What’s the average advance for a first novel? How long does it take the typical first novel to sell? Do most first novelists sell their books on their own, or through an agent? Will publishers and agents consider first novelists who don’t have any short fiction publication credits?
Welcome to SFWA's newest Affiliate member, Justin Bell, of Spectrum Literary Agency. # SFWA member and NYT bestselling author Carrie Vaughn talks about why she left her long-term publisher http://3.ly/X3pt #
SFWA Active members, there are only 5 days left to vote for the Nebula Awards. Why not spend the weekend reading the Nebula Nominated Fiction available in the members’ only Discussion Forum. Your vote must be received by Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 11:59pm PST in order to be counted.
Member News for Suzanne Johnson, Julie Washington, Costi Gurgu, and Tom Rodgers!
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Suzanne Johnson author of Royal Street from @torbooks http://www.suzanne-johnson.com # Welcome to SFWA's newest Affiliate member Julie Washington of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Costi Gurgu with a sale to the anthology Ages of Wonder from DAW #
Our sister site, http://www.nebulaawards.com is hosting a series of interviews with the Nebula and Norton nominees. First up is an interview by Tehani Wessely of John Scalzi.
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, and Tor Books!
RT @scalzi: Peter Watts Update http://bit.ly/aYjdDL # The cover of BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS, sequel to SFWA members @kamigarcia & @mstohl's BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, is up http://bit.ly/60l9la # SFWA members Nisi Shawl @cynthia_ward guest blogging about #WritingtheOther at @jeffvandermeer 's BOOKLIFE: http://is.gd/aPaiA # RT @torbooks: @tordotcom Tor.com is hiring (editorial): http://bit.ly/b9zvha # SFWA member @shilohwalker is having a […]
Here are several publishing-related items that caught Victoria Strauss’s eye over the past week.
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Mark C. Newton, Jim C. Hines, and Howard Jones!
Practical guidance, frameworks, and tools for incorporating the principles of peacebuilding and nonviolence into compelling fiction. Many examples in this book are drawn from speculative fiction genres.
Auston Habershaw is a science fiction and fantasy author, writing about the could-be and never-was, and also teaches composition and literature at MCPHS University in Boston, MA.
