I feel passionately that some of the information we are getting is increasingly wrong and motivated by selfishness and, yes, to some degree, a form of hyperbolic illogic. We are so hung up on predicting the next big thing, on getting in on the next gold rush when it comes to ways for authors to promote themselves and market their work that we often seem to be active participants in our own destruction.
FundsforWriters.com has listed contests for thirteen years, and we’ve reached a point where many sponsors send us contests. If the entry fee is over five percent of the first prize, I scrutinize the contest harder. If it’s over ten percent, I decline the request.
The future of humanity hangs in the balance as Kira Zo organizes a Resistance movement to overthrow the T’Akons, a powerful alien race.
SFWA Member Eugie Foster Sold short story "Trixie and the Pandas of Dread" to Apex Magazine. # SFWA member Matthew Johnson's story "The Last Islander" is out in the September Asimov's http://t.co/j179QudH # Antho "Digital Rapture," with many SFWA members, is out! Write a Singularity haiku and you could win a free lunch! http://t.co/LYNwbkMj… #
There comes a time in the life of of every author when the list of Things One Should Do exceeds one’s capacity for time investment. Commissions, anthology invitations, interview requests and business propositions… They all accrue in proportion to one’s professional reputation.
SFWA Member Ken Liu’s story, “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” is out in the current issue of Lightspeed. http://t.co/nFe8SwGh… # SFWA member Eugie Foster just sold short stories "The Tiger Fortune Princess" and "The Girl Who Drew Cats" to Cricket magazine. #
The 2012 World Fantasy Awards ballot has been released. Final results will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention, to be held on Nov 1-4, in Toronto, Canada, where Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin.
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Widely-discussed book news this week: Amazon UK’s report that ebook sales have outstripped the sales of all print formats combined.
According to unaudited figures released by [Amazon UK] on Monday, sin…
SFWA member Carrie Cuinn's “Mrs. Henderson’s Cemetery Dance” now free to read online at http://t.co/qJ4auH9A… CarrieCuinn # SFWA Member Mike Allen's CLOCKWORK PHOENIX Kickstarter has 3 days left http://t.co/93yQnx4y Offering book pre-orders & chasing 1 last goal. # A better link for Carrie Cuin's “Mrs. Henderson’s Cemetery Dance” http://t.co/K8pHdefx #
Authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller announced today that they will release the Liaden Universe® in audio format on Audible.com, concurrent with the hardcover release of newest book in the series, Dragon Ship, from Baen Books.
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.
Auston Habershaw is a science fiction and fantasy author, writing about the could-be and never-was, and also teaches composition and literature at MCPHS University in Boston, MA.
