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SFWA offers Nebula Awards simulcast
For the first time, the Nebula Awards Ceremony will be streamed on the internet so those unable to attend may watch the event in real time on May 15th. Watch the SFWA website for details, but now we want to…
Quick Updates for 2010-04-20
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Carol Pinchefsky, Paolo Bacigalupi, Brenda Cooper, and David Macinnis Gill!
Quick Updates for 2010-04-17
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Paolo Bacigalupi, Leanna Renee Hieber, Ted Kosmatka, Shiloh Walker, Victoria Strauss, Monica Valentinell, John Scalzi, Juliette Wade, Ekaterina Sedia, Lori Devoti, David Levine, Jay Lake, Lisa Mantchev, Saladin Ahmed, Andrew Burt, and Leah…
PublishAmerica Strikes Again
There’s been a bit of attention paid lately in the blogosphere to the “promotional” antics of everyone’s favorite author mill, PublishAmerica. As with other author mills, PA endeavors to turn its authors into customers.
An Overview of Writing for Print vs. the Web
Monica Valentinelli talks about what it means to write non-fiction for the web versus writing for a print publication like a magazine.
Questionable Ethics?
In the Ethicist column last week in the New York Times, Randy Cohen addressed the question, “Are illegal downloads immoral if you already own a physical copy of the book?”
How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: Tools for the Toolbox: Going Viral
“Tools for the Toolbox” is a series of posts that describe disease types and organ systems. Eventually I hope to include enough information that a writer might… Quick Updates for 2010-04-13
Member news for Kacey Grannis, Seanan Mcguire, Paul Levinson, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Glenn Lewis Gillette, Ari Marmell, Skyler White, Allan Cole, Toni L. P. Kelner, Rosemary Jones, and Paul Cornell!
Reminder: SFWA election ballots due by April 23
As the election season winds to a close, we’d like to encourage SFWA members to ask the candidates questions in the Discussion Forums. Since we have some contested elections this year, make sure you participate in the process.
Hardball, Amazon Style
Amazon has been paying hardball lately. In February, Amazon and major publisher Macmillan went head-to-head over ebook pricing, with Amazon wanting to keep the wholesale pricing model that has till now been the norm for both ebooks and print books.
Quick Updates for 2010-04-10
Member News for Tom Crosshill, Ari Marmell, Jane Yolen, Yasmine Galenorn, and Ken Brady!
SFWA announces 2010 Solstice Award honorees
Tom Doherty, Terri Windling and the late Donald A. Wollheim are recipients of the 2010 Solstice Award, presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Nurmal Resources PUBLISH ME! Contest
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I’ve gotten a number of questions recently about the Nurmal Resources PUBLISH ME! contest, from authors who’ve been solicited via email to enter it. (What’s Nurmal Resources, you may ask? A new publisher….
Quick Updates for 2010-04-08
Member News for Jennifer Brozek, Cherie Priest, and Vctoria Janssen!
Authorial Control
Nebula and Hugo nominated author, Cherie Priest, discusses some of the aspects of authorial control over the publishing process.
Guest Blog Post: Grants for Writers–As Diverse As You Are
Being paid for writing is the ultimate author’s dream. Today, guest blogger C. Hope Clark sheds light on an area of support that many writers don’t think of: Grants. There are plenty of them out there, if you know where…
Quick Updates for 2010-04-06
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Paul Cornell, Saladin Ahmed, Gail Carriger, Felix Gilman, Seanan McGuire, and Lezli Robyn!
Quick Updates for 2010-04-04
Member News for Tom Crosshill, Felicity Shoulders, and Scott Oden!
Quick Updates for 2010-04-01
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Jay Lake, Jaye Wells, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Ari Marmell!
SFWA restores previous website
In a poll of the membership, the vast majority expressed a concern that SFWA was growing too quickly. A study group felt that the new website was partially to blame for this expansion and voiced nostalgia for the previous website….
Neal Barrett, Jr., named 2010 SFWA Author Emeritus
Neal Barrett, Jr., author of The Hereafter Gang, named by the Washington Post as “one of the great American novels,” and Interstate Dreams, recognized as an award-winner by the Texas Institute of Letters, will be honored as Author Emeritus by…
Quick Updates for 2010-03-30
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Michael A. Burstein, Kate Milford, and Livia Llewellyn!
Nebula Voting Closes TOMORROW
SFWA Active members, tomorrow is the last day to vote for the Nebula Awards. You may do that online with the Nebula final ballot. Your vote must be received by Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 11:59pm PST in order to…
Quick Updates for 2010-03-27
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Justin Bell, Carrie Vaughn, Cheryl Reifsnyder, and Saladin Ahmed!