Tuesday, June 20th. It's the start of summer, and the Frictionfiction Show reaches the end of its first series. The team will now take a well-earned summer break. In this final show before the break, Ian Duncan Smith reads more from his satirical novel, Tony Blair: The Wilderness Years, out now at lulu.com. The Mantra - Frictionfiction secrets rounds up with the four words to recite aloud when writing fiction. News of Glimmer Train.org's summer competition, and music by The Hexyl Circle.

The Frictionfiction Show 18, with internet fiction news, music, readings and fiction writing secrets. Chapters 2 and 3 of Tony Blair: The Wilderness Years, read by Ian Duncan Smith. Frictionfiction Secrets - Being Your Own Critic. Two tunes by The Hexyl Circle: Wrinkles, and Good Moves.

Ian Duncan Smith's hugely successful weekly Frictionfiction Show 17 brings you six minutes of fiction writing secrets - The Antenna, news of Charlie's Fish's Fiction on the Web spring issue, plus Tony Blair: The Wilderness Years the novel, out now at www.lulu.com - and music, Lovin' You, performed as always by The Hexyl Circle.