A Speccy Man Has A Breakdown - day 41

Chuffed

The audio contains slightly more, went a bit off-piste.

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Took delivery of the proof copies today. Held one properly for the first time – and felt, on the whole, chuffed. The left- and right-hand pages work well together. The mix of images does what I hoped it would. The tone of the writing still seems right.

Double page spread showing yellow-faced, miserable Speccy Man.

I’ll send copies to a few people who might just possibly give me a quote for the cover. While I wait to hear back, I’m going to allow myself to sit with the book as a book.

Still need to work out exactly what to do with the ISBNs. For now, on one of the copies going out, I’ve drawn the “ISBN” by hand:

Roughly sketched ISBN with wonky bars, on back of the proof copy.


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First published: 15 April 2026
Last updated: 15 April 2026