It's a difficult chapter, I'll admit. Working this way (a chapter a month, published online, and then on to the next chapter) has been a very interesting experience, but not always an easy one. Usually, I'd write out several chapters, then go back and revise them, move on to the next chapters, go back, revise, move forwards, back, revise, onwards, rewrite a section, rewrite another section, complete the manuscript, then revise it ... But not this time! Oh no. A chapter, when it's done, goes up on the blog. It's published. And on we go to the next one.
I'm beginning to look forward to reading through the completed manuscript when the final chapter is published next month. It'll be interesting to see how (and if) the whole thing hangs together. How much repetition is there? What needs to go, what needs to be better explained ...
Anyway, the research has been fascinating. As has been receiving feedback on each chapter (work-in-progress) from my brother-in-arms, John Gist, and planning each of the chapter images with my very talented near-neighbour, Lloyd Canning. Lloyd lives round the corner from me; John lives in New Mexico. It's been an international collaboration!
A lot of new material has been unearthed during the course of this project, and I'm hopeful that the final chapter will put most of it into perspective. I look forward to being able to post the link.
Meanwhile, in other news, the Royal Shakespeare Company bookshop is now stocking Who Killed William Shakespeare?
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"
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