Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Erin M. Evans author of THE GOD CATCHER (WotC, 2010) http://slushlush.com/ # @SaraMegibow Hi Sara, I don't show you on our member list. Email me? vp(at)sfwa.org in reply to SaraMegibow # FYI @SaraMegibow, a literary agent with http://www.nelsonagency.com (which is a SFWA member) is actively looking for sf/f submissions. […]

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?

While a great deal has been written about Cold War culture, very little has been written about post-Cold War culture as such, science fiction included. Part of it may be the lack of really significant, defining movements or innovations, at least since the cyberpunk of the 1980s.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware

A few of life’s inevitabilities:

Death.

Taxes.

Writers’ quest to find a way around the submission process.

There’s nothing you can do about death. Taxes are pretty non-negotiable as well, unless you’…

This sample DMCA form generates an email which authors may use as a model when sending a DMCA notice to a site infringing upon their copyrighted material.

The website http://reading.kicks-ass.net/ contains a significant amount of material that is recognizably copyrighted by our members.    Often sites which post material without permission are outside the United States and governed by different copyright rules.  In this instance the hosting company’s policy explicitly prohibits distribution of copyrighted materials. Legally, DMCA notices must come from the […]

Beware the Dark Lord when you ride the Star Wars Subway Car… http://bit.ly/9y2L1D # Welcome to #SFWA #039;s newest Active member @brucecordell, author of CITY OF TORMENT. http://www.brucecordell.com/ # SFWA member James P. Hogan passed away last weekend. Read the free ebook of his INHERIT THE STARS http://is.gd/drQbQ (via @sfsignal) # SFWA member @jsprunk70 will […]

I never thought I’d be re-visiting the issue of literary agents charging reading fees. After all, the problems inherent in the charging of reading fees are recognized by all four literary agents’ profession…

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…

Remember Ace Doubles, two short science-fiction titles bound back to back? Edward M. Lerner sure does. In the spirit of Ace Doubles, Wildside Press and Lerner are doubling up — which brings us to the latest collection of his shorter fiction. On one side, the short novel Countdown to Armageddon (originally serialized in Jim Baen’s […]