Fanfiction Authors Resources and Links

1) Voyager Schematics and Details: all you would ever need to know about the USS Voyager's technological capabilities to write plausible fan fiction.

Schematics of the USS Voyager and Deck Directory

2) Starfleet and the Federation: its always useful to know what Starfleet and the Federation are all about, and whether or not your characters are breaking Federation Law or Starfleet Protocol. I was originally going to compile the data myself, but I discovered that I would never be able to match the database on Janet's Voyager Site.

Relevant Information about Starfleet
Brief Overview of The United Federation of Planets

3) The Borg: a comprehensive data node for your assimilation.

Brief Biography of the Borg
The Borg Language
What is Assimilation?

4) The Work of Other Authors: one of the best ways to learn how to write fan fiction is to read the work of others. That way you can decide what you like and what's been done to death. Below are some of the best sites for J/7 fanfic.

Delta Quadrant of Venus ~ Tenderware's wondrous works
Kanay's Place ~ Yet another of my favorite authors
LZ Clotho's Work ~ LZ wields her metaphors deftly and her stories are unique.
Gina Dartt's Work~ You've got to learn from the best.

Vaxen's index ~ Pwaxen Vaxen not only has terrific stories, she's got an extremely thorough J/7 archive. You definitely have to admire the work she puts into it.

The Alcove ~ Archive. Graphics-heavy, but oh so worth it!
The Infinity Complex ~ An exhaustive archive of all Voyager f/f fic.

And of course the new J/7 awards sites: Trefoil and .

~ Kitty's lovingly crafted site with lots of goodies. Her TCF message board is home to many J/7 fanfic authors and readers. Do join us!

~ This new site by Raven_voy and Trek4of9 is home to the Second Opinion Challenge, a message board, and links to J7 videos and fanfic.

~ The Roddenberry Store is an excellent place to source actual episode scripts (aside from a plethora of merchandise)!