After thinking it over, I started a new story yesterday. There are various ideas for ones floating round my head - see some of my earlier post for details - but the one that finally pushed itself to the fore is a story called Crossing the Floor, which is a lesbian romance story between two MPs (that's Members of Parliament, if you're not British). As ever with the start of a story, things are going well, with over 2000 words done yesterday as I get things moving and introduce the two main characters to the audience and each other.
The story's going to mix romance and political intrigue (at least, that's the plan). Amy's a newly elected MP, after a shock by-election win as an independent candidate. Concerned that she has no party to support her in the Commons, the Speaker asks Sara, a maverick MP from the ruling party, to give Amy some advice on how the House of Commons works. The two quickly become good friends, and there's a clear attraction between them, but will the closeted Sara be willing to act on it, and what happens when their relationship becomes public knowledge?
I'm hoping it will be fun to write, as the two main characters are interesting, and there's an interesting assortment of supporting characters to either cheer their relationship on or act as a roadblock to what's developing between them. Stay tuned for more on it as I write it!
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