Many of you may already be familiar with the names in the title of this post. If you’re not, have a look at this Alert on the Writer Beware website, and at my September 2009 post about the Florida Attorney General’s civil lawsuit against Fletcher, his companies, and some of his business associates for deceptive business practices.
@harrymarkov No. Stories sales do need to be English language, but it doesn't matter where one lives. # @df_dixie Should interested authors ping you via twitter or is there a better way? # PSA: Today's the deadline to buy a Worldcon membership if you want to nominate for this year's awards: http://94s2.sl.pt # SFWA member […]
As we prepare to make our recommendations for the Nebula Awards ballot, SFWAns everywhere are no doubt pondering that annual question, “should I toss my hat into the ring for SFWA office?” Yes, it’s time once again to prepare for SFWA’s annual elections. John Scalzi has asked that I continue in my role as your […]
In my last two posts I discussed the fact that readers are not going to hope and fear for a character unless that character raises their sympathy and sense of deservingness. But is that enough? Do readers stick around if the characters are utterly boring?
Member News for Eugie Foster, Tobias Buckell, Eric James Stone, David Levine, and Allan Cole.
@byharryconnolly Email me your rss feed and I'll add you. vp@sfwa.org # SFWA member @tobiasbuckell with an interesting perspective on piracy as it relates to authors. http://is.gd/7mYR2s # @LisaShapter Congratulations and good luck with your submissions. # SFWA member @EricJamesStone's story "Rejiggering the Thingamajig" is at Escape Pod: http://ejs.me/rejig #
@haroldfeld Yes, it's called the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation. #
Part 2 of SFWA member @eugiefoster's story, "The Princes and the Golden Fish," is now out in the February issue of Cricket. #
New language in the termination provision of the Harper’s boilerplate gives them the right to cancel a contract if “Author’s conduct evidences a lack of due regard for public conventions and morals, or if Author commits a crime or any other act that will tend to bring Author into serious contempt, and such behavior would materially damage the Work’s reputation or sales.”
The unpublished often believe that agents exist because of the publishing funnel, and to be sure, that has helped cement agents’ central importance to the publishing business. But what really enables agents to exist is the fact that up until recently, every deal, big or small, was up for negotiation–the size of the advance, the terms of the contract, the rights up for discussion.
Set in NYC and a fictional feudal planet, this novel tempts the feral temperament of Internet connoisseurs with a lubricious story that puts the R back into romance. Alas, an AI’s effort to participate here flashes like a horror show throughout.
Harold R. Thompson’s first science fiction novel, Orphans of Sturnus, was released in 2024. He is also the author of many science fiction and fantasy short stories. He lives in Nova Scotia and, when not writing, works for Parks Canada.
