I’ve just completed and posted the penultimate episode of the Dutch NaNo Podcast, the last regular episode actually during NaNoWriMo. It’s been nice doing the podcast, but part of me is also glad to be done with it. Added to trying to do all the normal stuff, and writing as much as possible, I’ve certainly felt the time it took to do the podcast.

I’ve also learned a few valuable lessons for (possible) future podcasts. First and foremost: don’t do a show that depends on Skype for each episode without a better recording/mixing system. It’s been fun talking to people about each topic. And it has been worth the work. But that was knowing I’d only have to do it for 11 or 12 out of 14 episodes. It’s certainly possible to do this dependably and with a high (or at least good) audio quality, but it’s quite a bit of work.

And the one big relief about being done (at least until a special with recordings from the TGIO party) is that it won’t eat any more of my writing time during NaNoWriMo. I probably shouldn’t complain, since I’m at 114k words. But even so I want to have my hands free for the final sprint.