Happy New Year, dear readers.I'm overdue on a more involved post, not to mention that I haven't uploaded the several excellent drawings you've mailed and emailed. In just under two weeks I'm flying to Washington State to record a new album and I still have a few songs left to write. This, as you might imagine, is occupying most of my brain.I'm always excited to enter the studio because it's a creative process that involves community. There's just no way to record an album on your own. Well, I guess it's possible, but it would be really difficult. And lonely. But watching an album come together alongside dear friends is a unique experience that I treasure. It'll take about two weeks, then we'll come home and spend another few weeks in Nashville recording the finishing touches.Which brings me to the other reason I'm excited to enter the studio: the sooner the album is in the can, the sooner I can duck away to the local coffee shop, settle in with a warm mug, open the computer, and type the words, "Chapter One". That, dear readers, will be a good day. I can hardly wait to tell you about what happens to Janner, and Leeli--and, of course, poor Tink. I can hardly wait to find out myself.In the meantime I wanted to let you know, in case you didn't, that the entire eight-hour audiobook of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness is available on iTunes for the ridiculously low price of $3.95. Most audiobooks are in the $14-$20 range, so this is a most excellent deal. Click here if you have iTunes. The narrator, a British gentleman named Peter Sandon, read it like a pro (though he pronounced a few of the names differently than I'd have liked).My second son was only eight when this book was published, so it helped him a lot to have the audiobook to listen to while he followed along in the real book. In fact, this is a great way for a family to enjoy any story. My wife recently checked out from the library four copies of Little House on the Prairie, along with the audiobook, and we listened to the whole thing during our Thanksgiving travel. So there's my pitch for audiobooks.As always, thanks for reading, and for spreading the word about the Wingfeather Saga. I love to write these stories.AP