WSFA Award Announced
The Washington Science Fiction Association has established a literary award to honor the work done by small presses in promoting and preserving science fiction.
SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2011-02-09
SFWA member @KateMilford is pleased that her novel THE BONESHAKER made Locus's 2010 recommended YA reading list. # SFWA member @leancoakley's YA short story "Mouse" will be published in an upcoming, as yet untitled, McGraw-Hill Ryerson anthology. # @britmandelo You actually just need proof of the sale to join, if it is to a qualifying […]
Quick Updates for 2011-02-09
Member News for Gene Twaronite, Alyxandra Harvey, Sarah Monette, Amy Treadwell, Vera Nazarian, Allan Cole, Brad Beaulieu, Kate Milford, Lena Coakley, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Marcy Rockwell, Rosemary Jones, David Levine and John Cleaver.
Book Giveaway–The Arm of the Stone
One of the important negotiation points for life-of-copyright publishing contracts is including provisions in the termination clause that oblige the publisher to take the work out of print when sales or royalties drop below a minimum level.
Quick Updates for 2011-02-08
Help a SFWA author research: @johncleaver needs some fake swear words for his new series: http://is.gd/PIGUi4 # Hey, SFWA members. It's Monday and I'm wondering what news you have that you'd like us to announce for you. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Amy Treadwell. Read one of her qualifying stories online. http://is.gd/KWNg6F # […]
In Memoriam: Brian Jacques (1939-2011)
British author Brian Jacques (b.June 15, 1939) died on February 5, 2011 following emergency surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Jacques published his juvenile novel Redwall, about a collection of anthropomorphic mice, badgers, voles, and other creatures, in 1986.
Guest Post: Freeing the Statue from the Stone
All life is nurtured by death, and a story is defined not so much by what it is, but by what it is not. Our fiction cannot take on life unless we are willing destroy all of the beautiful possibilities but one: the best one.
Quick Updates for 2011-02-06
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Alyxandra Harvey (@AlyxandraH), author of Out for Blood. http://www.alyxandraharvey.com/ #
Key Conditions for Suspense:
Part 8 – character draws 5-8
We cannot help but be interested in characters who are, do, or have things we want. In fact, this is one of the main draws of fiction–experiencing something wonderful or cool, even if it’s vicariously.
Quick Updates for 2011-02-05
At Escape Pod: "Written on the Wind" by SFWA member @daviddlevine, read by @mightymur. http://bit.ly/e1cwJ8 # SFWA member Vera Nazarian (@Norilana) is now a member of the Austen Authors group blog, debuting today. http://is.gd/k07t0Y # @MarcyRockwell You have to wait for me to get out of bed first! Welcome back! # SFWA member @alcole123 presents […]
