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More Publisher Storm Warnings 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware A roundup of recent publisher troubles and closures that have come across my desk: - Noble Romance Publishing, the subject of numerous author complaints ...
Publisher Alert: Iconic Publishing / Jonquil Press / Red Lizard Press 21 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I first became aware of Iconic Publishing last year, when this post appeared on Absolute Write. It's a tale of breathtaking unprofessionalism on the part ...
Brutarian Magazine Update 20 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
After reviewing the performance of Brutarian Magazine and corresponding with its publisher, SFWA’s board has voted to delist Brutarian as a qualifying market as of August 30, 2013, due to the magazi....
FOGcon Rolls Into the Bay Area 19 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
FOGcon has issued the following news: Walnut Creek will once again get a little more fantastic as it welcomes back FOGcon on March 7-9, 2014. Celebrating its fourth year in the Bay Area and its third...
LFS Announces 2013 Prometheus Award Winners 17 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
The Libertarian Futurist Society has issued the following news: The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the Prometheus Awards winners for Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame), to...
Writing With Stolen Time 16 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
by Mercedes M. Yardley There’s a difference between being a writer and wanting to be a writer. There are plenty of conversations about it, about whether payment, time spent, or day jobs land you on ...
Board Communication on Member Expulsion 14 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
The Board, after careful consideration of the existing Massachusetts By-Laws, our approved operations and procedures, and with the advice of our legal counsel and past presidents, has decided to expel...
Expanded Alert at Writer Beware: American Book Publishing / Alexis Press / All Classic Books / Atlantic National Books 9 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last October, I started getting inquiries about a publisher called All Classic Books. I hadn't heard anything about it, though its rather odd website (a s...
How to Be a Happy Writer 8 Aug 2013 | 06:49 am
by Randy Henderson It’s easy to see why being a happy writer ain’t easy sometimes. There’s all that lovely rejection for starters. And the work can be long and difficult and isolating, often for li...
An Interview with Julia Sidorova, Author of Age of Ice 6 Aug 2013 | 05:03 am
by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz “I was born of cold copulation, white-fleshed and waxy like a crust of fat on beef broth left outside in winter.” This opening line to Julia Sidorova’s debut novel pulls the r...
