Hugo Winners

Okay, my last post was pretty lame.  This one is not going to be much better, but I find this pretty cool news.  Writing Excuses has recently won the Hugo, one of science-fiction and fantasy’s most prestigious awards, for Best Related Work.

This is exciting.  Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowall, Dan Wells, and Howard Taylor have been doing this podcast for a while now (Kowall didn’t join as a permanent cast member until the sixth season, but she’d been a guest star since the third season and those are still some of the best episodes they ever did.)  It’s in the middle of its eighth season, the discussions are helpful and fascinating, and it’s a wonderful service that they are providing within the genre and those writing in it.  It’s about time they got the recognition they deserve.

I only have one question left: what the hell is Best Related Work?  Last I checked, none of them were related to each other and I’m certain nobody related to them was responsible for giving them the award.  That would be nepotism.