Life Boat

“What did you do on the ship anyway?” David asked, his voice booming in the confined space.
Bernard grunted. The words trickled out of him slowly like oil spilling from a can. “Engineering. Tinkerer. Making sure things ran properly. Good money. Respectable job. Made the time go quickly.”
“Is that important? Making time go quickly, I mean?”
“Sure. [...]

Novel

Well I’ve bitten the bullet, hired a writing coach and I’ve now a full 6 chapters completed of that novel that’s been flitting around my head for over a decade. And I’ve another ten chapters in various states of incompletion.
Gotta tell ya folks, it’s a good feeling to get focus and momentum on this, to [...]

Roddenberry on Star Trek

“I think probably the most often-asked question about the show (Star Trek) is ‘why the Star Trek phenomenon?’ and it could be an important question because you can ask, how can a simple space opera with blinking lights and zap guns and a hobgoblin with pointy ears reach out and touch the hearts and minds [...]