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The Diary Of A Wannabe Writer — 671 episodes

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1

161 Health update and RNLI rant (9th September 2026)

2

160 Surgery Update (23rd August 2026)

3

159 The Case Of The Deadly Decoy T. G. Campbell Interview (14th August 2026)

4

158 Man versus Bin (12th August 2026)

5

157 The Lord Of The Rings BBC Radio Drama (5th August 2026)

6

156 LHR to TFE to LHR (2nd August 2026)

7

155 Welcome to August (1st August 2026)

8

154 Dune: Obsession (31st July 2026)

9

153 Why has Paul Atreides got a pug? (30th July 2026)

10

152 I can’t talk about it (29th July 2026)

11

151 Dune Book and Film (28th July 2026)

12

150 My Other Podcast (27th July 2026)

13

149 The Odyssey (26th July 2026)

14

148 The “What Richard had for breakfast” Podcast (25th July 2026)

15

147 Music and Television (24th July 2026)

16

146 More Writing (23rd July 2026)

17

145 Chapter 30 started (21st July 2026)

18

144 Self Portrait Chapter 29 Signed Off (20th July 2026)

19

143 Watching Marvel (18th July 2026)

20

142 Cleaning Frenzy 3 - Civil Bore (15th July 2026)

21

141 Cleaning Frenzy Part 2 (14th July 2026)

22

140 Apathy Frenzy (13th July 2026)

23

139 Cleaning Frenzy Part 1 (12th July 2026)

24

138 Coin Locker Babies (11th July 2026)

25

137 Sad News and Writing (10th July 2026)

26

136 Another Nil Return (8th July 2026)

27

135 The Last of the Summer Wine fan podcast (7th July 2026)

28

134 Safely Home (6th July 2026)

29

133 I wonder if I’ve already used this episode title? (5th July 2026)

30

132 It’s US Independence Day and I completely forget to mention it on the podcast (4th July 2026)

31

131 Shattered in Singapore (3rd July 2026)

32

130 Sleep? What Sleep! (2nd July 2026)

33

129 DVD Hunting in Sydney (1st July 2026)

34

128 Sleepless In Singapore II (30th June 2026)

35

127 Unsober in Singapore (29th June 2026)

36

126 The Return of Emergency Questions (28th June 2026)

37

125 Mainly doing my other podcast today (27th June 2026)

38

124 Buy the kid an Ice Cream, Dad! (26th June 2026)

39

123 Still Recovering (25th June 2026)

40

122 Exceedingly-mega-tired (24th June 2026)

41

121 A disappointing update from Japan (23rd June 2026)

42

120 Can I please have Big Mac meal, fries, Sprite, and a medium Prime Minister? (22nd June 2026)

43

119 Haneda Bound (21st June 2026)

44

118 I’ve been Mr. Productive-Face today (20th June 2026)

45

117 What I ate, what I tidied, what I washed, and what I wrote (19th June 2026)

46

116 Four point five litres (18th June 2026)

47

115 WIEIAD (17th June 2026)

48

114 BOMbound (16th June 2026)

49

113 Finished Reading BSS8 (15th June 2026)

50

112 Home later than anticipated (12th June 2026)

51

111 Goodbye Doctor Who (11th June 2026)

52

110 More Memories (10th June 2026)

53

109 Antihistamines and Old Diaries (9th June 2026)

54

108 Twelve years ago today (8th June 2026)

55

107 Talking to people in various places (7th June 2026)

56

106 A music day (6th June 2026)

57

105 Back Home (5th June 2026)

58

104 Don’t let a moron order things from Amazon (4th June 2026)

59

103 Abbotsford (3rd June 2026)

60

102 Hello from the Borders (2nd June 2026)

61

101 The Play’s The Thing (1st June 2026)

62

100 Centenary Waffle (31st May 2026)

63

99 Waffling On in Texas (30th May 2026)

64

98 Sad News (29th May 2026)

65

97 A funny thing happened on the way to the bathroom (28th May 2026)

66

96 Scary Big Traffic Jam (27th May 2026)

67

95 The Case Of The Fatal Flaw (26th May 2026)

68

94 Hot! Hot! Hot! (25th May 2026)

69

93 Montréal Airport Showers and Arriving Too Early for John Lewis (24th May 2026)

70

92 Too Many People (23rd May 2026)

71

91 Dreams can’t come true (22nd May 2026)

72

90 Long Chapter (21st May 2026)

73

89 Decorating Aftermath (20th May 2026)

74

88 My spare room is done! (19th May 2026)

75

87 Mystery 8 (18th May 2026)

76

86 Sleeping in São Paulo (17th May 2026)

77

85 Being Productive in São Paulo (16th May 2026)

78

84 Writing in Brazil (15th May 2026)

79

83 No Writing and Who Rumours (9th May 2026)

80

82 Unexpectedly in Washington (8th May 2026)

81

81 Standing By (7th May 2026)

82

80 Three Chapters to Write (6th May 2026)

83

79 Renumbering (6th May 2026)

84

78 Take Two (4th May 2026)

85

77 Writing as a prelude to bagels (3rd May 2026)

86

76 Back on the wagon (2nd May 2026)

87

75 What I plan to do differently from today… (1st May 2026)

88

74 Creative Doldrums (28th April 2026)

89

73 Minor Progress (26th April 2026)

90

72 Chapter 24b (21st April 2026)

91

71 Writing but the Wrong Writing (20th April 2026)

92

70 Hammersmith and Bodies (19th April 2026)

93

69 Two days in a row! I’m spoiling you! (18th April 2026)

94

68 Death and Coving (17th April 2026)

95

67 Music and Writing (13th April 2026)

96

66 A Few Days Off (9th April 2026)

97

65 Home; Tired; Who! (5th April 2026)

98

64 Homeward Bound (4th April 2026)

99

63 A reflective mood (3rd April 2026)

100

62 Felafel and Sex Workers (2nd April 2026)

101

61 Mental Conspiracy Overdrive (1st April 2026)

102

60 Sydney Again (31st March 2026)

103

59 A Lazy Day (30th March 2026)

104

58 Next: Sleep! (29th March 2026)

105

57 Next: Singapore! (28th March 2026)

106

56 Chapter 26 is on the way (27th March 2026)

107

55 Done some bloomin’ writin’! (26th March 2026)

108

54 Just as incoherent at home (25th March 2026)

109

53 Practically incoherent in New York (23rd March 2026)

110

52 I should have written today (22nd March 2026)

111

51 Evri Versus DPD (21st March 2026)

112

50 Exhausted in Glasgow (19th March 2026)

113

49 Mostly Pizza (18th March 2026)

114

48 Bl**dy Tired (17th March 2026)

115

47 So long and thanks for all the Pizza (16th March 2026)

116

46 Venice Tomorrow (15th March 2026)

117

45 Empress and Self Portrait (14th March 2026)

118

44 Hip, Hip, Hooray (13th March 2026)

119

43 Tired (12th March 2026)

120

42 Life, The Universe, and Pizza (11th March 2026)

121

41 An offer to publish “The English Hikikomori” (10th March 2026)

122

40 Lego and Words (9th March 2026)

123

39 A busy weekend (8th March 2026)

124

38 Seriously, DPD are rubbish (6th March 2026)

125

37 My head is spinning (5th March 2026)

126

36 Some potentially very exciting news (4th March 2026)

127

35 DPD are rubbish (3rd March 2026)

128

34 The being awake for 23 hours podcast (2nd March 2026)

129

33 Ironing a shirt (1st March 2026)

130

32 Rob Grant (26th February 2026)

131

31 I just felt like it, okay? (25th February 2026)

132

30 Chapter 24 is signed off (22nd February 2026)

133

29 Writing Progress and a Short Break (20th February 2026)

134

28 A Toner, a Toner, my Kingdom for a Toner! (19th February 2026)

135

27 Writers and Writing (18th February 2026)

136

26 Statement by the new Shadow Minister for Books (17th February 2026)

137

25 Too Damned Energetic & Annoying (16th February 2026)

138

24 The Unofficial British Artists Top 20 (15th February 2026)

139

23 Self Portrait Chapter 23 Signed Off (14th February 2026)

140

22 Trek, Reading and Lego (13th February 2026)

141

21 Bed/Off (11th February 2026)

142

20 Giant Green Condom (10th February 2026)

143

19 I can’t write when I’m overtired (9th February 2026)

144

18 Live from Caffè Nero at arrivals (8th February 2026)

145

17 Writing in Texas (7th February 2026)

146

16 Houston (6th February 2026)

147

15 A Love Letter to Deep Space Nine (5th February 2026)

148

14 I have written my first chapter this year! (4th February 2026)

149

13 Wildlife Photographer of the Year (3rd February 2026)

150

12 Writing and Charting (2nd February 2026)

151

11 Four Days Off (1st February 2026)

152

10 Times Square from above and Other Musings (31st January 2026)

153

9 JFK is Cold (30th January 2026)

154

8 Two Days in a row? I’m spoiling you (29th January 2026)

155

7 Writing Update! (28th January 2026)

156

6 Pot Gang, Classic Cars and Pain (24th January 2026)

157

5 Back at work and almost writing (14th January 2026)

158

4 Weekly Update (12th January 2026)

159

3 Haitus (3rd January 2026)

160

2 Where is my husband? (2nd January 2026)

161

1 Welcome to 2026 (1st January 2026)

162

TRAILER: Season 3 (coming January 2026)

163

BONUS: My 2025 in Books

164

BONUS: In Conversation With…

165

BONUS: My 2025 in Music

166

BONUS: The Case Of The Scream In The Smog (Ambient Reading) by T. G. Campbell

167

300 Writing Roundup for 2025 (18th December 2025)

168

299 Almost a wrap for 2025 (17th December 2025)

169

298 Too Good To Go (16th December 2025)

170

297 A Writing Black Hole (15th December 2025)

171

296 Bugger All Really and Soup (14th December 2025)

172

295 Threading 90 tiny bits of string onto 90 plastic baubles (13th December 2025)

173

294 Answer Me This Podcast (12th December 2025)

174

293 Awaiting Room Service (11th December 2025)

175

292 Unexpectedly Mumbai-bound tomorrow (10th December 2025)

176

291 Who, Who, Who then Torchwood Too (8th December 2025)

177

290 Too tired to watch the Doctor Who spinoff (7th December 2025)

178

289 Egyptian Licorice and editing out Christmas (6th December 2025)

179

288 Live from Sausalito (5th December 2025)

180

287 San Fran Bound (4th December 2025)

181

286 Alius Anima (2nd December 2025)

182

285 Why I wouldn’t work at Sun Hill (29th November 2025)

183

284 Departing Singapore (28th November 2025)

184

283 I love it when a (chapter) plan comes together! (27th November 2025)

185

282 I was tired and confused yesterday (26th November 2025)

186

281 Chapter 20 (25th November 2025)

187

280 Sydney Again (24th November 2025)

188

279 Richard Lives! (23rd November 2025)

189

278 Singapore Tiger (22nd November 2025)

190

277 PA O'Mahoney Interview (19th November 2025)

191

276 Busy doing something (18th November 2025)

192

275 Rebooking A Swim (17th November 2025)

193

274 Is that Jim Bergerac? (16th November 2025)

194

273 Words and Soup (15th November 2025)

195

272 Productive (14th November 2025)

196

271 The Taming Of The Bard Book Launch (13th November 2025)

197

270 No Writing (12th November 2025)

198

269 Wayne the heartless b*st*rd (11th November 2025)

199

268 Swimming, Shopping and Writing (10th November 2025)

200

267 Chapter 18 (9th November 2025)

201

266 Writing, Karaoke & Stupid Council Bureaucracy (8th November 2025)

202

265 Quaerimus Yunnis (7th November 2025)

203

264 Spring Cleaning In Autumn (6th November 2025)

204

263 I’ll Be There For You (5th November 2025)

205

262 What A Beautiful Horizon (4th November 2025)

206

261 Working on Chapter 17 (3rd November 2025)

207

260 Matcha Bye! (1st November 2025)

208

259 A Dismal Failure (31st October 2025)

209

258 Isn’t it bit early in the day for a podcast? (29th October 2025)

210

257 Midsomer Crime Statistics (28th October 2025)

211

256 Thoughts on the future (27th October 2025)

212

255 A Successful Weekend (26th October 2025)

213

254 Live from “Authors At The Armouries” (25th October 2025)

214

253 Too Many D*ld*s! (24th October 2025)

215

252 The 30% Club (23rd October 2025 )

216

251 A Closure of sorts (22nd October 2025)

217

250 Èr bǎi wǔ (21st October 2025)

218

249 More Swimming & More Writing (20th October 2025)

219

248 Chapter 15 (19th October 2025)

220

247 Please Don’t Listen To This, It’s the Worst Podcast I’ve Ever Done (18th October 2025)

221

246 Swimming & Editing (17th October 2025)

222

245 Fitness (16th October 2025)

223

244 Busy Doing Nothing (15th October 2025)

224

243 Hardwick and Home (14th October 2025)

225

242 Live from the past (13th October 2025)

226

241 Live From Bolsover (12th October 2025)

227

240 Back For Good (11th October 2025)

228

239 Six Thousand Word Writing Explosion (8th October 2025)

229

238 September in October (6th October 2025)

230

237 Another Grovelling Apology (5th October 2025)

231

236 Live from a treadmill (3rd October 2025)

232

235 Six Hundred and Seventy-six minute deadline extension (1st October 2025)

233

234 Hip or Boat? (30th September 2025)

234

233 Another writing day lost to jet lag (29th September 2025)

235

232 Chapter 12 starts (28th September 2025)

236

231 Stupidly Tired (25th September 2025)

237

230 Busy Doing Nothing (24th September 2025)

238

229 Richard the music critic! (23rd September 2025)

239

228 More Jet Lag (22nd September 2025)

240

227 Bagel Hunter! (21st September 2025)

241

226 Deja Vous (20th September 2025)

242

225 The Triptych (19th September 2025)

243

224 Awake at the wrong times (18th September 2025)

244

223 Writers in the rain (17th September 2025)

245

222 All The Twos (16th September 2025)

246

221 Off to JFK (15th September 2025)

247

220 Deadline Cliffhanger (14th September 2025)

248

219 Yeah (13th September 2025)

249

218 Working on Chapter 10 (12th September 2025)

250

217 Final Day Off From Writing (10th September 2025)

251

216 Daventry Museum (9th September 2025)

252

215 Empress Thoughts (8th September 2025 )

253

214 Rest Day (7th September 2025)

254

213 Writing Frenzy II (6th September 2025)

255

212 Writing Frenzy (5th September 2025)

256

211 Evelyn’s Choice (4th September 2025)

257

210 An Inconvenient Hat (3rd September 2025)

258

209 Zero Draft (2nd September 2025)

259

208 Everything (31st August 2025)

260

207 Nothing (30th August 2025)

261

206 Some Writing Progress, Finally (29th August 2025)

262

205 Overtired (28th August 2025)

263

204 Back from JFK (27th August 2025)

264

203 Live from XXX (26th August 2025)

265

202 I could go anywhere (25th August 2025)

266

201 The very first 201st episode! (24th August 2025)

267

200 Two Hundred (23rd August 2025)

268

199 The Almost Late Podcast (22nd August 2025)

269

198 Annoyed (21st August 2025)

270

197 Podcast Interruptus (20th August 2025)

271

196 Podcasting In The Sky (19th August 2025)

272

195 Roger, Sausage & Whippet (18th August 2025)

273

194 A Catchup (17th August 2025)

274

193 Cars and Music (12th August 2025)

275

192 Eugene (10th August 2025)

276

191 Plans Awry (9th August 2025)

277

190 Spike Island Come Alive (8th August 2025)

278

189 More walking and writing (7th August 2025)

279

188 Writing, Flying and Walking (6th August 2025)

280

187 The Towel (5th August 2025)

281

186 Caesar Salad (4th August 2025)

282

185 First 4198 words done (3rd August 2025)

283

184 Straight to bed (2nd August 2025)

284

183 August Targets (1st August 2025)

285

182 July in Review (30th July 2025)

286

181 Temporal Refugees (29th July 2025)

287

180 Writing “Self Portrait” (28th July 2025)

288

179 A Brief(ish) history of Star Trek (27th July 2025)

289

178 New Project started (26th July 2025)

290

177 South Park (25th July 2025)

291

176 Writing Club (23rd July 2025)

292

175 Journey Into Space (22nd July 2025)

293

174 Sherwood Photos (21st July 2025)

294

173 Grammar checks done (20th July 2025)

295

172 Getting closer (19th July 2025)

296

171 Empress Progress (18th July 2025)

297

170 Empress Arrives (17th July 2025)

298

169 Blog Updated! (16th July 2025)

299

168 Bolsover Castle (15th July 2025)

300

167 Doing Nothing (14th July 2025)

301

166 Lindisfarne Priory (13th July 2025)

302

165 Housesteads Roman Fort (12th July 2025)

303

164 The Case of the Scream in the Smog (11th July 2025)

304

163 Who Day (10th July 2025)

305

162 Submissions (9th July 2025)

306

161 Anticlimactic (8th July 2025)

307

Trailer: Retentious Rick

308

160 “Empress” Draft 2 Version 1 Complete! (7th July 2025)

309

159 Bamford vs Ellingham (6th July 2025)

310

158 Sleepless in Northamptonshire (5th July 2025)

311

157 42 Down, 2 to go (4th July 2025)

312

156 Five chapters left (3rd July 2025)

313

155 Editing and Videoing (2nd July 2025)

314

154 Hello July (1st July 2025)

315

153 Watching Glastonbury (30th June 2025)

316

152 Writing in the heat (29th June 2025)

317

151 Lazy Hot Day (28th June 2025)

318

150 Three more chapters signed off (27th June 2025)

319

149 Back home and very tired (25th June 2025)

320

148 Final Singapore Update (24th June 2025)

321

147 Doctor When? (23rd June 2025)

322

146 Return to Singapore (22nd June 2025)

323

145 Opera Bar (21st June 2025)

324

144 Live from Circular Quay (20th June 2025)

325

143 Update from Singapore (19th June 2025)

326

142 June Writing Target Hit! (18th June 2025)

327

141 Plans for Singapore (17th June 2025)

328

140 It’s a Fair Cop (16th June 2025)

329

139 No Excuses (15th June 2025)

330

138 June Targets (14th June 2025)

331

137 Friday the 13th (13th June 2025)

332

136 Back at it (12th June 2025)

333

135 The Sneezcast (11th June 2025)

334

134 The Return of Random Questions (10th June 2025)

335

133 Who do you think you are kidding Mister Boxshall? (9th June 2025)

336

132 Robbie, Laura and West End Girls (8th June 2025)

337

131 Your Vagabond Shoes (7th June 2025)

338

130 July Plans (6th June 2025)

339

129 Writing, Flying & Limbo (5th June 2025)

340

128 A Short Tale (4th June 2025)

341

127 Second Drafting Continues (3rd June 2025)

342

126 Doctor Who finale thoughts - contains spoilers (2nd June 2025)

343

125 Working in Nairobi (1st June 2025)

344

124 June Targets (31st May 2025)

345

123 Back on track (30th May 2025)

346

122 Self Portrait thoughts (28th May 2025)

347

121 More Spoiler Free Who (27th May 2025)

348

120 Intermittent (25th May 2025)

349

119 Reading (23rd May 2025)

350

118 I’m Back! (21st May 2025)

351

117 Who-rovision (17th May 2025)

352

116 No Hand (16th May 2025)

353

115 Hand (15th May 2025)

354

114 Back Home (14th May 2025)

355

113 Phoenix Wrap-up (13th May 2025)

356

112 How many graduation ceremonies does one student need? (12th May 2025)

357

111 Diamondbacks and Writing (11th May 2025)

358

110 Graduation Business (10th May 2025)

359

109 Tough Chapter (8th May 2025)

360

108 Writing (7th May 2025)

361

107 No Writing (6th May 2025)

362

106 Empress Progress (5th May 2025)

363

105 May Targets (4th May 2025)

364

104 Spoiler Free Who Thoughts (3rd May 2025)

365

103 A Temporary Return (28th April 2025)

366

102 Break Incoming (23rd April 2025)

367

101 First Anniversary! (22nd April 2025)

368

100 Sleeping in Sydney (21st April 2025)

369

99 The Search for Starbucks (20th April 2025)

370

98 Empress Second Draft Started! (19th April 2025)

371

97 Singapore (18th April 2025)

372

96 Singapore Bound (17th April 2025)

373

95 New Doctor Who thoughts (16th April 2025)

374

94 Is Still Life finished? (15th April 2025)

375

93 Smog and Body Trauma (14th April 2025)

376

92 Jean Marsh (13th April 2025)

377

91 Copenhagen (12th April 2025)

378

90 Home for one night (11th April 2025)

379

89 Tired in Prague (10th April 2025)

380

88 Hjertestarter (9th April 2025)

381

87 Minor Progress (8th April 2025)

382

86 What I’m doing this week (7th April 2025)

383

85 Eldorado - A BBC Failure? (6th April 2025)

384

84 Still Tired (5th April 2025)

385

83 Tired (4th April 2025)

386

82 No Sphere (3rd April 2025)

387

81 Sphere (2nd April 2025)

388

80 Vegas, Baby! (1st April 2025)

389

79 Standing By (31st March 2025)

390

78 See my interview on YouTube (30th March 2025)

391

77 The Temporal Detectives (29th March 2025)

392

76 Decorating (28th March 2025)

393

75 Don’t Write Tired! (27th March 2025)

394

74 …And I’m Done! (22nd March 2025)

395

73 Tomorrow? (21st March 2025)

396

72 A Nothing Kind Of Day (20th March 2025)

397

71 Beluga! Beluga! (19th March 2025)

398

70 Racing Ahead (18th March 2025)

399

69 In Conversation With (17th March 2025)

400

68 Sh*t Happens! (16th March 2025)

401

67 Ouch (15th March 2025)

402

66 The Fifth Draft Continues (14th March 2025)

403

65 Damn Fine Coffee (13th March 2025)

404

64 Racing Ahead and a New Goal (12th March 2025)

405

63 Still Life Fifth Draft started (11th March 2025)

406

62 Empress First Draft Complete! (10th March 2025)

407

61 A Deliberately Lazy Afternoon (9th March 2025)

408

60 The Dark Side of Brighton (8th March 2025)

409

59 Not in Texas anymore (7th March 2025)

410

58 Brief Update from Texas (6th March 2025)

411

57 It’s Only a Game (5th March 2025)

412

56 Empress Update (4th March 2025)

413

55 Almost There! (3rd March 2025)

414

54 No Writing Today (2nd March 2025)

415

53 Tired but Writing (1st March 2025)

416

52 T. G. Campbell Interview (28th February 2025)

417

51 Ahead of schedule (27th February 2025)

418

50 Manchester (26th February 2025)

419

49 February Targets Hit! (25th February 2025)

420

48 Done yet Not Done (24th February 2025)

421

47 Slow Progress (23rd February 2025)

422

46 So Tired (22nd February 2025)

423

45 Jetlagged (21st February 2025)

424

44 Home Tomorrow (20th February 2025)

425

43 About Face (19th February 2025)

426

42 Forty-two (18th February 2025)

427

41 Sleepless in Sydney (17th February 2025)

428

40 Breakfast Writing (16th February 2025)

429

39 Birds, Flowers and Insects (15th February 2025)

430

38 Back in Singapore (14th February 2025)

431

37 The ‘You Almost Didn’t Get A Podcast’ Podcast (12th February 2025)

432

36 Revised Targets (11th February 2025)

433

35 Unproductive (10th February 2025)

434

34 The Way Ahead (9th February 2025)

435

33 The Jury Is In (8th February 2025)

436

32 New York, More Work? (7th February 2025)

437

31 I’m Back (6th February 2025)

438

30 Chapter 40 is done (30th January 2025)

439

29 Editing Chapter 40 (29th January 2025)

440

28 Spot The Pattern (28th January 2025)

441

27 Chapter 40 Update (27th January 2025)

442

26 An Embarrassing Excuse for a Podcast (26th January 2025)

443

25 Unfocussed Today (25th January 2025)

444

24 Catchup (24th January 2025)

445

23 Messy by Lola Young (23rd January 2025)

446

22 Go Me! (22nd January 2025)

447

21 Blinds (21st January 2025)

448

20 Back On Track (20th January 2025)

449

19 Slightly Better Motivated (19th January 2025)

450

18 Demotivated (18th January 2025)

451

17 Not Very Productive (17th January 2025)

452

16 Starting on Chapter 39 (16th January 2025)

453

15 Signing Off Chapter 38 (15th January 2025)

454

14 Sidetracked (14th January 2025)

455

13 A Fourth Productive Day (13th January 2025)

456

12 Editing, Walking and Eating (12th January 2025)

457

11 Editing Chapter 38 (11th January 2025)

458

10 Speaking Fast (10th January 2025)

459

9 Personal Admin Day (9th January 2025)

460

8 Safely Back Home (8th January 2025)

461

7 Final Phoenix Update (7th January 2025)

462

6 Update from Phoenix (6th January 2025)

463

5 New Podcast Launch Day (5th January 2025)

464

4 A general update (4th January 2025)

465

3 New Podcast Alert (3rd January 2025)

466

2 The Irresponsible Covid Cliffhanger (2nd January 2025)

467

1 Season Two Launch Show (1st January 2025)

468

TRAILER: Season 2

469

BONUS: Short Story ‘Dead, Presumed Missing’

470

BONUS: My Year in Books

471

BONUS: My Year in Music

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200 My Year in Writing (23rd December 2024)

473

199 Christmas Number One (22nd December 2024)

474

198 The Case of the Redacted Reactions (21st December 2024)

475

197 Reading Out Loud (20th December 2024)

476

196 Bloody Christmas and Bow Street (19th December 2024)

477

195 Reading and drinking Advent Coffee (18th December 2024)

478

194 Chapter 38 is too busy (17th December 2024)

479

193 More Randomness (16th December 2024)

480

192 Phoenix bound (15th December 2024)

481

191 Some more random questions answered (14th December 2024)

482

190 I Unexpectedly Wrote (13th December 2024)

483

189 Manchester II: This Time It’s Room Service (12th December 2024)

484

188 Jolabokaflod (11th December 2024)

485

187 Focus London 2024 (10th December 2024)

486

186 Christmas Music Overload (9th December 2024)

487

185 Random Stuff (8th December 2024)

488

184 Manchester (7th December 2024)

489

183 Stand by again (6th December 2024)

490

182 Stand by (5th December 2024)

491

181 Planned Emergency (4th December 2024)

492

180 Missing Scene (3rd December 2024)

493

179 I’m on fire [not literally] (2nd December 2024)

494

178 Chapter 38 starts (1st December 2024)

495

177 My reading month (30th November 2024)

496

176 Toblerone (29th November 2024)

497

175 Signing off Chapter 37 (28th November 2024)

498

174 Reading (26th November 2024)

499

173 I’m back, baby! (25th November 2024)

500

172 Taking a break (19th November 2024)

501

171 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 18 (18th November 2024)

502

170 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 17 (17th November 2024)

503

169 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 16 (16th November 2024)

504

168 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 13 (13th November 2024)

505

167 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 12 (12th November 2024)

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166 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 11 (11th November 2024)

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165 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 10 (10th November 2024)

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164 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 9 (9th November 2024)

509

163 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 8 (8th November 2024)

510

162 NaNoWriMo ’24 Day 7 (7th November 2024)

511

161 NaNoWriMo ’24 Day 6 (6th November 2024)

512

160 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 5 (5th November 2024)

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159 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 4 (4th November 2024)

514

158 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 3 (3rd November 2024)

515

157 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 2 (2nd November 2024)

516

156 NaNoWriMo ‘24 Day 1 (1st November 2024)

517

155 My day today (25th October 2024)

518

154 Bit of a catch up (24th October 2024)

519

153 Tiny success (20th October 2024)

520

152 The one where a tired person speaks for six minutes (19th October 2024)

521

151 Update from Atlanta (18th October 2024)

522

150 Finally, progress! (15th October 2024)

523

149 Kenilworth Castle (14th October 2024)

524

148 A little more productive (13th October 2024)

525

147 The Avengers (10th October 2024)

526

146 Blah (9th October 2024)

527

145 Tolkien and Big Brother (8th October 2024)

528

144 Big Brother isn’t watching you! (6th October 2024)

529

143 Torquay (4th October 2024)

530

142 Tiverton (2nd October 2024)

531

141 Devon (1st October 2024)

532

140 Announcing a short break (26th September 2024)

533

139 It’s still going on! (25th September 2024)

534

138 Giving Something Back (24th September 2024)

535

137 Sick (23rd September 2024)

536

136 Going to Boston again (22nd September 2024)

537

135 Recorded in the car park of a motorway service station (21st September 2024)

538

134 Not Going To Plan (20th September 2024)

539

133 Busy busy busy (19th September 2024)

540

132 There’s an emergency going on! (18th September 2024)

541

131 Emergency! Emergency! (17th September 2024)

542

130 Landing Day Blues (16th September 2024)

543

129 Planning in Chicago (15th September 2024)

544

128 Chapter 37 might start today (14th September 2024)

545

127 I got more done than I expected today (13th September 2024)

546

126 My first Excuse Podcast in a while (12th September 2024)

547

125 Chapter 36 is two edits away from completion (11th September 2024)

548

124 My plans for the final 4 chapters (10th September 2024)

549

123 Writing in Atlanta (9th September 2024)

550

122 Emergency Questions 2 (8th September 2024)

551

121 More Chapter 36 (7th September 2024)

552

120 Chapter 36 is go! (6th September 2024)

553

119 Shopping and planning for tomorrow (5th September 2024)

554

118 Too tired to write in Boston (4th September 2024)

555

117 Emergency Questions (3rd September 2024)

556

116 Draft One of Chapter 35 is done! (2nd September 2024)

557

115 Live from Twitch (1st September 2024)

558

114 A podcast every day in August (31st August 2024)

559

113 Update from Philly (30th August 2024)

560

112 General Project Update (29th August 2024)

561

111 Chapter 35 is ready to edit (28th August 2024)

562

110 Finally back to writing (27th August 2024)

563

109 Screaming Baby (26th August 2024)

564

108 British music in the charts in 1981 (25th August 2024)

565

107 British Artists Singles Top 40 (24th August 2024)

566

106 More on classic TV (23rd August 2024)

567

105 An unplanned writing free day (22nd August 2024)

568

104 Old Comedy shows I like (21st August 2024)

569

103 Todays writing and plans for the next two days (20th August 2024)

570

102 Tired after a long day (19th August 2024)

571

101 Writing in Chennai (18th August 2024)

572

100 What I’ve achieved in 100 shows (17th August 2024)

573

99 More TV that I like (16th August 2024)

574

98 Chapter 34 is done (15th August 2024)

575

97 TV I like Part 1 (14th August 2024)

576

96 Chapter 34 unexpectedly finished falling out of my head today (13th August 2024)

577

95 More Chapter 34 (12th August 2024)

578

94 Starting on Chapter 34 (11th August 2024)

579

93 Emergency Questions (10th August 2024)

580

92 Anticipating a British artist at Number One later today… (9th August 2024)

581

91 Planning Chapter 34 (8th August 2024)

582

90 New Short Story on my website (7th August 2024)

583

89 Signing off Chapter 33 (6th August 2024)

584

88 Live(ish) from London (5th August 2024)

585

87 Finally back home (4th August 2024)

586

86 Let’s start another BritPop revolution (3rd August 2024)

587

85 Being productive in Singapore (2nd August 2024)

588

84 An update on Chapter 33 (1st August 2024)

589

83 Hello from Down Under (31st July 2024)

590

82 Another Singapore Update (30th July 2024)

591

81 Walking, eating and writing in Singapore (29th July 2024)

592

80 More about British music (28th July 2024)

593

79 Struggling for motivation (26th July 2024)

594

78 Writing in Abuja (22nd July 2024)

595

77 Writing on a plane (21st July 2024)

596

76 Disruption (20th July 2024)

597

75 British Music (19th July 2024)

598

74 Storylining (18th July 2024)

599

73 No writing but my loft is done (17th July 2024)

600

72 Excuses excuses (16th July 2024)

601

71 Coming Home (14th July 2024)

602

70 Brazil and another rejection (10th July 2024)

603

69 Sleeping (9th July 2024)

604

68 My first rejection (8th July 2024)

605

67 Another Target Hit (7th July 2024)

606

66 Use of AI in writing (6th July 2024)

607

65 Election thoughts (5th July 2024)

608

64 Stop with this already! (2nd July 2024)

609

63 Flying and flying (1st July 2024)

610

62 Geneva, Zurich and football (30th June 2024 )

611

61 Marianne and their pronouns (29th June 2024)

612

60 Decisions Decisions! (28th June 2024)

613

59 My current reading (27th June 2024)

614

58 Tired and podcasting for the sake of podcasting! (26th June 2024)

615

57 Long Day Ahead (25th June 2024)

616

56 Live from Times Square (24th June 2024)

617

55 My plans for July (23rd June 2024)

618

54 Post Submission Apathy (22nd June 2024)

619

53 Submitting "The English Hikikomori" (21st June 2024)

620

52 Second Draft of Cover Letter - Tick! (20th June 2024)

621

51 Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (19th June 2024)

622

50 Refining my cover letter (17th June 2024)

623

49 Working on my cover letter (16th June 2024)

624

48 Not At Home (15th June 2024)

625

47 First Draft of Cover Letter by Sunday or else (14th June 2024)

626

46 Healthy Body, Healthy Mind (13th June 2024)

627

45 Empress Of The Trees Update (12th June 2024)

628

44 Reading, Writing and watching animated Doctor Who (11th June 2024)

629

43 Apologies... (7th June 2024)

630

42 Random Questions III (4th June 2024)

631

41 Creating main characters (3rd June 2024)

632

40 Random Topic Part 2 (2nd June 2024)

633

39 Still not writing in Beijing (1st June 2024)

634

38 Not Writing in Beijing (31st May 2024)

635

37 New Writing Model - The Trial! (30th May 2024)

636

36 Beautiful Terry Pratchett hardbacks (29th May 2024)

637

35 Progress! (28th May 2024)

638

34 Continuity (27th May 2024)

639

33 A Lazy Day (26th May 2024)

640

32 What I'm reading now - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (25th May 2024)

641

31 Current projects updates (24th May 2024)

642

30 Election Time! (23rd May 2024)

643

29 60/40 - a fun writing project (22nd May 2024)

644

28 How anxiety can stop me from writing (21st May 2024)

645

27 Random topic generator (20th May 2024)

646

26 I also write songs... (19th May 2024)

647

25 Social Media (18th May 2024)

648

24 How I hope to stay motivated (17th May 2024)

649

23 Lamington Cake (14th May 2024)

650

22 Writing for pleasure (13th May 2024)

651

21 Mild Rant about the Royal Mail (12th May 2024)

652

20 More on my search for an agent (11th May 2024)

653

19 I have selected my first agencies (10th May 2024)

654

18 Agents and Indies... (9th May 2024)

655

17 The Linear writing model (8th May 2024)

656

16 High and low concept fiction (7th May 2024)

657

15 Gender and pronouns (6th May 2024)

658

14 Music and Writing (5th May 2024)

659

13 Chapters and Indies! (4th May 2024)

660

12 My list of agents is completed! (3rd May 2024)

661

11 Writing in multiple genres (2nd May 2024)

662

10 Book Titles (1st May 2024)

663

9 Why I write on twitch.tv (30th April 2024)

664

8 Search for an agent UPDATE (29th April 2024)

665

7 What I'm Reading Now - The Burning God by R.F. Kuang - 28th April 2024

666

6 What's in a name? (27th April 2024)

667

5 Submitting a novel (26th April 2024)

668

4 Chat with author T.G. Campbell (25th April 2024)

669

3 Audio Drama from Big Finish (24th April 2024)

670

2 Bow Street Society Audiobook (23rd April 2024)

671

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