50th Anniversary Blog Tour

In April 1995, I was a barely wet-behind-the-ears writer of science fiction. My first story was scheduled to appear in […]

Perhaps because of my Midwestern upbringing, perhaps because of circumstances of education, one of my core values has always been

There was a time—less than a year ago, in fact—when I dreamed of joining the SFWA. Among writers of speculative

When I was a very young teen writer, I read articles on the SFWA website as a reward for meeting

A few years ago I attended Viable Paradise, which is a one-week writer’s workshop taught by some of the most

I don’t remember exactly how long ago I joined SFWA. I do know that it was shortly after my stories were

I’m  a proud member of Science Fiction Writers of America.  It costs me in the neighborhood of  $100 a year

When I was a teenager back in the 1990s, I regularly prowled through my mall B. Dalton. Back then, monthly

I set out to write science fiction and fantasy quite a number of years after having received one of the

In my mind SFWA has always been associated with Robert Silverberg. Bob was of course the second president of the

The aging writer hunches over her pen and paper in a cramped and cluttered room. The hour has grown late,

As a young geek, I excelled at school and struggled in only one thing, really:  making friends.  Oh, I had