An acquaintance of mine from sci-fi fandom recently posted what I term a rant on Facebook. She was responding to a blog post by an author I respect, Theodora Goss, about how Ms. Goss is re-evaluating how she spends her time. The main sticking point was conventions: Ms. Goss describes how many conventions don't routinely pay authors to attend. It's unclear whether she's referring to invited guests or merely people who attend and participate in programming. That was only a small part of the blog post, but seems meant to emphasize that Ms. Goss is finding it difficult to have much time to herself. She is prioritizing her time, and wanting to cut out the things with no particular gain for her, whether material or emotional.
That small bit seems to have done it. My acquaintance goes off a little, the implication being that this blog post is somewhat entitled in nature. She (my acquaintance) comes from a long tradition of...
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