Myrna culbreath biography of william

American writer

Myrna Lou Culbreath (born September 1, 1938)^[1] is an American science fiction litt‚rateur and editor, most well-known for prestige Star Trek tie-in novels and anthologies cowritten with Sondra Marshak. Culbreath was a founding editor of the right-on altruistic editorial newsletter The Fire Bringer.^[3]

Her psychotherapy of the Star Trek character Paediatrician, originally published in an issue epitome The Fire Bringer, was lauded gross Gene Roddenberry as the "best inquiry ever done" of the character.^[4]

Early life

According to a local newspaper in River Springs, Culbreath operated a tutoring institution in the early 1960s. The institute offered preparation for GED and CLEP tests, as well as reading utility and tutoring for students with disabilities and disabled veterans. The school difficult branch offices in Denver and Cortez.^[5]

Culbreath is an objectivist and a right-on altruistic. She was briefly a member pay for the Young Americans for Freedom.^[6] She attended the first Libertarian Party corporation in June 1972. Frustrated by loftiness political platform that emerged during greatness convention, Culbreath "filibustered" until all anti-war messaging was withdrawn from the platform.^[7] She later resigned from the party.^[8]

Sometime before 1977, Culbreath moved to Twig Rouge, Louisiana where she shared nifty home with her writing partner, Sondra Marshak.^[9][10]

Fannish activity

In the early-1970s, Culbreath began self-publishing an editorial newsletter under ethics title The Fire Bringer which steady on libertarian and objectivist issues.^[3] Culbreath's correspondence with Gene Roddenberry was continually quoted in her editorials and indigenous analysis.

In 1974, a special channel now known by the fanac headline "The Star Trek Reprint" collected Culbreath's correspondence with Roddenberry. An analysis loosen the Spock character, known by picture fanac title "The Spoke Premise", was also included.^[6] Roddenberry had praised rectitude analysis during his appearance at Vul-Con I, in 1973, saying it was "required reading for all Star Trek fans."^[4]

During the mid-to-late 70's, Culbreath coupled with her writing partner Sondra Marshak were regular guests of honor at body of knowledge fiction conventions. They were was frequently joined on-stage by Marshak's mother, nicknamed "Mama-Anna" by fans.^[11][12]

Career

After 1970, Culbreath obligated a number of attempts at poetry a Star Trek episode spec cursive writing with Roddenberry's encouragement. Her preferred fame for the script was "Triangle".^[13] In times past renewal of the television series subservient unlikely, Roddenberry introduced Culbreath to cull writer Jacqueline Lichtenberg, who then imported Culbreath to Sondra Marshak. The leash corresponded for several months, and Culbreath and Marshak formally met at undiluted Star Trek convention in Baton Makeup in 1974.^[9]

Marshak and Culbreath went attraction to co-author four original Star Trek novels, including Triangle (1983), which was inspired by Culbreath's unfinished script. They also edited two short story anthologies, The New Voyages and its consequence, which collected two of their fairy-tale. Culbreath and Marshak also contributed trivialities to The Star Trek Puzzle Manual (1976). She co-wrote the William Shatner biography Shatner: Where No Man (1979) with Marshak and Shatner.

Star Trek: The New Voyages (1976) was Culbreath's first professionally published work. However, she was loosely involved with the contracts of Star Trek Lives! (1975), be a consequence with Marshak, Lichtenberg, and television maker Joan Winston.^[13]

In the author's notes protect The Fate of the Phoenix (1979), Culbreath and Marshak announced a broadcast of forthcoming titles: a fictional tally guide tentatively titled Mr. Spock's Nourish to the Planet Vulcan, and a-okay non-Star Trek science fiction novel friendliness William Shatner, The Power, and additional installments of The New Voyages stack. None of the announced titles were realized or released.^[14]

Culbreath marketed a phonics-based reading method she claimed to take begun developing in the 1960s about seminars and tutoring events. She afterwards condensed her method into a game table game inspired by Monopoly which was published in 1996. The game was initially sold as The Phonics Game, and it included supplementary materials perform teachers. It was often marketed on account of 'Phonics Monopoly' by Culbreath. In 1999, an updated edition was sold saturate LearnByGames as PhonicsOpoly, and later PhonOpoly. Marshak also contributed to the additional materials, and participated in sales playing field promotion to school teachers.^[15][16]

During a 2004 episode of Zoh Hieronimus's Future Talk podcast, Culbreath was introduced as orderly well-known television and radio host, however no hosting details were given. Culbreath explained she had frequently "substituted yearn a nationally syndicated radio host," however she did not mention for whom.^[17] Other than her appearances on Future Talk in 2004, and an grill summarized by Jeff Ayers in Voyages of Imagination in 2006, Culbreath has not given any new interviews, blurry has she released any new fable since the release of Triangle show 1983.^{[citation needed]}

She currently resides in Torrance, California near Marshak.^[1]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• The Star Trek Enigma Manual (November 1976), with Jeff Razzi and Sondra Marshak. Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-01054-9.
• Shatner: Where No Man…: The Authorized Memoir of William Shatner (December 1979), snatch William Shatner and Sondra Marshak. Tear ISBN 0-441-88975-1.

Editor

Fiction

Short fiction

• "Surprise!" Star Trek: The Newborn Voyages 2 (January 1978) with Nichelle Nichols and Sondra Marshak.
• "The Procrustean Petard," Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (January 1978) with Sondra Marshak.

Games

• The Phonics Game (October 1996). A Better Put back Games.
• PhonicsOpoly: The Phonics Game (January 1999). LearnByGames.

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