Hi Claire, welcome aboard. My standard greeting, being crazy is not required, but it sure helps!

Thanks everyone.  I'm here because I was asked by another publication to submit a piece called remembering Ed because I knew Ed Bishop quite well throughout my time in fandom until he passed away.  I hadn't realised what the people who run that site were all about but had seen an old friend of mine, Amelia's work, or a link to it on the site so I wrote and congratulated her as I was about to submit my own UFO story which had been on the SHADO library for a while, Error of Judgement but I wasn't happy with the way it looked so took it down for modification and it never went back because I didn't finish the mods.  However, it may be time to look at doing that again.  Once I was made aware of the content of this other site I asked for my piece on Ed to be removed and it was, I'm not sending the story or anything else either and my pictures have been taken off the site as well as I asked.  I've been invited to submit the piece here by Deb, but don't know where on this site to send it.  If you could let me know where to put it I will, and it's very nice to be here, thank you so much for the warm welcome.

I'm looking forward to seeing your work Claire. On this board most of the members here support and enjoy everyone's point of view on the show. I dearly love seeing our heroes through the eyes of different writers. Variety is the spice of life!

Deb summed it up best in her intro to the library, and I quote; "This site is a repository of fan-fiction devoted to the Gerry Anderson production U.F.O.. As with any library, it is constantly growing and changing, thanks to the contributions of writers who love the show, the premise and the characters enough to add their own ideas to the U.F.O. mythos and who are brave enough to share their vision."

That statement was the single most powerful force that inspired me to share my vision of the show with others.

Neesierie wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2011 at 1:23pm:


You're all so kind and I appreciate it.  I used to belong to a writing group called The Write Mice and we often had discussions on stories and I was invited to join the Library than, entered my story but it wasn't formatted properly as I said, it looked a mess but I'm working on it now and hopefully it will be up before the end of the week.  May have a bit of a problem writing for a day or so as I have blood tests tomorrow and as I said to Matt they always mess my arm up

Claire,
I don't remember you from the Write Mice.  But then, perhaps you joined after I was gone.  Looking back, I shouldn't have let creative differences get in my way.  If I'd been more tolerant of others' writing styles, I would have stayed with the group and maybe I wouldn't have spent so many years not writing UFO!  It's so good to know that we can all grow and learn in this life! 

Maybe being a part of another writers group will be the encouragement you need to write more UFO stories too! 

P.S. Good luck with your blood tests!

Neesierie wrote on Apr 4^th, 2011 at 1:04am:


Don't look back all the time, it's hard I know as I am one of the worst for thinking of past happenings.  It can't be changed so don't beat yourself up over it.

My bloods messed up my arm again, it was so cold they couldn't get blood out of one arm but managed with the other - I hate it 

I have already started a sequel to Error of Judgement but it kinda went off on tangents and I need to rein it back in and start again.  I'm so glad to be back here, I have missed my friends and all the new ones here

Thyroid trouble?  Gak!  They killed my thyroid at the end of '94 because of Graves' disease, and I had to go on synthroid for life in March of '95.  It sucks.    I'll never be a size 12 again!  However, my specialist told me that exercise and diet changes wouldn't have any effect on the weight gain -- and he was wrong!  I don't lose much weight, but I have lost several inches, which in my book counts for more, because it means a size change.  At least I'm not gaining anymore, which was truly terrifying as I was gaining a size every 6 months! 
My doctor babies me when I get my bloodwork done, since I warned her that I faint very easily!  :  She lets me lie down and talks to me to take my mind off the needle!