Quick Updates for 2010-02-22
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Laura Anne Gilman, Sonia Helbig and Christopher Barzak!
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2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot
SFWA is proud to announce the nominees for the 2009 Nebula Awards.
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet the evening of May 15 at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, just 20 minutes from the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. Other awards to be presented are the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Science Fiction or Fantasy for Young Adults, the Bradbury Award for excellence in screenwriting and the Solstice Award for outstanding contribution to the field.
Quick Updates for 2010-02-19
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Victoria Strauss, Brad Aiken, Jim C. Hines and Edward Willett!
Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme
Writer Beware breaks down an email solicitatioin from Aspire Magazine to the nitty gritty.
Quick Updates for 2010-02-17
Member news for Joanne Merriam, Will McIntosh, Jennifer Brozek, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Alexey Pehov, David D. Levine, and David B. Coe!
How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: When Your Audience Might Know More Than You Do
Using real-world diseases in a work of fiction has a large number of potential pitfalls. Here are a few tips about how to make your pestilential plot point a little more plausible.
Quick Updates for 2010-02-15
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Yasmine Galenorn and Marshall Payne!
Happy… what day is it?
Around the world people are celebrating February 14, 2010 as a special day. What, exactly, that special day is depends on who you are and what tradition you grew up in. It provides an excellent example of ways to use different calendars in world building.
Quick Updates for 2010-02-14
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Julie Barrett, Daina Chaviano, Cory Doctorow, Allison Pang, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Cynthia Ward!
MyFreeRead.com: Not Quite What It Appears
Earlier this week, I received an email from a company called MyFreeRead.com, enticingly titled, “Authors: We Want Your e-Books & Articles!”
