Quick Updates for 2011-03-18
Resources and Member News for Richard Johnson, Linda Poitevin, Peter David, Seanan McGuire, Edward Willett, John Joseph Adams, and Christie Yant.
News, The SFWA Blog
March 2011
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-17
SFWA member @ferretthimself has a post at Shimmer called "Confessions of a Slush Reader": http://bit.ly/grHm7n #
The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: An Infinite Supply of Writing Prompts
I’m usually a bit reluctant about using writing prompts that are offered to a group because of the danger of similarity in stories and because a given prompt may or may not interest me personally. The Wikipedia Prompt Trails approach appeals to me because it offers individually-tailored prompts instead, avoiding both problems.
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-16
@ShellyRaeClift A list: http://sfwa.org/2009/06/links-to-writers-workshops/ Posts about writers workshops: http://is.gd/DFVEOm #
The SFWA Blog, Writer Beware
Tidbits
A judge has dismissed the case of an author who launched a criminal libel suit against a journal editor who published a bad review of her book, and the author has been ordered to pay punitive damages to the defendant.
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-15
SFWA member @daviddlevine will appear on the radio show "Dialogue: Between the Lines" on 3/17 at 10am PST. Tune in
In Memoriam, News
In Memoriam: W.J. Maryson
Dutch author W.J. Maryson (1950-2011) died on March 9 after being taken to the hospital suffering from heart problems. Maryson, who
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Quick Updates for 2011-03-14
Congratulations to SFWA member @seananmcguire whose book LATE ECLIPSES is on the NY Times extended bestseller list. http://is.gd/GkbDl0 # Welcome
Information Center, The SFWA BlogKey Conditions for Suspense:
Key Conditions for Suspense:
Part 13 – Make the problem hard to solve
with growing troubles & surprise
The moment you solve all the problems in the story, the story is over because the readers have nothing more to worry about. Troubles allow the story to progress and grow.
The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Does it Matter?
The status quo is segregation. It’s a state of segregation in which black, queer and members of other abject groups are not deemed to belong as main characters.
The SFWA Blog, Writer Beware
Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks? Internet Book Promotion
Ask anyone – in these days of a less-than-thriving economy, and reduced budgets for book promotion, publishers increasingly count on authors to do much of the promotion for their own books.
News, Press Book, The SFWA Blog
SFWA announces the Pacific Northwest Reading Series
The greater Pacific Northwest is home to Ursula K. Le Guin, Kay Kenyon, Jay Lake, Nancy Kress, Brent Weeks, Ted