No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Tribbles have not taken control of my computer. Yes, Star Trek is indeed coming to the WPA, and in a big way!
With that said, those of you attending the Writers’ Police Academy this year should be ever mindful that, at any moment, you and your fellow academy recruits could be pulled deep into the Delta Quadrant, some 70,000 light years from earth.
Fortunately for us, Lisa Klink, writer and producer of the Star Trek juggernaut, has arranged for her personal transporter to “beam” her to Green Bay in time to stop any alien attacks on the event. In fact, while she’s there in Green Bay to save the day, she’s delivering an absolutely fantastic Thursday evening presentation titled, Pitching, Selling, and Writing for Television.
This is a presentation straight out of the 24th century. It’s epic. It’s … COOL!
For those of you who may not know Lisa Klink. Here’s a sample of her work:
Lisa Klink began her career in the world of Star Trek, writing for the series Deep Space Nine and Voyager before coming back to Earth for shows such as Martial Law and Missing.
Lisa Klink
In addition to her television work, she’s written short stories, graphic novels, a theme park attraction and three books in The Dead Man series, as well as co-authoring the novel “All In” with Joel Goldman. Lisa is currently writing an FBI thriller for SerialBox.com, which will be released one chapter per week starting this fall.
Lisa’s TV credits are vast, including writing and producing some of the most popular television shows in their genre, such as:
1-800-Missing
Earth: Final Conflict
Martial Law
Star Trek: Voyager
Flash Gordon
Painkiller Jane
1-800-Missing
Star Trek: The Experience – Borg Invasion 4D
Roswell
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Martial Law
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Earth: Final Conflict
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Roswell
Martial Law
And, to add to her already impressive resume, Lisa appeared on Jeopardy! (Contestant and Tournament of Champions contestant).
Thomas B. Sawyer
Now, as you know, each year, we strive to bring attendees the very best instructors, presenters, teachers, volunteers, material, information, and more. Well, the lineup this is no exception to our rule. The 2017 schedule is packed to the brim with superstars in their fields. And we were over the moon excited when Thomas B. Sawyer, head writer and producer of the Murder, She Wrote television series, accepted our invitation to present three wonderful workshops.
Unfortunately, I am the bearer of bad news. My good friend Tom experienced a very serious medical event this past Saturday and was immediately rushed to the hospital. The good news is that he’s on the road to recovery and should be back at home with his wife, Holly, in the coming days.
Toms sends his best to each of you and wishes he could there wth us.
Well, we have some exciting plans in store for you in 2018 and I’m thinking Tom will be a part of at least some of it.
Fortunately, for us and you, Lisa Klink stepped up to the plate to fill in for Tom.
So thank you, Lisa. and please , all of you join me in wishing Tom a big GET WELL SOON!
*Tom sent two signed scripts for the WPA raffle/auction. Break open the piggy banks this year folks, we have some cool items up for sealed bid, auction, and raffle.
