Are there any in our midst? I'm not referring to fanfic, but to an actual Star Trek Novel that you've had an agent submit for publication. Just out of curiosity.
When I was younger, I devoured every Trek book I could get my hands on. My mother worked at a bookstore, and she'd always bring me big paper bags full of ST novels with the covers ripped off(The ones that are supposed to be destroyed), so I pretty much had my pick of any Trek book that was in print at the time.
I was constantly writing my own fan fiction(For myself and some friends, basically. The internet was a few years away at that point.) and dreaming of one day writing and publishing my very own Trek novel.
As the years rolled by, my fanatical obsession with all things Trek gradually devolved into casual interest, and I moved on to other things. In recent years, however, the hardcore trekker in me has been reawakened, and it's occurred to me that the one thing I really wanted to do as a kid was to be a Trek author, like Peter David, J.M. Dillard, Vonda N. McIntyre, etc. That was my dream, lame as it may sound to some.
Therefore, with that in mind, I've begun outlining a TOS-era novel, set sometime around the end of the second season.
Whether it gets published or not, I'll at least have the satisfaction of knowing that I tried. And I'll try again, if this attempt is unsuccessful. I'll keep trying until it happens. Wish me luck! Or you can point out any grammatical errors that might be lurking in my post and tell me I'm a shitty writer who should just hang it up. That would actually seem like a bizarre form of encouragement to me.
When I was younger, I devoured every Trek book I could get my hands on. My mother worked at a bookstore, and she'd always bring me big paper bags full of ST novels with the covers ripped off(The ones that are supposed to be destroyed), so I pretty much had my pick of any Trek book that was in print at the time.
I was constantly writing my own fan fiction(For myself and some friends, basically. The internet was a few years away at that point.) and dreaming of one day writing and publishing my very own Trek novel.
As the years rolled by, my fanatical obsession with all things Trek gradually devolved into casual interest, and I moved on to other things. In recent years, however, the hardcore trekker in me has been reawakened, and it's occurred to me that the one thing I really wanted to do as a kid was to be a Trek author, like Peter David, J.M. Dillard, Vonda N. McIntyre, etc. That was my dream, lame as it may sound to some.
Therefore, with that in mind, I've begun outlining a TOS-era novel, set sometime around the end of the second season.
Whether it gets published or not, I'll at least have the satisfaction of knowing that I tried. And I'll try again, if this attempt is unsuccessful. I'll keep trying until it happens. Wish me luck! Or you can point out any grammatical errors that might be lurking in my post and tell me I'm a shitty writer who should just hang it up. That would actually seem like a bizarre form of encouragement to me.
Really, who do people think they are?
