Quick Updates for 2010-11-08
Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Pamela Taylor. Read her qualifying story @ApexBookCompany http://3.ly/y4UQ #
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Odyssey Writing Workshop: Online Classes Announced
The Odyssey Writing Workshop, one of the most respected programs for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, is offering three online writing classes this winter. Each class is focused on a particular element of fiction writing and is designed for writers at a particular skill level, from beginners to professional writers.
Getting Published is Not a Crap Shoot
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Many of the writers who contact me with Writer Beware-type questions seem to be convinced that the process of getting published is equivalent to a crap shoot. There are enormous numbers of people trying to …
Quick Updates for 2010-11-05
Member News for Andrew Burt, Trent Hergenrader, Lauren Beukes, Juliette Wade, Felix Gilman, N.K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, Genevieve Valentine, Yasmine Galenorn, Kevin Evans, Karen Evans and Catherynne Valente.
Quick Updates for 2010-11-04
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Trent Hergenrader with 3 short story sales. http://3.ly/vZ2N # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @laurenbeukes author of Moxyland & Zoo City. http://www.laurenbeukes.com/ # @AuthorGuy Volunteers can work harder than people with a job. It's hard to be professional if you aren't getting paid. in reply to AuthorGuy # […]
The Peter Lampack Agency Loses Suit Against Former Client
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Publishers Weekly reports that a New York Supreme Court judge has dismissed most claims in The Peter Lampack Agency’s suit against a former client, best selling mystery author Martha Grimes.
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Quick Updates for 2010-11-03
To let folks know: SFWA member @andrew_burt is conducting an Ebook reader survey – http://bit.ly/bmn64Y # @jaymgates That way it's not opposite programming. Plus we offer free breakfast, coffee, and mimosas to make up for the hour. in reply to jaymgates # @catvalente @apexjason Totally not true. There's Liz Gorinsky at tor.com, Sheila Williams at […]
A Dispatch from the Norton Jury
The Norton jury is beginning its work of reviewing the field of young adult genre literature for 2010, and would like to invite authors to help us obtain your eligible works. The jury will add deserving but overlooked works to the ballot for SFWA’s Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. Member […]
The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund eReader Drawing
The Carl Brandon Society, an organization dedicated to racial and ethnic diversity in speculative fiction, will hold a prize drawing of five eReaders to benefit the Butler Scholarship, a fund that sends two emerging writers of color to the Clarion writers workshops annually. In keeping with the Society’s support of literature from and about people […]
Quick Updates for 2010-11-01
Industry News and Member News for Cat Sparks, Alethea Kontis, and Allan Cole.
