In my everlasting quest for Star Trek facts, I stumbled across a
listing of Star Trek fan films on Memory Alpha (the most-reliable
source of Star Trek information, in my opinion).  And guess what ....
we were listed!

Bwwaaaahaaaahaaa!!!!!!

Here's the link.  http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Fan_films

Obviously, I'm incredibly happy.  In my opinion, this is better than
being listed on Wikipedia, especially these days.   :)

Jim Caswell
Co-Producer - Star Trek: Eras

I am pleased to announce that TimeWell Electronic Recording
Productions has launched the fifth episode of TWERPcast and part two
of our HeroCast series - HeroCast: The TV Series. This episode deals
with the evolution of comic book characters on television, including
an extensive review of the SciFi Channel's premiere of "Flash Gordon."

To listen, go to www.twerponline.net/twerpcast and click on our newest
episode. Warning: spoilers are included.  Also, if you've missed any
of our shows in the past, you can find them in our Previous Episodes
section.

Feel free to give us feedback, either by e-mail or here on the list,
and let us know what you think.

TimeWell Electronic Recording Productions is proud to present
PotterCast: The Deathly Hallows, an in-depth review of the seventh
Harry Potter book.

Join Doug Zeitlin, Jim Caswell and Ken Hallaron as we discuss the
revelations and rewards in the newest novel, including major spoilers.

Feel free to give us feedback here, by e-mail or on either of our blogs.

TimeWell Electronic Recording Productions is proud to announce that
Act III of our Second Episode - "To Err Is Human .... To Really Mess
Things Up You Need A Directive" - is online and available for your
listening pleasure.

Please feel free to give us any feedback, either here or by e-mail,
and let us know what you think.

Minor correction.  The link for TWERPcast is actually
www.twerponline.net/twerpcast

For those of you who tried the link to find it didn't work, our
apologies.  That's what we get for typing after a twelve hour editing
session.  :)

--- In STE_Newsletter@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Caswell" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> The third episode of TWERPcast in on the air!
>
> Just in time for Independence Day, TimeWell Electronic Recording
> Productions is proud to release "FanCast:  Save the Series, Save the
> World," a discussion of the impact fans can have on reviving
> canceled series'.
>
> We also give a giant plug for the upcoming Shore Leave convention in
> Baltimore, Maryland (of which Jim will be in attendance) and Save
> Enterprise's E-Day on TrekNation.
>
> So kick back, relax, and celebrate the holiday with two guys
> expressing their freedom of speech, talking about others expressing
> theirs.
>
> TWERPcast can be found at www.twerpcastonline.net/twerpcast

The third episode of TWERPcast in on the air!

Just in time for Independence Day, TimeWell Electronic Recording
Productions is proud to release "FanCast:  Save the Series, Save the
World," a discussion of the impact fans can have on reviving canceled
series'.

We also give a giant plug for the upcoming Shore Leave convention in
Baltimore, Maryland (of which Jim will be in attendance) and Save
Enterprise's E-Day on TrekNation.

So kick back, relax, and celebrate the holiday with two guys
expressing their freedom of speech, talking about others expressing
theirs.

TWERPcast can be found at www.twerpcastonline.net/twerpcast

TimeWell Electronic Recording Productions is proud to announce its
participation in Save Enterprise's E-Day event.

Due to the use of the Challenger and the NX timeline in our series, we
have been invited to participate in the E-Day celebration on August 5,
sponsored by the Save Enterprise movement of TrekNation. As part of
their celebration, they are hosting a chat to discuss the impact that
Star Trek: Enterprise had on the franchise and its fans.

Also scheduled to appear is the new video fanfic production Star Trek:
The Romulan Wars, who is currently working on a cooperative project
with Eras.  More information on that will follow shortly.

The chat is scheduled for 1:30 - 3:30 PM CST on TrekNation's chat
board.  Please make the effort to join us on August 5 for this special
event.

For additional information about E-Day, visit Save Enterprise's
MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/saveenterprise

Star Trek: Eras is pleased to release its first screen wallpaper.
Decorate your PC with your favorite audio series, featuring images of
all four ships featured on our show, as well as Space Station Deep
Space Five.

To get a copy of this great new wallpaper, go to our website at
http://www.twerponline.net/eras/downloads.htm

This is the first of many new gifts we're planning for our faithful
listeners, so stay tuned for more events to come.

EXTRA INFO:  Remember, Act III of "To Err Is Human," due out July 12,
2007!

I am pleased to announce that TimeWell Electronic Recording
Productions has launched the second episode of TWERPcast - HeroCast:
The Movies.  This episode deals with the evolution of comic book
characters in motion pictures, including an extensive review of
Marvel's newest release, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

To listen, go to www.twerponline.net/twerpcast and click on one of the
two HeroCast links.  The reflection on comics to film can be found in
part one, while the review is in part two.  Warning:  Movie spoilers
are included.

Feel free to give us feedback, either by e-mail or here on the list,
and let us know what you think.

Act II of our second episode is online at Star Trek: Eras.  Act III
will be released by July 13.

Go to www.twerponline.net/eras for all of our audio installments.

Please feel free to leave us comments, either here, by e-mail or on
one of our blogs and let us know what you think.

Greetings all!

We at TimeWell Electronic Recording Productions are preparing to
expand into additional programming, and as such are opening a global
talent search for potential performers, editors and even writers.

If you are interested in participating in the wonderful world of audio
production, take a look at our Recruitment Page at
http://www.twerponline.net/help and come have some fun being a TWERP.

I am pleased to announce that TimeWell Electronic Recording
Productions has officially launched its second series: TWERPcast.
Using a podcast format, Doug and myself will be discussing various
entertainment topics, as well as featuring upcoming TWERP projects.
The pilot episode deals with the works of Joss Whedon.

We also talk about the potential of having open casting calls for
upcoming projects, both for performers and editors, in the near
future. clap.gif

To listen, go to www.twerponline.net/twerpcast and click on Josscast.

Feel free to give us feedback, either by e-mail or here on the list,
and let us know what you think.

Just a quick update to let you know that Act II of "To Err Is Human..."
is scheduled to be released on or around June 13 wit Act III set to be
released a month later. Recording has already begun on Episode 3 and
more will be forthcoming.

Also, Jim Caswell & Doug Zeitlin have recorded the first episode of TWERPcast, a
new series for TWERPs, which will be uploaded shortly.

Doug Zeitlin, co-Producer and writer of Star Trek: Eras, participated
in the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Dream Race 2007 last Thursday.

The Naperville Sun has written a wonderful article, which can be found
at
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/380962,6_1_NA11_MDA_S1.art\
icle

Congratulations to Doug on this act of giving.

Kirok,

The article is WONDERFUL!  Thanks for allowing us to contribute, and
an extra-special thanks for the cover.  It looks fantastic.

You've given us a good deal to live up to and we hope to continue to
live up to our fans expectations.

Jim

--- In STE_Newsletter@yahoogroups.com, "Alan" <kirok.lieferikson@...>
wrote:

Remember the TrekUnited Audio Drama chat last month? It's come back to
haunt us with a two page spread in the latest issue of Hailing
Frequencies Open. I've tried to touch on most of the ground we covered
in the chat, and taken it further with commentary and analysis.

[Snip]
Fan audio drama has a long history and an unlimited future that we
have only touched on. Far from being the poor cousin of video projects
they are a rich fan experience in themselves, for those who create
them as well as those who listen to them, and the TrekUnited family of
websites will continue to support them, as they fully deserve.
EndSnip]

Hailing frequencies Open is available as a free download from here
<http://www.trekunited.com/news/hfo-22-audio-drama-report.html> and
back-issues from here
<http://www.trekunited.com/news/content/view/13/28/>. Feel free to
discuss the article on the TrekUnited Forum thread, here
<http://www.trekunited.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13684>.

What are *you* listening to right now?

Regards

Kirok of L'Stok

PS - Congratulations on scoring the cover - I did the base image. - K

In keeping with the traditions surrounding Tax Day here in America,
the first Act of our second episode, "To Err Is Human... To Really
Mess Things Up, You Need A Directive," was released last night at
11:38 PM.

We hope you enjoy this first part.

Watch for Act 2 toward the end of May, as our sound editor has a few
important things to take care of between now and then.... like get
married!  So we decided to show him some love by not making him work
on Eras on his wedding night.  Congratulations, Matt, and thanks for
all you do.

I am very pleased to announce that TrekUnited has added Star Trek:
Eras to their newly-created Audio Center, featuring Trek Broadcasts.
While I still encourage our loyal listeners to continue to visit our
home website, this will provide us with a great opportunity for
bringing in new listeners.

To find their Audio Center, go to
http://www.trekunited.com/community/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=349 and
click on the "Audio Drama 'ST: Eras'" button.

I am also taking this opportunity to announce that Act I of our second
episode will be available by April 15.  Ring in Tax Day with a bit of
fun and join us for Act I of "To Err Is Human ... To Really Mess
Things Up, It Takes A Directive."

Just another reminder that Co-Creator and Producer Jim Caswell will be
appearing on TrekNation's LiveChat tomorrow at 7 PM CST.  There will
be prises given away and a chance to talk with the heads of Online
Audio Star Trek productions.

To attend, go to www.treknation.com and enter their Forums section.  A
login will be required, but it is very simple to do and free.  Once
logged in, click the Live Chat button, located directly beneath their
banner.

I look forward to seeing some of you there.

Jim

I am pleased to announce that TWERPs has been invited to take part in
a LiveChat discussion with TrekNation.  Moderated by staff writer
Kirok of L'Stok, this will be a meeting of the minds among the leaders
of Star Trek online radio production, including Eric Busby of Darker
Projects, (Star Trek: The Section 31 Files), Jeff Bridges of Pendant
Productions (Star Trek: Defiant) and Tanveer Naseer of Star Trek: Unity.

This is going to be a great opportunity to talk with and ask questions
of all of us who have chosen to work in this medium, as well as
discuss the potential future of this blooming industry.

The livechat will be taking place on Saturday, March 24 at 7 PM
central time at http://www.trekunited.com/ and I would greatly
encourage everyone to come join us in this great opportunity.  A free
login is required to participate in the discussion.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Jim Caswell
Co-Producer of Star Trek: Eras

For those of you who access our MySpace page, there has been a new
feature added. On both our front and blog pages, the music has been
changed to our own themes, composed and performed by our very own Matt
Hallaron.

Those of you with a musical ear will notice that Matt has taken some
of the classic themes of Star Trek music and transformed them into
something new especially for our program. And now we are extremely
proud to present them to our MySpace readers as part of their visiting
experience.

If you haven't checked out our MySpace page yet, please do so to hear
this great music. And if you have a MySpace account, please feel free
to join our Friends space to keep up-to-date on all of our progress.

Enjoy!

Greetings to all,

As some of you may have noticed, its been a little while since our
last update to the site.  This is because our editor-extraordinaire
has been doing some reworking on Episode one in order to provide our
listeners with the best quality we can offer, re-mixing some of the
music and creating a stereo experience throughout all of the "present
day" events of the show.  Perhaps this is just our version of
"Lucasing" the program, but we hope that these subtle changes will
enhance your listening pleasure.

The remix, along with our other promised Special Features are now
available.  It includes a downloadable "CD version" with all three
acts mixed together, humorous Outtakes, the soundtrack of "The Big
Bang" and a copy of the script.

Work is already underway on Episode two as well, with preliminary
recording finished and in the editing stage.  We hope to have Act I
online before the end of March.  Likewise, we are about ready to begin
recording on Episode three in the next month or so and our writing
staff is continually cranking out excellent stories for upcoming
adventures.

Thanks for sticking with us, and make sure to tell your friends.

Greetings STE Fans,

Well, things are progressing nicely on recording our second episode,
which has been titled "To Err Is Human.... To Really Mess Things Up,
You Need A Directive."

Roughly 90% of the episode has been recorded and the first act will be
sent out for final sound editing before the weekend is out.  As such,
we hope to have it available for download shortly.  Likewise, Episode
3 is in the hands of our script editor and will be started shortly.

We are also hoping to have the special features for Episode 1 online
by the end of the month, giving you more ways to enjoy our pilot episode.

In other words, things are progressing along quite nicely.  :)

We are interested in two things, however, from you our listeners.

1) We would love to get some feedback from you, letting us know what
you think.  While the little bit of feedback we have received so far
has been very positive, it has been rather sparse and we would love to
hear from more of you.  Feel free to drop us a note at either of our
blogs or through the YahooGroups Newsletter.

2) As we continue on, we will occasionally be looking for guest voice
actors.  If you are interested in contributing to this project, we
would love to hear from you!  Please feel free to drop us e-mail at
eras@... and we'll get in contact with various
opportunities coming up in the near future.

Stay tuned for future updates as we get closer to the release of Act 1
of our second episode.

Welcome to 2007!

We at TWERPs wanted to ring in the New Year the right way by launching
Act III of our premiere episode, "The Big Bang."  This comes in
addition to the renovations made to website with a bold new look,
paying homage to all that has come before us.

In the weeks to follow, we will not only be starting work on episode
2, but we will continue to add "special features" to The Big Bang,
including the script and the soundtrack, composed and produced by our
musical guru and mixer extraordinaire, Matt Hallaron.

Stay tuned, fans.  The New Year is just getting started!

Hello,

I wanted to let you all know that the website has been updated in a
major way, with an all-new design.  So be sure to check it out!

http://www.twerponline.net/eras/

A few disclaimers:
First of all, it works in IE 6, Opera 9, Sarafi 2, Netscape 8.1 and
FireFox 1.  It has some problems with Mozilla 1 and Netscape 7.1, but
is managable - the biggest problem is on the links page.  (Or you
could upgrade your browser.)  I don't know about IE 5 (probably not)
or IE 7 (I would hope so).

If the site looks really funny or wrong, look to see if your browser
blocked a outside script or some such.  (It may say so in a
horizontal bar near the top of your browser.)  The site uses a
JavaScript file (.js), a Cascading Stylesheet (.css) and a HTML
Component file (.htc), all downloaded separately.  So make sure you
allow these files to come in.

Enjoy, and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

-Matt

http://www.trekunited.com

My thanks to Jim Caswell for his cooperation putting this together.
The direct link to the expanded article is ...
<http://www.trekunited.com/news/new-era-in-trek-audio-dramas.html>

Looking forward to act 3, guys!

Cheers

Kirok of L'Stok
----------------batlHa' vangIu'taHvIS quv chavbe'lu' ---------------
------ One does not achieve honour while acting dishonourably ------

Kirok,

Thank you so much for your support and welcome to our show!

We appreciate the press and will be happily adding a link to your
newsletter to our site.

I would like to offer one small correction to your article, if I may.
  The two acts that are currently online, as well as Act III, which
will be released by New Years Eve, are all part of Episode 1: "The Big
Bang."

Again, thanks for joining us.  We hope you enjoy.

Jim Caswell

> I'm writing up my monthly Trek fan productions article for
> TrekUnited ... you've never read it? Shame on you! LOL! Drop by
> TrekUnited and download the free newsletter - I'm there every month!
> <http://www.trekunited.com/news/newsletter.html>
>
> It's pretty condensed so I can't go into too much detail, but this
> is what I'm planning on including in this month's article ...
>
> [Snip]
> AND ... we've got a new player in the genre! Star Trek: Eras looks
> like an ambitious plot premise that spans every era of Star Trek
> from Enterprise to Nemesis! They have two episodes online in
> November - their premiere episode and "The Big Bang" at
> Thanksgiving and they are aiming for act III to be online by New
> Years Eve -! Checkout their website and give them some feedback on
> one of their three groups.
> [EndSnip]
>
> Good luck guys!
>
> Cheers
>
> Kirok of L'Stok

I'm writing up my monthly Trek fan productions article for
TrekUnited ... you've never read it? Shame on you! LOL! Drop by
TrekUnited and download the free newsletter - I'm there every month!
<http://www.trekunited.com/news/newsletter.html>

It's pretty condensed so I can't go into too much detail, but this is
what I'm planning on including in this month's article ...

[Snip]
AND ... we've got a new player in the genre! Star Trek: Eras looks
like an ambitious plot premise that spans every era of Star Trek from
Enterprise to Nemesis! They have two episodes online in November -
their  premiere episode and "The Big Bang" at Thanksgiving and they
are aiming for act III to be online by New Years Eve -! Checkout
their website and give them some feedback on one of their three
groups.
[EndSnip]

Good luck guys!

Cheers

Kirok of L'Stok

We are pleased to announce the release of Act II from "The Big Bang"
on November 23; giving us all something else to be thankful for on
Thanksgiving Day.

Please join us in the continued story of two crews, separated by two
hundred years, forced to confront a similar threat in the Romulan
Neutral Zone.

Where Act I focused on the encounter from the viewpoint of the
Challenger (set during the Star Trek: Enterprise era), Act II brings
us back to the "present" (Post Star Trek: Nemesis era) for the
adventures aboard Deep Space 5 and the Prometheus-class USS Aurora.

In addition to this, we hope to have Act III online by New Years Eve.
  More information on this is to come.

We hope you enjoy Star Trek: Eras, Episode I: The Big Bang.

Welcome to Star Trek: Eras, the online radio experience.

I figure that, if you are reading this, you may have a few questions
that we can answer right off the bat.

Who are we?  We are a community of friends that live in the Northern
Illinois / Chicagoland area.  Half of us go to church together, while
the other half has known each other since college.  When we came up
with this idea, it was a mad scramble to gather together as many
people as insane as ourselves that enjoyed Star Trek (you will realize
how many people we're talking about as the series moves on into
episodes two and three).

Why are we doing this?  As fans of the Star Trek franchise, many of us
have followed the series from its inception.  A few months ago, while
reading up on some of the upcoming Star Trek XI information, we
discovered the wonderful world of Fan-Fic and the various other
productions that have preceded us (visit our main website's Links page
to find some of our inspirations).  After diving into the medium
headfirst, we came to the conclusion that we had an original idea and
the talent base to produce our own product.  Two months later, we are
launching our own site and hope that you all will enjoy our show.

When can we expect Act II?  Soon.  Our hope is to have an update in
the next couple of weeks.  Stay tuned for further details.  :-D