In May 2011, the publishers of many of the world’s most famous authors – including Dan Brown, Terry Pratchett, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King and Stephenie Meyer – join to support The Next Big Author: a new initiative which encourages budding authors to write the opening to a novel in May.
Remember, the better the opposition, the more tension the reader will feel because a formidable opponent increases the chances in the reader’s mind that the hero will fail.
Welcome to SFWA # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Peter David author of Fable: The Balverine Order (ACE/2010). # @sinspired Nope. It's possible that he was at one time and has been inactive long enough that he's no longer in the system. # @tithenai No cap. Put them on your registration. Choose "manual payment" […]
Friday is the last day to register for the Nebula Awards weekend before the rates go up. http://is.gd/O2tAo1 #
Member News for Laura Ruby, Charles Oberndorf, Susan Dennard, Myke Cole, Diana Peterfreund, Julia Watts Belser, Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban, Kat Howard, Larson Richard, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Arthur Dorrance, Daniel M. Kimmel, William Lawhorn, Eugie Foster, and David Levine.
Writers and marketing. In this digital age, the two words are becoming synonymous, but to what end? Having been on both sides of the fence, this is a difficult post for me to write. This isn’t the sort of thing I care to admit or highlight to people, because writers are a unique breed.
Welcome to SFWA's newest Affiliate member, Arthur Dorrance. # Welcome to SFWA's newest affiliate member, film critic Daniel M. Kimmel. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban, author of Two Moon Princess (Tanglewood/2007) http://is.gd/AtqKyU # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Kat Howard (@KatWithSword) with 3 short story sales. http://strangeink.blogspot.com # Welcome to […]
Display your command of language. It’s worthwhile for a writer to think about poetry, and all its devices like assonance and alliteration, metaphor and allusion, internal rhythm, even meter.
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you’ll know that I’m fascinated by the bizarre things that happen at the outer fringes of the publishing universe.
Readers want to hope and fear for a character. To feel this, they must not know what WILL happen, but do need to suspect or know what MIGHT happen and feel tension about the possibilities.
This sweeping urban fantasy explores what it means to be human in a world where humanity itself may be optional, where ancient gods run pawn shops, and where the difference between monster and hero often depends on which side of the story you’re telling.
Rob Dircks is the #1 Audible bestselling author of You’re Going to Mars!, the Where the Hell is Tesla? trilogy, The Wrong Unit, and more. He narrates most of his own work, including Listen To The Signal, his podcast. His latest novel is Sunnyside.
