I think there’s a new surprise every day. Is there anything about the process of publishing a book that surprised you? I love the revision stage the most, once all those questions and logistics have been taken care of.Ĥ. Because of that, first drafts tend to be the hardest for me, as I will always know where I want to go, but getting there can seem like an impossible task at times. Are you a plan, plan, plan writer or do you sit down and see where the words take you? While the premise is undoubtably eerie, I do see Girl in the Walls as sort of a love song to our homes, even as these buildings, no matter how much we know them, will always remain a little mysterious to us.ģ. Girl in the Walls was largely inspired by all those strange noises our homes make over the course of a day: the floorboards creaking, the walls popping, the occasional unexplainable sound from a closet or an empty room. But as the story progresses, the suspense certainly builds. Ultimately, Girl in the Walls is a literary story about overcoming grief and coming to terms with the things we don’t know. Eventually, the new family’s two teenage boys begin to sense her presence, and they begin their search for her. She hides in the attic and walls, sneaking out for food and other needs, searching for small objects that still remain in the house that her parents left behind. Girl in the Walls is the story of eleven-year-old Elise, an orphan who has snuck back into her old family home, where she haunts the new family that lives there.
Tell us a little about Girl in the Walls. He kindly answered a few of my questions.ġ. Gnuse is the author of Girl in the Walls, his debut novel, published by Fourth Estate on 1 April 2021.
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