On Confidentiality and Board Deliberations
The SFWA Board would like to thank members for their strong support and patience as we continue the investigation of recent complaints against one of our members.
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Writer and Parent? Tips for Finding Your New Balance
My daughter Athena was born in 1998, and once my wife completed her six-week maternity leave, I was and still am the stay-at-home parent, caring for our daughter Athena during the day. Along the way I’ve also managed to write a dozen books and literally thousands of articles and entries for magazines, newspapers, blogs and online sites. How have I managed to juggle kid-watching duties with writing work?
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The Pirate Code of Children’s Literature
Inside of genre circles, “YA” seems to be taking hold as a catch-all term for anything written for anyone under 18. Since so many people use YA as a catch-all, it’s becoming a catch-all, so how children’s book industry people define the category doesn’t matter. Does it?
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5 Resources to Assist Your Research (Pants Not Required)
For those no-pants days when you need help finding information and Google/Wikipedia isn’t cutting it, you’ll want to know about these 5 free resources to help you with research.
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Authors! 8 Tips For Your Website’s Usability and Design
Some tips to consider when you’re reviewing your current website or when you’re thinking about creating one. Let’s take a look at these tips for your website’s design and usability.
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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.
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Reminder: SFWA business meeting at WFC
A gentle reminder that the SFWA business meeting will be at World Fantasy Convention this year on October 31st from
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2009 SFWA business meeting scheduled for World Fantasy Convention
LOS ANGELES — Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America will hold this year’s annual business meeting at the 2009 World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, Calif.
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Get Personal with your Marketing Efforts
The words “online marketing” are fairly generic, since there are quite a few components involved with this business practice. Marketers (like myself) often utilize web analytics, social media, blogging, natural and paid search, online advertising, etc. For authors, online marketing may be a little more targeted to our writing and publishing efforts via social media and blogging platforms.
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Amazon Kindle Contract Review and Annotation (2009)
This .pdf document is an annotation of the Amazon Kindle contract as it was posted on Amazon’s Web site (downloaded in February, 2008).
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SFWA Model Author-Agent Contract
This contract was written under the direction of the SFWA® Contracts Committee. The model or sample contracts have been written
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Writing SF For Kids
by Justin Stanchfield Is writing science fiction or fantasy for younger markets really different? Well … Yes and No. It’s