Quick Updates for 2011-08-11
SFWA member@jenniferbrozek won the silver ENnie for best electronic RPG book for Shanghai Vampocalypse. http://is.gd/0OPoxA #
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News, The SFWA Blog
SFWA to Attend Baltimore Book Festival
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) will host a booth at the 16th annual Baltimore Book Festival, September 23, 24, 25, 2011.
News, Public Relations, The SFWA Blog
SFWA website outage
Early in the morning of Wednesday, August 10th, the SFWA website was unavailable due to a hosting issue and service
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Exsanguinate! Exsanguinate!
Your character’s heart will beat faster to circulate the remaining blood faster, to make up for the fact that there’s less of it. Her blood pressure will undergo a mild to moderate decrease, and she may start to have some symptoms related to the drop in blood pressure.
Nebula Awards, The SFWA Blog
Nebula Awards 2010 Interview: M.K. Hobson
I find that’s the hardest thing about writing historical novels–getting the little stuff right. There’s plenty of information about the battles, the wars, the huge political movements. But just try to find out exactly what the inside of the county clerk’s office in Sacramento in 1910 looked like!
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Quick Updates for 2011-08-07
SFWA member Kari Sperring has signed a two book deal with DAW for a pair of linked fantasy novels #
News, The SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2011-08-05
Member News for Paul S. Kemp, Jennifer Brozek, Eugie Foster, Amanda Downum, and David Levine.
Information Center, News, The SFWA Blog
Save the World with Science Fiction
The Speculative Speakers Service at AboutSF.com provides information for educators and conference organizers who are looking for guest speakers. Members of SFWA, who’d like to talk about SF at schools, meetings, or conferences, are invited to register.
News, The SFWA Blog
Renovation: Book Drive
Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, has announced that Angry Robot, Tor Books and Baen Books are sending donations for a book drive to benefit public libraries in the Reno area.
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Quick Updates for 2011-08-03
You can now hear SFWA member @daviddlevine's story "Zauberschrift" on the PodCastle podcast http://bit.ly/qwCaM2 #
The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Finding Your Voice
Write a lot. This is almost all I need to say, as nothing else matters without the constant practice of writing a lot. Write blog posts and letters, booklets and diatribes, letters to the editor and book reviews, love poems and short stories, novellas and manifestos. The sheer mass of your writing becomes the raw matter from which to chisel your voice.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-30
SFWA member @jenniferbrozek has been promoted to managing editor of Black Room Publications. http://bit.ly/o6TdcH #