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Cyndi Bayless Overstreet
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| Name: | Cyndi Bayless Overstreet |
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Cyndi Bayless Overstreet is a fanwriter who focused on Star Trek: TNG and the character, Data.
Sample Fiction
- To Care for Someone by Cyndi Bayless Overstreet ("A tale of Data and Troi which picks up where "Tin Man" left off and carries the two characters into previously unexplored waters.")
Zine Contributions
Fan Comments
Cyndi Bayless Overstreet is at her best when she melds the lighter side of life with a twist of the side many authors are too inexperienced to tap into with any great skill. Far too many fan stories are of the 'vanilla ice cream' variety, nothing innovative, nothing to challenge the imagination or spark an emotion. Cyndi's "Touch Me" pokes gentle fun at these fan standards, lulling the reader into expecting something very ordinary. 'Touch Me' resembles an ordinary Data story about as such as a Baskin Robbins banana split resembles a Dairy Queen sundae.
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'Mourning Star' by Cyndi Bayless Overstreet brought a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes. I had the same reaction to 'The Offspring,' so I was gratified to see a postscript that mirrored the mood so beautifully. I think Cyndi's theory about Data's programing is a sound one, and I'd like to see it incorporated into an episode someday. At the very least, perhaps it will be destined to become ERIDANI canon. Cyndi's Guinan is right on target. Wise, kind and enigmatic. 'Mourning Star' was a perfect ending to a perfect zine. Not a bad apple in the bunch.[1]
A Topic of Some Harsh Feedback
In 1991, some fans wrote less-than-positive feedback for Overstreet's stories, which caused Overstreet to step back from submitting more fiction. This was happening at the same time as another controversy involving feedback regarding "Endings.", a story by another fan.
I miss Cyndi Bayless Overstreet. I don't remember one since the Troi-Data story in ERIDANI 9 (which amused me a lot, even though it's one of her talkier stories). She's got a streak of Jane Austen that's a really sharp contrast to the bodice-ripper strain, but I like everything she does. [2]
I just want to say -- what's happened to Cyndi Bayless Overstreet and Susan Leinbach?!?!? Yes, there are other good writers and artists in ERIDANI, but their absence leaves a terrible gap, especially as far as Data material goes. Please get them submitting again! Please!
- Editor's Note: Cyndi Bayless Overstreet has been away from writing for some time, but rest assured, those who tried to stifle her creativity with unfairly excessive criticism have failed. I am pleased to announced that Cyndi will have a submission, received only yesterday (September 6th) that has been accepted and will appear in ERIDANI 15. We truly missed her contributions to ERIDANI, and welcome her return. (Data fans may now rejoice!)
- We also wish the extremely harsh critics who nearly forced Cyndi from fandom all the best with their endeavors, but hope that they develop a sense of what IDIC means, and that they soon realize that unfairly harsh criticism can and will destroy the most special of Humanity's gifts: creativity. - RAL [3]
I’m pleased (almost ecstatic!) to have read that Cyndi Bayless Overstreet’s resurfacing. I, for one, have always enjoyed her writing (and I’m real happy to be appearing in ERI 15 with her). Those who nearly drove her out of fan writing need to get a life. It’s only "amateur" writing for one thing, and it’s only about a TV show.
Geez.[4]
Since I'm a confirmed Data-holic, I was delighted to hear that Cyndi Bayless Overstreet has begun writing Next Gen stories again. She has become one of my favorite Trek authors. Few writers handle Data so well, and her writing improves by leaps and bounds with each new story. I'm really looking forward to reading her latest offering.[5]
I usually enjoy the stories by Cyndi Bayless Overstreet even though the majority seems to revolve around Data get laid by some woman he comes across and immediately bonds with, but "Without a Safety Net* was just a little—okay, a lot hard to swallow. Cyndi Bayless Overstreet seems to be a fine zine writer, but I wish she would stop dwelling on Data as being fully functional." There's a lot more to Data than that—his innocence, his search for knowledge, his desire to be Human, etcetera—and those are the aspects of Data I wish Cyndi Bayless Overstreet would concentrate on. [6]