When we review another author’s work, many of us might suggest that it could have been longer, or in the case of anthologies, a particular story might work as a novel. When fellow author Barbara Speake reviewed Shadow: and other stories, she hoped that a particular story would get such attention.

That time has come, and I’m pleased to announce that, after much procrastination, my new story, McLennan is underway. I reread Resettlement to refresh myself on the main character. I wrote the first chapter of the new book rapidly, not stopping to change anything so that I could maintain my creative flow.

I reread the chapter, moved the third paragraph up to make it the intro, and introduced some dialogue to break up the narrative. After that session, I left the story and did some baking. On my return, I reread the chapter and amended the dialogue. It’s probably not close to where it will be in two months. However, where I ended it had catapulted me into the second chapter, so the story will now be with me during every waking minute until I write passages and snippets of dialogue as they occur to me.

There will be a brief foreword in the book to explain that it’s fictional and that the first chapter is loosely based on recent history. If you’d like to read and comment on the first chapter, please click The Invisible Man.

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