Hi gang--well, all I can add to the conversation is that neither TNG 365 or its predecessor TOS 365 were written as "making of books". It's really difficult to do one of those after the fact--especially 25 years after the fact. We were lucky with the DS9 Companion--we had access to everyone while the show was in production and they were all incredibly generous with their time. We also wrote a making of book about "Insurrection"--"The Secrets of Star Trek Insurrection" which was quite in-depth, but since the movie wasn't all that popular a lot of you probably never saw the book.
Hopefully, you'll find some stories and images in TNG 365 that you've never seen before. But truthfully, even if you hear the story straight from the proverbial horse's mouth--and we talked to a lot of them (er, actors and production people that is) for this tome--it doesn't mean that particular horse didn't provide the same story to a different author before, or a different audience (ever been to a convention? Ever heard the same story 8 times at 8 different conventions?). The only things that I can predict that people likely haven't heard before are things that Terry and I experienced first hand during the years we were at Paramount. And some of the things that we were told in our interviews for this book. And there are some cool images that we got from the studio, and from friends and acquaintances that we don't think have ever seen print before, including our favorite: an incredibly wonderful picture of the youngest members of TNG's writing staff circa 1993, goofing off together--each of whom went on to become high paid executive producers on non-Trek shows. Every single one of those "lads" was willing to rehash memories with us for hours and hours for this book, and somewhere in their very candid comments are bound to be a few things you haven't read elsewhere.
In any event, we're hoping you'll enjoy it! We know you'll let us know one way or another!
Hopefully, you'll find some stories and images in TNG 365 that you've never seen before. But truthfully, even if you hear the story straight from the proverbial horse's mouth--and we talked to a lot of them (er, actors and production people that is) for this tome--it doesn't mean that particular horse didn't provide the same story to a different author before, or a different audience (ever been to a convention? Ever heard the same story 8 times at 8 different conventions?). The only things that I can predict that people likely haven't heard before are things that Terry and I experienced first hand during the years we were at Paramount. And some of the things that we were told in our interviews for this book. And there are some cool images that we got from the studio, and from friends and acquaintances that we don't think have ever seen print before, including our favorite: an incredibly wonderful picture of the youngest members of TNG's writing staff circa 1993, goofing off together--each of whom went on to become high paid executive producers on non-Trek shows. Every single one of those "lads" was willing to rehash memories with us for hours and hours for this book, and somewhere in their very candid comments are bound to be a few things you haven't read elsewhere.
In any event, we're hoping you'll enjoy it! We know you'll let us know one way or another!
