I find it very difficult to relax, and of course, to write, you need to relax. You need to be ‘in the zone’, visiting your literary world, the universe you’ve created, without being weighed down by cares and considerations that keep you anchored to the real world. It really is about escaping psychologically into another place.

The impetus for this post was the line that has since becomes famous (although not without precedent) in Star Wars fandom - "See you in Hell

The thing about Sci-Fi is that it has always been woke, and in the good way that word's supposed to be used. It has always been a safe space