Quick Updates for 2011-04-04
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @MonteJCook, author of The Glass Prison. http://is.gd/j9tYTa #
SFWA Blog
Guest Post: A Viable and Just Business Model
For the Ebook Age
The times they are a-changing, the question of when will probably be answered after the next Christmas season as ebooks emerge at minimum as a major market force, over 20% of book sales is a conservative guess, so the answer to that one is soon.
Quick Updates for 2011-04-03
From SFWA member @alcole123 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIANA ROSS: New Hollywood MisAdventure. http://is.gd/lXX0AW # @awfulagent Will you email me about that so I can pass it on to the committee? vp@sfwa.org #
Key Conditions for Suspense:
Part 16 – The Story Cycle’s Dynamo (and a little Hitchcock)
Even in the reaction stage we can include conflict and surprise. Maybe after our team’s setback, they regroup and discuss what they’re going to do now. This is a fine time to allow the varying motives of those on the hero’s team conflict.
Quick Updates for 2011-04-02
These are trying times. RT @locusmag: SFWA Sues Individuals, Corporations, Nations And God For Copyright Violations http://bit.ly/dOt9wh # SFWA member @johncleaver will be signing at University Bookstore in Seattle at 7pm tonight. # You can now read SFWA member @daviddlevine's disturbing story "Trust" for free: http://bit.ly/i6e1Zl #
Quick Updates for 2011-04-01
SFWA Member @Paulskemp 's most recent Star Wars novel, DECEIVED, debuts at #13 on the 4/10 NY Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list. #
Karma’s a Bitch: Robin Price, David William Caswell
Robin Price, a fake literary agent and film producer accused of bilking writers out of more than £500,000 over a number of years, admitted in a UK court on Wednesday to six counts of theft.
In Memoriam: Diana Wynne Jones
British author Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) died on March 26 after being diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-2009. Jones is perhaps best known for her novel Howl’s Moving Castle, which was turned into an animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Jones began publishing in 1970 with the novel Changeover, aimed at the adult […]
Top-Earning Authors of 2010
Forbes magazine has released its annual list of the ten highest paid authors. The order is based on income from books, film, television, gaming, and other sources from June 2009 to June 2010.
Quick Updates for 2011-03-30
Out today! SFWA member @SaraCreasy's Children of Scarabaeus, sequel to Philip K Dick Award-nominated Song of Scarabaeus http://bit.ly/eKRWg1 # Tomorrow, March 30th is the last day to vote for the Nebulas. http://is.gd/KmK4Ry #
