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Far-Fetched
by Mark O’Connell
Every writer dreams of hearing just four words from his or her agent: "Are you sitting down?" I heard those words when my agent sold my first book after a bidding war between Penguin Books and HarperCollins. They changed my life, but I had to go through a lot of ups and downs to get to that point. This podcast is about those ups and downs, and all points in-between.
Episodes
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Ep. 35: My unsold StarTrek pitches, Part 7
Is Troi's empathy omnidirectional? Can Data think with his right brain? I can't believe how many story ideas I had for this show!
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Ep. 34: The USS Enterprise is a UFO!
PLUS: Remember how funny it was when the Enterprise got its computer upgraded on the female dominated planet Signet 14?
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Ep. 33: My unsold Star Trek Pitches, part 6
In this one, Data is tempted to leave the Enterprise and retire to android heaven.
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Ep. 32: Captain Kirk is a sinner!
Here's how we celebrate Star Trek Day at Far-Fetched: by talking about how one hypocritical Texas TV station censored the hell out of Star Trek while simultaneously profiting off of it.
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Ep. 31: That Pointy-Eared Varmint!
These Star Trek kids audio adventures seem to bring out the worst in some of the crew.
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Ep. 30: Star Trek Like You’ve Never Heard it Before
Listen to that TOS episode where everybody's voices change
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Ep. 29: My unsold Star Trek pitches, Part 5
This one hit me like a phaser set to stun.
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Ep. 28: My Sold Star Trek PItches, Part 2
"Timescape" -- Can Picard, Troi, La Forge and Data free the Enterprise and its crew from a deadly time trap?
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Ep. 27: When I Made Crop Circles with Bill Paxton
The story behind Doug and Dave, the script that never dies.
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Ep. 26: My Sold Star Trek Pitches, Part 1
Catching lightning in a bottle: Here's how it's done.
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Ep. 25: I’m Not Going to Cannes
I'm too busy sending queries out to agents!
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Ep. 24: My unsold Star Trek pitches, Part 4
Is Data courageous, or was he just programmed that way?
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Ep. 23: My unsold Star Trek pitches, Part 3
An epic adventure story for the crew of the Enterprise.
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Ep. 22: My unsold Star Trek pitches, Part 2
Could this be Picard's own Kobayashi Maru?
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Ep. 21: My unsold Star Trek pitches, Part 1
After a fatal accident in Engineering, Geordi temporarily restores life to an unprepared and unappreciative crewmate. Why didn't it sell?
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Ep. 20: A Writer’s Patience
A project proposal I drew up 28 years ago suddenly comes to life! Also, how patient do you have to be to sell a script to Star Trek?
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Ep. 19: The man who built the Enterprise & the most famous UFO mothership of all time
Where Star Trek and Close Encounters intersect
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Ep. 18: Welcome aboard, Ensign
Congratulations on your graduation from Starfleet Academy!
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Ep. 17: 101 Things to see and do for free on the Starship Enterprise
Gene Roddenberry knew more about Star Trek: The Next Generation than you ever will.
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Ep. 16: A love letter to Star Trek: The Next Generation
Marveling at the Star Trek: TNG show bible, written by the Great Bird of the Galaxy himself, Gene Roddenberry.
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Ep. 15: Tony, Majel and ”Q”
Order wisely when lunching with celebrities.
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Ep. 14: Buried in Script Notes
Star Trek stories will have to wait. The Far-Fetched HR Dept. says it's time for my six-month review.
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Ep. 13: Monsters From the Id!
Turns out, any one of us could be harboring an Id-monster, and it could bust loose at any time.
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Ep. 12: Every Day is Star Trek Day!
How I'm celebrating 55 years of Star Trek: by reflecting on the scary times the franchise was close to death, and the miracles that have saved it.
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Ep. 11: Bruce, Alfred & Ray
My trail of destruction: I caused a movie star's kid to be attacked by a shark, then I caused the death of a legendary movie director, then I caused a brilliant science fiction icon a moment of social awkwardness. What is wrong with me?
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EP. 10: The Naked Script
Do I regret taking a screenwriting class with an Oscar-nominated writer who single-handedly invented a film genre, then somehow failing to learn much of anything in the class? Yes, I regret that.
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Ep. 9: Too Many Words
The story of the Kelly-Hopkinsville "Little Green Men" alien invasion is one of the best UFO stories of all time, and yet I was forced to cut it from my book, "The Close Encounters Man."
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Ep. 8: Choosing the Right Film School
Probably the only time I'll mention porn in this podcast (but you have to listen all the way to the end to hear it).
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Ep. 7: The Short Life of Lyle the Tarantula
I have a talk with my brother Dave about taking the silliness seriously while making Super 8 movie magic. Also, how did our parents not know how often the tarantula got loose in the house?
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Ep. 6: Homemade Godzilla + Aliens!
You understand that communication with an alien race would have to begin at the most basic level.
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Ep. 5: My Brother, My Bigfoot, and Me
Summoning the powers of the Brothers O'Connell! In the first ever Far-Fetched interview, my brother Matt and I talk UFOs, Bigfoot, Godzilla and the terrors of a deep, dark forest. Also, I tell the tale of how Patti LaBelle's song "Lady Marmalade" haunts me to this day.
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Ep. 4: My First Star Trek Script: A Dramatic Reading (Part Two of Two)
Poor Data! The entire crew of the Enterprise has gone suicidal, and the only person who can save them is an android who can't comprehend how anyone could lose their will to live! The gripping conclusion to "Between Two Darknesses," the spec' script that got me in the door at Star Trek.
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Ep. 3: My First Star Trek Script: A Dramatic Reading (Part One of Two)
In which I try very hard not to do the Star Trek characters' voices (although I sound a little like Data)
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Ep 2: Movies and TV Shows that Warped My Brain
We only had one TV set in our house when I was growing up, and I guess I must have monopolized it.
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Ep 1: My First Conscious Memory, and other traumas
There I was, minding my own business, when my wife bought me a podcasting microphone. Suddenly it occurred to me that I have some good stories to tell about monsters, aliens and writing. And it all started when I was three years old.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every writer dreams of hearing just four words from his or her agent: "Are you sitting down?" I heard those words when my agent sold my first book after a bidding war between Penguin Books and HarperCollins. They changed my life, but I had to go through a lot of ups and downs to get to that point. This podcast is about those ups and downs, and all points in-between.
HOSTED BY
Mark O’Connell
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Every writer dreams of hearing just four words from his or her agent: "Are you sitting down?" I heard those words when my agent sold my first book after a bidding war between Penguin Books and HarperCollins. They changed my life, but I had to go through a lot of ups and downs to get to that point....
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