Quick Updates for 2011-06-30
Industry News and Member News for David Levine.
SFWA Blog
Redstone SF is SFWA’s newest qualifying short fiction market
Today the board of directors of SFWA voted to add Redstone Science Fiction to the list of SFWA qualifying markets. Just celebrating its first year online, this market features science-fiction short stories and essays. They have published SFWA authors such as Cory Doctorow, Vylar Kaftan, and Cat Rambo. Because they have met the SFWA minimum requirements since […]
Agencies Becoming Publishers–a Trend and a Problem
However, to my mind at least, the conflicts that arise when agencies begin publishing clients’ previously unpublished works are even more concerning. If an agency can publish a client’s book itself, will it try as hard to market the book to traditional publishers?
Nebula Awards 2010 Interview: N.K. Jemisin
I usually write a detailed outline of maybe 15-20 pages, including character profiles and brief worldbuilding notes. Sometimes I start a wiki — I’ve done that with the Inheritance Trilogy, so I can easily look up concepts or made-up words I’ve forgotten from book 1 to book 3.
Quick Updates for 2011-06-28
SFWA member @daviddlevine's "Zauberschrift" (from the late Martin H. Greenberg's antho Apprentice Fantastic) will be podcast at PodCastle. #
RIP: Martin H. Greenberg 1941-2011
Martin Harry Greenberg (b. March 1, 1941) died on the morning of June 25, 2011 after a long battle with cancer.
Quick Updates for 2011-06-25
The Locus Awards will have live coverage tomorrow at: http://is.gd/XpNbDV # @rachelvolivier Their site says 2pm PDT. #
Getting Out of Your Book Contract (Maybe)
Consult legal counsel about your situation, and your options for taking legal action. This is where the issue of breach becomes relevant. A publisher may ignore an author’s personal claims of breach, but may pay more attention if an attorney is involved.
Video Pick of the Week:
Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography – Language
Today, we feature a Kinetic Typography video where Stephen Fry discusses anglophones, pedants, and language. Enjoy a delectable dance of diction.
Nebula Awards 2010 Interview: Christopher Kastensmidt
If I had to choose a label myself, I’d call the stories historical fantasy, but in the end, it doesn’t really matter how they’re classified. It’s nice that people place them in so many different categories.
