David Welle and I have known each other since we met in 1999. The best word to describe David is amiable. He is a quiet, humble, gentle soul. An all-round nice guy! I am sorry to say I haven’t read any of David’s stories, nor Ellen’s–another really good person! Of course, at Powys we CAN’T allow ourselves to read fan fiction for obvious reasons.
I did read New Moon Over Bajor (by Ariana) years ago (in installments–fun!). On the strength of that I asked her to write for Shepherd Moon–and I am glad I did! Her story The Astelian Gift is a high point of the anthology.
We call the books that fall between Year One and Year Two “bridge” books, that term comes directly from David Welle.
Finally David, on his site, has compiled all the posts of the 52 week discussion I began (and moderated) back in 1997/98 called Episode by Episode (aka ExE). If you have a few weeks with nothing to do, that will keep you busy! You might even recognize a few names from this forum. Pat S. was one of those who took part in the discussion.
Recently a fellow fan told me that years ago there was a year-long discussion online called ExE where they discussed each episode in turn, followed by the four original novels. I got to have a little fun revealing my role in it! How time flies.