Stuart Bone's Blog - Posts Tagged "election"

Well I've been out and voted this morning. I'll be glad when the General Election is over. There's so much reference to it on social media and some people are getting really passionate about it and obviously hate certain parties. Personally I don't think someone on line telling other people who to vote for does any good. We all have our own minds and should decide what issues are important to us, read up what the parties offer (and discount about 90% of it which won't happen) and then vote accordingly.

Having someone say, "If you vote for <-----> you're a XXXX" isn't particularly helpful; although it would raise a few eyebrows written down the side of one of the campaign buses.

The whole of the election in England just seems to be about three people as far as I can make out. We have Jeremey Corbyn and Diane Abbot for Labour; who both remind me of school teachers; he teaching Geography and she trying to teach maths but all the kids mess about in her class and they confuse her; and Theresa May for the Conservatives; a woman whose naughtiest things she's ever done are to trespass through cornfields as a child, and to name her breasts 'Strong' & 'Stable.' (or have I got that a bit mixed up?)

Anyway, by this time tomorrow it will be over and we can all move on with whatever the result is.

I'm getting on well with my first draft of CRIME & NOURISHMENT. I'm about 20k words in and there's still so much that's got to happen. I don't think I'll have any trouble with length (ooh Vicar). It's so much easier to take bits out of a story than add them in. I was short on my first novel, DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION and had to add a couple of days to the holiday and create a few more characters. With hindsight I can't believe Colin or the wine-tasting excursion weren't in the first draft.

I'm enjoying writing the third novel even though I've given myself quite a challenge; trying to combine the mysteries of the crime story with the humour of my first two books.

'Maggie Reynolds left the police force eighteen months ago after she was knocked down in a hit and run accident. With the death of her mother, Maggie took over the running of the family café.

When the man found guilty of the last murder case she worked on is himself killed in prison, Maggie finds herself plunged back into the world of investigation. Was Robert Flowers the killer of his girlfriend or did the police put an innocent man behind bars? Maggie had her doubts at the time, but who else could have killed Samantha and is that person ready to kill again?

As an ex-copper, Maggie has contacts but not access to all of the case information. For that she'll have to start her own investigation which puts her own life in danger. Was her accident, eighteen months ago, really an accident after all?'

Hopefully that's whetted your appetite. The humour comes from other characters in Maggie's world; especially her best friend and work colleague; Sarah; who's currently suffering side effects from her medication and is feeling horny all of the time.

I received a lovely, five star review on Goodreads today for NOTHING VENTURED. That always perks up my day. Goodreads advises not to respond to reviews; which makes sense. If you respond to one you have to respond to all; even the bad; but it's difficult not to when someone has taken the trouble to write. I'd just like to say here that I appreciate every review/rating I receive. It always helps highlight the books, so thank you very much.