Well, I'd imagine that's at least as much about "No, they changed it so it's wrong" as about "TV is an inferior medium to books." It's better to use an original TV series as an example so you can assess the attitude toward the different media without interference from frustration at adaptational changes.
Yes, they are fun to write! But one must be careful; stardates in the 1500-3000 range comprise a lot of the first and second seasons of TOS, so one must be cognizant of the adventures that took place in those ranges, and where the characters were in their lives at those points, too.
I confess I find stardates a pain. I usually just look up the stardates of two adjacent episodes or movies and come up with a number in-between.
That's the best part about working in the post-Enterprise era. Stardates haven't been invented yet, so I don't have to worry about them.
Yeah, I use those too, but usually not for the first log that appears. It gives the impression that there's something you missed when you're actually beginning an adventure.
I'd have to look to be sure, but I don't think I've ever actually used a "captain's log" in any of the Trek novels or short stories I've done. I think the comic we just wrote for IDW may be our very first one.
Back in the early years of the novelverse, around 2003 or 2004, I remember Pocket experimented with minimized Trek branding on series-era novels not unlike the early books in the '80s. "Do Comets Dream?," "Garth of Izar," and "Gemini" all featured that sort of design. I thought it was kind of classy.
Thanks, Jinn! As I mentioned in another thread, the Gold Key 'verse is one crazy 'verse... sounds like fun! (This is what I get for not reading the whole internet every day...)