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Link: Why Are Europeans White?
When working on the world-building for your secondary fantasy world, here’s an interesting thought to chew on. Did you know that Northern Europeans are uniquely depigmented?
The UK’s Society of Authors Issues Guidance on Ebooks
Given Random House’s recent claim on electronic rights in older contracts, Macmillan’s recent announcement that it will be issuing “enhanced ebooks” simultaneously with some of its hardcover releases (and charging even more than for the hardcovers), and the thorny rights…
Conventions and writing, or Schmoozing 101
A set of six basic ideas with which to approach conventions. Networking is all about being charming and that will vary somewhat depending on the situation. So, here are the basic ideas.
Quick Updates for 2009-12-15
Resources and Industry News for 12/15/2009
Hunting for the Home of the First Fandom
W. Skeffington Higgins has a fascinating post about his quest to find the actual location where the first science fiction fan club met back in 1929.
Joe Haldeman named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
Joe Haldeman will be honored as the next Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2010 by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Grand Master represents SFWA’s highest accolade and recognizes excellence for a lifetime of contributions to the…
Authors Guild Statement on Random House’s Rights Grab
I received the statement below this morning from the Authors Guild. I’m not happy with the Authors Guild these days, because of the debacle of the Google Book Search Settlement. But I agree with their position on Random House’s recent…
One Week, Two Big Pieces of Ebook News
Last week, the publishing world was abuzz with news that Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and HarperCollins intend to delay the release of ebook versions of most of their hardcover titles by three or four months, rather than releasing the ebooks…
Quick Updates for 2009-12-14
Industry News and Member News for K. C. Ball and Greg Mellor!
Hunting for a Literary Agent
Article by Chuck Rothman on (almost) everything you need to know about agents, including how to avoid scams.
Quick Updates for 2009-12-12
Resources, Industry News, and Member News from Jim C. Hines, Henry Melton, and Richard Curtis!
Quick Updates for 2009-12-11
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Yasmine Galenorn, Jennifer Brozek, Laura Anne Gilman, and Sherrilyn Kenyon!
Hudson Audio Publishing
Victoria Strauss examines Hudson Audio Publishing.
How I Fell in Love with Paranormal Romance
What attracted me to paranormal romance? It’s the blending of everything that is the best in science fiction and fantasy with the best of romance.
Nielsen folds Editor & Publisher and Kirkus Reviews
Today, Nielsen Business Media announced that it is shutting down Kirkus reviews.
New SFWA bylaws draft posted for review by members
Today, Russell Davis has posted the most recent iteration of the new draft bylaws for SFWA, the review of the membership. Please log in to to the Discussion Forums to download a copy of the draft and give us your…
You Can Take It With You
Interstellar space travel. We dream about it. We write about it. Science fiction writers have come up with all manners of interstellar travel, ranging from multigenerational arks, to wormhole generating warp drives that can spit you across the galaxy in…
Eleventh Annual Endeavour Award
The eleventh annual Endeavour Award winner was announced November 27 at Oregon’s major science fiction convention, OryCon.
Portland writer and SFWA member David D. Levine won for his collection of short stories, “Space Magic,” published by Oregon publisher Wheatland Press.
Quick Updates for 2009-12-09
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Angel McCoy, Mike Resnick, Jay Lake, James Patrick Kelly, Aliette de Bodard, Kami Garcia, and Margaret Stohl
How sociolinguistics can help you!
As you put your world together, ask yourself how your people divide themselves up. Is it by town? By side of town (other side of the tracks, etc.)? Is it by larger geographical region? Is it by profession? By upper…
Hugo Awards Administrator discusses amended rules
Vincent Docherty, WSFS Division Head for the 2010 Worldcon, Aussiecon 4, and Administrator for the Hugo Awards discusses the amended Hugo rules. Specifically, he answers the question “Will blogs and websites be eligible in the Best Fanzine and Best Semiprozine…
Quick Updates for 2009-12-08
@rosefox @nnedi The short name is a handy thing. in reply to rosefox # RT @victoriastrauss: The Atlantic will sell short fiction on the Kindle http://tinyurl.com/yal468g # RT @Pyr_Books: Huge Acquisitions Round Up: News about 14 novels acquired for Pyr:…
Quick Updates for 2009-12-08
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Paolo Bacigalupi, Alex Bledsoe, Aliette de Bodard, and Cindy Pon
Research Tool: A brief intro to furniture history
When writing there will come a moment when you have to deal with furniture. If it’s historical fantasy, steampunk or timetravel you’ll face the question of finding something that is period correct. What did people sit on in…