gregar69

Yesterday was THE day. The day I finally got to go see Star Trek Beyond. And... I liked it. A lot. The story was predictable. A crazy bad man decides to kill a bunch of people (not unlike the first two films). But, it was the characters that made up for that. It FELT like Star Trek. They all seemed so right... so familiar. The Spock-Bones dynamic was in full force. Everyone, save perhaps Chekov, had something to contribute. And there were some moments that had me full of emotion -- particularly the tribute to Leonard Nimoy/Ambassador Spock. That moment, when an image took Spock back...far back in time... I almost burst in to tears. It was a t

Over my 45 years, I have written... occasionally. While I sometimes feel that I have wasted a lot of years in 'trying' to write, I have recently discovered that I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I spend a huge amount of time on the 'easy' aspects of writing... things like creating characters and designing ships and building universes for them to live in. But, when it comes time to put the fingers to the keyboard... I fail. But this time has been a bit different. Yes, I have spent the usual amount of time on the characters and situations, but I have actually WRITTEN a few pages that I am more or less happy with. That's a triumph for