17 The Morning After

The Boy Who Climbed the Windmill Podcast · Oct 6, 2026 · 24m

(My essays are available at Barr’d For Life.)

One of the great surprises of recording The Boat at the End of Lover’s Lane was realizing how many people listen to the books. I use these first four books as tools to help me learn to write better. Publishing on Substack has helped me to edit myself better, as has listening and recording the works. However, more people listen to the chapters than read them.

Which is great. I will take an audience where ever it is.

I will re-record all of the works now and publish them in their own podcasts. This work, Windmill, comes after The Girl Who Ran the…