DallasHerrmann

Just updated Roadworthy and Hit & Run, hope you enjoy!

TonyHarmsworth

New start to Chapter Two - ISS. This gets around my quandary over the solar flare. I got rid of it. Oh, to have such super powers!
          
          "The commander hit a large green button on the wall. The sirens were silenced, but the threatening flashing continued to remind us the emergency was still in progress.
          
          "Our invisible enemy comprised neutrons mainly but also protons coughed out by various high-energy sources in the galaxy. New geosynchronous satellites gave warnings which were relayed to us from NASA who triggered the alarm. Several ISS modules were now protected, but the safest was Destiny. Its new water-jacket absorbed many particles before they could do damage, but some would inevitably pass through both it and us, potentially damaging our DNA and causing future cancers, cataracts and other medical problems. Everything was done to minimise the risk to us, but space was inherently an unsafe place in which to work and we’d need to be monitored for the rest of our lives. 
          
          "We whispered among ourselves while half listening to the conversation which Mike was conducting with NASA and Roscosmos.
          
          "The call ended. ‘Okay guys. We’re stuck in here for about forty minutes until we enter the Earth’s shadow. The danger will be over by the time we emerge. Sorry to the newcomers. Not much of a welcome for you. We get two or three of these a week.’ Several of us muttered innocuous responses.
          
          "Arriving on the ISS is no holiday, but the emergency gave us the opportunity to relax, have a coffee and talk about current ISS projects. In such fascinating company our temporary imprisonment quickly passed and the induction action for Zinaida and me was underway once more."
          
          Thanks for spurring me into resolving it.
          
          Tony

TonyHarmsworth

I actually have had to rewrite some of MINDSLIP for the same reason, but haven't put the new chapters up yet.
            
            I'll do a post about it on my feed when I have.
            
            Thanks for your encouragement.
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DallasHerrmann

@TonyHarmsworth Good writing.
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TonyHarmsworth

Thanks so much for your comments on VISITOR 1 Scaffy Wagon. 
          
          The first one I am going to just leave as it is, but the second one is actually a problem I've been wrestling with since a pre-editor said I should introduce an 'event' at the end of the first chapter. 
          
          Any solution to my problem very welcome. The key is the 'invisible enemy' because that is a good hook.
          
          Hope you're enjoying the underlying story.
          
          Tony

sup3rd1972

Thanks for your votes on my book the Final Run. I am glad you liked my work. If you have a chance read my next work Children of Another Sun. It is a work in progress. I hope to start working on it again in the next couple weeks. Thanks again.