Guest Post: So You Have a Writer Friend…Don’t Panic
One of the first published novelists I got to know told me that it was really awkward to be friends with a writer whose stuff you don’t like.
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Quick Updates for 2012-01-30
SFWA Member @DWGrintalis is thrilled to announce the sale of her debut novel, Ink, to Don D'Auria at Samhain Horror. #
Guest Post: One Author’s First Month in KDP Select
Last December, I blogged about Amazon’s KDP Select program, which allows KDP authors to participate in Amazon’s Kindle Owners’ Lending Library and be paid per borrow from a fund established by Amazon.
Two weeks ago, Amazon issued a press release chart…
Quick Updates for 2012-01-27
SFWA member @eugiefoster sold a short story reprint "Requiem Duet, Concerto for Flute and Voodoo" to podcast Journey Into. # SFWA member @jimchines shows his writing income; required reading for people interested in the economic side of things. http://t.co/aO4h58zH #
Delmont-Ross Writing Contest: The Saga of a Fake Literary Competition
A little while back, I stumbled on a news story about Mitchell Gross, a Georgia man who was recently indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly luring a woman into investing millions of dollars in a phony company.
Quick Updates for 2012-01-24
@CecilyWhite @SaraMegibow We host the SFWA Nebula Awards weekend, which is a small professional conference. #
Guest Post: Things I Know?
Buying into a personal mythology of hierarchical status can harm your career. It’s one thing to expect respect for your work and experience. It’s quite another to expect demonstrations of your status or to make pronouncements like “I will not attend any conventions at which I am not a guest of honor.”
Quick Updates for 2012-01-21
SFWA member @eugiefoster's short story "Biba Jibun" was published by Pseudopod. http://t.co/LWmr6wrI #
The Fine Print of iBooks Author
Yesterday, with great fanfare, Apple rolled out two new applications: iBooks 2, with new features aimed at students; and iBooks Author, which allows individuals to create iPad-optimized ebooks.
Guest Post: Long Sentences
We do need, not more, but a deeper relationship with what we have. Not knowledge, or not just knowledge, but understanding. That’s what writers give us.
