Here, we introduce the new podcast, inspired by how much we miss our fellow Crossroaders between the annual conferences. We kick off the podcast the same way we kicked off the 2013 conference: With Delilah S. Dawson. By the way, the weird lady in the photo with candy and pumpkins--that's Delilah S. Dawson.

Wordy South Social Hour, Episode 1 Dec 19

Award-winning screenwriter Max Adams joins Phillip Ramati for a conversation about telling stories with moving pictures. We hear a clip from NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty's keynote at the 2012 Crossroads Writers Conference. And we hear from novelist Tina McElroy Ansa about what John Oliver Killens taught her about writing... and learn why the conference is called Crossroads. With host, Chris Horne

Episode 2: Max Adams, Chris Baty, Tina McElroy Ansa

"Macon, Georgia My Home" by Bud Logan

During an interview for the Wordy South Social Hour podcast, journalist and freelance writer Susannah Breslin threw down the gauntlet. The challenge: Write a short story by Monday, January 27, 2014 and post it on your respective blog by 11:59 p.m. The Internet picks the winner. Loser is a chump. And mostly likely will be Chris Horne.

the Susannah Breslin Short Story Challenge

UA President Scott Scarborough and Chairman Jonathon Pavloff addressed the media after the Board of Trustees meeting. At the end, the Devil Strip asked about the errors on Dr. Todd Rickel's CV.

Scarborough said, "We briefed the board on that topic today and what we learned is that all those presentations were given and these were just title errors that had been corrected and reposted." 

I challenged that the errors included changing the conferences where the talks allegedly took place. 

Scarborough said, "My understanding is that these were just inconsequential changes to the title that were corrected." He later said he has looked at the two sections side-by-side. 

He ended the session saying, "We concluded these were honest mistakes."

Scarborough dismissive about errors on Dean Rickel's CV

AUDIO: Scarborough & Pavloff unedited Q&A

Jasen Sokol and Bobbi Horvath have Chris Horne, publisher of the Devil Strip on 1590 WAKR to discuss the series of stories he's published about University of Akron hires and contracts.

Chris Horne on 1590 WAKR with Jasen Sokol and Bobbi Horvath

An WMUM Interview with Josephine Bennett of Steve Wilson and Chris Horne about that newfangled fad blogging thing.

ChrisHorne