Sizzling Summer Reads!

[Marion]

Yay!
Three more wonderful stories to read on the website!
The second of Caroline Smith's 'Challenge of Five' stories - a real treat for Captain Grey fans. AND a picture too
A new NCS story from Skybase Girl, providing an insight into a couple of important characters.
A short story - start of a series - from MMK - featuring two OCS characters and a few surprises

Check them out! They're all great.

[Sage]

Ooh yay
Caroline's fic is wonderful, love that pic too, yummy.
I'll read the other two sometime soon and comment on those two.

[Carrie]

I was about to start some writing...then spotted the new fics!!!
Couldn't wait to read them...

Skybase Girl and MMK, absolutely well done, both. I really enjoyed your stories.
Excellent emotional stuff in Souls Apart, a very poignant story, and a super ending. This story is so well written I was actually sympathising with NCS Destiny!!!

MMK, I'm really intrigued as to what's going to happen in part 2 of Reunions. I thought Marion had closed the book on Blue and Symp - but you've just proved me wrong! (and I'm sure Marion won't mind a bit!)

[Marion]

Not at all - the more the merrier!
I enjoyed all 3 stories - I beta read 2 of them, so that's cheating slightly - but yours was new to me and a smashing read, Carrie.
Poor old Grey - he's a churning mass of doubts under that cool exterior, isn't he? Not to mention, vain! LOL

[hazel]

Terrific stories, all three of them.

Well done on your first submission, MMK! An interesting start which will certainly get me to read chapter 2. (And it's a rare treat to read something that I haven't already seen as a beta...)

[Skybase Girl]

Thank you, everyone for your kind words ! Excellent work, as usual, Carrie, and congratulations to MMK, for a super debut. I'm proud to be posted on the same day as such illustrious company !

There's always the fear that while you think your efforts might be OK, everyone else will think you've missed the mark completely. I did think Souls Apart was too dialogue-driven - still do, I suppose. Hopefully, this won't put people off reading it.

Daresay I will improve as time goes on, assuming I can think of anything else to write ! Before going to bed last night, I had a blinding flash of brilliance for the next one, even down to characters and titles. Yes, even a plot !

Woke up this morning and remembered what I needed to research.... just couldn't remember what for. Knew I should have written it down when I thought about it !

[Marion]

Yep - you should've! Let that be a lesson to you... (voice of experience here )
Besides - I don't want to think we'll be deprived of another good story from you, just because you fell asleep!

[Matt Crowther]

Reunion is a fine story, look forward to reading the second part. Good stuff.

[Carrie]

Ah yes, the notepad beside the bed...a vital piece of equipment for the writer, as the Inspiration Fairy has a devilish sense of humour..just waiting till you nod gently off..then hit you with her wand with that plot idea or bit of dialogue you were looking for....

Skybase Girl, good dialogue is to die for...don't knock it! Honestly, it certainly didn't put me off reading it at all. The dialogue drew me into Destiny and Scarlet's world and kept me there.

Good luck with your newest flash of inspiration...we avidly await the result!!

[Skybase Girl]

Thanks, Carrie! Don't know about the Insiration Fairy, but it was obviously her opposite number, the Fairy of Inebriation, who was responsible for the senior moments of forgetfulness on Thursday morning. ( I had been out the previous evening and had been seriously led astray...... enough said ).

Maybe she was also responsible for making me think the idea was better than it really was ! Still, will nip down to the library tomorrow in the hope that salient points will come flooding back !

[Marion]

Skybase Girl says:

Don't know about the Insiration Fairy, but it was obviously her opposite number, the Fairy of Inebriation, who was responsible for the senior moments of forgetfulness on Thursday morning.

Shpeaking pershonally, I'd say that the Inspiration Fairy and the Inebiration Fairy are conjoined twins... (hic).




Joking aside, I enjoyed all three of the stories and I hope to see more from the three talented authors just as soon as they can get fingers to keyboard!
I am still working on the ghastly 'Wild Justice', but have, unintentionally, been sidetracked into a Halloween story... so I will be looking for expert advice, Carrie, when I have the semblance of a finished story.
This was a complete surprise to me, as I hadn't intended to write a Halloween story this year. I hope there are more inspired people out there, creating scary stories for the rest of us!

[Matt Crowther]

Afraid you won't find Halloween stories coming from this angle. Halloween sadly is not my bag. Though it could be argued that some of mine are scary for another reason entirely.

[Skybase Girl]

And another from the ever-more confident Lydia !

Brilliant stuff. The first bit was good, this is better, really strong and emotive. It's obvious from the choice of words that you've taken a lot of care with it. Your empathy with Ochre comes through, too, shows you really care about the character.

Looking forward to seeing if Elaine can make peace with her inner demons on her own, or if she will need help from her friends....!

[Serena Lewis]

Thanks. I thought no one had noticed it was there, but a few people obviously had!

xx

[Matt Crowther]

Oh we notice, Serena. Though we find out via this beautiful forum!