Quick Updates for 2011-10-17
Many thanks to @capclave who raised over $1000 for the @sfwa Emergency Fund silent auction, raffle, and donations. #capclave #
Archive for 2011
Guest Post: Submission Statistics and Revision Habits
If I’m unsure about a story, I put it on probation, and take another look 6 months later before I either lock it up, set it free, or possibly keep it on probation.
Quick Updates for 2011-10-14
SFWA member @jenniferbrozek was interviewed for Another Passion. http://t.co/nj9Bz0AS #
Alerts: Lobster Press and Dailey Swan Publishing
For some time, there’ve been rumors of financial trouble at Canadian children’s publisher Lobster Press. Those rumors were recently confirmed in articles from Publishers Weekly and Quill and Quire.
Writers Against Plagiarism: A Call to Action
It’s been a year since I first blogged about serial plagiarist “Iron” Dave Boyer (among many other names), whose prolific pilfering of other writers’ words has become something of an Internet legend, especially in the horror community, where he concentrates his efforts.
Nebula Awards Interview: Amal El-Mohtar
I am often fascinated by the process of bodies becoming things which they were not initially; The Honey Month is full of stories and poems where the colour of people’s skin and the scent of their hair becomes food for the bees, or where the dawn becomes bread, or where flesh becomes salt.
Guest Post: Submission Statistics — An Inside Look
I’ve published about three dozen short stories, and perhaps 1/3 are SFWA-qualifying. I thought I’d open my submission history in case it would help a new writer see what the submission process looks like.
Guest Post: In Praise of the Thesaurus
Few reference books are as fun to roam around in as thesauri. They demonstrate the marvelous connections possible with language.
Nebula Awards Interview: Eric James Stone
Because I could not recall reading a story in which the main character was a faithful Mormon in a high-tech far future, I decided to use my religion (and my singleness) for the main character.
The Agenda of "The Write Agenda"
Some of you may be aware that for the past few months, a group calling itself The Write Agenda has been attempting to wage a disinformation campaign against Writer Beware and other anti-scam activists.
