Quick Updates for 2011-03-26
Industry News and Member News for Thoraiya Dyer, Nancy Fulda, Sara Creasy, Anna D. Allen, and Matthew S. Rotundo.
Guest Post: Writing on the High Seas
For many it does feel like a kick in the gut when you see people refusing to pay for something you’ve invested anywhere from six whole months to years of your life to create.
Submission Guidelines to Beware of: Midwest Literary Magazine
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Midwest Literary Magazine (MLM) bills itself as “the quiet press.” Its online magazine publishes poetry, articles, and short fiction. Its mission: to “find and publish excellent authors of poetry, fiction a…
Quick Updates for 2011-03-25
@faerye @ecmyers Most of the nominees have their work available for member consideration here. http://is.gd/fk3B2e # Welcome to SFWA's newest Associate member Thoraiya Dyer, author of "Breaking the Ice." (Cosmos, 2/11) #
Quick Updates for 2011-03-24
SFWA member Anna D. Allen's collection of "non-genre" stories, Mrs Hewitt's Barbeque, is now available-http://is.gd/B5CZpf # Congratulations to SFWA member @NancyFulda who has won the Jim Baen Memorial Award. #
How Not to Market Your Book
How not to promote your book: make up a faux publicity company (at whose supposedly professional website you are the only listed client), whip up a badly-written press release (don’t bother with grammarcheck), and spam everyone you can think of (including, unfortunately, Writer Beware).
