The biggest news is the start of the Soundcloud/Spotify weekly podcast. This will feature a chapter a week of a book in audio form from me. I started with the provocatively-titled 'In Colonial Days'. Reference to stuck up British toffs, not anything else.

This is not editing advice, but a story about editing audio. There are plenty of places and videos that explain in clear and simple terms how to do the technical elements of sound editing. I have no interest in making one of those, because they already exist.

FREEBIE AUDIOBOOKS Need to be a bit more disciplined to keep this going more regularly. What did I get up to recently? One thing is to poke Audible. My audio book was allegedly to be ready last week. I began the Lyapunov Diaries series. More on that tomorrow, when I make Video.

The middle narrative is ‘the action narrative’. It embraces military science fiction, and also hard science fiction. These aren’t necessarily my favourite sub-genres. However, I’ve read enough about why dogfights with small fighters wouldn’t really make sense in space combat.

ACX audiobook production started just before Christmas with my first accepted audition and contract signed! And with an American accent too! Unfortunately, once I had finished the book, the author completely stopped talking to me.