After 7 weeks, and over 120,000 words scribbled out longhand, the very first draft of ‘The Shore’ is done. I’d love to be able to say what it’s about, but it’s complicated :-). It has ghosts, bad poetry and strangeness, but a distinct lack of sci-fi. My first drafts are always akin to sketches, and some parts stay to be coloured in, whilst others die under the dreadful assault of the eraser. Only time will tell what survives and what the final shape will be.