I'm Back

Been gone awhile as my old computer got fried - simple lack of maintenance. I didn't bother to blow out the desert dust and the cooling fan gave up the ghost. Luckily had everything backed up - just one problem: bought a new Compac with MS Vista and found it doesn't accept Stuffit compressed files. Ended up losing my entire novel, Follow the Raven. (Anybody know how to restore the files from disk?)
In a way, it was good. Seems none of them were either marketable or I could not figure out how to write a good query letter. In either case, I decided to go over them to see if I could make them more marketable.
I've come uip with some ideas, the first of which deals with my spy novel, Waltzing in the Shadows. My first changes have to do with providing more intensity and I have written two new chapters. One takes place in the GDR Stasi Headquarters and the other deals with a Russian Tank Company in EastGermany. I am posting both in the Sharing section and would appreciate any comments/suggestions.
Hope you will see more of me here.