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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!
First Novel Sales: The Data
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…
Nebula Reminder — 5 days left to vote
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…
Quick Updates for 2010-03-25
Member News for Suzanne Johnson, Julie Washington, Costi Gurgu, and Tom Rodgers!
Interview: John Scalzi on the Nebula Awards
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.
Writer Beware: Tidbits
Here are several publishing-related items that caught Victoria Strauss’s eye over the past week.
Quick Updates for 2010-03-19
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Mark C. Newton, Jim C. Hines, and Howard Jones!
Can you define African Science Fiction?
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, Nnedi Okorafor, looks at the question, “What is African Science Fiction?”
Writer Beware is on Facebook
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Because I don’t already have enough to do (ha!), I’ve just set up a Facebook page for Writer Beware. It’ll aggregate the content I’m posting around the Web–the blog posts here, my Twitterfeed,…
Guest Blog Post: Content Mills–Just A Stepping Stone in Your Career
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Today: the second of two guest posts on content mills. In this article originally published at The WM Freelance Writers Connection, writer Angela Atkinson takes a more positive view of content mills, arguing…
How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: How To Talk Doctor! Lesson 1
Dr. Grasshopper explains how to construct believable doctor language for your invented diseases.
Quick Updates for 2010-03-13
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Ken Altabef, Robert Mellette, Stephanie Dray, Euan Harvey, and Sherrilyn Kenyon!
Guest Blog Post: Content Mills–Why Aspiring Writers Should Avoid Them
A content mill, if you aren’t familiar with the term, is a website that aggregates huge numbers of articles on a constantly-updated basis, written by freelancers who are paid by page views or ad clicks rather than wages or fees….
Keith Stokes, Vonda N. McIntyre honored with Service to SFWA Award
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) will honor Vonda N. McIntyre and Keith Stokes with SFWA Service Awards for 2010 during the Nebula Awards® Weekend May 13-16 in Coco Beach, Fla. …
Where Is International SF?
It’s tempting to label this essay as “Third World Science Fiction” but why limit it to the third world? One of the most pleasant surprises the Internet has brought about is the discovery that you’re not alone, especially when it…
Hugo nomination deadline is March 13
While SFWA members are considering the final ballot for the Nebula awards, don’t forget that there’s another deadline in the field. The deadline for sending in your Hugo Awards nomination ballot is Saturday, March 13, 2010 23:59 PST