Quick Updates for 2011-03-24
SFWA member Anna D. Allen's collection of "non-genre" stories, Mrs Hewitt's Barbeque, is now available-http://is.gd/B5CZpf # Congratulations to SFWA member @NancyFulda who has won the Jim Baen Memorial Award. #
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How Not to Market Your Book
How not to promote your book: make up a faux publicity company (at whose supposedly professional website you are the only listed client), whip up a badly-written press release (don’t bother with grammarcheck), and spam everyone you can think of (including, unfortunately, Writer Beware).
Quick Updates for 2011-03-23
Locus Online News is reporting that Google Books Settlement has been rejected http://bit.ly/fM8XyO # @uriel1998 Yes. Also that it confused out-of-print with out-of-copyright. # @uriel1998 That's what we are here for. # SFWA member @SaraCreasy's novel Song of Scarabaeus is a finalist for the Aurealis Award for Best SF Novel http://t.co/03jGyAm #
Judge Rejects Google Book Settlement
A US District Judge has rejected an agreement between Google and some members of the book industry. If the deal had been accepted Google would have put millions of additional books online, in most cases, without the author’s permission.
Hugo & Campbell deadline: March 26
The Hugo nomination deadline of Saturday, March 26, 2011, 11:59pm PDT is fast approaching to cast nominating ballots for the 2011 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Quick Updates for 2011-03-22
Industry News and Member News for Stina Leicht, Gregory Norman Bossert, Lou Antonelli, Bill Ledbetter and Eugie Foster.
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.
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 Shade Books is conducting an eBook Giveaway for SFWA member @StinaLeicht's "Of Blood and Honey." http://bit.ly/hZljsA # A new One Minute Weird Tales by David R Hughes, with video, audio, and tentacles by SFWA member […]
Another Book Giveaway: The Garden of the Stone
I’m running another book giveaway this month, this time for my recently re-published fantasy novel, The Garden of the Stone (the sequel to The Arm of the Stone, both books now available in trade paperback and ebook format).
Key Conditions for Suspense:
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?
