I’ve created an epub and pdf version of Sascha Martin’s Gobbly Goo, the story I narrated in the three podcast teasers. But I don’t have a cover design yet and I don’t see one of those arriving any time soon. Zombie Dust and Pitchy Witch have the same issue. And the Derry Girls book.

A Wee Bit of Integrity: Limericks After Derry Girls Seasons 1 and 2 The free sample is ready.

I’ve also finished the free samples for these books now: Sascha Martin’s Pitchy Witch Sascha Martin’s Zombie Dust The Fifth Line: Limericks After Lear Book One The Next Hundred Lears: Limericks After Lear, Book Two You’ll find them in the shop at JohnArthurNichol.com.

Sascha Martin’s Christmas Eve: the free sample is ready for download. More titles to follow.

I’ve started on the free samples of my books. The first ones are ready: Sascha Martin’s Rocket-Ship, Sascha Martin’s Time Machine and Sascha Martin’s Super Ball. These are the three full colour picture books that Manuela Pentangelo illustrated.

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I’m working out if I can host my podcast on micro.blog directly. I mean, I can, but I don’t think I have the skills to make sure everything looks right in Apple Podcasts. That all the information is there, and in the right fields.

I like quirky, unusual people, with offbeat humour and deep wells of laughter.

I’ve been trying micro.blog for a couple of years now, on and off. Recently I moved my website here. It feels right because we’re all works in progress - micro.blog, me, and my site.

I’ve had a lot of websites, too, which also felt fake. And I could never write email newsletters because … what on earth would I say?

I don’t use Facebook or Instagram, or the app formerly known as Twitter. I’ve tried them, and the remains of my efforts are still there, I think, but those apps never gelled with me. There was never a good use to make of them, for an introvert like me. It all felt very strange and artificial.

My kind of writing isn’t really meant for picture books. It goes on too long. It follows ideas into the undergrowth and loses sight of the main path. It arrives, eventually, but it’s all about the journey.

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As I voice what I’ve written, I’m confronted by the urge to rewrite. There’s always another way to say what’s been said, so no piece of writing is ever quite finished. Trying not to rewrite as I record is just one challenge among many.

I can only record audio on Sundays. The time in between fills up with self-doubt and criticism.

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Work continues on episodes of the podcast. When I started this I didn’t appreciate how many obstacles I’d be facing. Surely, I thought, I can record myself reading the stories.

I’m not an actor, though. I’m not a performer, and I’m not an audio engineer.

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It’s science on the fly as Sascha crafts a critically cataclysmic collision of cosmic consequence, and suddenly it’s the girls they’re all afraid of. Sascha Martin’s Zombie Dust.