“Political Secret” a Work in Progress
I couldn’t let this milestone pass without recording it.
Following further self-editing, based on the comments of a beta reader, I have sent the manuscript of my 11th novel to a manuscript assessor. I’m satisfied with its progress to that extent.
The story idea started off very simply – the protagonist would have something that somebody else wanted very badly; he or she would be chased and the chase would end in a wilderness encounter.
At first I was going to make the protagonist a woman but, as my idea developed, I decided on a man.
I chose a setting that I knew well – the region of my birth and young adulthood, and where I lived and worked or, later, visited for work as an employee of the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Here’s the blurb I’m currently running with:
“ In an incident on the Moscow Metro, Lee St John, a press attaché with the New Zealand Embassy, gains access to an American secret with potential to start World War III.
“Tailed back to his own country by a Russian agent, and trying to keep the secret from getting out, Lee crisscrosses the South Island. He encounters New Zealand-born Natalie Voitenko but, when pursuer catches up with pursued, is she friend or foe?
“ Meanwhile, Lee’s long-distance lover, Sophie Patterson, tries to find an explanation for his disappearance.”
Sound interesting? Comments welcome.
[www.thomaswdevine.com]
Following further self-editing, based on the comments of a beta reader, I have sent the manuscript of my 11th novel to a manuscript assessor. I’m satisfied with its progress to that extent.
The story idea started off very simply – the protagonist would have something that somebody else wanted very badly; he or she would be chased and the chase would end in a wilderness encounter.
At first I was going to make the protagonist a woman but, as my idea developed, I decided on a man.
I chose a setting that I knew well – the region of my birth and young adulthood, and where I lived and worked or, later, visited for work as an employee of the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Here’s the blurb I’m currently running with:
“ In an incident on the Moscow Metro, Lee St John, a press attaché with the New Zealand Embassy, gains access to an American secret with potential to start World War III.
“Tailed back to his own country by a Russian agent, and trying to keep the secret from getting out, Lee crisscrosses the South Island. He encounters New Zealand-born Natalie Voitenko but, when pursuer catches up with pursued, is she friend or foe?
“ Meanwhile, Lee’s long-distance lover, Sophie Patterson, tries to find an explanation for his disappearance.”
Sound interesting? Comments welcome.
[www.thomaswdevine.com]
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