>Dear readers and friends. The unhappy fact is---the numerous bouts of anaesthetic I've had have made it pretty well impossible for me to write. I drop stitches. Not many. No problems with daily life or doing creative stuff or enjoying life in general. But the ability to control narrative is just not what it was, and it's just not going to be there. I've accepted that, painful as it is. I thank all of you who've stood by me patiently. The body of work is what it is, and I am lastingly grateful to my publisher, Betsy Wollheim, who has given me every extension of time and resource. And of course to Jane, who is all things.
I'm not surprised. Repeated surgeries and chemo over the last six years must've take such a toll on her. And after eighty-something novels, the woman should get to enjoy her garden and her fish.
Foreigner is my favourite science fiction series. I'm so glad I got enjoy as many as I have. And regardless if Jane Fancher takes over the series or not, I can happily say that I was spoiled as a fan.