The Ramblings of Harbyns

Rather than an author, I consider myself a story-teller, and a story can be told in many ways. My plan since the inception of Undelund Tales is to make the stories available in the most optimal formats; one of those being via audiobooks or in a streaming format to be listened to on websites like YouTube or services like Spotify. Professional Voice Actor Narration: In an ideal world this would be always my first choice. Nothing beats having other people read a manuscript, add their own twist to a character, and spice things up as they go along. In the future, I'd like all the stories be be narrated and voiced this way; at the moment though it's too cost-prohibitive. Fully-automated services: Narration service provide an easy method of making stories available as audiobooks; however, the downside from my perspective is that (at the time of writing), there is no means for story-tellers to 'proof-listen' to the story before it's made available to ensure it's up to ...

  It's always  been on the cards to make as many tales available in as many formats as (practically) possible, including: eBook format. Print format. Audiobooks/stream. After assessing viable options for print; Amazon's publishing service appears to offer the best balance between options, cost, and quality. That said, for the time being, Amazon will be where these print options can be found. The types of print offerings will be as followed: Single Tales: As per this blog post, the following two titles are currently available in print: The Oakmere Grynfang A Girl Named Latchford Also, at the time of this blog post, the following two titles are being prepared: The Farley Mount Pinchers Tingle Toes During May 2025, it is expected the title The Crossing of Crocklemell will also be available in print. Collections: During the latter part of the year (likely autumn), the first 'Collection' will be published as a print-only option. These collections group together stories base...

The writing of novelette Meet Chompy is complete and will be released when the audiobook version is finalised and ready. All being well, Meet Chompy will be available this summer in the following formats: Ebook. Audiobook. The next few months should see the availability of the following: The Oakmere Grynfang (print version and this edition also includes the short-story Bristlewurm). A Girl Named Latchford (print version). The Farley Mount Pinchers (print version). Current tales in the works are: The Duskwood Ribticklers (third draft). The Promise (first draft). The Bushgreave (outlining and storyboarding). The next few months will be busy in a fun way, and in case anyone does read this blog, I’ll post updates each fortnight on how the tales are progressing and any other news. Audiobook versions of Bristlewurm and The Oakmere Grynfang  are available on Apple Books and Overdrive Audio (the ‘news’ section of the Undelund Tales website will be updated with links when they're avai...