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Guest Post: Advice on Writing Mentors

One of the things that sometimes comes up when talking to new writers is the question, “How do I acquire mentor?” There’s a glazed and desperate look in the eyes of each querier, and sometimes a bit of professional jealousy, because occasionally we see people in positions where we’re not convinced they really should be…

Quick Updates for 2012-09-05

Susan Urbanek Linville sold "Nyabinghi's Sacred Drum," to Triangulation: Morning After Anthology # SFWA member Beth Cato's short story "Cartographer's Ink" is available to read at Daily Science Fiction. http://t.co/8IaPAN4f #

Quick Updates for 2012-09-04

Want to talk to Gray Rinehart? Find him at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area from 10-12! #dragoncon # Want to talk to Alethea Kontes & Nancy Holder? Find them at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area at 12! #dragoncon # Want to talk to Alethea Kontes? Find her […]

Quick Updates for 2012-09-03

Stop by Booth 309-311 to get your books signed by Carole Nelson Douglas from 11:00-12:00! #dragoncon # Stop by Booth 309-311 to get your books signed by Philippa Ballantine and Tee Morris from 12:00-1:00! #dragoncon # Want to talk to Elaine Isaak? Find her at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area from […]

Quick Updates for 2012-09-02

Want to talk to Eugene Meyers? Find him at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area at 1! #dragoncon # Stop by Booth 309-311 to get your books signed by Rob Reid and Nancy Holder from 1:00-2:00! #dragoncon # Want to talk to Eugene Meyers and Alexandra Hughes? Find them at the SFWA […]

Quick Updates for 2012-09-01

SFWA Member @keffy's story "Five Bullets on the Banks of the Sadji" is now live at Podcastle: http://t.co/bVII3A7m # Join @sfwa and @SFWAauthors at the #SFWA reception & autograph session Saturday @ 6pm. #2012BBF @BmoreBookFest # Want to talk to Lucienne Diver? Find her at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area at […]

Fake Jared And His Friends: Author Solutions’ Misleading PR Strategies

In my recent blog post on Pearson’s acquisition of self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc., I posed several questions that I hope Pearson will consider as it integrates ASI with Penguin Group. One of these was whether ASI will start being more transparent in its advertising and PR. I’d like to go a little bit more into detail on what I mean.