Think they're Machiavellian? Naive humans! SFWA member Edward M. Lerner announces InterstellarNet: New Order.http://tinyurl.com/39ue57t # Agent @SaraMegibow is looking for one more conference in 2011. She'd like to speak/present/hear pitches. Send her your thoughts? # @SaraMegibow What is already on your calendar? WFC? Readercon? in reply to SaraMegibow # @jenniferswolf I wouldn't have thought that […]
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An article from Courthouse News Service (a nationwide newsletter for lawyers focusing on civil litigation) caught my eye this morning:
A retired lawyer claims he wrote a book investigating the death of Prin…
Date: Monday, November 22, 2010 Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Location: Planet Hollywood, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will host its annual reception for the publishing industry at Planet Hollywood again this year. The venue, located at 45th and Broadway in Times Square, will provide […]
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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.
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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 […]
Meet Theo Hoover, disgruntled history repairman, who accidentally becomes Grand Oversee — humanity’s supreme leader — managing the terraforming of Sunnyside, mankind’s potential new home planet. At the worst possible time… the aliens are coming.
Steven D. Brewer teaches scientific writing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He writes steampunky romantasy and fluffy military space opera, often with an LGBTQIA+ focus. Brewer lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his extended family.
