I've been debating asking something like this for quite a while. I simply never have enough free time to work on the Star Trek Lit-verse Reading Guide to make it as informative, organized, and feature rich as I know it can be in my head. So for quite a while I've been debating asking for help, but at the same time knowing that I don't really want help, because it's my baby and I've put hundreds of hours of work into making every single page of it line by line just the way I want it.
But since offering to host Extrocomp's compilations of Treklit Names for Unnamed Canon "Insert Noun Here" lists, I've seen the opportunity that involving others can bring, to making a better resource for the whole Treklit community. At any rate I've got a project which I've known since launching my site three years ago should really be on it, but it's just not something I've ever gotten around to doing.
So I'm wondering if anyone would like to help compile a list of, basically, all the "behind the scenes" info we can about every Star Trek novel (and comic). Author annotations, internet interviews, podcast interviews, relevant TrekBBS post (from Kirsten for example), Voyages of the Imagination tidbits, Memory-Beta behind the scenes info, etc. Mainly the author annotations are the most important, but the more info the better really. Hopefully this could end up like @Laura Cynthia Chambers character names project where alot of people contribute and perhaps one person ends up taking it upon themselves to compile all the info and sending it to me, like @Extrocomp did with that group project.
All this info in one place would be like a huge "Special Features" Library for all of TrekLit and I think it would be a great resource for our community.
In addition to this, I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me with html code. I have enough ability with it to accomplish the modest site I currently have, but the coding is probably a mess. Also some of the pages ended up getting messed up and all the lines compacted into one line of code. This makes it harder to add an entry to the bulleted lists without alot of searching, and I've never taken the time to reformat several of the pages. If anyone would be willing, I could just copy the code of a page and send it to them, and if they have more ability with it and time to devote to it than I do, they could spruce it up and send it back. The ability to figure out how to make my hovor text accessible on mobile devices would be a huge help as well. If anyone is interested in joining with me that would be much appreciated. I hope that asking for help from the community will lead to a better site for all its visitors. Thanks!
But since offering to host Extrocomp's compilations of Treklit Names for Unnamed Canon "Insert Noun Here" lists, I've seen the opportunity that involving others can bring, to making a better resource for the whole Treklit community. At any rate I've got a project which I've known since launching my site three years ago should really be on it, but it's just not something I've ever gotten around to doing.
So I'm wondering if anyone would like to help compile a list of, basically, all the "behind the scenes" info we can about every Star Trek novel (and comic). Author annotations, internet interviews, podcast interviews, relevant TrekBBS post (from Kirsten for example), Voyages of the Imagination tidbits, Memory-Beta behind the scenes info, etc. Mainly the author annotations are the most important, but the more info the better really. Hopefully this could end up like @Laura Cynthia Chambers character names project where alot of people contribute and perhaps one person ends up taking it upon themselves to compile all the info and sending it to me, like @Extrocomp did with that group project.
All this info in one place would be like a huge "Special Features" Library for all of TrekLit and I think it would be a great resource for our community.
In addition to this, I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in helping me with html code. I have enough ability with it to accomplish the modest site I currently have, but the coding is probably a mess. Also some of the pages ended up getting messed up and all the lines compacted into one line of code. This makes it harder to add an entry to the bulleted lists without alot of searching, and I've never taken the time to reformat several of the pages. If anyone would be willing, I could just copy the code of a page and send it to them, and if they have more ability with it and time to devote to it than I do, they could spruce it up and send it back. The ability to figure out how to make my hovor text accessible on mobile devices would be a huge help as well. If anyone is interested in joining with me that would be much appreciated. I hope that asking for help from the community will lead to a better site for all its visitors. Thanks!
I hope they're not lost forever.
