Okay, you just know somebody's going to have that Photoshopped and posted here within 12 hours.
Except the flying saucer will probably be a sombrero.
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Okay, you just know somebody's going to have that Photoshopped and posted here within 12 hours.
Except the flying saucer will probably be a sombrero.
You are a very funny man, Sen~or Bennett!
And the planet where one transports from home to work magically, with no commute time!
(What's that statistic for the average time an employed American adult spends getting to/from work?)
P.S. Ward, don't go poking me in threads if you're gonna just hide from me afterwards!
^ Hiding? Check your e-Mail, sistah. 
12 hours?
I think you underestimate our happy little gang of miscreants. I'm hoping to see it before bedtime.
12 hours?
I think you underestimate our happy little gang of miscreants. I'm hoping to see it before bedtime.
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I woulda gotten the sumbitch, too, if I weren't such a control freak and always left my camera set on "manual." Stupid fuzzy bastard was shot though by a cannon and abducted while I was exposure-metering.
Was it a canon cannon?
Hey Mr. Ward... just outta curiosity... what are your average work hours? Not counting the BBS posts, of course.
Just wondering.
Just wondering.
Pulling this thread back on topic kicking and screaming, I'd like to see the quintessential Guinan novel, from her days a young girl in the Delta Quadrant (presumbly) to forays on Earth and other worlds.
Since she could meet a large number of famous folks across 600 years plus, I vote Greg Cox to write this.
Since she could meet a large number of famous folks across 600 years plus, I vote Greg Cox to write this.
Hey, Xeris... why don't you write it?
I don't wanna repeat myself, but... no one is more qualified to write your story than you!
Words of Mark Twain himself --in "Time's Arrow, Part II", that is.
And you don't even have to finish it right away. I have TONS of story synopsises hangin' around my MS Word, and EVEN MORE notes in my sketch-book.
So... y'all can follow my example. Just take a pad of paper, and jot down EVERYTHING you want to see in this Guinan novel. Then, when you've got some free time, type out a possible storyline, attempting to fit all your cool ideas into some kind of order....
Next, check your synopsis, and see how you can make it better. Subplots, big events, more character moments, doesn't matter. Once you've got this all worked out, WRITE.
And... you don't really have to treat your synopsis as god, either. If you're story's going in a different direction, don't panic. Myself, the novel i'm working on kinda strays from my old idea. I use the synopsis, basically, as a guideline when I get stumped and think, "Now how do I go on from here?"
But I don't force things. If the story's pulling you down a different path, they say it's a sure sign that you're book is just gonna be better than you ever imagined it would be.
Now, you don't have to follow my procedure, exactly. Just... consider, and be inspired!
And there goes the thread off-topic again. 
Hey Mr. Ward... just outta curiosity... what are your average work hours? Not counting the BBS posts, of course.
Just wondering.
I don't really understand why that information would be of any use to you, but for what it's worth, it's 8:30 on a Sunday evening, and I'm doing dayjob work, though I'm taking a break to read the boards while an SQL query runs.
Sounds exciting, eh?
I hate to put it this way, but I will. Not everyone is a writer. I'm not saying that to discourage anyone, but some people like to read and don't want to write. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's the same way that we vote but don't want to run for office (kinda/sorta).
That being said, I'd love to write out my own ideas. And you know, I will. First off I've been needing to move for some time now, because my environment is crap, and on the 9th I will be. But then there are other issues. First and foremost I've got to be previously published, then I've got to write a Trek book that follows all of the guidelines Pocket has established, then--finally--I get on to the ideas I'm excited about. If they're accepted. And Pocket's schedule is now so slow that they're probably set for the next couple years and already know what they plan to publish! But it won't stop me from writing, I'm just very pessimistic.
The option I'm considering right now is writing a piece for Strange New Worlds. That might be a better way of breaking in, and I've got some good ideas. But don't worry! I won't share them here.
That being said, I'd love to write out my own ideas. And you know, I will. First off I've been needing to move for some time now, because my environment is crap, and on the 9th I will be. But then there are other issues. First and foremost I've got to be previously published, then I've got to write a Trek book that follows all of the guidelines Pocket has established, then--finally--I get on to the ideas I'm excited about. If they're accepted. And Pocket's schedule is now so slow that they're probably set for the next couple years and already know what they plan to publish! But it won't stop me from writing, I'm just very pessimistic.
The option I'm considering right now is writing a piece for Strange New Worlds. That might be a better way of breaking in, and I've got some good ideas. But don't worry! I won't share them here.
^ Sorry to be a (further) downer, but the Strange New Worlds contest is no longer running. Volume Ten was the final volume.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Hey, Xeris... why don't you write it?
... no one is more qualified to write your story than you!
An all-encompassing novel about Guinan's life would not fit with the Simon & Schuster guidelines for submitting a first-time TNG novel proposal. Guinan is not one of the main cast members of TNG. To cover all aspects of her contact with Kirk/Scott/Chekov and Picard/Stargazer and Picard/Riker/Data/Q, it would require a crossover of epic proportions.
It's a job for the proven pros.
Assuming Xeris is a first-time or would-be author.
Pocket is not necessarily slower than before. Many of the new omnibuses have three or more authors represented in each volume, so it seems to me there are more ST stories coming out now than in the old two-novels per month times.
I was going to say that, but you beat me to it. And yes, I am a first-time/would-be author.Hey, Xeris... why don't you write it?
... no one is more qualified to write your story than you!
An all-encompassing novel about Guinan's life would not fit with the Simon & Schuster guidelines for submitting a first-time TNG novel proposal. Guinan is not one of the main cast members of TNG. To cover all aspects of her contact with Kirk/Scott/Chekov and Picard/Stargazer and Picard/Riker/Data/Q, it would require a crossover of epic proportions.
It's a job for the proven pros.
Assuming Xeris is a first-time or would-be author.
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