[2] Upon being introduced to Star Trek on television, Marshak was struck by the "powerful relationship between Kirk and Spock and the focus on moral and philosophical issues.
Marshak's first fanzine-published story was a re-write of Spock's Decision, originally written by Lichtenberg, which was anthologized in the fanzines Berengaria #2 and Kraith Collected #4 in 1974.
[5][6] Marshak's subsequently wrote a number of stories set in Lichtenberg's Kraith universe, which was loosely based on Star Trek.
During the mid-to-late 70's, Marshak and her writing partner Myrna Culbreath were regular guests of honor at science fiction conventions.
In addition to follow-ups to The New Voyages series, Marshak and Culbreath announced a fictional travel guide, Mr. Spock's Guide to the Planet Vulcan, a new novel co-written by Nichelle Nichols, Uhura!, and a non-Star Trek science fantasy novel co-written by William Shatner, The Power.
[11] In 2012, Jacqueline Lichtenberg wrote a comment to a blog written by literary critic Steve Donoghue concerning Marshak's lack of an online presence.