at the gorgeous New York Historical Society on Central Park West. Always a good time, the Audies' new format was an unqualified success with attendees. The shorter and more streamlined awards presentation offered more time to mingle and socialize at the cocktail hour and dessert reception. Publishers, producers, and narrators noshed on delicious hors d'ouerves, filet mignon, fingerling potatoes, chocolate cheesecake lollipops, and exotic fruit tarts, while admiring gorgeous landscape paintings and displays of historic documents and statuary. The awards ceremony was charmingly hosted by actor Tony Roberts and featured some exciting celebrity narrator appearances like Bronson Pinchot, Bobby Carnevale, David Sedaris, and Neil Gaiman. Gaiman, whose The Graveyard Book won the Audiobook of the Year award, has been one of the industry's biggest cheerleaders and he also Twittered throughout the ceremony. BBCAA was thrilled to win an Audie for Best Audio Drama for our full-cast production of Homer's The Odyssey. (You can listen to clips of our award winners on our product pages). After the Audies, we swept off to enjoy the swanky environs of The Hudson Hotel at the Playaway after party. The cozy library/bar with its quirky Holsteins-in-hats decor and the lovely outdoor bar/courtyard were bursting with folks. The hotel even had a light-up dance floor straight out of Saturday Night Fever. The party rocked on to the early hours (some of our staffers didn't get to bed till the sun came up!). Saturday morning came early and brought another round of meetings and one last pass--on very tired feet!--of the exhibit floor. Then it was into the car and road tripping back home down I-95. We thought the adventure was over, but a little flat tire problem found us detouring in lovely Rye, New York. We all became experts in packing and unpacking the trunk with luggage, but before long we were back home in the scenic Ocean State once more.  Another year, another great BEA experience!bbcaadminSun, 31 May 2009 23:03:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:78http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/77/Book-Expo-America-or-Bust.aspx#Comments18http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=77http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=77&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/77/Book-Expo-America-or-Bust.aspxJust pulled into town for the publishing industry's premiere conference, Book Expo America, and we're gearing up for the big events for the next few days. Thursday is the Audio Publishers Association's (APA) conference, where the future of the audio industry will be discussed in insightful panels with publishers, producers, narrators and other audio world professionals. Thursday night, the Independent Publishers Association will be presenting their prestigious Ben Franklin Awards for excellence in publishing. (With four nominees, we'll be crossing our fingers!) Friday night, the audiobooks industry's Oscar equivalents, the APA's Audie Awards, will be presented at the New York Historical Society and who knows which celebrity narrators might be in attendance? Two years ago, I got a little jolt to see the talented Michael Emerson--who was nominated for a narration award but is much better known as the cunning Ben Linus on TV's hit show LOST--milling about in a dapper suit at the cocktail hour and smiling (!), rather than working his dastardly magic on Jack and Locke and the other castaways. Last but certainly not least, the main event! Friday through Sunday are the big BEA show days, with numerous exhibits and hundreds of booths on the floor, galley grabbing, author signings, and interesting panels about social media, going green, the future of publishing, and other relevant topics. There is always so much to experience and not enough hours to cram it all in. The only guarantees are sore feet at the end of the day and sore shoulders (from lugging around those free totebags full of galleys). Stay tuned for show highlights and further coverage!bbcaadminWed, 27 May 2009 21:29:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:77http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/76/Sherlock-Holmes-Superhero.aspx#Comments25http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=76http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=76&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/76/Sherlock-Holmes-Superhero.aspxThe trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes flick starring Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law looks exciting. But will traditionalist Sherlock fans appreciate this savvy modern twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved tales?bbcaadminThu, 21 May 2009 19:31:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:76http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/68/10-Reasons-Why-Your-Book-Did-Not-Become-an-Audiobook.aspx#Comments18http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=68http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=68&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/68/10-Reasons-Why-Your-Book-Did-Not-Become-an-Audiobook.aspxHere at BBC Audiobooks America we see a lot of books and manuscript submisssions that aren’t quite right for an audio adaptation. It can often be a thin line, a finely nuanced distinction indeed, that separates those stories ideal for recording from those that are not.    But sometimes? Not so much.  Editorial Director Jeffrey Golick presents here a handful of good reasons why your precious pearls of wisdom may not make the cut as an audiobook.bbcaadminMon, 11 May 2009 13:48:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:68http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/67/Great-Mothers-Day-Listening.aspx#Comments11http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=67http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=67&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/67/Great-Mothers-Day-Listening.aspxMother's Day is right around the corner (this Sunday in fact!) and for those last-minute shoppers still looking for the perfect gift, we have the answer. Audiobooks are perfect for the busy mom on the go, or the one who wants to kick back and relax with a good story, or…well just about everyone. (And for those of you who don't want to spring for the speedy shipping, swipe your mom's iPod and load it up with digital download versions of these great selections!)bbcaadminTue, 05 May 2009 11:56:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:67http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/66/Getting-to-Know-You.aspx#Comments34http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=58&ModuleID=483&ArticleID=66http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=66&PortalID=0&TabID=58http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/TradeHome/Blog/tabid/58/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/66/Getting-to-Know-You.aspxWelcome to our new website! We’re thrilled you could drop in and see all the new features we’re launching. For those of you who are new to our site or to audiobook listening in general, we understand there can be a little confusion about what audiobooks really are all about. In an effort to clear up the confusion, we’ve created this handy primer on the common myths and misperceptions about BBCAA and audiobooks.bbcaadminFri, 01 May 2009 00:10:00 GMTf1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:66