Help a SFWA author research: @johncleaver needs some fake swear words for his new series: http://is.gd/PIGUi4 # Hey, SFWA members. It's Monday and I'm wondering what news you have that you'd like us to announce for you. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Amy Treadwell. Read one of her qualifying stories online. http://is.gd/KWNg6F # […]
British author Brian Jacques (b.June 15, 1939) died on February 5, 2011 following emergency surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Jacques published his juvenile novel Redwall, about a collection of anthropomorphic mice, badgers, voles, and other creatures, in 1986.
All life is nurtured by death, and a story is defined not so much by what it is, but by what it is not. Our fiction cannot take on life unless we are willing destroy all of the beautiful possibilities but one: the best one.
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Alyxandra Harvey (@AlyxandraH), author of Out for Blood. http://www.alyxandraharvey.com/ #
We cannot help but be interested in characters who are, do, or have things we want. In fact, this is one of the main draws of fiction–experiencing something wonderful or cool, even if it’s vicariously.
At Escape Pod: "Written on the Wind" by SFWA member @daviddlevine, read by @mightymur. http://bit.ly/e1cwJ8 # SFWA member Vera Nazarian (@Norilana) is now a member of the Austen Authors group blog, debuting today. http://is.gd/k07t0Y # @MarcyRockwell You have to wait for me to get out of bed first! Welcome back! # SFWA member @alcole123 presents […]
BBC World Service, in partnership with the British Council, launches the 12th Annual Radio Playwriting Competition, which invites writers from around the world to submit a one-hour radio play on any subject.
SFWA Active and Associate members, there are only 11 days left to nominate for the Nebula Awards. Why not spend the weekend reading some of the 367 free pieces of eligible fiction available in the members’ only Discussion Forum. Then, hop over to the Nebula nomination ballot and nominate your five favorites in each category.
RT @opattyg: "Why isn't my publicist doing anything?" A familiar cry and now article over at The Gatekeepers Post http://bit.ly/f0Eo80 #
On March 1, 2011, membership rate changes for Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, will go into effect.
A historical fantasy: the remarkable tale of Miss Bristol, a young woman born in 1885 who lost herself, found herself, and learned how to eat pizza like a New Yorker in 2025.
Jean Marie Ward writes about all things weird, wonderful and downright peculiar in her hometown of Washington, DC. Sometimes she writes fiction. It makes a lot more sense than the facts. Her web site is JeanMarieWard.com.
