Guest Post: Networking with Purpose and Sincerity
Want other people to feel inclined to spread word of your stuff? Then make sure you’re doing it for them.
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-21
Remember: The Nebula ballot closes in 10 days on 3/30 at 11:59pm PDT http://is.gd/5Wg1iB Read stories here: http://is.gd/fk3B2e # Night
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Part 14 – Put Your Plot Together with the Story Cycle
Let’s say water starts dripping out of the light fixture right above your kitchen table. Maybe the wiring in the light starts to spark. What do you do?
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-18
Resources and Member News for Richard Johnson, Linda Poitevin, Peter David, Seanan McGuire, Edward Willett, John Joseph Adams, and Christie Yant.
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-17
SFWA member @ferretthimself has a post at Shimmer called "Confessions of a Slush Reader": http://bit.ly/grHm7n #
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Guest Post: An Infinite Supply of Writing Prompts
I’m usually a bit reluctant about using writing prompts that are offered to a group because of the danger of similarity in stories and because a given prompt may or may not interest me personally. The Wikipedia Prompt Trails approach appeals to me because it offers individually-tailored prompts instead, avoiding both problems.
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-16
@ShellyRaeClift A list: https://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/links-to-writers-workshops/ Posts about writers workshops: http://is.gd/DFVEOm #
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-15
SFWA member @daviddlevine will appear on the radio show "Dialogue: Between the Lines" on 3/17 at 10am PST. Tune in
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In Memoriam: W.J. Maryson
Dutch author W.J. Maryson (1950-2011) died on March 9 after being taken to the hospital suffering from heart problems. Maryson, who
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-14
Congratulations to SFWA member @seananmcguire whose book LATE ECLIPSES is on the NY Times extended bestseller list. http://is.gd/GkbDl0 # Welcome
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Part 13 – Make the problem hard to solve
with growing troubles & surprise
The moment you solve all the problems in the story, the story is over because the readers have nothing more to worry about. Troubles allow the story to progress and grow.
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Guest Post: Does it Matter?
The status quo is segregation. It’s a state of segregation in which black, queer and members of other abject groups are not deemed to belong as main characters.