Quick Updates for 2012-08-22
SFWA members, we want to retweet your great publishing news! Here's how to get that news to us: http://t.co/VuCyzbp1 # SFWA member Fran Wilde interviews Joe Haldeman for Cooking the Books http://t.co/aXHN5tFg #
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Guest Post: How to Write a Sentence
How does a sudden attack that puts a sword in your belly play from the inside? If you’d seen the blade properly would it be in your belly? Didn’t you see it properly a little too late, when it was up to the hilt? Shift that “blade” and we shift the awareness of it.
Quick Updates for 2012-08-20
SFWA member Vonda N. McIntyre's Dreamsnake http://t.co/AD9wawGv at Really Like This Book podcast http://t.co/kkoyJYQe: http://t.co/pSqnQHvX… #
LendInk, Author Activism, and the Need for Critical Thinking
If you’ve been living under a social media rock and haven’t heard of the LendInk incident, here’s a brief rundown.
LendInk was a website that facilitated Kindle ebook lending, matching would-be ebook borrowers with ebook owners. All of this was perfectly legal, involving legitimately purchased ebooks, lending options provided by Amazon, and lending terms set by publishers (whether the book was self- or traditionally published).
Quick Updates for 2012-08-17
SFWA member @NisiShawl is teaching a workshop "Writing the Other" November 18. Only room for 12 students! Sign up: http://t.co/GzaASyhd #
Quick Updates for 2012-08-17
Member News for Leanne Renee Hieber, Jennifer Brozek, Ellen Datlow, Laura Anne Gilman, Tiffany Trent, Jamie Lackey, David D. Levine, Rick Novy, Carrie Cuinn, Ken Liu, Eugie Foster, Matthew Johnson, and Nisi Shawl.
In Memoriam: Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925-August 15, 2012) passed away early today. Best known for the film Soylent Green, Harry was also a SFWA Grand Master, a pioneer of genre, and a colorful personality. He will be greatly missed.
Guest Post: Dreaming Well: Does the Future of Publishing Need More Imagination?
I feel passionately that some of the information we are getting is increasingly wrong and motivated by selfishness and, yes, to some degree, a form of hyperbolic illogic. We are so hung up on predicting the next big thing, on getting in on the next gold rush when it comes to ways for authors to promote themselves and market their work that we often seem to be active participants in our own destruction.
Guest Blog Post: The Red Flags of Writing Contests
FundsforWriters.com has listed contests for thirteen years, and we’ve reached a point where many sponsors send us contests. If the entry fee is over five percent of the first prize, I scrutinize the contest harder. If it’s over ten percent, I decline the request.
Death on Zanath
The future of humanity hangs in the balance as Kira Zo organizes a Resistance movement to overthrow the T’Akons, a powerful alien race.
