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Speaking With Authority About Things That (Probably) Do Not Exist

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by Jeremiah Tolbert

I once sat beside a campfire in Washington and listened to a man with a pistol strapped to his waist lecture for an hour about the ecology and habits of the Sasquatch. Meanwhile, my companions–a college professor and two high school teachers–had taken up buckets in a circle around our camp and were drumming to attract the great skunk ape into our midst.

Advice for New Writers, Information Center, Keeping At It, The Craft of Writing, The SFWA Blog, Tips for Beginners

Guest Post: On Writing: Can You Do It Wrong?

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by Cat Rambo

Are you putting words on the page? Then you are doing it right.

You may not be creating publishable words. You may not be creating amazing words. You may not be creating words you like. But by creating words, you are doing something actual, tangible, verifiable. And that puts you ahead of all the people who aren’t writing.

Advice for New Writers, Building a Career, How to Sell Your Novel, Information Center, Networking and Self-Promotion, Publishing Technologies, The Business of Writing, The SFWA Blog, Tips for Beginners

Getting Out of the Pubslush Slush Pile

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by Caren Gussoff

We’re on the front lines of the changing publishing industry, and for all the insecurities that encompasses, we have a growing number of tools that help reach out and sell directly to fans. Of these tools, perhaps the one most successful has been the online crowd funding platforms.

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