Quick Updates for 2011-01-22
Industry News and Member News for Sara Creasy, Dan Gollub, Karen Sandler, Jess Haines, Seanan McGuire, and Laura Anne Gilman.
SFWA Blog
Five for Friday
Rob Horning in The New Inquiry says publishers will not only use data collected from eReaders to track your buying habits, they’ll use it to track your reading habits. Did you skip to the end of the book? They’ll know. Did you give up on page 28? They’ll know.
Best Solution Author Agency (or, Beware of Agent Solicitations)
I don’t often write posts like this, because it’s really like shooting fish in a barrel. And there are so many red flags here that savvy writers may wonder why I bother. But there are a lot of new writers searching for agents, many of whom are probably new to Writer Beware, and may not yet be clear on what to watch out for.
Quick Updates for 2011-01-21
SFWA member @seananmcguire's short story "Riddles," sold to HUMAN TALES, coming from Dark Quest Books. #
Guest Post: What is Typography?
For the past year, I’ve been working with dancers from Netherlands Dance Theatre in The Hague on creating a tool that translates text into simple choreographies. A user types a word in a typesetting-like application that plays back this word as an uninterrupted dance sequence where dancer’s body temporarily makes positions recognizable as letters.
Quick Updates for 2011-01-20
SFWA member Sara Creasy has been nominated for a Philip K Dick Award for her debut SF novel Song of Scarabaeus (Eos). # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Dan Gollub. Read his qualifying story at Nature http://is.gd/tuu0Pu # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Karen Sandler (@karensandlerYA), author of Night Whispers (Berkely Jove, 1999) […]
The Banff Centre: Call for Applications
The Banff Centre, located in Banff National Park of Canada, has issued a press release that indicates they are accepting applications for upcoming courses.
Quick Updates for 2011-01-19
@cindypon Sorry, yes. Paolo's email address. Login to your profile. Then use the online member directory. http://is.gd/oCrE3W #
Quick Updates for 2011-01-18
SFWA members, don't forget to nominate for the Nebulas. Nominations close on February 15. http://is.gd/V1t3jC #
Contest Alert: First One Publishing’s Writing Contest
I’m behind the eight ball with this post, because home renovation insanity has kept me more or less offline for the past few days. Many other bloggers have beaten me to the punch with commentary on this contest, so there’s already quite a bit of information out there.
