A regular accounting of The Three Fifty-seven published on the first Monday of each month.
The Month Ahead – Monday 1 January 2024
Hello, All,
Welcome to The Month Ahead for January 2024. It is my hope the upcoming year exceeds your expectations.
This issue is also a moment to look back on 2023 and publicly savor a few accomplishments.
Challenge Met
At the most elemental, The Three Fifty-seven challenged itself to blog, podcast, or both at least once a week for the year and that was accomplished. For further context, please note this production is a single narrator, fiction production. Refill my coffee cup for a toast!
As a byproduct, I am a better writer, narrator, and audio producer on 1 January 2024 than on 1 January 2023. Practice and repetition have value.
Select Highlights
Programming highlights included the following: 1) 22 episodes of IT SUITS HER; 2) Five episodes about poetry – yes, poetry – from the last 300 years; and 3) THE TABLE, an homage in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
The result is a year of work I’ll proudly claim.
But there were completely unexpected delights: a cross-promotion with the Madison On the Air podcast was ridiculous fun. And the inclusion of my narration of John Donne’s THE APPARITION (1633) in Micro podcast’s Late Great: Halloween Edition was a thrill.
Experiments
2024 is committed to a scheduled slate of programming plus experimenting with shows that organically combine social media and audio to develop characters and tell their stories. These shows, DON’T TOUCH THE TRAINS and SPIRITED, premiered in December and will progress for different lengths of time and at different paces.
Financial Support
The program is also taking steps toward seeking funding for its operational expenses such as its domain name and web presence.
Coffee – preferably black – is a constant companion. With that stated, a coffee cup seemed the best first symbol to request support.
The cup serves as a link to the home page of our Buy Me A Coffee campaign. Cheers and thanks for your consideration.
2024 Is Here
However, all of these begin with a season break in January. Nothing is scheduled but there are posts and episodes, including DON’T TOUCH THE TRAINS and SPIRITED, that will be released.
Enjoy the coming year and please know The Three Fifty-seven remains committed to its core belief that “Stories are Everywhere”.
Sincerely,
William E. Spear, Jr.
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