Apocalypse

Given that this blog's all about Lepari, and Lepari's all about chefs, I also couldn't resist posting this video that's been doing the rounds:



I love garlic, but it's a pain in the ass to peel. No longer. If only I had two bowls of equal size...

A Matter of Love

After a brief sojourn across the Atlantic, I'm back on the writing trail with today's postcard:

The Brothers of Perignon

Alphonse's Walk

Dischord

The Fisherman

Returning to Afongard

La Serment D'Allegeance

After a week and a half, I've finally had confirmation that the Postcards From Lepari feed is now up on iTunes! I feel all professional now, and at last my podcast outro is accurate.

First Impressions

Culinary Affairs

City of Miracles

So I've been doing this for a full week now, and it's still fun. This is a good sign! My time's going to be rather limited over the next week or so - post-wedding wrap-up - so I won't be writing new pieces, but I have prepared a bunch I wrote when I first thought about doing this idea a year ago, so those will be going up every morning. Feel free to leave comments, and I'll reply as soon as I get the opportunity!

The Happiest Day of Their Lives

This was in no way inspired by spending last night looking through our wedding photos. Honest.

Anthem

A Thing of Beauty

Well, I made it this far! Thanks again for all your support with this project; it's felt good to get moving again on it, and while I'm going I might as well keep up the momentum. I've been asked by a couple of people whether I'm planning on putting up postcards on the weekends as well, and the answer so far is 'probably'. I can't promise it every weekend, but if possible I'd like to keep it ticking over; after all, if I can do one story a day every day for a year, that's over a hundred more stories than if I let weekends slip by under the radar.

That's not to say I won't occasionally give myself a lie-in, though. And so, eight hours later than the rest of the week, I present today's story:



I've also had enquiries about when the podcast is going to be available on iTunes (as mentioned at the end of each postcard). At this point, I don't know, but be assured that I've set the wheels in motion; right now I'm simply waiting for it to be approved by Apple, then I'll be able to add links, etc to this blog. Until then, you can always subscribe to this blog with an RSS or Atom feed reader, and the episodes should be available embedded in the feed.

Beasts

Please Note: Lepari is a gritty, nasty city, and some of these postcards will include words and concepts unsuitable for polite company or a family audience. This is one of them. You have been warned!

In Darkness

The Further We Slide

My thanks to everyone who stopped by to listen to my first postcard. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and this seems to be enough of an interesting idea that it's getting me up early enough to write a new one each morning! Here's number 2:

Lampless

Welcome to Postcards From Lepari! I've been playing around with this idea for over a year now, of using regularly-posted audio to further develop the city of Lepari I'm using as the setting for much of my writing, but realised last night that I was getting hung up on something obvious: quality.

To say I'm a bit of a perfectionist would be an understatement, so when I had the idea of a series of drabble-length shorts about Lepari, I got big plans. They were all going to be finely-crafted, perfect little nuggets of entertainment, some of them read by my friends and associates across the internet, and of course I was going to write at least thirty good ones - discarding any which weren't quite up to snuff - before I even started putting them on this blog.

And so this blog languished without content ever since. Until I finally realised that while I should always strive for quality, sometimes it's better to have it done than not at all. After all, this is intended as a breeding ground for ideas, as well as to flesh out this city that never was, and if I insist on perfection every time it simply won't happen.

With no further ado, please allow me to present the first of my postcards from Lepari: