I started writing seriously in 2006. The second novel I wrote was The 51st State. Many years before the TT was thrust upon the world the first time, England had been referred to as the 51st state.
Blurb
Patrick A Steele is principally an Englishman. He finds the influence that the USA enjoys within his country to be abhorrent. He decides that he should research the possibility of doing something about the ‘special relationship’ to which the two nations profess. Patrick Steele is an accountant with training in a variety of physical skills. He has made himself a self-styled Robin Hood, available to right the wrongs of society using his skills as an accountant and a man of violence. The Gurentai, a more benevolent sub-group of the Japanese Yakuza, set Steele up with a Swiss bank account with sufficient remuneration to purchase an empty factory unit and set it up as a training facility and garage. After persuading his Japanese companion, Takuo Sumisu and Naomi Kobayashi, to become involved, he also elicits assistance from the German and French secret services. There then ensues a variety of actions that take Patrick and his Japanese allies across Europe and eventually to the US before returning to the UK. Will the efforts of Patrick and his cronies be enough to drive a rift between the USA and the UK? Discover the outcome in ‘The 51ST State’
When I wrote the blurb for my book, it was more of a cultural whinge. Empathy in this context is about the opinions of a limited section of society. Its usage is important in realistic storytelling. There is no end to the opportunities empathy provides because mentally transporting yourself into the shoes of others is infinite.
Little did I know that the title of 51st State would arise once again, but in this case relating to Canada. I will not be jumping into Trump's shoes anytime soon.
The exercise of empathising can look like procrastination from the outside, but it takes concentrated thought.
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