Quick Updates for 2012-07-31
SFWA Member Leanne Renee Hieber sells 3 book Gaslamp Fantasy Saga to Tor http://t.co/VakwhRFX # @thewrongtree If those UK science fiction writers are SFWA members (some are), then yes! in reply to thewrongtree #
SFWA Blog
Guest Blog Post: In Praise of Ripening
The word has gone out that Kindle publishing is a great way to make money fast. Churn out a short novel or how-to text with series potential, follow up quickly with a sequel, price the ebooks at $.99 or $2.99, enroll in Amazon’s KDP Select program and go for as many downloads as possible during your five free days. Then sit back and enjoy huge monetary success.
Guest Post: Panel Deportment and Demeanor
The problem with seeing one’s purpose on a panel as primarily that of speaking–“sharing” insights or regurgitating something recently read that relates to the subject–is that it turns panelists into lecturers. Speaking for myself, I’ve often found that the thinking, reading, and note-taking I’ve done in preparation for a panel may often have nothing to do with what the other panelists are talking about.
Guest Post: Writing And Courage
To talk about this, I need to talk about the scariest thing that ever happened to me. Bear with me.
In 1999, I was driving on the New Jersey Turnpike. The car behind me tapped my bumper, sending me fishtailing across several lanes, and under a trailer truck, which sheared the roof off the car.
Baltimore Science Fiction Society Hosts Writing Workshops
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) is proud to announce the beginning of a series of day long writing workshops run by active and acclaimed professional writers in the genre of science fiction and fantasy. The first will be on Saturday, August 25th at 10 AM at BSFS headquarters at 3310 East Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland, and will be taught by Brenda Clough.
Quick Updates for 2012-07-21
Member News for Allan Cole, Ken Liu, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Mike Allen.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America joins with the rest of our nation and the world in mourning those who were killed and injured in Aurora, Colorado early this morning, through the actions of a man whose motives are quite simply unfathomable. Our thoughts go to their loved ones and to all affected.
Forged in Fire
Sarah Jane Beauhall, the blacksmith turned dragon slayer, must unravel the web she finds closing around her as a powerful necromancer and a crazed blood cult work to tear apart everything she holds dear.
Quick Updates for 2012-07-20
Resources and Member News for Edward M. Lerner.
Pearson Buys Author Solutions
Last March, word went out that self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc (owner of AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Xlibris, Trafford, WordClay, Palibrio, and several others, and contractor for the self-pub divisions of several major publishers) was looking for a buyer.
