Star Trek: The Next Generation was written by Melinda Snodgrass. In her latest novel, she pits an unlikely group of heroes against a group of monsters that have been spreading fear and ignorance.
The kind of nonsense people are accepting is being pushed on them by social media. I wanted to make a stand for science and rationality.
The home state of Snodgrass is New Mexico where science and superstition clash in a striking way. Some of the finest scientific minds in the world come to lecture and study here.
Santa Fe resident George R.R. Martin jokingly calls New Mexico the "New Mexico Mafia" because of the high concentration of science fiction writers in the state. Snodgrass said that two of their greats had died. We lost Roger Zelazny and Fred Saberhagen but other people are here. There are a lot of writers here.
Snodgrass is hoping that New Mexico can become a powerhouse of fantasy and science fiction film, as well as novel writing. She says that there is a lot of talent here, a lot of young talent. We don't need a writers room in LA. New Mexico is a good place to do it. That is my aim and ambition.
You can listen to the entire interview with Melinda Snodgrass. Some highlights from the discussion can be found below.
There is a person on New Mexico.
I can't claim to be a native because my parents moved here when I was five months old, but I'm close. I'm close. When I was studying opera in Austria, I always came back to New Mexico, even when I was in LA working. This is where I stay. I have roots here. If you come here, don't stay more than six months because you'll never be able to leave. We were supposed to move to Honolulu at the end of six months, but my father said he couldn't leave. I think it's great. We decided to stay.
Snodgrass was on the show.
When I wrote the books, I realized that the love affair was with the older police detective, Weber, so I had to give him a point of view. He didn't have a viewpoint when I first did the books, but then I realized he was going to be Richard's love interest and eventually his husband, and I thought, "He better have a viewpoint." I put him in as a viewpoint character in order to let him grow and develop so it doesn't seem to come out of nowhere. I am very thankful for the chance to go back and make things right. I think we should write all of the books of the series before they are published.
There is a show called Prince of Cats literary productions.
These are what I call "boutique publishers." They are not the same as a New York publisher. Obviously they pick and choose books, but it is more of a partnership. I chose my cover artist for my book. Elizabeth was paid to do the artwork, but it was a discussion between my publisher and myself about what kind of covers we wanted. Alexi handles a lot of the marketing, like figuring out when he wants to run an ad and when he wants to put things on sale.
There is a woman on a train.
It is enjoyable. You can take the sunset train out to Lamy and back if you want to see the sunset while you're there. One of the shows I am working on will use the train, and I have another script that has a lot of trains in it. Studios love the fact that George and his partner Bill Banowksy own a private train, because they can shoot without having to use the public transportation. We are going to use the train a lot.
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