Quick Updates for 2012-01-12
Member News for Matthew Johnson, Allan Cole, and Ferrett Steinmetz.
SFWA Blog
BookStoreMarketing.net: Beware Spam PR Services
Recently I’ve gotten a number of questions about BookStoreMarketing.net, a service that promises to promote authors’ books to bookstores via a printed catalog, a promotional email, or both.
Guest Post: Book Publicity: Working with Bookstores
If you do set up an event at a store, it may sound obvious, but an author promoting their event on their own Facebook and twitter helps out a lot. We have our own ways to publicize an event to our customers, and we have our events listed in the newspaper weekly, but the more an author can say, “I’m going to be in this city, on this day,” the better our event turnout is going to be.
Quick Updates for 2012-01-06
SFWA member Ferrett Steinmetz's story "A Window, Clear As A Mirror" is now available in audio production at PodCastle. http://t.co/f85ACh2k #
Guest Post: Debut Author Lessons–How to deal with self-promotion and award season
Let’s talk about self-promotion and how it feels icky.
Yes, self-promotion is awkward to do the first time. Yes, it is very easy to do badly. But–it is incredibly important to your career. Someone asked, “Isn’t it enough to write a good story?”
No.
2011: A Writer Beware Retrospective
As we begin the new year (Writer Beware’s fourteenth!), here’s a look back at some of Writer Beware’s most notable posts and warnings from 2011.
Quick Updates for 2011-12-27
SFWA member @alcole123 presents A HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS: Santa's Back In The Hood – http://t.co/W2JpcLcQ #
Happy Holidays From Writer Beware
Because even watchdogs have to rest sometimes, the Writer Beware blog will be taking a break over the holiday season.
Quick Updates for 2011-12-22
SFWA member @MFJ72 is interviewed today as part of Amber Sistla's "Writer Wednesday" series: http://t.co/D8xrqslj #
Nebula Awards Interview: Jack McDevitt
The research is simple. I pick up phone and call a physicist. Or whomever. I don’t trust myself to do my own research because I don’t have the background. I should mention that, across thirty years, I’ve made countless calls, often to strangers who just happened to be at the office, say, in the Lowell Observatory.
