The first chapter is posted on Goodreads, and the game is afoot. At this point I have no real idea what went into Aunt Merridew’s handbag. But it’s important that I do, because the whole plot will turn on whatever it is. I’ve prepared something as a standby option, for use if I can’t come up with a better idea by tomorrow—but, as it involves photography, I’d rather not use it if I can help it, because I used a plot involving photography for my first novel, The Bridge of Dead Things. The trouble is, tomorrow is now less than twelve hours away.
I can’t begin to tell you how exciting it is to be writing fiction again. The feeling is magical. I have spent the last two years re-writing and editing novels for publication, and researching and writing two major articles per month to build up my website and blog. That was work, but this is pure pleasure—discovering new characters and bringing them to life, allowing them to find their own voices, seeing how they react to a variety of circumstances, and finding out what they’re emotionally capable of. I love it. I really do.
Till next week,
Michael
P.S. Do let me know what you think of it. If you can, please post your comments on Goodreads (my blog has a comments box!)
Michael Gallagher’s Gooseberry is serialized in weekly installments every Friday from July 4th 2014 on Goodreads. Michael Gallagher is the author of The Bridge of Dead Things and The Scarab Heart, as well as the popular non-fiction title Why the Victorians Saw Ghosts.
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