The Pebble Inspector Podcast is a weekly reflection on the writing experience, acting as a journal and sounding board. Recapping what I have written (or not written) that week, how I feel about it, how it came about and where I see it going next. Extracts of work in progress and what I’ve been reading that week. A distillation or snapshot of my creative practice that may be of interest or use to others but is primarily a deposit for my own thoughts and processes to reflect on later.New episode every Fridaywww.jamesgraywriter.co.uk
Latest episodes
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Ep. 17: Masters And Margaritas
We wade ever further from the shore, stray ever further from god and into the arms of mammon. I interview myself, pretending to be somebody else as somebody else. I am faced with t…
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Ep. 16: Toe The Line
A quick and dirty episode this week as I squeeze in a recording aboard a Northern Rail service. I read from the latest developments in possibly the weirdest piece I’ve written. Exp…
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Ep. 15: The Moth, The Myth, The Legend
This week I keep digging into the weird and let the obsession with another James Gray consume me. I explore identity, absurdism, belief, ethics, moths, donkeys, banana bread, castl…
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Ep. 14: Walking In Ice
From navel gazing to staring at my feet, this week I have the sniff of an idea, talk about the process of coaxing that idea out from its den and then dissect the poor thing, live o…
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Ep. 13: Plucky For Some
Seagulls and toilet cleaner and hangovers and double yellow lines and love and falling for scams and acceptance at last and regrets and small ‘s’ sins and weird tasting bourbon bis…
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Ep. 12: No Less Useful Than Delightful
We take to the high seas for the first ever waterborne pebble inspection. I record on a very noisy ferry en route to the Roundstone Storytelling Festival and read from my own versi…
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Ep.11: Enter Pirates
CONTENT WARNING: She’s a salty one. This week sees me cast adrift into the world of being a freelance, by which I mean jobless, writer. I write a story too horrible to finish and I…
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Ep.10: It Is Not For Us To Ask Why
I take a look back at a year spent working on a masters in creative writing at Lancaster University and ask was it worth it? Did I learn owt? What the fuck do I do now? Could I hav…
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Ep.9: Critical Hit
The death throws of a dissertation and an entire masters… I talk about writing that most hated of things, a critical reflection; trying to sound clever about all the stuff you just…
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Ep.8: All Black Lanes Come To An End
Skulking about in cupboards, laughing at my own jokes and generally living my best life. You can expect, in no particular order: Alligator wrestling Bashed heads Poultry pulling De…
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Ep.7: The Taming Of The Weasel
Live from the studio…which is a bedroom cupboard, episode 7 of the Pebble Inspector Podcast covers writing-induced psychosis, Wetherspoons-related writing advice, taxidermy, overto…
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Ep.6: The Importance Of Being Earnest
I’ve scuttled back under my duvet for this week’s pebble inspection. I take another run at a piece I discussed back in episode two, following feedback and some fairly substantial r…
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Ep.5: The Reading List
Breaking out from under the duvet, this time recording in a French kitchen at the foot of Mont Blanc. A different format this week, the Pebble Inspector Podcast looks back at the l…
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Ep.4: Bleak Midwinter
Back under the duvet for another episode of the Pebble Inspector Podcast. This week I take a look at an early draft of a piece all about being born, if not in a barn, then pretty c…
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Ep.3: A Is For Angst
I once again risk heat stroke by sitting under a duvet during a heatwave to record this week’s episode. This week we look at a second piece of writing as part of my dissertation, i…
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Ep.2 The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (A Princess)
In this episode we have a first look at this week’s work in progress. Plus: A hundred foot tall inflatable skeleton, the death of Princess Diana and a few mummy-issues. I try to wo…
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Ep.1 Knowing Me, Knowing...Me
A debrief on who I am and what to expect from The Pebble Inspector Podcast. Some extracts of my work, what I've been reading recently and what's coming next. New episode every Frid…