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Quick Updates for 2010-03-08

SFWA member & editor @apexjason has a good post onThe Basics on Submission Guidelines http://bit.ly/c4D97M # RT @TheHugoAwards: One week till Hugo Nomination deadline! Details here: http://tiny.cc/t1qzV /via @vjdocherty # @apexjason It is a good post. in reply to apexjason # We've begun a new twitter feed with member blogs. @SFWAauthors # SFWA members: It […]

Quick Updates for 2010-03-07

Congratulations to SFWA member @carrieryan whose THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH is on the NYT's list! http://3.ly/WMbb # @carrieryan Congratulations! Enjoy your new first name "New York Time Best-selling author…" in reply to carrieryan # SFWA member Laura Bickle mentions Free Workshop for Writers: Before Copy Editing http://bit.ly/bfbsVT # SFWA member Nancy Fulda has […]

Quick Updates for 2010-03-06

Here's a tool which might be useful for promoting readings. Posts a map, plus allows followers to RSVP. http://schmap.it/ # We added Norton nominee "Eyes Like Stars" by @lisamantchev to the fiction for SFWAn consideration. http://is.gd/9LW8v # Welcome to SFWA's newest Affiliate member, Leonell Strong III. # RT @victoriastrauss: Learn about the history of the […]

Guest Blog Post: The Scam of Private Label Rights Articles

Today, Smashwords founder Mark Coker guest blogs about “private label rights” services, which make it possible for anyone to “author” their own ebooks or to populate blogs by putting together chunks of content from the service’s database. The result: scads of badly-formatted, poor-quality ebooks and blogs, which are often used by SEO scammers to confuse Google Search results.

SFWA elections: Ask the candidates questions

Now that SFWA Active members have received their election ballots, remember that you can ask the candidates questions in the Discussion Forums. Since we have some contested elections this year, make sure you participate in the process. Though only active members may vote, any SFWA member may ask questions.

Quick Updates for 2010-03-04

SFWA member @daviddlevine is speaking Wed. at Ignite Portland: Bagdad Theatre 7pm. It's a cross between TED & speed-dating! Free! # In a Mind Meld, @sfsignal asks some Nebula nominees what additional works they wish had made the ballot. http://is.gd/9BGNQ # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @gordsellar. Read one of his qualifying stories @clarkesworld […]