Wow, interesting stuff about Effinger and his wife, I knew they parted on good terms, I mean sometimes life just does not cooperate for good people.
Bummer about the Katrina connection...that is genuinely sad and I can see the complications from that mess dragging out for a long time.
I definitely appreciate the tip on her site...added it to my check it out list as you and I seem to have similar likes in authors.
And oh, gee thanks so much for NOT telling me how fun the Swordsperson stories are...I mean that was great for you NOT to mention it...snickersnicker...
About Robinson, he is not writing much these days as Jeannie has cancer and at last check not looking like things will work out for the good. He still has his podcasts but I am not sure he will ever write again...but it also could be good therapy but they guy is no spring chicken anymore. If the world could only run as Callahan's Place what a great thing that could be...I actually used a bunch of my Audible credits to get all of his books they have because they are fun to listen to...oh, if you like Callahan, consider The Sam Gunn Omnibus by Ben Bova. All are basically short stories with no true theme other than something light and fun to read...well worth the effort and a nice bedtime or lunchtime read...
I love the idea of a group of genre related authors doing a newsletter, I am a big fan of the early cyberpunk writers but to be honest, these days my energy levels are so low I don't sleuth out the stories as I once did so I miss a lot of geed new stuff...oh, wait, isn't that a magazine like ummm, Asimov's thingy or the udder one?
But really I see what you are thinking. I could see a portal type website that aggregated the author's existing blogs as a reasonably cost effective option...but I am sure this has been done already somewhere because, well not much new on the web these days...it seems to always have been done before...
BTW, thanks for the friendly chatter...very enjoyable!!
Again, apologies to poor brushed aside Simon!! hehehehe...but after reading a bit of his site, somehow I sense he is kinda our sorta off-center anyway.
