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Quick Updates for 2011-01-11

Congratulations to SFWA member @paolobacigalupi whose YA novel SHIP BREAKER just won the Printz Award. http://is.gd/kvfd6 # Welcome to SFWA's newest Affiliate member, Laurie Mann, Worldcon Program Liaison for Renovation – World Science Fiction Convention 2011. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member @pattyjansen. Read one of her qualifying stories at Grantville Gazette. http://is.gd/kvvgl # […]

The Importance of Context (Part 1)

I’m not saying you shouldn’t self-publish if you want to (though I would urge you to do so on the basis of knowledge rather than hype), or that self-publishers can’t become successful (clearly, they can–something that has always been true, for every possible value of success). I’m just saying that it’s risky to assume that others’ success stories will apply to you.