Gave a lot to young writers. My dealings with her were few, but always positive.
The field is losing too many lately.
Ann Crispin has died…
by CJ | Sep 7, 2013 | Journal | 4 comments
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This has been a horrible month for passings. Ms. Crispin gave time and energy to a lot of novice writers. Her seminars at DragonCon were well-attended. I enjoyed her books, starting with the Star Trek’s Sarek. I shall miss her, as I have missed all who have gone on.
I knew I had read some of her books, as A.C. Crispin, but what? So I went looking. It turns out I’d read more than I’d thought.
Ann Crispin wrote at least three Star Trek novels I’d read, co-wrote the novelization for the classic V (Visitors) minniseries and more than one sequel (I read at least one), and a few early Star Wars novels. (I think I read at least one of hers, and I’d love to find it again. I’ll look again later.) It looks as though she co-wrote in Andre Norton’s Witch World series and then may have written originals solo thereafter.
Ann Crispin also wrote original novels including the StarBridge series, which I’ve just found and don’t think I’ve read, and others. There were about three pages of results on Amazon.
I read her books from my pre-teens through college, I’d guess. They were always good stories and kept the characters in character. Even if, as in Yesterday’s Son, the character is thrown out of his/her usual behavior, Ms. Crispin still kept the character true to that core.
I’m glad to know she took time with new writers. That’s really something.
This somehow prompted another rambling on ebooks versus printed books (pbooks?) but as it was long and off-topic, I will post it elsewhere. 🙂
The Boston Globe ran an obituary for her today: I just read it after teaching my first class of the fall semester (Intro to Cultural Anthopology). I’d give the link but the Globe is stingy these days and only provides a paragraph or two of the article/obit unless you are a subscriber.
Today (Sept. 9th) is also the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden, where Scotland lost a king, many of its nobility (“The Flowers of the Forest”) and more: for ~10,000 dead.
Yesterday I finished the solid, “second” draft of my novel, The Marginal Way, that starts at Flodden and ends on its anniversary 17 years later. The anniversary was my goal: I’m still shocked I made it; darn pleased at the moment with the end product and amazed how much fun I had doing the (many!) hours of editing. I looked forward to it all day & week long while I was at work.
I do have the ~3-4 page epilogue to write (ideas in place: words not) and then formatting into one, large file with a table of contents. That’s next weekend’s task, then — Wol — you have a draft to read should you still wish.