Quick Updates for 2011-01-21
SFWA member @seananmcguire's short story "Riddles," sold to HUMAN TALES, coming from Dark Quest Books. #
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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.
Guest Post: Your Business Model Is Not Your Neighbor’s
I have also heard some use “piracy” as a low-price argument. My two cents: Pricing your products at a lower price because you think they’re going to be stolen is not a business model. Why? Because you are defining your sales goals on either making more than nothing or generating revenue to cover losses you have not experienced.
Key Conditions for Reader Suspense:
Part 5 – Character troubles
Sympathy starts when we see someone in trouble. That’s not the only thing that’s required. Some people who are in terrible trouble only evoke pity or even antipathy. So there’s more to this than trouble, but trouble is where sympathy starts. So what kind of trouble are we talking about?
How to be a Writer and Have a Life: or, Livin’ the Dream
Writing is a rewarding and fun gig, but finding the time to write can be a challenge. The only commodity an author has are her words, and the only way to produce that commodity is to get some quality butt-in-chair action. Contrary to urban legend, stories don’t write themselves or grow on Novel Trees. So how do you find the time to make the magic happen?
