RIP Barbara Karmazin

On one of my email lists when I got home this evening:

I don't know who she wanted to email, but I am sorry to inform that my
mother, Barbara Karmazin, has passed away today. I know she will miss you
all because writing, friends and family were her life and passion. Goodbye
from Carlos in behalf of my mother.

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I hadn't had any contact with Barbara for a year or so, because I'd had to drop off most of the romance loops and a lot of sf fora with pressure of work at the day job. But I knew her from early days at Loose Id, particularly with our common interest in writing cross-genre sf&f/romance. A nice woman, a good writer, and I'm sorry to hear this news.