48: Tell Me a Good StoryEditing Star Trek with
Margaret Clark.
When it comes to Star Trek novels, it’s the authors who get all
the glory. The covers are emblazoned with their names. They’re the
ones fielding the questions in interviews. But there’s a whole
other side to the process of dreaming up the stories, finding the
people who will write them, and getting them into your hands. Those
tasks fall upon the editor, and Star Trek is fortunate enough to
have not only an extremely talented woman behind the curtain, but
someone who is a lifelong Star Trek fan.
In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and
Christopher Jones are joined by Margaret Clark, the guiding force
behind the Star Trek books, to talk about the process of planning
the publication schedule, choosing the basic paths for the
characters of the literally universe, and the challenges of
publishing mass-market books in an age of digital media and
dwindling storefronts. We also learn more about how The Fall came
together, the plans for all of 2014, and even a few titles heading
our way in 2015. Lastly, we find out what is in the works for the
50th anniversary of Star Trek in 2016. In our news segment we take
a look at the cover art and blurb for the second Rise of the
Federation novel, Christopher L. Bennett’s Tower of Babel.
# Margaret ClarkThe editor responsible for overseeing the Star Trek book publication process and a lifelong fan of the franchise.
