August 25th 2024

Welcome to my weekly diary charting the ups and downs of turning my Victorian whodunnit, Octopus: Octavius Guy & The Case of the Throttled Tragedienne, into a podcast. I'm its author, Michael Gallagher. Beric Livingstone is its narrator.

Where Beric is at:

Again, still no word from Beric.

Here he reads the second section from The Interval Continued, where Gooseberry starts asking the stranger, who's claiming to be his father, "questions".

I can't imagine a better, more thoroughly detailed and accurate reading, to be honest. If there are any authors out there who are considering turning their novels into audiobooks, I can thoroughly recommend Beric. You can contact him on his website.

"The Interval Continued, Part 2"
Learn more about Beric here:
Where I am at:

I've been working my way through Vivaldi's Autumn and Winter making a few (a very few) clips which could be useable.

Winter, Movement 3: Allegro non molto:

And simply because Octopus is not all doom and gloom:

Autumn, Movement 1: Allegro:

Till next week folks! The best known movements (the fast ones) from Summer and Winter (you'll know them well) still await my razor touch!

Listen to the full prologue here:
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About the Author

Michael Gallagher is the author of two series of novels set in Victorian times. Send for Octavius Guy chronicles the attempts of fourteen-year-old Gooseberry—reformed master pickpocket—to become a detective, aided and abetted by his ragtag bunch of friends. The Involuntary Medium follows the fortunes of young Lizzie Blaylock, a girl who can materialize the spirits of the dead, as she strives to come to terms with her unique gift. For twenty-five years Michael taught adults with learning disabilities at Bede, a London-based charity that works with the local community. He now writes full time.

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