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SFWA 2012 Election Results

Results from the SFWA election have been announced.

Teaching *With* Science Fiction: Balticon 46

If you love SF and want to persuade school administrators that teaching science fiction is important, then: The Teaching With Science Fiction Workshop is just what you’re looking for!

2011 Nebula Awards Announced

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Nebula Awards®.

Victoria Strauss Wins for Writer Beware in First Annual Independent Book Blogger Award

I’m thrilled and honored to announce that Goodreads and the Association of American Publishers have chosen me as the winner of the Publishing News category of the first annual Independent Book Blogger Awards.

Guest Post: Obsession

A professional writer is no longer writing out of pure love, because career considerations have become important. In a sense, writers destroy their own pleasure when they go from amateurs to pros.

Editing Clauses in Publishing Contracts: How to Protect Yourself

Over the past couple of days I’ve gotten several emails and Facebook posts alerting me to a blog post by writer Mandy DeGeit about her bad experience with a small publisher called Undead Press.

Nebula Novels at The Millions

The Millions provides an overview of this year’s Nebula nominated novels.

Clarion West Write-a-thon Needs You

The ninth annual Clarion West Write-a-thon is open for participant sign-up now through June 16.

e-Publishing Revo: It’s a New Electronic Self-Publishing Service, But There’s a Catch

Zooming into my inbox last week: a press release for a brand-new ebook self-publishing service called e-Publishing Revo.

Tools of the Trade: Stellarium

When a character swims across the Arctic Ocean, in a story set a thousand years in the future, what stars might she use to guide her passage westward?