Ending the Story
There has been too much time between my posts, I know. I would like to think it is because I am hyper focused on ending the book I'm working on "Gallery of Hope". Hope being the operable work, although the story is about black and white photographers. Being my first book of fiction, I'm finding that I really like the experience. I had thought I wouldn't be able to just make things up and keep within reality, and came to find out, you don't have to entertain normal reality. No rules to the contrary. I even added magical realism . I have found that developing characters, beginning with finding a pertinent name, along with their backstory that has become one of my favorite tasks, developing the story. I have purposely altered famous names, most well known locations, due to several considerations. Keeps things totally fictitious, and hopefully with sufficient satire to taste. The story follows the historical timeline relative to the migration of settlers ...