Publishing Beyond the Grave
Fellow authors, do you have a loved one who was a writer too, but sadly passed over into the Great Beyond with their poems or prose unpublished?
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July 2011
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-07
Member News for Diana Rowland, Jim C. Hines, and David Levine.
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The Endeavour Award Finalists and Judges
Portland – Four novels and a collection of short stories are finalists for the 2011 Endeavour Award. The 2011 will
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-06
Happy release day to SFWA member @dianarowland and her novel My Life as a White Trash Zombie. # Happy Release
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Guest Post: 60 Rules for Short SF (and Fantasy)
A “mainstream” short story can be about anything: a mood, a character, a setting, even a flashy writing style. A genre (SF or fantasy) short story is about an idea. The fictional elements (character, plot, setting, etc) are only there to dramatize the idea. Here are the rules for the SF (or Fantasy) short story.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-05
Member News for Matthew Johnson and Yasmine Galenorn.
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Happy 4th of July
SFWA wishes you a fabulous Fourth filled with “squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf-fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps.”
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Video Pick of the Week: VLT and the Milky Way
There are an estimated 100-300 billion stars in the Milky Way. Of these, in ideal conditions at any given time or place on Earth, only 2,500 are visible to the unaided eye.
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-02
Why volunteer to be on the SFWA board of directors SFWA? Being required to have dinner with Ursula K. Le
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Why You Want to Hire a Competent PR Service
Before approaching people to review a book, you really ought to a) make sure they’re actively reviewing; b) determine that they review books in the genre you’re pitching, and c) spend a little time researching the venue you’re asking them to review in, to be sure it’s appropriate (not to mention, that it really is book review venue).
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A note to SFWA members: Request for information for Night Shade Book’s probation review
Edited to add: Thank you all for the information you sent in. Please see SFWA’s report regarding Night Shade Books
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Quick Updates for 2011-07-01
@jaygarmon An associate can nominate for the Nebulas, but only Active members may vote. Associates also can't vote in elections.