Welcome to new members Terence Taylor, Sarah Rees Brennan, Katherine Allred, Kristen Painter, Tim Stretton and Heather McDougla, plus interesting links about vanity and self-publishing from around the web.

In January of 2009, SFWA adopted a new set of Nebula Rules. This year is their first in effect so we thought we’d review the process for those who are curious.

Some blog posts and articles of interest from agents around the web.

The scariest aliens in the galaxy follow a simple rule: destroy all opposition.  Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner are pleased to announce the release of their latest collaboration: Destroyer of Worlds.  The brilliant, xenophobic Pak are fleeing the chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy’s core. Nothing and no one is going to impede […]

Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member, Gregory Norman Bossert, whose story "The Union of Soil and Sky" will be… http://bit.ly/EoZbS # @JohnPicacio YAY! Congratulations! I know what calendar I'm getting for 2011. in reply to JohnPicacio # RT @jenniferbrozek: I was interviewed by Science Fiction and Other Oddysseys – http://bit.ly/1VNA6o # RT @nkjemisin: Cover letters […]

Date: November 23, 2009 Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Location: Planet Hollywood, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will host its annual reception for the publishing industry in a new location this year. Planet Hollywood, located at 45th and Broadway in Times Square, should provide a […]

This is a followup to my post on Thomas Nelson’s new self-publishing division, West Bow Press–specifically, on Nelson’s plans to pay referral fees to agents and others who refer writers to West Bow.

As reported today in the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Nelson, a major independent Christian publisher, is adding a self-publishing line to its business.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have sold the entire backlisted Liaden Universe(R) novels — ten in all — to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books.  The deal was made by their agent, Jennifer Jackson, of the Donald A. Maass Literary Agency.  The ten titles will be released as four omnibus editions, starting in June 2010, to […]

As I close in on the end of my current writing project, the issue of self-promotion is much on my mind. I don’t mind admitting that it’s a prospect I contemplate with dread. I’m one of those I-just-want-to-sit-in-my-room-with-my-laptop writers who really is not constitutionally suited for a world in which the definition of “author” also includes “huckster” (or, if you want to be a bit more diplomatic about it, “entrepreneur”).