In this episode we speak with the noted and Best Selling Star Trek author Diane Carey. She’s written over 50 books including Battlestations! and Dreadnought.

Topics

• Starcon in Detroit
• Early experiences in the fandom
• Getting started as a writer
• Breaking all the rules in Star Trek publishing
• Story about the cover art
• Mining one’s life for content as an author
• Nautical experience informing Star Trek writing
• Justified
• Convention experiences
• Collections
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Hamlet
• The interior lives of Star Trek characters
• Rewriting a novel & being open to feedback
• About the destruction of the ship model on Battlestar Galactica

Episodes Discussed

• Dreadnought! (Novel)
• The Enemy Within TOS S1E04
• Devil in the Dark TOS S1E25
• Attached TNG S7E08
• Space Seed/Wrath of Khan TOS S1E22 & Movie
• Star Trek: Into Darkness (Movie)

Connect

• Check out Diane’s web site here
• Here is a link to Amazon’s listings of all Diane’s books

Kobayashi Maru

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Honorary Star Trek title awarded: Writer in Residence at the Pennington School

Background Photo by Srikanta H. U on Unsplash