Quick Updates for 2010-02-21
Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member, Sonia Helbig, a WotF XXIV Winner. http://soniahelbig.livejournal.com/ #
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Quick Updates for 2010-02-20
Not long now… How are you all doing this morning? # Does anyone have predictions? A hint. There's a nominee with a definite article in the title. # @CherylMorgan I am giving nothing away! But you might be right. in reply to CherylMorgan # Hint number 2: Six of the nominated stories are novellas. # […]
2009 Nebula Awards Final Ballot
SFWA is proud to announce the nominees for the 2009 Nebula Awards.
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of SFWA. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet the evening of May 15 at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront, just 20 minutes from the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. Other awards to be presented are the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Science Fiction or Fantasy for Young Adults, the Bradbury Award for excellence in screenwriting and the Solstice Award for outstanding contribution to the field.
Quick Updates for 2010-02-19
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Victoria Strauss, Brad Aiken, Jim C. Hines and Edward Willett!
2010: A Space Oddity
David Kopaska-Merkel, Lou Anders, Jack McDevitt and Joanne Merriam will be reading and participating in panel discussions at the brand new mini-con 2010: A Space Oddity in Tuscaloosa, AL. David and Joanne (and a third panelist TBD) will be doing a Q&A on submission etiquette, and there will be a panel on character and story development, […]
Quick Updates for 2010-02-18
RT @victoriastrauss: Open Book Alliance: how Google Book Settlement gives Google monopoly in another area: search http://3.ly/BtE6 # @jasonsanford 🙂 in reply to jasonsanford # FYI: @Pyr_Books is now accepting unagented manuscripts in certain subgenres: http://bit.ly/ar7J8y # At some point in the past couple of days the new SFWA website passed a million page views. […]
Inspired Living Publishing: Another Vanity Anthology Scheme
Writer Beware breaks down an email solicitatioin from Aspire Magazine to the nitty gritty.
Quick Updates for 2010-02-17
Member news for Joanne Merriam, Will McIntosh, Jennifer Brozek, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Alexey Pehov, David D. Levine, and David B. Coe!
Quick Updates for 2010-02-16
@jchutchins Thank you for nominating. in reply to jchutchins # Congratulations to SFWA member @joannemerriam who sold a short story to Per Contra. # SFWA members, you have until 11:59pm tonight to turn in your Nebula ballots for the Nomination period. http://is.gd/8o7am # A reminder to people watching the running tally: The paper ballots have […]
How to Kill Your Imaginary Friends: When Your Audience Might Know More Than You Do
Using real-world diseases in a work of fiction has a large number of potential pitfalls. Here are a few tips about how to make your pestilential plot point a little more plausible.
