My Chalk Outline is about to take a brief holiday before reappearing in a slightly condensed form later this year.

If you've yet to sample this story in its original format, you've still got a few days to reacquaint yourself. If you've yet to get acquainted, you can play it cool for a while longer and wait until you bump into each other again or pounce now, while you've got that chance.

Cheers!

If you're a Facebooker, you might have already joined the very lovely Salmon and Dusk group. I'm happy to announce there's now a brand-spanking-new Facebook page set up in anticipation of the forthcoming Salmon & Dusk series.

Check it out here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Myke-Bartlett/50531658702?ref=ts

Another year with nothing much to report as yet. Last year was a bit of a blur in which I moved, married and began a new job - all of which prevented me from getting anything ready to podcast. This year, I intend to put this right.

At the moment I'm finishing a second draft of How to Disappear Completely with one eye on the publishing prize, but I'm also knee deep in planning a follow-up (or four). What shape this takes really depends on what I feel like writing when I put down tools on draft 2. I have an idea for a slighter younger audience that seems rather attractive to me at the moment in its simplicity. It's also a tempting notion to write something to (perhaps pointlessly) fight the Twilight tide. You know, like with a plot and stuff. Another option will be a series of novellas along the lines of My Chalk Outline.

You can now keep track of my vacillations at http://twitter.com/mykebartlett, along with various other jottings, ruminations and bitter ramblings.

Hope you're all well and hope to have something worth listening to soon!

Myke

At last, rather than scattering news, podcasts and other mutterings across a collection of blogs, websites and social networks, I've decided to consolidate my web presence (such as it is) in a single site - this site, in fact. It's sort of in beta mode at the moment, but I'm hoping any possible bugs will be flattened by the time the next podcast launches.

So, what's here?

Well, primarily, Mykebartlett.com is your portal to all things Salmon and Dusk: podcasts, pictures, merchandise and up to the minute news about things that might not end up happening. Maybe I'll call that section 'Empty Promises'?

What else?

Well, there's this piping hot blog, which I'll use to ramble on about how long it's taking me to complete the second draft of How to Disappear Completely or to drop hints about the new Salmon and Dusk story that will appear toward the end of the year. (That's another exclusive empty promise.) I'll also use it to answer any questions or queries anyone sees fit to ask. About anything, really. I like questions.

There's a section on Electricity - the other podcasted novel. (Between you and me, it's a much better produced podcast than How to Disappear Completely...)

There are downloads (or will be, soon.) At the moment you can listen to both novels in their entirety by clicking on the relevant link. (Look left if you can't be bothered clicking through to the downloads page.)

There's a gallery of artwork, currently relating solely to Kilbey and friends. Some made by listeners, some made by my good friend Victor.

Most excitingly, for me at least, there's a forum which will launch properly to coincide with the next podcast. Feel free to try it out in the meantime.

I hope you all enjoy the new site, for which I shall remain very grateful to Jason Andrews, who kindly offered to build it.

I'm certainly looking forward to playing with it over the months to come.

Cheers!

Myke Bartlett