{"id":10049,"date":"2019-11-27T15:21:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T04:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=10049"},"modified":"2019-12-22T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T03:49:22","slug":"i-dont-quite-know-tom-merritt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/features\/i-dont-quite-know-tom-merritt\/","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t quite know: Tom Merritt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I recorded an episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/idqk\"><strong><em>I don&#8217;t quite know<\/em><\/strong><\/a> with tech celebrity Tom Merritt. The episode focuses on his passion for writing and his process that&#8217;s led to him publishing a series of novels over the years.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/about-nano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Novel Writing Month<\/a> (AKA NaNoWriMo) we&#8217;ve decided <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/raj\/embed\/episodes\/S01E03---Tom-Merritt-e96mej\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to release the episode publicly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8154\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/27125145\/idqk-tom-merritt-1160x1160.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tom Merritt could easily be mistaken as the godfather of podcasting. His long-running Cnet show \u201cBuzz out Loud\u201d was one of the first true success stories of the burgeoning medium and has led to Tom\u2019s creation and involvement in dozens since.<\/p>\n<p>Today he produces &amp; hosts one of the most successful crowdfunded series on the internet, \u201dThe Daily Tech News Show\u201d, but behind the scenes he\u2019s quietly becoming one of our generation\u2019s most revered science fiction authors. 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