In my last two posts I discussed the fact that readers are not going to hope and fear for a character unless that character raises their sympathy and sense of deservingness. But is that enough? Do readers stick around if the characters are utterly boring?
Member News for Eugie Foster, Tobias Buckell, Eric James Stone, David Levine, and Allan Cole.
@byharryconnolly Email me your rss feed and I'll add you. vp@sfwa.org # SFWA member @tobiasbuckell with an interesting perspective on piracy as it relates to authors. http://is.gd/7mYR2s # @LisaShapter Congratulations and good luck with your submissions. # SFWA member @EricJamesStone's story "Rejiggering the Thingamajig" is at Escape Pod: http://ejs.me/rejig #
@haroldfeld Yes, it's called the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation. #
Part 2 of SFWA member @eugiefoster's story, "The Princes and the Golden Fish," is now out in the February issue of Cricket. #
New language in the termination provision of the Harper’s boilerplate gives them the right to cancel a contract if “Author’s conduct evidences a lack of due regard for public conventions and morals, or if Author commits a crime or any other act that will tend to bring Author into serious contempt, and such behavior would materially damage the Work’s reputation or sales.”
