Michael Garcia

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FSA Series Bible: Part One

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

I treat Star Trek: Full Speed Ahead like a series on television; I write the episodes to around 10,000 words, which is roughly 55-60 pages of material. In order to keep things in an organized fashion, I’m putting together a Series Bible with all the information contained inside.  In theory, another writer could possibly write an …

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WIP Progress Report: June 24, 2012

Star Trek: The New Threat cover

My WIP progress report for May and June is right here!  Did you all miss me?

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WIP Progress Report: May 10, 2012

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

My WIP progress report for April is right here!  Did you all miss me?

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Prelude to Linear

Logo for the Golden State Baseball League

When I got the idea for writing Linear, I also was kind of referencing another story that I had an idea for, but it has nothing to do with Star Trek or fanfics.  It was a straight-up contemporary story about a semi-professional baseball league in the state of California.  If none of this interests you, …

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WIP Progress Report: March 8, 2012

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

My WIP progress report for March and late February is right here!  Did you all miss me?

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Author’s Commentary: The Better Part of Valor

I realize it might seem strange to do a flashback story so early on in the series, but I felt like it was important to show how Leone and Ariel were before they got to Farragut.  Which is to say, not a whole lot different, but I think this episode shows Leone in a different …

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Author’s Commentary: Eternal Midnight

One of the aspects of Full Speed Ahead that I worked really hard to illustrate, was the relationship between the officers and enlisted aboard Farragut.  We got to see this more often than not in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, however, I always felt that Chief O’Brien was a de facto commissioned officer, from the …

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Introducing Star Trek: Linear

Star Trek: Linear #1 cover

In my WIP post from12 February, I spoke a little on the subject of this project that keeps kind of creeping up on me.  I had some time to take a look at some of the logistics of doing a story where the central plot takes place on a planet-based colony rather than on a …

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WIP Report: February 12, 2012

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

So, I hope that jespah doesn’t mind that I’m going to steal her post format in trying to outline all of the Works in Progress (WIP) that I’m reporting on in this entry.

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Author’s Commentary: Milk Run

I’m going to start with Milk Run, because to me, this is the real beginning of the series.  Milk Run represents the first episode after the novella-length ‘pilot,’ Damn the Torpedoes! Parts I, II, and III.   It’s also the first episode where we get to know the entire crew and not just the Leone-loyal team of …

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