Writing 2

Vol. 1

A collection of 124 of my short non-fiction writings from over the years. With the books in this series, you can never know what the next confection-sized, elegantly crafted chapter will be about. Available as an ebook at The Better Patreon Shop and on Amazon as a hardcover, paperback, and Kindle ebook. See sample below.

The first in a series of books with each volume featuring 124 sharp chapters on things and people that have brought warmth and meaning into the author’s life and that he wants to help others discover. A light, refreshing treasury of appreciations, thoughts, anecdotes, memories, observations, dreams, recommendations, love letters, and humorous asides, all crafted to nourish and maybe even inspire your own creativity.

Vol. 2

The second volume further expands the scope of this series, with an even wider diversity of chapters as a further embodiment of its ideals and subject matter. This volume of 326 pages features 124 new concise chapters plus eight bonus ones consisting of articles originally shared on but later removed from the website Medium.

Available as an ebook at The Better Patreon Shop and on Amazon as a hardcover, paperback, and Kindle ebook. See sample below.

The hardcover, paperback, and ebook of the Season 4 transcripts of my podcast What Now with Simo are on Amazon. As with all my books, the ebook is also available in PDF form from the Shop of The Better Patreon (direct link).

“Season 4 of the podcast What Now with Simo transcribed. Also featured in this penultimate volume of the series: an introduction, numerous footnotes offering further commentary and information, detailed tables of contents, liner notes for the albums on which the pieces of music heard during this season were released, and playlists of lasting music, with personal commentary, from 1910 to 2024.”

Season 3 of the podcast What Now with Simo transcribed. 

This pivotal season includes long, in-depth discussions with two legendary figures: actor & writer David Lee Homb and composer & artist Pierre Estève.

Also featured in this third volume of the series: an introduction, numerous footnotes offering further commentary and information, detailed tables of contents, and some surprise extras.

430 pages, with the transcripts of the discussion episodes checked and verified by David himself and Nicole Etter for the two episodes with David Lee Homb, and by Pierre himself for the four episodes with Pierre Estève.

The two episodes featuring David can be enjoyed via this YouTube share, the first two-parter with Pierre via this one, and the second one via this one. You can also find all these on the Podcast page here.

The book is available as a print facsimile ebook at The Better Patreon Shop and as a hardcover, paperback, and print facsimile ebook on Amazon. See sample below.

A word-for-word transcript of the 2nd season of my 2020–2025 podcast. The back cover text:

This podcast is my central outlet for thoughts, feelings, passing fancies, memories, dreams, appreciations, and more.

Maybe a better metaphor would be a flickering campfire after a long day out in the wild — or in the inner wild. Or perhaps a random book with a flashlight under the blanket in a beautiful summer cottage, somewhere in eternity.

I record every episode extemporaneously, transcribe them afterwards, and eventually collect each season into these printed volumes. Part journal, part memoir, part musings on art and life, part strange humour, and part me reaching out to other souls out there.

This edition of the second season of the podcast brings the more than 41,000 words onto the printed page, for reading or leafing through at your own pace.

This also makes the podcast available in its entirety to everyone with any hearing loss.

Unedited, unexpurgated, and with an introduction, table-of-contents summaries in the style of old books, and a few footnotes.

Also part of this season are the lyrics for the Mardi Gras song “If Ever I Cease to Love”, my poem for the game Serena, and “An Overview of The Ray Bradbury Theater”.

—Simo

Available as a print facsimile ebook at The Better Patreon Shop and as a hardcover, paperback, and reflowable-text Kindle ebook on Amazon. Again featuring an introduction and notes. See sample below.

A word-for-word transcript of the 1st season of my 2020–2025 podcast. The back cover text:

This podcast is my central outlet for thoughts, feelings, passing fancies, memories, dreams, appreciations, and more.

Maybe a better metaphor would be a flickering campfire after a long day out in the wild — or in the inner wild. Or perhaps a random book with a flashlight under the blanket in a beautiful summer cottage, somewhere in eternity.

I record every episode extemporaneously, transcribe them afterwards, and eventually collect each season into these printed volumes. Part journal, part memoir, part musings on art and life, part strange humour, and part me reaching out to other souls out there.

This edition of the first season of the podcast brings the more than 40,000 words onto the printed page, for reading or leafing through at your own pace.

This also makes the podcast available in its entirety to everyone with any hearing loss.

Unedited, unexpurgated, and with an introduction, table-of-contents summaries in the style of old books, and a few footnotes.

Also part of this season are Shakespeare’s Sonnet 98 and H. P. Lovecraft’s prose poem “Ex Oblivione”.

—Simo

Available as a print facsimile ebook at The Better Patreon Shop and as a hardcover, paperback, and reflowable-text Kindle ebook on Amazon. In addition to the transcripts this book also includes an introduction and some footnotes. See sample below.