Kinver Edge(land)

According to Marion Shoard an ‘Edgeland’ is a fertile but often overlooked space between planned town and countryside where ‘for most of us, most of the time, this no-man’s land passes unnoticed.’ (2002: 117). I was thinking about this this morning walking the dog at Kinver Edge. It was the name 'Kinver Edge' that made me think it. I was wondering if I ought to include it in this novel. Look at the picture I took. Look at the mist. It actually looks like that quote from Shoard could be its title. I'm working more on the critical analysis at the moment, looking at Ross' Literary Psychogeography, and that's helpful, now, in the editing process. I remember when I was writing 'Gamble' how the character of Greg Gamble came forward without me really realising it, and, actually, the same is happening to Rae.

I did an event at the Wolverhampton Literary Festival about 'Gamble' and was asked about writing in the (almost) first person in the voice of a man, and I said (truthfully) that it seemed to come naturally. Now, Rae's voice is coming more naturally, actually, and the metaphor of that misty edge land is too.