SFWA let me in as an active member in time to vote in both the Nebula Awards and SFWA elections. (I question their judgment. But if I were too proud to be a member of any organization with standards low enough to admit me, I’d never get to join anything. Humility; it’s a life skill.)
For those of you who don’t know yet: Charles E. Gannon has another Nebula finalist novel this year in TRIAL BY FIRE. Gannon’s FIRE BY FIRE was a finalist last year. I like the Caine Riorden series. There are also a lot of very good other stories on the Nebula slate. But I may have been urging eligible writers to join SFWA just to vote for TRIAL BY FIRE. I admit nothing.
Voting for the Nebulas involves many hours spent reading to decide which stories to vote for. Voting for SFWA board members involves a couple minutes thanking the volunteers willing to take jobs no one else wants (those running unopposed) and maybe an hour reading up on the few contested elections.
So which did I do? You guessed it. I’ve finished the Nebula slate and submitted my ballot.
For those of you who don’t know yet: Charles E. Gannon has another Nebula finalist novel this year in TRIAL BY FIRE. Gannon’s FIRE BY FIRE was a finalist last year. I like the Caine Riorden series. There are also a lot of very good other stories on the Nebula slate. But I may have been urging eligible writers to join SFWA just to vote for TRIAL BY FIRE. I admit nothing.
Voting for the Nebulas involves many hours spent reading to decide which stories to vote for. Voting for SFWA board members involves a couple minutes thanking the volunteers willing to take jobs no one else wants (those running unopposed) and maybe an hour reading up on the few contested elections.
So which did I do? You guessed it. I’ve finished the Nebula slate and submitted my ballot.
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