Hi, all. It’s been a while since I updated this blog! Figured now was a good time, since I just became SFWA’s newest Grand Master! I got an award for it at the Nebula Conference this past weekend, but I couldn’t fit it in my luggage so hopefully it will arrive soon. Here’s the draft version of my accetance speech. I made some handwritten edits while waiting for the banquet to start, so what I said on the podium is slightly different from what’s here. (Also, I couldn’t see the text very well on the blue-lit stage — tried to […]

As some of you know, a new article has come out regarding that whole terrible mess with Isabel Fall from last year. It’s a good article — the reporter actually speaks to Ms. Fall, and it’s extra horrifying to see just how badly the controversy has impacted her health and career hopes. I’m glad she’s out of crisis, at least, but it sounds like she had a rough road getting there. The reporter also reached out to me while researching this article, because there’s been a lot of internet chatter about my involvement. I shared what I could with her