This podcast is also available as a series of letters (technically emails, but I prefer to think of them as letters), with an introduction featuring navigation links for each post as I share them, lots of photos, and more:

The link for this particular episode is here:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-week-five-2025

If you have enjoyed listening to this, please do leave a comment. I welcome all questions and will reply, even if it takes a while to do so.

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Many thanks for listening.

This letter is principally a rundown of the process I use to draft fiction, a process I have now used unaltered for over a decade. For me, this is what works best.

The original version, which includes visual elements which make a wee bit more sense than the audio version, is available here:

This letter is to tie in with another which is forthcoming.

Thanks for listening and, if you do enjoy this, please subscribe to this podcast, or to Substack, where there is a lot more, including many original photographs.

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(Apologies for my mild croak, I’ve been fending off a cold for a couple of days, which seems to have made my voice sound a wee bit different to normal! Sorry! [Plenty of elderberry tincture is keeping it at bay, however!])

This podcast is also available as a series of letters (technically emails, but I prefer to think of them as letters), with an introduction featuring navigation links for each post as I share them, lots of photos, and more:

The link for this particular episode is here:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-week-four-2025

If you have enjoyed listening to this, please do leave a comment. I welcome all questions and will reply, even if it takes a while to do so.

If you don’t want to miss a photo or word, then do consider subscribing:

And, finally, if you find value in listening to my words and wish to support me financially, but do not want to take out a subscription to my letter, you can also send a one-off tip via this button:

To head to the introduction and navigation page for this adventure, click here.

To go back to week two, click here.

Many thanks for listening.

This podcast is also available as a series of letters (technically emails, but I prefer to think of them as letters), with an introduction featuring navigation links for each post as I share them, lots of photos, and more:

The link for this particular episode is here:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-week-three-2025

If you have enjoyed listening to this, please do leave a comment. I welcome all questions and will reply, even if it takes a while to do so.

If you don’t want to miss a photo or word, then do consider subscribing:

And, finally, if you find value in listening to my words and wish to support me financially, but do not want to take out a subscription to my letter, you can also send a one-off tip via this button:

To head to the introduction and navigation page for this adventure, click here.

To go back to week two, click here.

Many thanks for listening.

This podcast is also available as a series of letters (technically emails, but I prefer to think of them as letters), with an introduction featuring navigation links for each post as I share them, lots of photos, and more:

The link for this particular episode is here:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-week-two-2025

If you have enjoyed listening to this, please do leave a comment. I welcome all questions and will reply, even if it takes a while to do so.

If you don’t want to miss a photo or word, then do consider subscribing:

And, finally, if you find value in listening to my words and wish to support me financially, but do not want to take out a subscription to my letter, you can also send a one-off tip via this button:

To head to the introduction and navigation page for this adventure, click here.

To go back to week one, click here.

Many thanks for listening.

This podcast, all about the first time I lived out in the woods for months, is also available as a series of letters (technically emails, but I prefer to think of them as letters), with an introduction featuring navigation links for each post as I share them, lots of photos, and more:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-introduction

The link for this particular episode is here:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-week-one-2025

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Our lives are shaped by the paths we take, whether through choice, or by chance.

Sometimes, this takes the form of the path not taken, sometimes that we follow. Often, both.

This is the introduction to my forthcoming limited series, for the first time also available as a podcast, A Fall in Time. This series details the months I spent living alone in the woods of western Scotland, close to nature.

To see original photography from that adventure and discover more of my work, do please head to my Substack letter:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com

This introduction is also available as a letter, with navigation links for each post as I share them, lots of photos, and more:

https://alexandermcrow.substack.com/p/a-fall-in-time-introduction

Many thanks for listening.

This is a narration of my first full essay on The Crow’s Nest since May 2025. I’ve shared other words elsewhere, but I have to say, I’m glad to be back—now with sound!

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This essay discusses constructing a wall and levelling a mountain slope, all the while weaving this physical tale into one which is really discussing our world at large, how doing a thing can make a difference, and how we need to hold on to our visions.

I do hope you'll have a listen or read. Thanks.