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Nebula Norton jury seeks candidates for the 2010 Award

LOS ANGELES – The jury for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy is actively reading works published in 2010. The 2010 Norton Award jury members is chaired by Sherwood Smith. Publishers and authors may contact nebulanortonjury@sfwa.org for submission information. The Andre Norton Award for an outstanding young adult science fiction […]

Writer and Parent? Tips for Finding Your New Balance

My daughter Athena was born in 1998, and once my wife completed her six-week maternity leave, I was and still am the stay-at-home parent, caring for our daughter Athena during the day. Along the way I’ve also managed to write a dozen books and literally thousands of articles and entries for magazines, newspapers, blogs and online sites. How have I managed to juggle kid-watching duties with writing work?

Quick Updates for 2010-09-16

Resources, Industry News, and Member News for David Macinnis Gill, Geoffrey A. Landis, Gerald D. Nordley, Bruce Cordell, Thea Harrison, Eugie Foster, Jennifer Brozek, Samantha Henderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Caroline Spector, and Marjorie Liu!

Renovation invites the world of science fiction to meet in Reno

Renovation, The 69th World Science Fiction Convention Reno, Nevada, USA – August 17-21, 2011 press@renovationsf.org www.renovationsf.org Postal queries to: RCFI, PO Box 13278, Portland, OR 97213-0278 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Reno, Nevada, USA – Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, has taken over from Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction […]

The Pirate Code of Children’s Literature

Inside of genre circles, “YA” seems to be taking hold as a catch-all term for anything written for anyone under 18. Since so many people use YA as a catch-all, it’s becoming a catch-all, so how children’s book industry people define the category doesn’t matter. Does it?