Star Trek Writers Mini-Con

I will be appearing with eleven other Star Trek writers at what the organizer has referred to as a mini-convention. We’re currently planning on holding a meet-the-authors event, with a book signing and a question-and-answer session. In addition to me, the other writers presently scheduled to attend include Keith R. A. DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, Michael Jan Friedman, Dave Galanter, Bob Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Bill Leisner, David Mack, Scott Pearson, Aaron Rosenberg, and Dayton Ward.

The event will be held on Saturday, 6 May, from 1 PM to 6 PM. It will take place at Star Trek Original Series Set Tours, a permanent installation of meticulously recreated sets. It is located in Ticonderoga, New York. 

Keep checking the Events page for more information as it becomes available.

Interview

Paul Semel sat down with me last week to talk about my most recently published novel, a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine entry called The Long Mirage. You can find the interview on Mr. Semel’s eponymous website. In answering his questions, I talk about the plot of the new book and where it fits into the series’ chronology. I also discuss the genesis of the story—or stories—within the novel. Additionally, I address the ways in which I do and don’t attempt to emulate the television show, what it means to effectively have an unlimited visual-effects budget, and how writing a Deep Space Nine tale differs from writing within other incarnations of Trek. Finally, I reveal what it is about Star Trek that inspires me. Head on over and give it a read.

“It’s Alive!”

For better or worse, I’m going live with my official website. I intend it to fulfill several purposes, starting with providing an online calling card for my writing. You can find an Author Bio, as well as a Contact page where you can easily get in touch with me if you’re so inclined.

But wait: there’s more! You can check out the News page (which you’re on right now) for updates about both my writing and my website. An Events page will announce my upcoming appearances—whether virtual, such as on a podcast or in a print interview—or in real life. I’ve also included a Media section that will include links to Podcasts and Print Interviews I’ve already done, a Social Media page, and a list of Links to some of my favorite people and places on the World Wide Web.

Sounds like plenty, right? Not so fast. There are also pages detailing my published and produced work. There’s a Complete Bibliography, but I’ve also divided it up into smaller groupings that list my Star Trek Fiction, my Star Trek Nonfiction, and my General Fiction. I’ve also added a Store in which people can purchase autographed copies of my books, as well as other interesting trinkets I’ll include from time to time.

But that’s not all! Over the past couple of years, events here and there have sparked my desire to write about them—not in story form, but as commentary. I’ve therefore decide to blog—and isn’t it amazing that this nascent word, short for web log and in use for less than two decades, has already entered not just the vernacular, but into Merriam-Webster’s dictionaries as well? Because I have several interests, I’ve decided to divide up what I write on this site into four separate blogs, so that you can readily find what you like. I’ll be contributing to a blog on Baseball, a sport I love to follow and watch, and that I love even more to play. Because I am an impassioned fan of movies, I’ll also be writing about the world of Film, which will likely include numerous reviews. It probably goes without saying that I love to write, and so it’s only natural that I’ll have a Writing blog. Finally, for the myriad events that happen out in the broader universe, I’ve included a more general blog, which I’ve simply designated World. I could have added a blog for Science in general, or one specifically for individual disciplines, such as Cosmology, Mathematics, Physics, and Quantum Physics. I could’ve had one for Art and another for Language, one for Books and another for Philosophy. But I don’t want to get ahead of myself and get overextended; after all, I still have novels to write. As it is, I haven’t even yet published content to all of my existing blogs. As of this launch, I’ve penned—or should that be keyboarded?—an entry for my Baseball and Film blogs, but not for my Writing or World blogs, but stay tuned.

So, that’s it for now. I hope that you’ll like and enjoy the site, and that you’ll come back often. Peace and long life!