Quick Updates for 2012-06-20
Resources and Member News for Jennifer Brozek, David Brin, Robert J. Sawyer, David D. Levine, Eugie Foster, Karen Azinger, and Adam Christopher.
News, The SFWA Blog
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Chasing the First Sale: What a Pro Story Is
There are tons of great resources on writing fiction, and I won’t even attempt to get into all that information here. What I’m going to focus on are the macro, big-picture things I’ve learned through personal experience.
Information Center, News, Public Relations, The SFWA Blog
SFWA at BEA: A Recap
[SWFA’s presence at BEA] this year was an experiment, but a wildly successful one. We were able to inform, educate and engage people from all areas of the publishing world. Dozens of bloggers and librarians stopped by to talk to us and thank us for being there.
In Memoriam, The SFWA Blog
In Memoriam: Jim Young
Writer and fan, Jim Young, 61, died on June 12, a week after being admitted to a hospital for emergency surgery on a brain tumor.
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Quick Updates for 2012-06-13
Science cruise with SFWA members @RobertJSawyer and @DavidBrin1! This December, sailing from Miami: http://t.co/X24SXW5P #
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Quick Updates for 2012-06-12
Help a SFWA member with research? RT @dianarowland: Hivemind: Anyone here ever had a bad shoulder dislocation? Need some first-hand
The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Writers and Their Literary Estates: Story Reprints
Writers who do not take the time to create a will with provisions for the handling of their literary estate may help make their work more obscure than it should be, and deprive readers of great fiction for reasons unrelated to an anthologist’s or editor’s desire to include them.
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Quick Updates for 2012-06-08
SFWA member @daviddlevine recently made his 50th SF/Fantasy story sale http://t.co/JpuTh0n5 #
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Quick Updates for 2012-06-07
SFWA member @eugiefoster sold her short story "Whatever Skin You Wear" to anthology SOLARIS RISING 2. #
In Memoriam, News, The SFWA Blog
RIP Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
“Simply put, it is the end of an era. Ray was more than just an author, more than just a Grand Master. He was one of the pillars of our community.” ~John Scalzi, SFWA President
News, The SFWA Blog
SFWA Schedule for Book Expo America
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will, for the first time, be participating in Book Expo America, June 5-7, in New York City. We will be at Booth 3591, so come on by and say hi!
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Quick Updates for 2012-06-01
A good roundtable discussion on writing about race in Science Fiction and Fantasy. http://t.co/ajLKhCOS #