The Case Against Reading Fees
I never thought I’d be re-visiting the issue of literary agents charging reading fees. After all, the problems inherent in the charging of reading fees are recognized by all four literary agents’ profession…
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Quick Updates for 2010-06-30
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Jason Andrew, Christopher McKitterick, Cory Doctorow, Alyx Dellamonica, Charles de Lint, Kevin David Anderson, Larry Ferrill, Alan J. Porter, Hilary Goldstein, and Brennan Harvey!
Sunburst Award short-list announced
SFWA members Charles de Lint, A.M. Dellamonica, and Cory Doctorow are nominated for the Sunburst Award. Congratulations to them and to the other nominees.
RIP F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre 1948-2010
F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
1948-2010
Quick Updates for 2010-06-27
SFWA member @mckitterick announces that his my first novel, TRANSCENDENCE, will be published in 2010 by Hadley Rille Books. #
Quick Updates for 2010-06-26
Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Jason Andrew with a sale to Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic SF (Solaris). http://is.gd/d3zJK # The Locus Awards will be broadcast live http://is.gd/d4gTL begining at 2pm PDT Saturday, June 26. #
Quick Updates for 2010-06-25
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Jennifer Pelland, Robert Jeschonek, Greg Bossert, J.L. Anderson, David D. Levine, and Rowena Cory Lindquist!
Quick Updates for 2010-06-24
SFWA member @gregbossert's novelette "Slow Boat" is in the August 2010 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, in stores starting June 22. # SFWA member @dianapfrancis will be chatting and interviewing at Bitten By Books today, 6/23: http://bit.ly/c4ar2p # Welcome to SFWA's newest Affiliate member, J.L. Anderson, a comic book artist and writer. http://www.anaria.net/ #
Quick Updates for 2010-06-23
"The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake," a podcast by SFWA member Robert Jeschonek (@TheFictioneer) is now available on Escape Pod. #
Are Agents Underpaid?
A fascinating discussion began today on Twitter (as of this writing, it’s still going on–check it out under the #agentpay hashtag), kicked off by agent Colleen Lindsay, who asked, “How would publishing change if agenting moved from commission-based payment to billable hours?”
