My first experience when I was in middle school of any sort of 'fan writing' was Star Trek during what some people call the 'Lost Era' between the last of the Original Series Movies and TNG. I'd been a fan since I first saw the Original Series Lets just say it wasn't exactly all that good. Also as I grew older I tended to find a lot I disagreed with in Rodenbarrry's ideas. While I was still a big fan (yeah, i know, geek ahoy) I wanted to change things, so, in college I went back and actually came up with my own crew again. I let it sit for a while, then when I was involved with a star trek/star wars furry website I re-tooled the crew, which had been that of Enterprise-D's sister ship and class prototype USS Galaxy and wrote a few stories with them.

The silly thing is instead of using 'brand new' characters the crew was actually some I've had for a while, mainly Michael and Mika and others from the 'Terran Wars.' Of late I've been thinking about going back and maybe posting some of what I have. Unfortunately several of the stories when TFC disappeared also disappeared.

Seems kind'a like a rambling journal but sometimes just telling others my ideas helps me. Even if they never reply....

I think I might at the least post a crew-roster somewhere, for the senior staff at least...