Quick Updates for 2011-04-07
Member News for Vera Nazarian and Lyn Nichols.
SFWA Blog
An Interview with Kay Kenyon
I’m always attracted to secret, arcane realms, which is one great subect of fantasy. I started in that direction with The Entire and the Rose, which I’ve (loosely) been calling a science fantasy for its quest theme and fantastical adventure.
Free Ebook: The Arm of the Stone by Victoria Strauss
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
My fantasy novel The Arm of the Stone is this month’s free ebook from Phoenix Pick. For the entire month of April, you can download it free by clicking this link and entering Coupon Code 9992593.
In April…
Quick Updates for 2011-04-06
Member News for Julie Jansen, Paul Daly, Monte Cook, Mark Niemann-Ross, Ernest Cline, Nisi Shawl, Eugie Foster, Paul S. Kemp, David Levine, Allan Cole and Holly Black.
Quick Updates for 2011-04-05
@RodneyRamsey Well, to be fair, he only just applied. We would happily have accepted him earlier. # @JL_Anderson I'm glad to hear it! # SFWA member @eugiefoster's short story "Biba Jibun" was published in the April issue of Apex Magazine. # Interview with SFWA member @hollyblack at My Bookish Ways: http://bit.ly/i4gvFx # Welcome to SFWA's […]
Lies (Dishonest) Fee-Charging Publishers Tell
This blog post was inspired by a recently-seen “acceptance letter” from a fee-charging publisher (which doesn’t admit its fees on its website; writers don’t find out about them until they’ve actually submitted).
Quick Updates for 2011-04-04
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @MonteJCook, author of The Glass Prison. http://is.gd/j9tYTa #
Guest Post: A Viable and Just Business Model
For the Ebook Age
The times they are a-changing, the question of when will probably be answered after the next Christmas season as ebooks emerge at minimum as a major market force, over 20% of book sales is a conservative guess, so the answer to that one is soon.
Quick Updates for 2011-04-03
From SFWA member @alcole123 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIANA ROSS: New Hollywood MisAdventure. http://is.gd/lXX0AW # @awfulagent Will you email me about that so I can pass it on to the committee? vp@sfwa.org #
Key Conditions for Suspense:
Part 16 – The Story Cycle’s Dynamo (and a little Hitchcock)
Even in the reaction stage we can include conflict and surprise. Maybe after our team’s setback, they regroup and discuss what they’re going to do now. This is a fine time to allow the varying motives of those on the hero’s team conflict.
