Quick Updates for 2012-01-06
SFWA member Ferrett Steinmetz's story "A Window, Clear As A Mirror" is now available in audio production at PodCastle. http://t.co/f85ACh2k #
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Guest Post: Debut Author Lessons–How to deal with self-promotion and award season
Let’s talk about self-promotion and how it feels icky.
Yes, self-promotion is awkward to do the first time. Yes, it is very easy to do badly. But–it is incredibly important to your career. Someone asked, “Isn’t it enough to write a good story?”
No.
2011: A Writer Beware Retrospective
As we begin the new year (Writer Beware’s fourteenth!), here’s a look back at some of Writer Beware’s most notable posts and warnings from 2011.
Quick Updates for 2011-12-27
SFWA member @alcole123 presents A HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS: Santa's Back In The Hood – http://t.co/W2JpcLcQ #
Happy Holidays From Writer Beware
Because even watchdogs have to rest sometimes, the Writer Beware blog will be taking a break over the holiday season.
Quick Updates for 2011-12-22
SFWA member @MFJ72 is interviewed today as part of Amber Sistla's "Writer Wednesday" series: http://t.co/D8xrqslj #
Nebula Awards Interview: Jack McDevitt
The research is simple. I pick up phone and call a physicist. Or whomever. I don’t trust myself to do my own research because I don’t have the background. I should mention that, across thirty years, I’ve made countless calls, often to strangers who just happened to be at the office, say, in the Lowell Observatory.
Guest Post: RamboCon – Proposed Sessions for an Imaginary Spec-Fic Convention
Some panel ideas, which any convention organizer is welcome to grab.
Publisher Alert: Arvo Basim Yayin of Turkey
A couple of weeks ago, I began hearing from self-published and small press authors who’d been approached over the summer by a Turkish publisher called Arvo Basim Yayin.
D Publishing: Dymocks’ New Self-Pub Service
Like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, Dymocks is a major book vendor. Unlike Amazon and Barnes and Noble, it doesn’t have its own ereading device–so D Publishing does not resemble the free, direct-to-device self-pub services offered by Amazon and B&N.
