i don't want Trek domination. i just want to make a shit load of money with my franchise and then write a pro Trek novel, then write some more original fiction.
and score a hot chick...
and score a hot chick...
Aspiring writers?
- Thread starter Nerdius Maximus
- Start date
Stopping yapping and go write then (yeah, I know, I should do the same)
I did.
And before me, Heather Jarman did.
I imagine there are some others as well.
And before me, Heather Jarman did.
I imagine there are some others as well.
I did (The Starfleet Survival Guide), though I had the advantage of having co-written episodes of Deep Space Nine before I did so. Also, I had ingratiated myself by spending a few years doing minor freelance editorial work at Pocket, like reading the slush pile and writing reference materials.
String Theory Book 2: Fusion and "Isabo's Shirt" in the Distant Shores antholoy came out about the same time.
I'm now writing the next Voyager relaunch novel, Full Circle.
I was actually referring to people like the ones described in Dayton's blog. I hadn't seen your post before I posted mine. No disrespect intended.
Sorry, my Mistake. Thanks for the link.
From the Submission guideline page...
We're looking for exciting science fiction stories featuring Star Trek characters established on screen, in either The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, or Star Trek: Enterprise. Do NOT submit proposals for stories focusing on your own original characters, or characters invented for previously published novels.
Well, there goes my story's chances of being published... That sucks...
We're looking for exciting science fiction stories featuring Star Trek characters established on screen, in either The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, or Star Trek: Enterprise. Do NOT submit proposals for stories focusing on your own original characters, or characters invented for previously published novels.
Well, there goes my story's chances of being published... That sucks...
If you want to do a story focusing on your own original characters, then you should set it in your own original universe. Then you'd have dozens of markets to submit it to instead of just Pocket Books. And it can be a lot more rewarding, certainly more liberating, to create your own universe than to try to fit your ideas within somebody else's universe.
(But don't just keep a Star Trek template and change the names; editors get tons of things like that in their slush piles and toss them aside. Create your own distinctive world and find your own storytelling style.)
Okay, that explains why I didn't recognize your name when I saw it. That was right around the time that I lapsed in my Trek reading.
I got into SNW the first three times I tried writing short fiction.
Since then, eh ... not so much.
--Ted
Hell of a start, though. Keep at it.
If only it was a movie...
You still have this, right? Right??
Everything about these proposals is awesome. Tell us more.
Honestly, that's all I remember. I don't think I read much past the first page on that first book and I believe that second one was just a query letter that received a polite rejection letter.
Plus, I'm always a little leery of making too much fun of slush in public--just in case the poor author is reading this!
Plus, I'm always a little leery of making too much fun of slush in public--just in case the poor author is reading this!
Similar threads
- Poll
