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In Memoriam: K. D. Wentworth
Oklahoma author K. D. Wentworth (b.1951) died on April 18 of complications from cancer and pneumonia. Wentworth began her career winning the Writers of…
Nebula Awards Weekend: Join us for the E-book Decision!
The E-book Decision: Do it yourself, delegate it, or don’t do it at all? Answers may be found at the Nebula Awards Weekend. There’s…
New/Updated Alerts at Writer Beware: Literary Agent Uwe Luserke, SBPRA
In 1997, complaints began to surface about German literary agent Uwe Luserke, who was selling foreign rights to English-language short stories and novels…
Link Roundup
Links to articles, blog posts, etc., that I found especially interesting this week.
Guest Post: Would You Rather Be Wrong or Right?
My personal preference is for what I’ve called third-order answers. A lot of mysteries have an obvious culprit, and then a character who is, if…
An Interview with Stina Leicht
The absolute necessity of a happy ending is another Americanism. So, while I understand why some readers were frustrated with those aspects of the story,…
2012 Prix Aurora Award Nominations Announced
2012 Prix Aurora Award Nominations Announced
The DOJ’s Ebook Price Fixing Lawsuit Against Apple and the "Agency Five": An Overview
Unquestionably, the big publishing news of the week was the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit filing against Apple and five major book publishers–Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette,…
Poetry.com Returns
Once upon a time, there was an infamous vanity anthology company called the International Library of Poetry, also known by the name of its website,…
BooklifeNow.com Announces a Rebranding
BooklifeNow.com, a website that serves as support for and a supplement to Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer by author Jeff VanderMeer,…
Finalists for the Prometheus Awards Announced
The Libertarian Futurist Society has issued a press release announcing the finalists for this year’s Prometheus Awards, which will be presented during the 70th World…
2012 Hugo Award Nominations
The nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards have been announced.
Guest Blog Post: Why Small Publishers Fail
I’ve used up a lot of column space on this blog warning about the risks of submitting to small presses, especially brand new small presses….
I’ll Know I’ve Made it as a Writer When . . .
I’ll Know I’ve Made it as a Writer When . . .
. . . I have my first hissy hit about my first copyedit. (Only…
Guest Post: Submit, Quit, or Self-Publish It?
The way to become a published writer is to write (and to submit what you write). Seems obvious, yet so many would-be writers produce…
Writer Beware’s Swag Shop for Discerning Scammers
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Writer Beware’s Swag Shop for Discerning Scammers
As many of you know, Writer Beware is a 100% volunteer endeavor. We…
Nebula Voting Closes TODAY
SFWA Active and Lifetime Active members, today is the last day to vote for the Nebula Awards. You may do that online with the Nebula…
PublishAmerica, Literary Agent: An Inside Look
A little while back, I blogged about yet another of the ways in which PublishAmerica was attempting to extract cash from its authors: a fee-charging…
To Our Readers: Thank You
Sometime over last weekend, the Writer Beware blog passed the 20,000 subscriber mark!
We’d like to offer a heartfelt thank you to all our readers and…
Alert: Raider Publishing International / Purehaven Press
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about Raider Publishing International over the years. Founded by a former (and disgruntled) PublishAmerica author, it’s basically a self-publishing…
2012 Service to SFWA Award goes to
Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America would like to award Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster the 2012 Service to SFWA Award for his outstanding…
Shortlist for the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award Announced
Six novels have been announced as finalists for the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award.
The Con Man Who Tried To Buy Writer Beware’s Silence
I thought Writer Beware’s readers might be interested in hearing about the only time I’ve ever had a face to face meeting with a known…
Guest Post: Finding Inspiration
I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite ways of finding inspiration — some of them obvious, some of them less so. But it’s…