Today I received an ARC, advance reading copy, from a well-known writer with whom I spent a small local convention, who glanced at my proferred hand as if it smelled bad, walked away every time I tried to initiate a conversation, exclusively hung out with the cool big name guest of honor as if all the […]
And another thing. A small thing, really. “I am among the finest writers working today.” Who the fuck even says that? Writers are permitted ego. You need ego to think that any silly shit that comes out of your head is worth the time and money of others. I have typed THE END to stories, […]
Well, that happened. And we should make no mistake what it means, and what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that the Hugos no longer have any room for just-plain-meat-and-potatoes fun science fiction and fantasy. That kind of material has won plenty of Hugos and will win Hugos again. It doesn’t mean the Hugos no […]