One of the important negotiation points for life-of-copyright publishing contracts is including provisions in the termination clause that oblige the publisher to take the work out of print when sales or royalties drop below a minimum level.
Help a SFWA author research: @johncleaver needs some fake swear words for his new series: http://is.gd/PIGUi4 # Hey, SFWA members. It's Monday and I'm wondering what news you have that you'd like us to announce for you. # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member, Amy Treadwell. Read one of her qualifying stories online. http://is.gd/KWNg6F # […]
British author Brian Jacques (b.June 15, 1939) died on February 5, 2011 following emergency surgery for an aortic aneurysm. Jacques published his juvenile novel Redwall, about a collection of anthropomorphic mice, badgers, voles, and other creatures, in 1986.
All life is nurtured by death, and a story is defined not so much by what it is, but by what it is not. Our fiction cannot take on life unless we are willing destroy all of the beautiful possibilities but one: the best one.
Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Alyxandra Harvey (@AlyxandraH), author of Out for Blood. http://www.alyxandraharvey.com/ #
We cannot help but be interested in characters who are, do, or have things we want. In fact, this is one of the main draws of fiction–experiencing something wonderful or cool, even if it’s vicariously.
