Text of my Grand Master speech

Hi, all. It s been a while since I updated this blog! Figured now was a good time, since I just became SFWA s newest Grand Master! I got an award for it at the Nebula Conference this past weekend, but I couldn t fit it in my luggage so hopefully it will arrive soon. Here s the draft version of my accetance speech. I made some handwritten edits while waiting for the banquet to start, so what I said…