{"id":1658,"date":"2008-01-17T18:38:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T23:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2008-01-17T18:38:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-17T23:38:23","slug":"on-the-quality-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"On The Quality of Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Later this year &mdash; sometime in late spring or early summer &mdash; Big Finish Productions will be releasing a <i>Doctor Who<\/i> anthology entitled <i>Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership<\/i>.  Edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/kradical.livejournal.com\/\">Keith R.A. DeCandido<\/a>, the anthology will feature the following stories:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/graphics\/dwtqol.jpg\" width=\"159\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction &mdash; Keith R.A. DeCandido<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;From Little Acorns&#8230;&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/drewshi.livejournal.com\/\">John S. Drew<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;One Fateful Knight&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/peterdavid.malibulist.com\/\">Peter David<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Slave War&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/altariel.livejournal.com\/\">Una McCormack<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Goths and Robbers&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/\">Diane Duane<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/terri-osborne.livejournal.com\/\">Terri Osborne<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Price of Conviction&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfwriter.livejournal.com\/\">Richard C. White<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;God Send Me Well to Keep&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/neadods.livejournal.com\/\">Linnea Dodson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Peaceable Kingdom&#8221; &mdash; <a href=http:\/\/www.stevensavile.com\/\">Steven Savile<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Rock Star&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertjeschonek.com\/\">Robert T. Jeschonek<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;On a Pedestal&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/puppetmaker40.livejournal.com\/\">Kathleen O. David<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Cleanup on Aisle Two&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/jmswallow.livejournal.com\/\">James Swallow<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Spindle of Necessity&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/\">Allyn Gibson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Epilogue&#8221; &mdash; John S. Drew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <i>Doctor Who<\/i> story!  From me!<\/p>\n<p>The premise of the anthology is that the Doctor travels through time and space, meeting leaders of various stripes.  My story features the sixth Doctor &mdash; the one of the garish fashion sense and the tendency toward shouting.<\/p>\n<p>Writing the story was&#8230; an experience.  It&#8217;s the Doctor and one of history&#8217;s great know-it-alls.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll say this.  Aspiring writers out there?  Don&#8217;t underestimate the power of competition.  I said to myself, every time I sat down to write &#8220;Spindle&#8221; &mdash; &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be in a book with (to pull three names out) Diane Duane and Terri Osborne and Bob Jeschonek.  My A-Game isn&#8217;t going to be good enough.&#8221;  That might give someone else pause, but it actually kept me focused.  Whatever I came up, other writers would have come up with <i>first<\/i>, and it pushed me to write the story harder.  Think about the writers you&#8217;re competing against, and try to write a story that&#8217;s better.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that makes sense.  It seems so profound in my head&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone playing at home, previous (and vague) posts about this story are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=978\">On the New Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1091\">On Skipping Stones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1109\">On Great Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1110\">On the Old Mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=71\">On Putting Things In Order<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1149\">On Getting Paid<\/a> (Hey, this one&#8217;s <i>important<\/i>&#8230; \ud83d\ude06 )<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1528\">On Receiving Galleys<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look for it in the spring.  In the UK, I believe Big Finish books are available in bookshops.  In the US, I would recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whona.com\/\">WhoNA<\/a> for all your specialty <i>Who<\/i>vian needs.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, <i>Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership<\/i> will be available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/24-doctor-who---short-trips-the-quality-of-leadership-479-p.asp\">direct from Big Finish Productions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to have the book in my hands.  And having read about half the book, I know you readers out there are in for a monster of a treat. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Later this year &mdash; sometime in late spring or early summer &mdash; Big Finish Productions will be releasing a Doctor Who anthology entitled Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership. Edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido, the anthology will feature the following stories: Introduction &mdash; Keith R.A. DeCandido &#8220;From Little Acorns&#8230;&#8221; &mdash; John S. 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