{"id":10045,"date":"2016-11-28T21:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10045"},"modified":"2017-10-08T23:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T03:06:44","slug":"episode-196-myke-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-196-myke-cole","title":{"rendered":"Episode 196 &#8211; Myke Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mykecole.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mykecole.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10046\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-196-myke-cole\/img_0082\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0082.jpg?fit=436%2C640\" data-orig-size=\"436,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 350 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479758853&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.903&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_0082\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0082.jpg?fit=422%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10046\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0082.jpg?resize=525%2C771\" alt=\"img_0082\" width=\"525\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0082.jpg?w=436 436w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0082.jpg?resize=300%2C440 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0082.jpg?resize=422%2C620 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show #196: Myke Cole<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9417\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10045-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=10045-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I feel like the soul of writing is character, and the writers I admire the most are those who can evoke characters who are nothing like themselves.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mykecole.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10049\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-196-myke-cole\/shadowopscover-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?fit=992%2C1600\" data-orig-size=\"992,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shadowopscover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?fit=384%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10049\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?resize=220%2C355\" alt=\"shadowopscover\" width=\"220\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?resize=273%2C440 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1239 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?resize=384%2C620 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/ShadowOpsCover-1.jpg?w=992 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mykecole.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myke Cole<\/a> joins the show to talk about military fantasy and his fantasies about the military, his journey from IT to CIA to merc to Coast Guard to fantasy writer, his biggest nerd-out author moments, how he came up with his &#8220;<em>Black Hawk Down<\/em> Meets <em>The X-Men<\/em>&#8221; <em>Shadow Ops<\/em> series, what PTSD feels like, the importance of having a plan for crisis management, reconciling his art, politics, job, and readership, and more!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy his <em>Shadow Ops<\/em> books, starting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1937007243\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1937007243&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=104f0bb6dc6429a8dbd714c461dd02ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Control Point<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1937007243\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I take a tremendous amount of pride in being a difficult person to kill.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9418\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10045-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=10045-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" 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rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, before you can get to it, you&#8217;ve gotta wade through nearly 15 minutes of intro! It&#8217;s almost Marc Maron-like! If you wanna get past me talking about getting stood up by a publisher and discovering that I&#8217;ve become an anecdote in a business book (as well as my Myke intro), then skip to the 14:30 mark! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now go listen to the show!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Intelligence, at its root, is breaking the laws of other countries and stealing their shit. I understand it&#8217;s necessary, but it&#8217;s not nice and it&#8217;s not ethical.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_196_-_Myke_Cole.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-183-jeff-gomez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Gomez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-war-is-a-self-licking-ice-cream-cone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zachary D. Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-152-carol-tyler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol Tyler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-130-the-cult-of-experience-and-the-tyranny-of-relevance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Samet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-137-scott-mccloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott McCloud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a security contractor, government civilian and military officer, <a href=\"http:\/\/mykecole.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myke Cole<\/a>\u2019s career has run the gamut from Counterterrorism to Cyber Warfare to Federal Law Enforcement. He\u2019s done three tours in Iraq and was recalled to serve during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.<\/p>\n<p>All that conflict can wear a guy out. Thank goodness for fantasy novels, comic books, late night games of Dungeons and Dragons and lots of angst-fueled writing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Bring Me Down<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/davidanddavidmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Baerwald<\/a>, used with permission of the artist. The conversation was recorded at a friend&#8217;s apartment in NYC on a pair of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=URDAV7Z2QAHX4UAB\">Blue enCORE 200 Microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=4WKYIFHCCL6N44BR\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. 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