Hear me yammering on the Mission Log Podcast!

Tired of me and interviews yet? No? Well, let’s test those limits, shall we?

Last night, I was a guest on a live edition of the Mission Log Podcast. Hosts Ken Ray and John Champion have been doing a bang-up job as they proceed on their years-long mission to examine, discuss, and debate each episode of the ever evolving Star Trek saga. They’ve already gone through the entire run of the original series, its animated offspring, and The Next Generation. Deep Space Nine is in the queue, and they also did a weekly after show following each new episode of Star Trek: Discovery.

However, every once in a while, they shift gears and talk about other things, or to other people. Enter: Me.

Whoops.

I’ve known John for several years now, and have run into Ken at the odd convention here and there. We’ve talked about having me on the show at various points and the planets all seemed to align this time around, and so it was that I ventured into Mission Log’s virtual lair via the wonder that is the internet. What did we talk about? Well, as the show’s capsule description put it, we talked about writing, Star Trek, and writing Star Trek.

Go figure.

Discovery was a decent part of the conversation of course, but we also drifted into such topics as the what is and isn’t “Star Trek canon” and why some people insist on making a big deal out of this distinction, and what types of Star Trek stories I like to write and watch (or read!). We also fielded questions from the audience, which to me is always fun.

Though the show was a live broadcast, the playback is available at the Mission Log website:

Mission Log Podcast: Say Hello to Dayton Ward!

Many thanks to Ken and John for having me on the show, and to all of the audience members who participated in the accompanying line chat and/or sent in questions. It was a fun conversation, and I’d definitely be up for a return visit at some point.