One of the most common pieces of advice for new writers is “Keep your seat in the chair.” The downside is that it becomes all too easy to sit at the desk for hours without moving. This can lead to stiffness and circulation issues even with an ergonomically correct desk and chair. Ergocise.com is a program which pops up a reminder to stretch at pre-set intervals.
Good post which goes through the math on what it would take to break even with Harlequin's DellArte. http://is.gd/56Yrq #
Robert Holdstock
1949-2009
The SFWA Western Regional Business meeting is at 10 am in the Hawthorne room at #orycon. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Kenneth Shufeldt author of "Genesis" from Tor. #
Congratulations to David D. Levine (@daviddlevine) whose collection, "Space Magic" has just received the Endeavor award. #
@Gravedom We don't maintain a list like that, but if you search our directory you can see members who are agents & members' agents. in reply to Gravedom #
Nearing midnight on Monday, November 23rd, super fan Brian C. of Portland, Oregon armored up for the imminent release of Plague Zone, the third title in Jeff Carlson’s internationally acclaimed sci fi thriller series. “Cam Najarro is my personal Harry Potter,” said Brian C., referring to the hero in the Plague novels. Why did Mr. C arrive at […]
Norilana Books is proud to present Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian, a hilarious “comedy of monsters and manners.” This stylish and clever parody of the Austen classic Manfield Park, comes complete with “scholarly” Footnotes that harangue the reader, amazing […]
RT @sfscope: SFWA receives authors, editors, and others at Planet Hollywood: http://tinyurl.com/ydcdxlx lots of photos # RT @victoriastrauss: From PW, interesting article on small-press bookselling at genre conventions http://tinyurl.com/yzu7tzl # Here's an interview with @jchutchins by @DanPatterson of ABC News Radio. http://bit.ly/6p76mc # Research Tool: Wartime aerial photography archive online –Web User http://bit.ly/6SKjqy (via @ResearchBuzz) […]
This morning, SFWA member Jay Lake went in for an operation to remove a growth from his lung. For those of you who have not been following on Twitter, the word is that the surgery went well and that they closing now. We are very happy to hear this and wish him the best.
From the cosmic to the ghostly, A Prisoner of Dreamland and Other Oneiric Terrors presents fourteen tales that take the reader on a tour de force journey through the twilight kingdom of dreams.
Auston Habershaw is a science fiction and fantasy author, writing about the could-be and never-was, and also teaches composition and literature at MCPHS University in Boston, MA.
