Book Release and the Will of Landru
I just got word from Amazon that my novella, Not Past Redemption, is now live. I am trying out the KDP Select program so if you have a Kindle and are a Prime member, you can check out a copy and read it for free. Otherwise it is priced at a reasonable $0.99. Don't look for it elsewhere until August (if you are anti-Amazon and ask nicely...).
The story was inspired by my tenure as a temporary employee. Seriala and Mags go on an adventure. What you won't find, either in this novella or in Well of Dreams, is that Seriala is the pilot Ven hires and fires two weeks later. I couldn't resist some parallels to my own experience and I went with it.
Yesterday I returned to watching the original Star Trek. I watched Tomorrow is Yesterday and Court Martial yesterday, and then Return of the Archons today. Funny connection to that episode, a few years ago I met someone named Landru. Needless to say I have never forgotten them even though I only met them the once.
In watching these old episodes I am amazed at two things. On one hand, the writing is outstanding. Court Martial has to be one of the best episodes. I knew the story but it still had me on edge. But the plot holes, especially in Tomorrow is Yesterday were almost glaring. Well, for me they were. Most people would never catch them and similar things still happen in writing all the time. Still, the writing was superb aside from that and the stories are as wonderful this time around as the last time I watched the entire series, about 15 years ago. I just wish the DVD set was in production order, not broadcast order. I compromised by watching the first 16 episodes in production order and then I'll just go with the flow and watch them as they are arranged on the discs. It is the Will of Landru.
The story was inspired by my tenure as a temporary employee. Seriala and Mags go on an adventure. What you won't find, either in this novella or in Well of Dreams, is that Seriala is the pilot Ven hires and fires two weeks later. I couldn't resist some parallels to my own experience and I went with it.
Yesterday I returned to watching the original Star Trek. I watched Tomorrow is Yesterday and Court Martial yesterday, and then Return of the Archons today. Funny connection to that episode, a few years ago I met someone named Landru. Needless to say I have never forgotten them even though I only met them the once.
In watching these old episodes I am amazed at two things. On one hand, the writing is outstanding. Court Martial has to be one of the best episodes. I knew the story but it still had me on edge. But the plot holes, especially in Tomorrow is Yesterday were almost glaring. Well, for me they were. Most people would never catch them and similar things still happen in writing all the time. Still, the writing was superb aside from that and the stories are as wonderful this time around as the last time I watched the entire series, about 15 years ago. I just wish the DVD set was in production order, not broadcast order. I compromised by watching the first 16 episodes in production order and then I'll just go with the flow and watch them as they are arranged on the discs. It is the Will of Landru.
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