Happy 4th of July
SFWA wishes you a fabulous Fourth filled with “squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps.”
The SFWA Blog
The SFWA Blog
Video Pick of the Week: VLT and the Milky Way
There are an estimated 100-300 billion stars in the Milky Way. Of these, in ideal conditions at any given time or place on Earth, only 2,500 are visible to the unaided eye.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-02
Why volunteer to be on the SFWA board of directors SFWA? Being required to have dinner with Ursula K. Le
News, The SFWA Blog
A note to SFWA members: Request for information for Night Shade Book’s probation review
Edited to add: Thank you all for the information you sent in. Please see SFWA’s report regarding Night Shade Books
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-01
@jaygarmon An associate can nominate for the Nebulas, but only Active members may vote. Associates also can't vote in elections.
News, The SFWA Blog, Where to Submit Short Stories
Redstone SF is SFWA’s newest qualifying short fiction market
Today the board of directors of SFWA voted to add Redstone Science Fiction to the list of SFWA qualifying markets. Just celebrating
Nebula Awards, The SFWA Blog
Nebula Awards 2010 Interview: N.K. Jemisin
I usually write a detailed outline of maybe 15-20 pages, including character profiles and brief worldbuilding notes. Sometimes I start a wiki — I’ve done that with the Inheritance Trilogy, so I can easily look up concepts or made-up words I’ve forgotten from book 1 to book 3.
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Quick Updates for 2011-06-28
SFWA member @daviddlevine's "Zauberschrift" (from the late Martin H. Greenberg's antho Apprentice Fantastic) will be podcast at PodCastle. #
In Memoriam, The SFWA Blog
RIP: Martin H. Greenberg 1941-2011
Martin Harry Greenberg (b. March 1, 1941) died on the morning of June 25, 2011 after a long battle with cancer.
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Quick Updates for 2011-06-25
The Locus Awards will have live coverage tomorrow at: http://is.gd/XpNbDV # @rachelvolivier Their site says 2pm PDT. #
The SFWA BlogVideo Pick of the Week:
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Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography – Language
Today, we feature a Kinetic Typography video where Stephen Fry discusses anglophones, pedants, and language. Enjoy a delectable dance of diction.