A Valentine’s Day Guest Post: Tentacle Sex
Doesn’t everyone just love cephalopods? I find them to be a fascinating example of a body plan radically different from our own, the closest thing to a truly alien large metazoan on our planet.
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Deadline for Claiming Cash Payment Under Google Book Search Settlement May Be Extended
Authors, publishers and Google have filed a stipulation asking the Court to extend the deadline for filing claims to receive an upfront payment — a “Cash Payment” — in the Google Book Search settlement.
Quick Updates for 2011-02-14
Congratulations to SFWA member @nalohopkinson who will be an Prof. specializing in SF & fantasy at the UC Riverside. http://3.ly/cTYw #
Quick Updates for 2011-02-13
Member News for Eugene Myers, Brit Mandelo, Karen Azinger, Steve Feldberg, Tony Pi, Yasmine Galenorn, Jennifer Jackson, Nancy Kress, and Jack Skillingstead.
Key Conditions for Suspense:
Part 9 – character draws 9-10
In my last two posts, I identified a number of things that make people and, therefore, characters interesting to us. In this post, I’ll present the last two draws and introduce the next condition for reader suspense.
Quick Updates for 2011-02-12
@lightspeedmag Technically, you only become eligible in June. It still requires a board vote. #
Guest Blog Post: Book Review — "The Street-Smart Writer"
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Today, author Marian Perera reviews a book I often recommend for writers who are interested in learning the basics of self-protection in the shark-infested waters of writing and publishing: The Street-Smart…
Quick Updates for 2011-02-11
SFWA member @arcaedia has been promoted to VP at Donald Maass Literary Agency, where she will continue to represent talented writers. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Eugene Myers (@ecmyers) author of Fair Coin (PYR). # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate Member @BritMandelo. Look for her qualifying story "Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun" […]
Ten Terrific Resources for
Writing Space-Based Hard Science Fiction
I would like to share ten resources, more or less, that I think are really terrific when it comes to getting the science right. These will be biased toward my areas of expertise, and will span books, websites, and software. Old-fashioned books first.
WSFA Award Announced
The Washington Science Fiction Association has established a literary award to honor the work done by small presses in promoting and preserving science fiction.
