Fellow writers, shaming other writers for writing intimate scenes or trying to run them down for doing so is kind of reprehensible. Writing those scenes is incredibly hard for some of us and we have to do very specific research before deciding what to leave out and what to imply.

But I get if you want to score cheap points for some one-upmanship game.

But that story of mine still got an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois's last anthology, so here's an eyeroll for you.

(happily blocked and I shall participate in that hashtag no more. I've no time for these silly little shenanigans)