Quick Updates for 2011-07-29
New anthology End of an Aeon includes stories by SFWA members @stillsostrange @eugiefoster @daviddlevine and more! http://bit.ly/l19FyR #
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Gulliver Travel Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) has announced that proposals for the Gulliver Travel Research Grant are being accepted from July 1st 2011 until September 30th 2011.
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Video Pick of the Week: End of an Era
Winning a foothold on other worlds whispers in our ears that we’re more than Picts or Serbs or Tongans: We’re humans. ~Carl Sagan, A Pale Blue Dot.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-26
@wnwagner It counts as a half-credit for each author. #
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Guest Post: The Death of Fiction as Mind Movie
An interesting book or movie is one that cannot be taken apart and compartmentalized like that. If it can be summed up in a two sentence elevator pitch, then it does not have room to breathe.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-23
SFWA member @eugiefoster sold a short story (reprint) "Biba Jibun" to the Pseudopod podcast. #
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How to Have a Writers’ Hangout in Google+
So… You’ve wondered what this new social network is good for. Fair question. Google+ offers one thing that I think is amazing for writers and other creative types.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-21
Here's the ToC for Jennifer Brozek's forthcoming anthology HUMAN FOR A DAY, featuring many SFWA members. http://is.gd/GLHgSW #
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-20
SFWA member @paulskemp has signed a deal to publish two sword and sorcery novels with @angryrobotbooks. http://bit.ly/p42SNg #
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The Results of My 100 Day Social Media Blackout
When I decided to “go dark” on Twitter, Facebook and IMs for one hundred days, I wasn’t sure what effect it would have on my web presence.
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Guest Post: How to Roast a Novel
I’m in the throes of revision right now. It’s not a happy place necessarily, or an easy place. The process is difficult, painstaking and sometimes a pain in the butt.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-17
Congratulations to SFWA's newest qualifying short fiction market Lightspeed Magazine (@lightspeedmag). http://is.gd/mnljp9 #