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• Nebula

  
  Jim Steel's Cave of Doom — Authority: 421
  Aliette de Boddard has been doing some research and it turns out that Interzone stories are eligible for the  Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America ’s annual Nebula awards. This is because they are published online by Fictionwise . This should also apply to other magazines and publications that are ...
  6 days ago

• Harlequin Begins Vanity Press

  
  Colleen Anderson — Authority: 421
  Anyone who knows anything about vanity presses knows that they’re not respected on several levels when it comes to publishing and being published. A vanity press is called thus because it caters to a would-be writer’s vanity. In other words, a work may be published without any editorial process taking place. This ...
  1 week ago

• Reader Beware: Vanity Press Harlequin Horizons Is Now DellArte

  
  The Naughty Bits — Authority: 540
  Mrs Giggles: Harlequin Horizons’s unintentional comedy “Commedia dell’arte was concerned mostly with disgraceful love intrigues, clever tricks to get money or outwit some simpleton.” My own search found this… A rigid convention of the commedia dell’arte is the periodic intrusion of Harlequin, who ...
  1 week ago

• we deserve each other, you and I...

  
  Where Personal and Professional Life Collide... — Authority: 137
  For my sins (and because I really do buy into the "pay forward" theory) Ive volunteered* to work with the incoming non-member queries about how to [fill in the blank] with regard to publishing/writing. Many of the queries run along the lines of "how do I become a successful writer?" Verbatim. *is flummoxed* I ...
  1 week ago

• Publishing Definitions

  
  Caridad Pineiro Blog — Authority: 126
  There has been a lot discussion during the last week about the new Harlequin Horizons venture. For more on this venture and the response to it, you can click below on these links for comments: Ashley Grayson Agency Jackie Kessler (Hilarious by the way!) Dear Author Harlequin and Author Solutions Press ...
  1 week ago

• Horizons Is Not Remotely Like Harper Studio Or Vanguard Press

  
  Pub Rants — Authority: 625
  STATUS: Heading off for Thanksgiving Break. I won’t be back to blogging until Monday. Seems like bad timing with all that’s going on but don’t worry. We haven’t heard the last of it yet. If I hear any breaking news, I’ll try and update the blog. What’s playing on the iPod right now? Nothing at the ...
  1 week ago

• A Matter of Perspective

  
  Insert Witty Title Here — Authority: 639
  On Thursday evening, Loving Husband and I talked about the Harlequin Horizons situation. It went something like this: ME: I am stunned so many people aren’t seeing why Harlequin’s move with Horizons is horrible for authors. LOVING HUSBAND: You have to remember that’s your perspective. ME: Perspective? But ...
  1 week ago

• Saturday Midday Links Roundup: Writers Organizations Mad at Harlequin

  
  Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary — Authority: 141
  TBIResearch believes that Amazon is losing quite a bit of money on the ebook market as it tries to drive down prices of books. Publishers are trying hard to maintain a higher price, but researchers and retailers believe that consumers will not pay a high price for ebooks. The good news according to the research ...
  1 week ago

• Answering Your Questions

  
  Insert Witty Title Here — Authority: 639
  Happy weekend, everyone! It’s been one heck of a week for the industry. A number of people who commented on the previous two blog posts have raised questions or concerns, so I’m going to do my best to answer those questions here. If you have questions that aren’t addressed here, please go ahead and ask. ...
  1 week ago

• Friday Funnies

  
  Pub Rants — Authority: 625
  STATUS: I’m done for the night. What’s playing on the iPod right now? LANDSLIDE by Dixie Chicks Considering all the chatter over the last two days, today has been relatively quiet. SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) did issue a statement. You can find that here . Also, the Ashley Grayson agency ...
  1 week ago

• Since When Do Publishers Win Writing Awards?

  
  Idle Thoughts — Authority: 108
  Ive been watching the reactions of the SFWA, the MWA and the RWA about Harlequins venture into assisted self-publishing. Basically, the fury is that Harlequin would lend its reputation to novels that are essentially unedited, and charge the novelist for the service. While I deplore the idea and think that it would ...
  1 week ago

• The Day After: Harlequin Blinks

  
  Insert Witty Title Here — Authority: 639
  For those of you first tuning in, here’s what has happened previously in the Harlequin Horizons show: HARLEQUIN: We’re launching Harlequin Horizons. We’re calling it a self-publishing venture. AUTHORS: So Harlequin is encouraging authors to self-publish! HARLEQUIN: That’s right! AUTHORS: Our books will ...
  1 week ago

• Strike Three And You’re Out! SFWA Slams Harlequin

  
  The Naughty Bits — Authority: 540
  From Writer Beware Blogs! SFWA on Harlequin Horizons Until such time as Harlequin changes course, and returns to a model of legitimately working with authors instead of charging authors for publishing services, SFWA has no choice but to be absolutely clear that NO titles from ANY Harlequin imprint will be counted ...
  1 week ago

• Just saying

  
  Divalicious Blog — Authority: 127
  After this statement by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers about the Harlequin debacle, I will be joining today. I was a little unsure whether I should or not, after all, how many writers organizations can one person belong to? But they stepped up in a big way and I heartily approve. This part especially: ...
  1 week ago

• on Harlequin, sadly.

  
  Where Personal and Professional Life Collide... — Authority: 137
  Jackie Kessler breaks it down for you, so I dont have to SFWAs response: http://www.sfwa.org/2009/11/sfwa-statement-on-harlequins-self-publishing-imprint/ RWA and MWR comments, via Pub Rants: http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/harlequin-news-flash.html ---------------------- As a Harlequin author and a ...
  1 week ago

• Harlequin: Lost Horizons, Abandoned Readers?

  
  incipit vita nova — Authority: 125
  Its not like I post this every day, but I am for the second year, the Treasurer of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. After discussion, SFWA has joined with the Romance Writers of America (RWA) and the...
  1 week ago

• Fan mail!

  
  Mary Robinette Kowal — Authority: 118
  You know, I just got a piece of fan mail — actual hard copy, through the postal service fan mail — for my work as Secretary of SFWA.  This has totally made my day.  People say this is a thankless job and they are just wrong.
  1 week ago

• Hey People In SFWA

  
  K. Tempest Bradford — Authority: 118
  I’m only going to say this once and then shut up about it until next year: I wrote some stuff between July 2008 and December 2009 and it’s pretty darn good. And a lot of it is available for free and junk. I have no reciprocal nominations or votes to offer you, though [1] . Despite the fact that I’ve sold many ...
  2 weeks ago

• NIU Archives adds Carol Emshwiller!

  
  Confessions of a Curator — Authority: 108
  The Northern Illinois University Libraries are proud to announce that a total of forty authors have now committed to, and placed their papers into, the SFWA Archives collection at NIU. It is with great pleasure that I announce that author number forty is none other than World Fantasy Convention Lifetime ...
  3 weeks ago

• WindyCon approacheth

  
  Confessions of a Curator — Authority: 108
  Once again, it is convention season. Ill be at WindyCon this weekend. I only have one scheduled panel, but will be generally underfoot for most of the convention. Junior Ballroom A: Your Favourite Unknown (or Little Known) SF/Fantasy Author Who do you think is just terrific but no one else knows about him/her? ...
  3 weeks ago

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