Gosh, Mike I thought everyone knew that sf publishing is a shambles. People are casting around desperately to find ways to move product and I don't blame them. Let's not forget that the market for books is readers. A well-published book is one that it finds as big an audience as possible. Cynthia, Some folks might not know that the James Tiptree,Jr.
Award is given every year to a work that explores or expands our understanding of gender.
Well, John, that's more complicated than it might at first appear. Sure, when I started out, writing came naturally. I would slam anydamnthing onto the page to see whether it worked. Sometimes it did, sometimes not. Now that I have a little better idea of what I'm doing, it's harder.