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Quick Updates for 2010-06-14

"Snowman's Chance in Hell," a podcast by SFWA member @TheFictioneer is now available on The Drabblecast at http://3.ly/yYxk # SFWA member Lou Antonelli has TV interview about SF in East Texas during book signing 6/12 Prospero's in Marshall: http://is.gd/cOlT9 #

Beaded sea creature caption contest

First prize: A Beaded Sea Creature and an autographed copy of The Moon and the Sun. To celebrate the ebook edition of Vonda N. McIntyre’s Nebula-winning novel The Moon and the Sun, Book View Cafe is hosing a Beaded Sea Creature caption contest. The contest and the rules are on the first page today  (www.bookviewcafe.com) […]

Quick Updates for 2010-06-13

Resources, Industry News, and Member News for N. K. Jemisin, Jenn Bennett, Marianne de Pierres, Alexandra Duncan, Steven L. Wilson, René Walling, Vera Nazarian, Jeri Smith-Ready, Genevieve Valentine, Christie Yant, and Jon Sprunk!

Quick Updates for 2010-06-12

SFWA member Lou Antonelli will do a book signing for his Texas-themed collection "Fantastic Texas" 6/12 Prospero's in Marshall, TX 12-4 pm # Limited Time FREE Download – Dreams of the Compass Rose by SFWA member Vera Nazarian – http://is.gd/cL5eM # SFWA member Jennifer Brozek is hosting the last scheduled reading of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF […]

Quick Updates for 2010-06-11

Nebula and Hugo nominated story "Non-Zero Probabilities" by SFWA member @nkjemisin is live at Escape Pod. http://is.gd/cJHSg # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Jenn Bennett, author of RUN DEVIL RUN from Simon & Schuster. http://www.jennbennett.net # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Marianne de Pierres, author of Nylon Angel from Roc. http://www.mariannedepierres.com/ # Welcome […]

Quick Updates for 2010-06-08

From Magellan Media's @brianoleary there's an interesting letter about digital piracy to Scott Turow of the Authors Guild. http://3.ly/wzzZ # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Julia Karr, author of XVI from Penguin. http://juliakarr.com # SFWA member @EricJamesStone: will be doing a book signing for Year's Best SF 15 in Eagle Mountain, UT June 12. […]

Social Media and Your (Lack of) Privacy

The year is 2010. The internet has passed the infant stage and has grown into a young adult that still hasn’t quite gotten the “rules” down yet. Much of internet law is still in its infancy, in part because the legal system hasn’t been able to keep up with the rapid changes in technology. Words like “piracy,” “identity theft” and “copyright” are just three examples of that…