The third quarter 2019 and fourth quarter 2019 were decent for posting older Star Trek fan fiction as creativity continues into the next decade!
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Dec
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Jun
2019
Progress Report – Second Quarter 2019
Check out how the second quarter 2019 was for writing Star Trek fan fiction. More stories are posted and there’s so much to do!
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Mar
2019
Progress Report – First Quarter 2019
Progress in writing fan fiction … and some serious complaints about the stupid new editor!
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Jan
2019
Review – Overtime
Overtime suffered – a lot – from my burnout. It took me years to finish it!
Review – Overtime
For the final wrap-up story in the Barnstorming series, I put it off and put it off forever. Frankly, I had forgotten about it. But then I started to run out of stuff to post on Fanfiction.net, and that meant I needed to finally finish the series already.
Background
Because Rick Daniels has not fully restored the timeline, he needs to run through and change everything – again. With the help of Mack and Marty, and the rest of the gang, the timeline is finally fully restored.
Plot
With incomplete timeline restoration, Rick Daniels has to work with the temporal natives in order to catch a thief/vandal in the act. While the perpetrator is not aware of how damaging her actions are, he cannot tell her the truth. Instead, he confides in Mack to help him catch the perpetrator right before she does her damage.
At the same time, Crita is fretting about getting married as Marty and Mack’s thoughts turn in that very same direction. But there’s only one possible way to marriage for them, and that’s to contest the unfair and ineffective Cousin Marriage Law.
In addition, untied loose ends included Wesley Crusher and his girlfriend, Lakeisha Warren; Future Guy (and Gal); and getting Mack some measure of justice. There was a lot to think about, and to plan.
Furthermore, it was important to me to shout out to various older series because I had (and still have) no idea if I will ever write any more Star Trek fan fiction.
Pressure, much?
Music
The story does not have any appreciable music or musical themes.
Story Postings
- Overtime on Wattpad
- Overtime on Fanfiction.net
Rating
The story has a K rating.
Upshot
Once I started to push myself to finish in 2018, the pieces started to fall into place. Some nagging plot points slowly resolved themselves. I will admit I spent a lot of time saying goodbye to characters, but that is completely understandable. I do not intend to write any more fan fiction but you never, ever say never, eh?
After all, These Are the Destinations and Paradox are still not finished….
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Dec
2018
Progress Report – Fourth Quarter 2018
More fan fiction, but it’s winding down.
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05
Oct
2018
Review – Inside Information
A Nostalgic Review of Inside Information
Inside Information brings the In Between Days Series in line with Star Trek: Discovery.
Background
On the Discovery, a young crewman knows something no one else does. His ancestors have visited him in his dreams, and they have told him there’s a way to get home. And this young crewman is Douglas Malcolm Beckett. But he’s changed his name to Hayes.
Douglas Jay Hayes Beckett (Steven Culp) – image is for educational purposes only
Plot
For the ghosts of Douglas Jay Hayes Beckett and Charlotte Lilienne O’Day Beckett, it’s irresistible. Their descendant is in peril and he’s afraid. So they enter his dream state and they comfort him. But they also let him know that he can get home if all else fails.
For one of the great patriarchs and one of the great matriarchs of an enormous dynasty, the chance to help one of their own will always be on the table. And so Doug and Lili arrive, in mists and clouds and mystery.
Family Tree
Doug the younger is the son of Jay Hayes Beckett. Jay is the son of Joss, who is Doug and Lili’s first born. Doug the younger is also of interest because he’s born on December 3, 2229, giving him the same birthday as Douglas Jay Hayes Beckett. The difference, though, is 127 years.
Doug the younger’s sister, Lilienne Melissa Beckett, is born in 2230. In Fortune, Q shows her to Lili.
But the tree goes on and Doug the younger also connects to Barnstorming. In 2265, he marries Penny Webb. Their son, Steven Hayes, is born in 2270. He marries Lucy Kimura. Steven’s daughter, Lilienne Charlotte Hayes, is born in 2309. During Play, Time Out, and Overtime, Lilienne is one of the thirteen living descendants of Doug the elder.
Lili (image of Naomi Watts is for educational purposes only)
Their son, Jay Neil Hayes (born 2307) has a daughter, Sheilagh. She marries Don Porter. Their daughter is Tamsin Jennifer Porter, another of the thirteen.
The Thirteen
Doug the elder’s thirteen living descendants in 2379 are:
- Douglas Daniels, born in 2305 (also Lili’s descendant via Malcolm Reed)
- Michael Daniels, born in 2341 (also Lili’s descendant via Malcolm Reed)
- Lilienne Charlotte Hayes, born in 2309 (also Lili’s descendant)
- Ariana LaForge, born in 2337 (also Lili’s descendant, via both Doug and Malcolm)
- Edward LaForge, born in 2322 (also Lili’s descendant, via both Doug and Malcolm)
- Geordi LaForge, born in 2335(also Lili’s descendant, via both Doug and Malcolm)
- Misty Dana MacKenzie, born in 2329 (Melissa Madden‘s descendant)
- Martin Douglas Madden, born in 2322 (Melissa Madden’s descendant)
- Jay Neil Hayes, born in 2307 (also Lili’s descendant)
- Sheilagh Hayes Porter, born in 2331 (also Lili’s descendant)
- Tamsin Porter, born in 2354 (also Lili’s descendant)
- Tina Reed O’Connor, born in 2291 (also Lili’s descendant via Malcolm Reed)
- Kevin Reed, born in 2344 (also Lili’s descendant via Malcolm Reed)
Story Postings
- Inside Information on Ad Astra
- Inside Information on Fanfiction.net
- And Inside Information on Wattpad
Rating
The story has a K rating.
Upshot
Doug the younger even refers to The Human Pioneers of Lafa II, neatly bringing Norri into the fold. It was a quick story, tossed off fast. But it ties the story together even more, and the family lives on, from generation to generation, and from series to series.
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Sep
2018
Progress Report – Third Quarter 2018
Progress Report – Third Quarter 2018
Third quarter 2018 was more transitioning from Star Trek fan fiction over to the wholly original stuff.
Posted Works
First of all, on Wattpad, for the third quarter 2018, I posted The All-Stars and then I posted Play. So it was a lot of Barnstorming posting to try to finally get that series out there.
And on Fanfiction.net, I also finished The All-Stars and then posted Play and started Time Out.
Finally, on the G & T Show forums, I posted absolutely nothing and that is just going to continue. I am sure that that ship has sailed. Those forums don’t even exist any more.
Milestones
See the Stats page for individual read and review counts.
WIP Corner
I kept working on Overtime to try and finish it before the end of the year and, particularly, before the start of NaNoWriMo.
Prep Work
I continued to write wholly original works and prepare for this year’s NaNoWriMo. This also included submitting various short stories to small literary magazines, in the hopes of getting some more publishing credits to my name.
This Month’s Productivity Killers
It was work, of course! Life got frightfully busy at the end of the previous quarter and it has not yet let up. If it ever will, and now I am really doubting that. I am a middle manager now, with two direct reports! Yeah, life isn’t going to slow down any time soon, if ever. Save me!
In fact, this level of busyness was starting to push me to giving up certain volunteer work I have done, some of it for years. But I have to protect my own physical health, so adding yet more and more work and filled hours to my day was not doing me any favors.
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Sep
2018
Review – Time Out
A Pretty Harsh Review of Time Out
With Time Out, I abandoned the sports theme completely and instead did some personal head canon repairs. That is, I had put characters into an alternate temporal scenario and then I needed to get them back to the prime timeline. And I had to do this without destroying the continuity I was creating in the Barnstorming series.
Background
At the time I first wrote this story, I was even more burned out than before. I was absolutely running out of things to say, and so I shuffled the cards, big time. This also rather neatly plugged a hole in the Times of the HG Wells series. Now, that was a hole that only I could see. But I do like to be consistent.
The hole in the Wells timeline had to do with Dana, who hooks up with Rick. Once I realized I would rather she was Marty’s great love, she would have to somehow not fall prey to Rick’s charms.
Plot
Time Out stepped outside of the sports theme entirely for a very new story line. Instead of being a coach, Mack MacKenzie, is now called Dana, and she is the Tactical Officer on the Enterprise-E. As before, Martin Madden is still the First Officer. However, other players are in new places. And it’s all because of the accidental firing of a pulse shot.
At the same time, Marty is investigating an odd phenomenon which seems to directly relate to the O’Day-Hayes-Beckett-Digiorno-Madden-Reed family. New relatives show up, including the exceptionally annoying Tamsin Porter. Much like in the prime timeline for this series, Porter has the hots for Madden, and the radiation band cycling phenomenon still exists. It is one of the drivers of the plot.
Story Postings
- Time Out on Wattpad
- Time Out on Fanfiction.net
Rating
The story has a K rating.
Upshot
One thing this story did well was show just how hit and miss so many of the time travel missions should have been during the Wells series. It was also a chance to showcase an earlier Rick, one who hasn’t yet met the Becketts. Hence for him, the time frame for the story is pre-Temper.
In addition, it brings up one interesting point. For the temporal and spatial dislocation in Crackerjack, it’s due to the remnants of a pulse shot. Originally, I had wanted it to be a post-Temper leftover of Empress Hoshi‘s doings. But what if it was due to experiments by Szish, the Gorn who built Mack’s ship, the Cookie? With the other references to the Crackerjack dislocation, this could be a way to wrap that up as well. I am currently trying to wrap up the final book in the series, so I might use this insight.
But I was flagging, and it shows.
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Jul
2018
Review – Play
A Brutal Review of Play
With Play, I continued the Barnstorming saga. However, I started to run out of things to say.
Background
To continue the Barnstorming series, I had to give Dana and the rest of the gang something to do. The main invention was a fake Tellarite game called Kreesta. I wanted the most ridiculous kind of a sport imaginable. Hence Kreesta is a cross between competitive eating and table tennis. And yes, it is just as messy and undignified as you are probably thinking.
Plot
Play is the second story in the Star Trek TNG/ENT Crossover series, Barnstorming. The story follows Dana MacKenzie and her traveling sports team, as Martin Madden investigates a mysterious phenomenon. The story, at its end, sets up a crossover with ENT and with the Times of the HG Wells series.
Music
The story does not have any major music or musical themes.
Story Postings
- Play on Wattpad
- Play on Fanfiction.net
Rating
The story has a K rating.
Upshot
The real problem with this story is the one for the entire series. I was horribly burned out and so the ideas did not come as freely as before. In addition, I was ready to write a lot more wholly original works, full-time. This meant taking time away from truly developing this story line. And then at the end, I copped out in a lot of ways, and dovetailed into the old family.
That is because I essentially grabbed the first canon character I could think of who could work, and I made him the anchor character. Martin Madden is the initial anchor character, but then Rick Daniels becomes the secondary. As a result, the story line got increasingly muddled and weird. And then it took a left turn into time travel, but that did work to fix a hole in the Wells series. So, yay? Maybe?
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Jun
2018
Progress Report – Second Quarter 2018
Progress Report – Second Quarter 2018
The Second Quarter 2018 brought more changes. Because I am not posting much new works, its main purpose was to post the older pieces.
Posted Works
First of all, on Wattpad, I posted Inside Information (more information below) as a part of Later Days. I then swung into the Eriecho series, with Release, Beats, Double Helix, The Mundane World, Recessive, A Gathering, and Across the Universe. I then posted The Puzzle and Theorizing, both as standalone stories. My next foray was going to be into the E2 timeline, with Reflections Down a Corridor. However instead I went with the Barnstorming series, starting with The All-Stars of course.
And on Fanfiction.net, I posted the Hold Your Dominion series in its entirety. That consists of Hold Your Dominion, Smash Your Dominion, Good-Bye, and Wider than the Sargasso Sea. And then I moved onto Mixing It Up, posting Freak School, Report Card, D’Storlin, The Reptile Speaks, Insecurity, Losin’ It, Truth, and Transported. I added Alien Encounter, Milk, and The Black Widow to this collection as they don’t really fit in anywhere else. And I then got caught up by posting Inside Information. I posted Coffee and Siberians as a separate Voyager Collection. Then I started the Barnstorming series, with The All-Stars, and then moving along to Play. I also posted, as a standalone, Inside Information.
Milestones
See the Stats page for individual read and review counts.
WIP Corner
There really isn’t anything in progress. Inside Information was completely unexpected. However, because I’ve started Barnstorming, I need to finish Overtime. So I did some work on that and moved it along. I can see how I’ll finally end it.
Prep Work
On the WattNaNo profile, I added to WattNaNo’s Top Picks for 2018.
This Month’s Productivity Killers
Work got worse. Basically, while I am grateful to have a job, I am also alternating between boredom and stressed panic. Some of that boredom is my own fault; I take responsibility for it. I would just like a little more balance. But I’m sure we all would.
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