I KNIT
WATER
I Knit Water
is my first novel, available in bookstores from the
13th of October. The back cover blurb reads like
this:
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MEET MARK
HERON... twenty-something,
burned out and recently washed up at the West End
house they call Heartbreak Lodge. MEET
HIS NEW NEIGHBOURS...
Steve,
who won a local art prize and hasn't been able to
finish a painting since;
Agnes,
who looks like Malibu Barbie but dresses like a 40s
schoolmarm; Dave,
optimist, idealist, connoisseur of 'Star Wars'
memorabilia and hard core porn; Sarah,
compassionate mystic with a chequered past; Speedy,
a try-sexual Vietnam vet; Trix,
rave chick diva and professional nutcracker; Errol,
ex-Olympic fencer, sliding into old age and
dementia.
MARK'S
LIKE BECOMES INTERWOVEN WITH HIS FELLOW TENANTS,
their stories overlaying to form pieces of a whole.
As events unfold that threaten to turn their world
upside down, Mark finds he must either go under...
or learn to knit
water.
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THEMES
The first
question that anyone asks you when you've written a
novel is "what's it about?" The blurb
given above is only half the answer. There were certain themes I was trying to
work with, and I think they deserve a mention too.
For one, I'm
fascinated at the interplay between architecture,
geography and people's inner worlds. Lord of the
Flies is one great book that touches on this.
The inner-urban landscapes of Brisbane influence and
interact with the characters all the way along. In
fact, I'd go so far as to say the city itself is one
of the major characters in the book.
Loneliness,
and how we experience and deal with it, is another
recurring theme.
But the
$64,000 idea behind the book is alluded to in its
title. "I Knit Water" refers to a special
place of mind, a special world view, that really
encapsulates what the book is 'about'. If there's a
lesson, or a moral, or whatever, it lies within
those three words.
I'm gonna be
a tease and tell you to read the book if you want to
know what the hell I'm on about. Some clues are
given in the extract.
Please do
write and let me know what you thought of it.
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