Seems as if too many of my journal entries have to do with deaths. D.C. Fontana, who died on December 2, was a pathbreaker in so many ways. She said in several interviews that she was unhappy with the televised version of "The Enterprise Incident," but I can truly say that the episode knocked me for a loop, and made me absolutely morally certain, as the lawyers like to say, of the OTP of TOS. It may have taken me a couple of decades to know what story I wanted to tell, but I'm sure that I never would have attempted fiction if it weren't for D.C. Fontana.

Greg Hatcher has an appreciation of Fontana's work and her contributions to the industry at Atomic Junkshop.