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.
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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.
Quick Updates for 2011-04-02
These are trying times. RT @locusmag: SFWA Sues Individuals, Corporations, Nations And God For Copyright Violations http://bit.ly/dOt9wh # SFWA member @johncleaver will be signing at University Bookstore in Seattle at 7pm tonight. # You can now read SFWA member @daviddlevine's disturbing story "Trust" for free: http://bit.ly/i6e1Zl #
Quick Updates for 2011-04-01
SFWA Member @Paulskemp 's most recent Star Wars novel, DECEIVED, debuts at #13 on the 4/10 NY Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list. #
Karma’s a Bitch: Robin Price, David William Caswell
Robin Price, a fake literary agent and film producer accused of bilking writers out of more than £500,000 over a number of years, admitted in a UK court on Wednesday to six counts of theft.
