May 10 2012

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WIP Progress Report: May 10, 2012

My WIP progress report for April is right here!  Did you all miss me?

Mar 12 2012

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Prelude to Linear

When I got the idea for writing Linear, I also was kind of referencing another story that I had an idea for, but it has nothing to do with Star Trek or fanfics.  It was a straight-up contemporary story about a semi-professional baseball league in the state of California.  If none of this interests you, …

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Mar 08 2012

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WIP Progress Report: March 8, 2012

My WIP progress report for March and late February is right here!  Did you all miss me?

Feb 22 2012

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Author’s Commentary: The Better Part of Valor

I realize it might seem strange to do a flashback story so early on in the series, but I felt like it was important to show how Leone and Ariel were before they got to Farragut.  Which is to say, not a whole lot different, but I think this episode shows Leone in a different …

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Feb 17 2012

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Author’s Commentary: Eternal Midnight

One of the aspects of Full Speed Ahead that I worked really hard to illustrate, was the relationship between the officers and enlisted aboard Farragut.  We got to see this more often than not in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, however, I always felt that Chief O’Brien was a de facto commissioned officer, from the …

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Feb 12 2012

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Introducing Star Trek: Linear

In my WIP post from12 February, I spoke a little on the subject of this project that keeps kind of creeping up on me.  I had some time to take a look at some of the logistics of doing a story where the central plot takes place on a planet-based colony rather than on a …

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Feb 11 2012

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WIP Report: February 12, 2012

So, I hope that jespah doesn’t mind that I’m going to steal her post format in trying to outline all of the Works in Progress (WIP) that I’m reporting on in this entry.

Feb 10 2012

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Author’s Commentary: Milk Run

I’m going to start with Milk Run, because to me, this is the real beginning of the series.  Milk Run represents the first episode after the novella-length ‘pilot,’ Damn the Torpedoes! Parts I, II, and III.   It’s also the first episode where we get to know the entire crew and not just the Leone-loyal team of …

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Feb 07 2012

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Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderley, Again…

Kudos to anyone who recognizes the famous first line of this blog post.  But last night before I reported in for work, Sam Redfeather and I had a chance to polish off the last bit of The Chains of Error and I wanted to write on my feelings about this endeavor.  Sam hasn’t had a …

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Feb 06 2012

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The New Threat, Chapter 9

Since the most recent chapter of The Chains of Error is now online, I’ve decided to start writing and finishing off The New Threat.

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