Quick Updates for 2011-10-18
@Louise_Cusack @misterkristoff We haven't started sending them yet, but yes. Secret decoder rings are coming. # @misterkristoff @Lissa_Price Not soon! […]
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Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Beyond the First Two Pages
The logistics of slush piles demand ruthlessness, and stories that don’t intrigue the reader early on won’t get a second chance later. So, you’ve got your hook. It’s dramatic, it’s ingenious, and it’s free of typos. Your first two pages have been polished to near oblivion. Now what?
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Quick Updates for 2011-10-17
Many thanks to @capclave who raised over $1000 for the @sfwa Emergency Fund silent auction, raffle, and donations. #capclave #
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Submission Statistics and Revision Habits
If I’m unsure about a story, I put it on probation, and take another look 6 months later before I either lock it up, set it free, or possibly keep it on probation.
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Quick Updates for 2011-10-14
SFWA member @jenniferbrozek was interviewed for Another Passion. http://t.co/nj9Bz0AS #
Nebula Awards, The SFWA Blog
Nebula Awards Interview: Amal El-Mohtar
I am often fascinated by the process of bodies becoming things which they were not initially; The Honey Month is full of stories and poems where the colour of people’s skin and the scent of their hair becomes food for the bees, or where the dawn becomes bread, or where flesh becomes salt.
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Submission Statistics — An Inside Look
I’ve published about three dozen short stories, and perhaps 1/3 are SFWA-qualifying. I thought I’d open my submission history in case it would help a new writer see what the submission process looks like.
The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: In Praise of the Thesaurus
Few reference books are as fun to roam around in as thesauri. They demonstrate the marvelous connections possible with language.
Nebula Awards, The SFWA Blog
Nebula Awards Interview: Eric James Stone
Because I could not recall reading a story in which the main character was a faithful Mormon in a high-tech far future, I decided to use my religion (and my singleness) for the main character.
News, The SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2011-10-04
Member News for Eugie Foster, John Joseph Adams, David D. Levine, Tobias Buckell, Karin Low, and Ferrett Steinmetz.
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Writing SF for Young Readers
A machine that creates gourmet meals-on-the-go in exchange for credits is still just a vending machine.
Information Center, The SFWA Blog
Video Pick of the Week: Steal Like an Artist
We can pick our teachers and we can pick our friends and we can pick the books we read and the music we listen to and the movies we see, et cetera. You are a mash-up of what you let into your life.