Happy 4th of July
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Archive for 2011
Video Pick of the Week: VLT and the Milky Way
There are an estimated 100-300 billion stars in the Milky Way. Of these, in ideal conditions at any given time or place on Earth, only 2,500 are visible to the unaided eye.
Quick Updates for 2011-07-02
Why volunteer to be on the SFWA board of directors SFWA? Being required to have dinner with Ursula K. Le Guin. Such hardship… #
Why You Want to Hire a Competent PR Service
Before approaching people to review a book, you really ought to a) make sure they’re actively reviewing; b) determine that they review books in the genre you’re pitching, and c) spend a little time researching the venue you’re asking them to review in, to be sure it’s appropriate (not to mention, that it really is book review venue).
A note to SFWA members: Request for information for Night Shade Book’s probation review
Edited to add: Thank you all for the information you sent in. Please see SFWA’s report regarding Night Shade Books probationary review. Dear SFWA members, Last year, the SFWA board of directors voted to put Night Shade Books on probation for a period of one year. That probationary period is scheduled to end on […]
Quick Updates for 2011-07-01
@jaygarmon An associate can nominate for the Nebulas, but only Active members may vote. Associates also can't vote in elections. # CZP will publish SFWA member @MFJ72's first short story collection, "Irregular Verbs and Other Stories," in 2013 #
Quick Updates for 2011-06-30
Industry News and Member News for David Levine.
Redstone SF is SFWA’s newest qualifying short fiction market
Today the board of directors of SFWA voted to add Redstone Science Fiction to the list of SFWA qualifying markets. Just celebrating its first year online, this market features science-fiction short stories and essays. They have published SFWA authors such as Cory Doctorow, Vylar Kaftan, and Cat Rambo. Because they have met the SFWA minimum requirements since […]
Agencies Becoming Publishers–a Trend and a Problem
However, to my mind at least, the conflicts that arise when agencies begin publishing clients’ previously unpublished works are even more concerning. If an agency can publish a client’s book itself, will it try as hard to market the book to traditional publishers?
Nebula Awards 2010 Interview: N.K. Jemisin
I usually write a detailed outline of maybe 15-20 pages, including character profiles and brief worldbuilding notes. Sometimes I start a wiki — I’ve done that with the Inheritance Trilogy, so I can easily look up concepts or made-up words I’ve forgotten from book 1 to book 3.
