Tag: Gibraltar

The Trial of Pantsing (WIP Report)

Every writer’s journey has its unique twists and turns, characters that pop up and demand their stories be told, and inspirations that come from the unlikeliest of places. Today, I want to take you behind the scenes of my current project, “Trial of Transfer,” which is the opening saga in the “Star Trek: First Duty” series.

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Prompted: Originality Triumphs

And here is yet another prompt from the Ad Astra Blog Community, but this time it’s talking about original settings.  This topic is definitely relevant to how I write within Trek.

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WIP Progress Report: July 30, 2013

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

Here’s the WIP Progress Report for July 2013!  This will include the months in between now and then.

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Best Laid Plans

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

As with all things, sometimes when you make a plan, things don’t turn out that way you thought they would.  Full Speed Ahead is no different, and the big multi-season plan has changed pretty significantly as to warrant whole episodes being rewritten wholesale.  In this post, I’ll talk about what happened, and what happening now.

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Task Force Vanguard

Full Speed Ahead warps to take its place within the huge United Trek crossover event: Task Force Vanguard!

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Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderley, Again…

The Chains of Error cover

Kudos to anyone who recognizes the famous first line of this blog post.  But last night before I reported in for work, Sam Redfeather and I had a chance to polish off the last bit of The Chains of Error and I wanted to write on my feelings about this endeavor.  Sam hasn’t had a …

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Ariel Must Die

Aubery Plaza in Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Not too long ago in the crossover novel The Chains of Error (with Sam Redfeather’s Gibraltar), a number of people were a little surprised to read that Ariel Elannis died in the line of duty while trying to bring the evil Colonel Galmesh to justice.  I wanted to spend a little time talking about what …

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