Poetry.com Returns
Once upon a time, there was an infamous vanity anthology company called the International Library of Poetry, also known by the name of its website, Poetry.com.
SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2012-04-11
SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series in Portland 4/16/12, Seattle 4/17/12 http://t.co/NiEO0qTo #
BooklifeNow.com Announces a Rebranding
BooklifeNow.com, a website that serves as support for and a supplement to Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer by author Jeff VanderMeer, is proud to announce a new website rebranding and content management team that aims to keep current with changing trends in the writer’s market, as well as increase reader engagement and grow the reader base.
Quick Updates for 2012-04-10
SFWA member @ClanKorval is pleased to announce the sale of 2 sequels to her 2010 Maine fantasy, Carousel Tides, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen. # SFWA member @paolobacigalupi's THE DROWNED CITIES previews the 1st 11 chapters on Kindle http://t.co/SYbizO7q & Nook. http://t.co/Nc4GSVqO #
Finalists for the Prometheus Awards Announced
The Libertarian Futurist Society has issued a press release announcing the finalists for this year’s Prometheus Awards, which will be presented during the 70th World Science Fiction Convention over Labor Day weekend in Chicago.
2012 Hugo Award Nominations
The nominees for the 2012 Hugo Awards have been announced.
Quick Updates for 2012-04-07
SFWA member @eugiefoster sold short story "Oranges, Lemons, and Thou Beside Me" to anthology WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME. #
Quick Updates for 2012-04-05
Smaller Than an Atom & Larger Than a Universe: Frontiers of Space Time and Thought. By SFWA member Edward M. Lerner. http://t.co/k0lPVlFQ #
Guest Blog Post: Why Small Publishers Fail
I’ve used up a lot of column space on this blog warning about the risks of submitting to small presses, especially brand new small presses. In my opinion, this is currently the most dangerous area for writers–not so much because there are a lot of scams (though there are quite a few) but because so many small presses are undercapitalized, run by inexperienced people, have deluded goals and aspirations, or all three.
I’ll Know I’ve Made it as a Writer When . . .
I’ll Know I’ve Made it as a Writer When . . .
. . . I have my first hissy hit about my first copyedit. (Only robots speak without contractions! “Me and LJ” is how my character would say it NOT “LJ and I” because my character is not the FREAKING QUEEN OF FREAKING ENGLAND!)
