Deborah, Nic and Marty would definitely remember Camille who was too often an island of sanity amid a sea of yammerheads.

Marta Randall's new book

Ooooh. I loved that novel of hers, "Sword in Winter". If that's the right name. Glad to hear she's still writing.

I never expected to make connections with professional writers through fandom, and yet it's happening in weird ways. I'm 2 degrees from a number of people I really like. Very cool.

Consuela, it's mindblowing sometimes. OK, I'm a professional writer but there are writers out there that reduce me to simper-levels that nothing else can. And I found myself in conversation elsewhere with a very nice woman called Ayelet Waldman, who writes mysteries, and we were chatting away and it turns out she's married to MICHAEL CHABON!

I nearly plotzed. I mean, Wonder Boys Michael Chabon. Kavalier and Klay Michael Chabon. Freakin' PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Michael Chabon.

Gibber blench drool. I turned into Twit Central for a minute or two and had to walk around the house to calm myself down.

edit: Marta R edited "Famous Flower of Serving Men" for me, the second one in the current series. Dragged the entire honking thing to Mexico with her and gave me an incredibly in-depth edit while she was on holiday. I owe her hugely, and am hooking her up with an agent friend.

Bwah, Deb. That's marvelous.

And I adored Kavalier and Clay as well. So. Much. Fun.

She's on Readerville, yes?

Three writers, ever, have reduced me to pulp: Mr. Chabon. Robertson Davies (he said something nice to me about Plainsong I swear to Jah, I fucking curtseyed). And John Crowley. The SF Chronicle review of "Aegypt" a few years back? I wrote that. And it was used on the cover.

gloatgloatgloatgloat

She's on Readerville, yes?

Yes indeed, but I didn't know it at that point; I'd come across "The Big Nap" and giggled myself sick, because it's a total charmer. Found her website, found out she was not only funny and smart but married to Michael Chabon, and developed Instantaneous Shyness.

I expect I'd make a thorough fool of myself should I chat with her again, damnit.

I never expected to make connections with professional writers through fandom, and yet it's happening in weird ways. I'm 2 degrees from a number of people I really like. Very cool.

I ran into my sister's father-in-law at a con (actually, at a couple). He's retired now, but man, that was a serious disconnect. I've known him since I was 8, before he wrote sci-fi at all.

Heh. I'm realizing that I'm only two degrees from a lot of writers. Which I knew, kinda, but is making me take a step back and go "whoa."

Yep. She's listed in the Temple University directory. So, Philly.

<perks up>

Neat. I wonder if I have any excuse to email her.

I'm awaiting an email back, to give me Roz's current email addy.

Deb, I have a good e-mail address for Roz if it turns out you need it.