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 #
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.
Quick Updates for 2011-03-16
@ShellyRaeClift A list: http://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/links-to-writers-workshops/ Posts about writers workshops: http://is.gd/DFVEOm #
Tidbits
A judge has dismissed the case of an author who launched a criminal libel suit against a journal editor who published a bad review of her book, and the author has been ordered to pay punitive damages to the defendant.
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 at http://bit.ly/dUBGVQ #
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 was born Wim Stolk, was the author of the six-volume Master Magician series and the Unmagician trilogy among other books. In 2004, the third novel of the Unmagician trilogy, De heer de Diepten, received the Elf Fantasy […]
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 to SFWA's newest Associate member Richard Johnson with a sale to WotF 27. http://www.rpljohnson.com/ # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Linda Poitevin, author of SINS OF THE ANGELS: The Grigori Legacy (ACE 9/11) http://is.gd/JXWy4e […]
Key Conditions for Suspense:
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.
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.
