Hello hello ~
Almost forgot to add this here (and that will not do!) - a new blog has gone live on Trek Sphere (formerly TrekFanProductions)!
This time I guess it's an opinion piece on the dearth of female writers writing Star Trek TOS novels.
If you're interested, please hop on across to the article on Trek Sphere using the link below:
Once upon a time in a decade not so long ago, a series of books began introducing new stories to a beloved franchise. Some of the stories were very, very bad, a selection of the stories were ‘alright’, and happily, a good portion were inspired.
One of the other most exciting things about this series of books was that the publishers in their desire for new and exciting content, cast their nets wide in order to capitalize on the success of their franchise. This resulted in a whole range of writers being published. Some were professional, published authors in their own right, others were fans and amateurs with promise, others still were scraping the bottom of the barrel – what were the editors thinking? I’ve asked myself after reading some of the more problematic love letters to the franchise.
The numbers vary in any year but if you look at the distribution of the authors something becomes very clear; in the beginning of the Pocket Books Star Trek TOS novel series there is broadly an even spread of male and female authors.
