06-18-2020, 11:00 PM | #1 |
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June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
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06-18-2020, 11:04 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
I'm sorry for your loss. I remember her from a convention appearance SJ made, I remember thinking, "that person running around getting everything together for this SJ games event, she must be the one really running things, not Steve."
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06-18-2020, 11:48 PM | #3 | |
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
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And there's this: in all the time she was with SJ Games, I never heard a bad word about her. Not once. And all of us involved in this biz have had crap talked about us one time or another - sometimes quite rightly, sometimes just because. That really says something about her. Her loss is a loss to us all, and my heart goes out to SJ. If there is anything we can do for her memory, please let us know. |
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06-19-2020, 02:49 AM | #4 |
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
I never met her, but I've been involved with organised SF fandom long enough to know of Steve's involvement there. She was there too, getting stuff done in the organised chaos that is a Worldcon.
We are all poorer for her passing.
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06-19-2020, 05:17 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
My condolences
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06-19-2020, 05:19 AM | #6 |
GURPS Line Editor
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Montréal, Québec
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
I started working full-time for SJ Games in what will be . . . wow, 25 years ago on July 5. The original plan was that I would move to Austin, but that fell through. (I harbor no regrets, though, as I love Montréal.) So my status was changed to "remote employee," and my trip to Austin was converted from "moving" to "meeting the coworkers."
From when I arrived until when I left, Monica was a champion. If I needed something, she made sure that I got it; if I found some procedure unclear, she explained it. I was assigned a little office for the duration of my visit, and she stopped by at the end of every workday to ask how things were going and whether there was anything she could do. After I returned home, Monica stayed in touch. It was thanks to her that I learned the ropes of working for SJ Games. While Steve Jackson was my mentor in game design (and my benefactor, and patron) and Scott Haring was my mentor as an author, Monica was my mentor as an editor. Without her support, I wouldn't have lasted 25 years, editing hundreds of books. My relationship with Monica was largely professional, but not entirely so. I always spent some social time with her and Steve when I was in Austin, and sometimes at cons. She was one of the only coworkers able to keep up with my . . . let's say "chattiness." And no matter how pressing work got, she never emailed or phoned without asking how I was. Needless to say, Steve surely misses Monica the most. But I can truthfully say that I'll miss her quite a bit as well. :(
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06-19-2020, 05:30 AM | #7 |
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Location: Luxembourg
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
My condolences
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06-19-2020, 07:24 AM | #8 |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
I exchanged e-mails with her a decade ago about a question of accounting and royalties, and she was unfailingly helpful and patient. I'm sorry to learn of her death and sad that it was so dreadfully early; and I offer my sympathies to SJ and everyone else who knew her well.
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06-19-2020, 08:13 AM | #9 |
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Location: Arizona
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
My sincere condolences on your loss. Mere words cannot ever really express what you feel when this happens, but know that we have nothing but heartfelt sympathy for you in this very bad time in your life.
If it helps any, she made a BIG difference to a LOT of people; even the ones who, like me, never met her. I'm grateful that she was here. |
06-19-2020, 08:26 AM | #10 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Springfield, IL
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Re: June 19, 2020: Monica Stephens
My condolences.
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