Stench – A B Morgan
Today I am pleased to be able to
participate in the blog blitz or Stench by A B Morgan and I have a Guest Post for
you. My thanks go to Sarah Hardy from
Bloodhound Books.
About the Book
Rory Norton didn’t always make his living as a motorbike instructor and
he went to great lengths to leave his past life behind, to start again.
He thought he had succeeded, until the body of a missing woman is
discovered under the floor of his cottage. Only then do the guilt and shame of
his wife’s mysterious, untimely death and the accusations about his connection
to the missing woman combine to break him.
The question is not how the missing woman died but why, and who is
responsible?
Sometimes the truth stinks.
Guest Post
Characters that sneak up on you
Konrad Neale is back.
Who is he?
Konrad is a
likeable TV front man with determination, self-deprecating humour and
integrity. He first appears in The Camera Lies. As the central character,
he was the dynamo and the man who didn’t break under the most appalling strain.
Inside my
peculiar mind - my “imaginarium” - I see a man who, if he were played by an
actor, would be most like Rupert Graves. A battle-scarred silver fox, Konrad hides
emotional pain behind his personality.
Why are characters so important to get right?
Characters
are such an integral part of writing that no story can be written without them
being well-rounded enough for the writer to know how they will behave in any
given situation. I often berate myself for the smallest oversight in that
regard.
Sometimes
they inhabit the mind of the writer to such an extent that they become almost
real. They are born when I first imagine them, and then develop over the months
of writing and editing until they have fully-formed backgrounds,
characteristics, opinions and voices.
When I began
to write Stench, Konrad stepped into my head again and he was
disgruntled. He would not be denied his place in the new mystery. I wondered why
he was so insistent until I realised that he was not the only character from my
previous novel that demanded a continued existence.
A cast with depth.
When I read
the reviews for The Camera Lies, not only were there memorable congratulations
on my ability to write the strong male character of Konrad Neale and of the
hilarious, meaty Barney Ribble, but there were also several mentions of the
female characters, particularly the lovable Annette.
How could I
abandon them to remain trapped inside just one book?
The simple
answer is that I couldn’t.
As soon as I
finished writing The Camera Lies and sent it out into the world, I
missed them.
Describing
Annette’s love of food, the way she waddles as she walks and her lively bright
personality, was a joy. As Konrad’s friend and confidante, she is larger than
life in many ways and so she had to come along dragging the reliable Barney
with her. In Stench, they are central to the way the plot develops and
they are the driving force behind the denouement.
About the Author
A B Morgan: (The tartan is Welsh:
Morgan)
Married to
an overgrown child with a beard and too many motorbikes, Alison Morgan lives in
a corner of a field in North Bedfordshire and is making the most of a mid-life
crisis. The Morgans are determined not to grow old gracefully or to be seen
wearing beige and can be found exploring life through a love of live music,
anything with an engine, the sea, mountains, rugby, proper pubs and fascinating
people.
Alison worked for the NHS for
nearly thirty years, twenty of those within mental health services, at the
front line. She eventually became the manager of a countywide community service
for people experiencing their first episode of psychosis. Much to her
frustration, her heart decided to develop an electrical fault, which forced her
to sit down for more than five minutes and her career juddered to a halt. Not
one for thumb twiddling, she took up position in front of a computer with a
plan to write a set of clinical guidelines for assessment of psychosis but
instead a story, which had been lurking in her mind for several years, came
tumbling out.
Her first two novels, A
Justifiable Madness and Divine Poison, were inspired by her career
as a psychiatric nurse and her fascination with the extremes of human
behaviour. Then she stepped sideways and wrote a gritty psychological thriller,
The Camera Lies. All published by Bloodhound Books, Alison’s novels have
received excellent reviews and inspired many an interesting debate. Above
all, they are entertaining reads and, despite dark subjects, will raise a
smile.
Social Media Links
Email: alison@abmorgan.co.uk
Website: www.abmorgan.co.uk
Facebook: @ABMorganwriter
Twitter: @AliMorgan2304
LinkedIn: Ali Morgan
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