I Love Biomedical Science, I Love Astronomy,

Empress Of The Universe Would Be Way Too Much Work. I'd Have To Wear Fancy Clothes, Probably Including Lady Shoes With Pointed Toes, And Could No Longer Slouch Into The Study In Pjs And Slippers. Someone Would (avert!) Straighten My Desk. Someone Would Reorganize My Yarn Stash...in Fact, They'd Assign Someone Else To Knit My Socks, Thus Depriving Me Of An Excuse To Rest My Brain While Pretending To Accomplish Something Useful.

So When I Got Out Of The Military, I Went Back To School In Biology, And Earned A Biology Degree At The University Of Texas, And Then Did Some Graduate Work In It.

There Are Relatively Few Science Fiction Or Fantasy Books With The Main Character Being An Old Person.

I Had, Of Course, No Model For That Sort Of Woman Being Married, But I Can Make That Up As I Go Along.

It Is Not Wrong To Be Different. Sometimes It Is Hard, But It Is Not Wrong.