On Monday evening, I finally got to meet in person several members of the Codex Writers’ group who, until that time, I’d only met online. We met at the Aspen Social Club near Times Square, and by the time I arrived, most of them were already there: Lawrence M. Schoen and his wife Valerie, Alethea…
On Monday, I had my first lunch with an editor in New York City. I headed down to the offices of Dell Magazine and met Dr. Stanley Schmidt, editor of Analog Science Fiction in person for the first time. We sat in his office and chatted for a while while we waited for others to…