Who am I? Sylva Dax, my alter ego, who was born on the battlefields of the Star Trek online gaming world or someone else entirely? Perhaps a bit of both.

Many years ago, my love of Star Trek led me to every Star Trek series and movie, supplementing them with the wonderful novels (I'm one of the co-founders of the Star Trek book club on Yahoo) that rose up to fill the void, and then to Star Trek online gaming where I met a wonderful bunch of Klingon gamers who invited newbie Sylva Dax to join their fleet, the Bat'leth Squad Militia. You will meet quite a few of them in my Sylva Dax story (perhaps stories, if you ask nicely). Alas, it has been a long time since I've flown with my Klingon brothers, though I still keep in touch with some. That other person's life became too demanding and Sylva Dax was forced to retire after rising to the rank of general.

I'm kept quite busy these days with my family, work, and my passion: directing and writing plays for my church drama team, sometimes sneaking in a little acting too.

Ironically, it was my addiction to the new Doctor Who series that led me here to FanFiction.Net, the River Song/Eleventh Doctor pairing to be more precise. Left with no new Doctor Who episodes after the Christmas special, I started searching for novels and found that there were none featuring River Song and the Doctor. Search engines be praised! I found this wonderful site and I've been drawn in hook, line, and sinker.

Note: I have deleted my list of favorite authors, not because they are no longer held in high esteem, but because my email inbox was being flooded by story alerts for these prolific writers that weren't necessarily stories that I wished to follow. I will continue to favorite individual stories.

UPDATE AS OF 12/16/2017:

My apologies to my faithful readers for taking so long to update my latest story. After many false starts and a lengthy hiatus from FanFiction, I have finally started working on the next chapter.

Watching the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles series on the Web chased me back to fan fiction for more stories. I have read quite a few excellent ones here and have recently been granted the privilege of joining the cast of a fan-based animated video series adaptation of River2027's Born to Fight. Check it out. Using GTA5, this talented team is bringing a great story to animated life. https: // youtu.be/ oM2VvzDnQho (close up the spaces for the URL)

UPDATE AS OF 11/19/2023:

After recently retiring, I am starting a writers' group called The Sculpted Word at https: // . I will be including my fanfiction stories there so I will be updating them as needed. Those updates will also be added here. However, I do plan to include audio narration on my site. Looking for writers with, or working on, original stories, beta readers, and proofreaders. Contact me at sylva_dax@.

For my patient readers: I once again apologize but do promise you that I have already resumed working on the last chapters of my Doctor Who trilogy.