Archive for the ‘SFWA Blog’ Category

Quick Updates for 2010-06-30

Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Jason Andrew, Christopher McKitterick, Cory Doctorow, Alyx Dellamonica, Charles de Lint, Kevin David Anderson, Larry Ferrill, Alan J. Porter, Hilary Goldstein, and Brennan Harvey!

Are Agents Underpaid?

A fascinating discussion began today on Twitter (as of this writing, it’s still going on–check it out under the #agentpay hashtag), kicked off by agent Colleen Lindsay, who asked, “How would publishing change if agenting moved from commission-based payment to billable hours?”

Quick Updates for 2010-06-13

Resources, Industry News, and Member News for N. K. Jemisin, Jenn Bennett, Marianne de Pierres, Alexandra Duncan, Steven L. Wilson, René Walling, Vera Nazarian, Jeri Smith-Ready, Genevieve Valentine, Christie Yant, and Jon Sprunk!

Social Media and Your (Lack of) Privacy

The year is 2010. The internet has passed the infant stage and has grown into a young adult that still hasn’t quite gotten the “rules” down yet. Much of internet law is still in its infancy, in part because the legal system hasn’t been able to keep up with the rapid changes in technology. Words like “piracy,” “identity theft” and “copyright” are just three examples of that…