I would guess it's about some aspiring author type who tried to impress Scalzi (a published author) in email and failed badly. It probably wasn't bad enough fo

I would guess it's about some aspiring author type who tried to impress Scalzi (a published author) in email and failed badly. It probably wasn't bad enough for Scalzi to want to embarrass the emailer by identifying them by name. This may not be the first time Scalzi received an email like this from someone, leading to the post as a kind of "public service message".