Kate has been home from the hospital for a bit over two weeks now, working with in-home physical, occupational, and speech therapists once or twice a week each. She is still weak and wobbly -- using a walker even in the house -- and the aphasia is still pretty bad, but I believe both are improving. It's slow and not consistent, but on average I ( Read more... )

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As most of you already know, my wife Kate has been extremely ill and spent almost the whole month of July in the hospital. She is back home now, but requires a lot of care. Her sister Sue has very generously offered to come down from Seattle to take care of her while I'm at the Worldcon, but her vacation time is finite and she can't manage the ( Read more... )

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Kate is finally home from the hospital. This is the first time she's been home since we left for Westercon. She's very glad to be home.


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Kate has been doing well in rehab. She is talking better, walking better, and has more energy than she did last week, and we now expect that she will be able to go home tomorrow (Monday 7/25). That being said, she still requires a lot of support and cannot be left alone, so we are going to need a lot of help in the coming weeks ( Read more... )

Sorry, it’s been a while since my last public post about Kate. When last I posted she was just being transferred to St. Vincent for more tests and possible brain surgery ( Read more... )

On Friday July 15 (that's TOMORROW), I will be reading from my debut novel ARABELLA OF MARS at Mysterious Galaxy Books in San Diego. But I'm not just going to be reading and signing books -- I will also be rapping, and leading a singalong, and giving away freebies... in costume. I hope that you will attend if you can, and if you have a Regency or ( Read more... )

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