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Hobson & Choi Podcast #33 - "A Long Weekend"

The conclusion is here! Hobson and Choi face the epilogue of their big wolf-case, while I deal with something even more heartbreaking: the end of the podcast itself. At least you get an extra-length 15 mnute episode before it goes away.

Thanks to everyone who listened to the podcast while it existed - as I've said in various episodes, I enjoyed working on it a lot, so I may one day return with a new audio-based vehicle. For now, though, this is the end. If you want more multimedia material, I did a video blog the other week.

You can play the episode in the player below, download the MP3 here or subscribe on iTunes. Or if you hate iTunes on principle, you can point your RSS reader at our Libsyn page to get every episode.

Hobson & Choi Podcast #33 - A Long Weekend by Nick Bryan on Mixcloud

London Book Fair 2014 - "Eventual self-published author Nick Bryan goes to seminars, eats crisps!"

I normally have a writing update in this slot on the blog, but I haven't done much work this week, as I went off to London Book Fair 2014 in Earl's Court. So, I thought I'd write about the experience from my perspective as an internet-using nearly-maybe-self-published author, on the off-chance it helps someone else or satisfies some curiosity.

(Although for anyone who is here for the writing updates: I got another short comic story pitch accepted by the nice chaps at GrayHaven Comics, so things are progressing.)

Anyway, for one week only, let's move the adventure outside my room. I went to London Book Fair and what did I learn?

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Hobson & Choi #62 - "Peace In Our Time"

The final episode of the current case, as everything puts itself away neatly. What will emerge from the Battle of Peckham?

All of which means: Exciting new things! Starting next week! Always fun to move onto a new one of these, explore a new bit of London, do new character jokes around the office. Exciting times.

Been at London Book Fair in last few days, seen some stuff which may well have implications for the future of H&C. More to follow, I'm sure. For now, work to do...

Game of Thrones returns!

Game of Thrones is back on! And with it comes my inevitable review for Dork Adore!

Enjoy. And now, excitingly, I'm going to check out the London Book Fair. Exciting stuff.

Hobson & Choi Podcast #32 - "Crazy Like A Wolf"

It's here! At long last! The final battle! #HOBSONVSWOLF!

You can play the episode in the player below, download the MP3 here or subscribe on iTunes to have it thrown at you every week. Or if you hate iTunes on principle, you can point your RSS reader at our Libsyn page to get every episode.

Hobson & Choi Podcast #32 - Crazy Like A Wolf by Nick Bryan on Mixcloud

Game of Thrones plot reminder blog!

Game of Thrones back in a few days! What the hell was going on, again? I wrote a refresher piece for Dork Adore.

And if you missed my amazing video-blogging debut, it's only five minutes, go on, treat yourself. Maybe.

Man Edits NaNoWriMo Third On Video - A WriteVlog Experiment (or WriteBlog #21)

I have a new iPad, so decided to play with the video function and do this week's WriteBlog in straight-to-camera video form. See me struggle with what a chapter is, the sound on my computer and where exactly I'm meant to be looking!

Good times. In terms of actual content, this is me talking about starting edits on the final third of my novel - which I wrote during NaNoWriMo - and worrying that it is garbage - because I wrote it during NaNoWriMo. There is some embarrassing turning-off-the-sound stuff which I have't edited out because it made me laugh when I watched it back - potentially I should be a bit more brutal with myself, but for a first effort, I think is okay. There may one day be a second effort.

Anyway, if I bang on much longer, I'll defeat the labour-saving purpose of doing it on video in the first place. Here it is!

If you're reading this in a format that doesn't support YouTube embeds, here's a clickable link to the original.

Hobson & Choi #61 - "Taking Out The Trash"

The beginning of the end for Operation S.O.S.! The most bonechilling, pants-pooing cliffhanger yet! Hobson & Choi #61 quite clearly has it all.

This is the first half of a two-part epilogue to the current big, confusing storyline, and then we move into a glorious new era. Hobson & Choi #63 - featuring stuff you've never dreamed of. But first, we take out the trash.

Thanks everyone who voted for us in March - obviously still keep doing that in April, we always need love. Should find out our chart position in the next day or so.

Now, back to the novel...

Walking Dead season 4 finale review! Brief Captain America 2 mini-review!

Walking Dead season 4 finale review up on Dork Adore now! Did the pace finally pick up?

And yes, it's a day late, sorry about that. I was out on Monday seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier, then I was doing other stuff, and things spiralled.

Since I mentioned Cap 2 - I'll do a brief mini-review here since I don't have any plans to do a longer one. Good, solid action-superhero film, probably the best of the Marvel-Avengers sequence not starring Robert Downey Jr. Good to see Marvel can pull off largely-serious action as well as the comedy stuff. Actually did justice to the comics it's based on, and they're really good.

Hobson & Choi Podcast #31 - "Cornered Animals"

The truth will out! It's the inevitable exposition-before-final-battle episode, as we find out who killed who and when. Meanwhile, out back, the end is getting nigher...

You can play the episode in the player below, download the MP3 here or subscribe on iTunes to have it thrown at you every week. Or if you hate iTunes on principle, you can point your RSS reader at our Libsyn page to get every episode.

Hobson & Choi Podcast #31 - Cornered Animals by Nick Bryan on Mixcloud