SOMWHERE BEYOND THE HEAVENS: NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR
*When I originally sat down to write this, I was going to write a parody or at least a story that was very much tongue in cheek. Then, as I wrote my outline, I decided that I liked a couple of my ideas enough that I wanted to write a straight Buck Rogers-Galactica Crossover adventure.
*This is very much a rough draft, as all my writings are, that I will hopefully one day go back to and expand upon while fleshing out the characters more. It's definitely "surface" reading but I felt my audience would know these characters well enough to appreciate it anyway.
*One thing I will definitely have to expand upon whenever I get the chance to do a second draft is the whole Adam's Ark subplot. Quickly though, I would say that the time twistings of space travel are a very tricky thing. Also, we all know that a yahren is a year in Colonial time. However, I don't believe it has to be taken literally as exactly a year. Do the Colonials count 365 days in their calendar yahren, etc? We don't really know.
*In a second draft, you would (will) definitely see more of Princess Ardalla and Killer Kane. There would probably be some sort of Galactica / Star Fortress confrontation too!
*I'm not satisfied with the Ship of Lights scenes. I would really like to expand upon Adama and his family becoming members' of the Seraphs-becoming Lords of Kobol.
*The name Seraphs is one I take as "cannon" from the Maximum Press series of comics that was released in the mid 90's. Glen Larson simply referred to the Light beings as the Guardians of the Universe.
*Buck and Wilma deserve more "screen time" as well. It's just very difficult to keep everyone busy when you are dealing with so many characters. I tend to like the big, epic, storylines. So, sometimes my character development suffers.
*Vulpa is one of my favorite characters on the Cylon side and I am currently working on a story that details his rise and fall.
*My website, Battlestar Poseidon, is way behind schedule and still under construction. Now that this story is complete, my main focus will be on the site. Keep a keen eye open for it!
*Hopefully, readers didn't feel that the ending was a "Scooby-Doo" ending. I know I had some people nervous (scratching their heads) with the enormity of the Cylon forces. How in the world could they all be destroyed? Initially, I intended to mislead the reader into believing that the Crighton Virus was going to do the trick. Ok, so it's been done before (Independence Day), but I felt the Crighton / Roswell / Cylon connection would put an original spin on it.
*The story is definitely Galactica heavy. A second draft will hopefully represent the Buck Rogers universe more.
*Originally, in my outline, it was Cain and the Terran (Eastern Alliance) destroyers that saved the day.
*I would like to thank everyone who posted a review. Your thoughts, observations, and critiques were very much appreciated. Hopefully, I will get to meet some of you at the Galacticon (25 yahren reunion) in October!
REMEMBER: KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MY WEBSITE, BATTLESTAR POSEIDON! COMING SOON!
Shawn Scialo Iamluckylouie@aol.com
*When I originally sat down to write this, I was going to write a parody or at least a story that was very much tongue in cheek. Then, as I wrote my outline, I decided that I liked a couple of my ideas enough that I wanted to write a straight Buck Rogers-Galactica Crossover adventure.
*This is very much a rough draft, as all my writings are, that I will hopefully one day go back to and expand upon while fleshing out the characters more. It's definitely "surface" reading but I felt my audience would know these characters well enough to appreciate it anyway.
*One thing I will definitely have to expand upon whenever I get the chance to do a second draft is the whole Adam's Ark subplot. Quickly though, I would say that the time twistings of space travel are a very tricky thing. Also, we all know that a yahren is a year in Colonial time. However, I don't believe it has to be taken literally as exactly a year. Do the Colonials count 365 days in their calendar yahren, etc? We don't really know.
*In a second draft, you would (will) definitely see more of Princess Ardalla and Killer Kane. There would probably be some sort of Galactica / Star Fortress confrontation too!
*I'm not satisfied with the Ship of Lights scenes. I would really like to expand upon Adama and his family becoming members' of the Seraphs-becoming Lords of Kobol.
*The name Seraphs is one I take as "cannon" from the Maximum Press series of comics that was released in the mid 90's. Glen Larson simply referred to the Light beings as the Guardians of the Universe.
*Buck and Wilma deserve more "screen time" as well. It's just very difficult to keep everyone busy when you are dealing with so many characters. I tend to like the big, epic, storylines. So, sometimes my character development suffers.
*Vulpa is one of my favorite characters on the Cylon side and I am currently working on a story that details his rise and fall.
*My website, Battlestar Poseidon, is way behind schedule and still under construction. Now that this story is complete, my main focus will be on the site. Keep a keen eye open for it!
*Hopefully, readers didn't feel that the ending was a "Scooby-Doo" ending. I know I had some people nervous (scratching their heads) with the enormity of the Cylon forces. How in the world could they all be destroyed? Initially, I intended to mislead the reader into believing that the Crighton Virus was going to do the trick. Ok, so it's been done before (Independence Day), but I felt the Crighton / Roswell / Cylon connection would put an original spin on it.
*The story is definitely Galactica heavy. A second draft will hopefully represent the Buck Rogers universe more.
*Originally, in my outline, it was Cain and the Terran (Eastern Alliance) destroyers that saved the day.
*I would like to thank everyone who posted a review. Your thoughts, observations, and critiques were very much appreciated. Hopefully, I will get to meet some of you at the Galacticon (25 yahren reunion) in October!
REMEMBER: KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MY WEBSITE, BATTLESTAR POSEIDON! COMING SOON!
Shawn Scialo Iamluckylouie@aol.com
