There's an old saying in writing. "Write what you know." In my case, I know about the people I've been in contact with over the past decade. My interests, my friends' interests, antecdoes from real life, and any other ideas that pop in my head, have been used to create these works of fan-fiction. Because these stories have a "real-life" influence, I have lent my name to my central character.
The stories begin at the dawn of the Dominion War, as seen at the end of Season 5 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine