Current location:	Morningstar Hall
Current mood:	hot
Current music:	Collide -- Razor Sharp

Just Passing This Along
I want to take a minute and put the word out that Steven Brust, aka skzbrust, is in dire financial straits. He's had some health problems in the past year or so, and naturally, being an author, he has no medical insurance. His bill is in the six figure range, and the hospital has just put a lien on his house. He's also having problems with the IRS. God knows how much more legal fees are going to cost him.

Who my favorite fantasy author is shifts with the wind, but on most days, it's Steven. I've worn through a couple of copies of Jhereg over the years. I don't know how many copies of The Phoenix Guards I've been through – I tend to loan them out and not get them back – but it's easily in my top five favorite books. We even named our cat after Tazendra.

Steven's work is funny, intelligent, complex, and unexpectedly deep. The world he has created is like a second home for me, and Steven's work is in many ways the underpinning for my own. Without him, I would not be a storyteller. His books were there for me through the darkest times of my life, and without him I very well might not be alive to tell stories at all.

Because of what his work has meant to me I want to help however I can, so I'm spreading the word and I'm going to see what I can give. And if you're a fan of his, I'd appreciate it if you'd do the same – and most of all, keep spreading the word.

If you would like to give, go here. It's not just Steven I'm worried about. It's Vlad and Morrolan and Kragar and Loiosh and Aliera and Khaavren and Sethra . . . and . . . and.

I don't know Steven, but I consider the rest to be friends.