SFWA Raises Qualification Standard Payment Rates for Short Fiction
On July 1, 2014, SFWA’s rate for qualifying short fiction will rise from five cents per word to six cents per word.
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Don’t Fall For Vanity Radio
Writers, don’t fall for this offer from Global Talk Radio that’s currently doing the spam circuit.
Lit Fic Mags for Spec Fic Writers 101:
Five Things You have To Know
by Caren Gussoff I’ve sat in a lot of panels — and eavesdropped on a bunch of conversations — lately, in which genre writers have asked, debated, and/or mused about crossing over from SFF magazines and journals into straight-up literary fiction ones. Seems to many, and I agree, that the notorious snobbery and befuddlement of […]
Horror Writers Association Adds Its Support to Writer Beware
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
If you’re a regular visitor here, you may have noticed a change in our masthead.
I’m delighted to announce that the Horror Writers Association has joined the Mystery Writers of America in providing add…
Baltimore Science Fiction Society Presents: Dangerous Voices Variety Hour
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) is pleased to announce a new quarterly event: the Dangerous Voices Variety Hour, kicking off on Saturday, December 7th from 5 PM– 7 PM at 3310 E. Baltimore St. in Highlandtown.
Masterpiece: A Reality Show For Authors (Plus a Short, Sad, History of Similar Shows That Failed)
Literary feuds are entertaining: famous and not-so-famous authors holding grudges, slinging insults, or sabotaging one another with bad reviews (both anonymous and not).
But what about author feuding in real time? Can the spectacle of writers racing one another to finish a story, or competing to make the best elevator pitch, hold an audience riveted? Will viewers mourn as authortestants fall by the wayside, and cheer for the last author standing?
Awards Profiteering: The Book Festival Empire of JM Northern Media
If you’re a writer, I’ll bet you’ve been spammed by JM Northern Media.
Don’t recognize the name? Maybe these will ring a bell. The Los Angeles Book Festival. The Hollywood Book Festival. The Paris Book Festival. The Beach Book Festival. The Halloween Book Festival. Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival. And at least nine other annal festivals, all owned and operated by JM Northern Media (click the Properties tab).
Nebula Nominations Open
Nominations are now open for the 2013 Nebula Awards. The nominations are open to Active, Lifetime Active, and Associate members. Voting closes February 15.
Reposting a Classic: Turkey City Lexicon – A Primer for SF Workshops
This manual is intended to focus on the special needs of the science fiction workshop. Having an accurate and descriptive critical term for a common SF problem makes it easier to recognize and discuss. This guide is intended to save workshop participants from having to “reinvent the wheel” (see section 3) at every session.
Solicitation Alert: Bloggingbooks
Have you recently been solicited by a company called Bloggingbooks that wants to publish your blog in book form?
