The Story

Time for an update on The Story. So far our hero Bob West, at least that's what he's called just now. It helps with the Title of the series 'West Goes West' although that may change as well. Sorry, anyway so far our hero Bob West has seen his remaining family wiped out in a mining accident and has moved to New York from Northumberland. He has found lodgings and a job and has just started a second job working in Curly McLucas' bar below his rooming-house. He's already had an altercation with the local hard man and has cemented his universal popularity by sending said hard man away with a flea in his ear.
This is as far as I've reached so far. I was wondering whether I had got him to America too soon but on reflection the series will chronicle his adventures in America so maybe getting him there early without too much faffing around in England and on a boat is no bad thing.
As Barbara my writing guru (although she doesn't know it yet) said the trip from his home town to the ship for America and the journey over the Atlantic could have been a bit of a turn off for the reader if not done well and I'm not a good enough writer yet to engage people with tales of the muddy roads of 1860's England and lots of water viewed from a ship.
Things have stalled somewhat though, Bob is currently standing in the bar wondering what to do so its thinking cap on and lets see if we can get him moving into some adventures. All ideas gratefully received.