Edge of Armageddon first saw the light of Day about eight years ago. I'd come up with a one page synopsis of Keith Ford's Service history and how he came to join SHADO.

I took a copy of this and 'fleshed out' the bare bones
I would usually write, sitting in the car, whilst my son was at his tutor's.
There then came aq hiatus oif several years where other things took priority and also Writer's Block had hit
Eventually, inspiration re-appeared and I picked it up again. With the passage of time, a few more ideas had popped up, perhaps as a result of something I'd read or watched on TV. Quite often, I'd have ideas whilst swimming- it's amazing how swimming a mile can clear the mind, although it often meant I'd lose count of exactly how many lengths I'd actually swum.
In best 'Gerry Anderson' style, the narrative cuts between two or more scenes
Some scenes had originally been 'passage of time' just to give a feeling of time passing and break up a particularly long scene into more digerstible chunks but if a particular scene went well, I'd go with it and it would often end up being a sub-plot in it's own right.

As it approaches it's conclusion, I'mbeginning to have feelings of losing a friend
The story has been written from day one on an Apple Mac (originally a Mac IIvx but later transferred to an iBook) using Microsoft Word v. X (2003 equivalent)

The writing environment has ranged from  sitting in the car, my Mother-in-Law's lounge, my former employers' canteen and Gillingham Ice rink. I will quite often listen to Episodes of UFO whilst writing but sometimes it will just be my iPod to blot out the outside world

I've come to realise that I may not actually be able to post it here; there are a number of graphics included and I'm not sure whether the forum can cope

I also tend to incorporate real people, either as themselves or, combined with others, to make incidental characters