And now, a link roundup on further posts on SFWA: Petitiongate. Because quite a few writers are speaking up about this, and while the furor appears to be dying down a bit, conversation is still happening. This is a good thing. Because this is a conversation that needs to keep happening.
I spotted all of these last night via Twitter. I follow Diana Pharaoh Francis there, and saw her post. From her, I found the other two.
Why It’s a Good Thing the SFWA Meltdown Is as Ugly at The Alternative Typewriter
Why the SFWA Shoutback Matters by Juliet E. McKenna
Gender, Writing, SFWA, by Diana Pharaoh Francis
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again–I may not actually be a member of SFWA and not likely to be eligible at least in the immediate future (Carina doesn’t qualify me for membership). But I care about what’s going on with them for a variety of reasons.
One, I read a lot of these people. They’re writing my native genre when it comes to what I want on my bookshelves.
Two, they’re my fellow spec fic writers, part of the extended community of people who write what I want to write. And what happens with SFWA, while indeed focused on the American branch of speculative fiction, does echo across the worldwide community of SF/F writers. See the post by Juliet McKenna, above. Writers across the world are watching.
ETA: Catherine Schaff-Stump speaks out on SFWA: Privilege and Institutionalized Everythingism
