I'm assuming here that my son Andrew will handle this. You never know, though. The git could betray me.
What I do trust, is his writing ability. He's pretty good. Annoyingly, in two languages. Why did I make all that effort to bring up the kids bilingual? I remember. Because I'm not an egocentric twat.
I am, what you say, prolific, when it comes to writing. I've published loads. Still, there's lots lying around. Several complete manuscripts. "America!", for example. I can't remember why I've never released that. Private ones, like "Xmas!".
I've a couple of books or travel reports on the go. They can just be ended where they are. I particularly like "Shut up, Dad". (My attempt to be the new Hunter Davies.) Andrew can just whiz them through to Lulu.
Then there's "Free!". A really important book for me. Covering 1880-1914. (Where I'd like to spend the rest of my retirement.) I'm 75% of the way through. I'd hate it to be unseen.
Andrew might not totally pay attention to what I say while I'm still breathing. He should be able to find these back.
The recipe section can be published pretty much as is. It would have been a separate volume anyway. Really, everything other than the beer styles section can be published. That still needs a lot of work.
OK, Andrew?
Not suggesting you don’t back up the blog but Martyn’s site is all backed up at the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20250709164023/https://zythophile.co.ukI had a panic when I was asked to move off my server used from 2003 to 2016. But, after moving over 1000 posts and updating links, I realized what a gem the Wayback Machine is. Bit of rot for the stuff inner 20 years old but I transfer posts from it over to the current blog when there is a need.
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