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March 9, 2010
Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary With Essay Contest
Grand Prize Winner Embarks on a ‘Pyr and Dragons Adventure’
Amherst, NY — To celebrate their 5th anniversary, Pyr, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books, will sponsor a contest that incorporates things they hold dear: creative and powerful writing, a passion for reading [...]
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Press Release: Pyr Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Essay Writing Contest
New Print Magazine “Survival by Storytelling” Launches
Survival by Storytelling is a new print magazine edited and run by blogger SMD from The World in the Satin Bag.
Survival By Storytelling Magazine (or SBS Magazine) publishes quality fiction and poetry by young authors. It is run by Young Writers Online.net.
We are a small print and electronic magazine, currently published irregularly (there is [...]
I Shot the Serif
Buddy of mine just sent this via twitter. If you’ve been a teacher, you get it.
Video: Catherine Asaro defines science fiction and fantasy
I like her succinct explanations. They aren’t perfect, but they are good for a noob, and “accessible to the reader.”
Catherine Asaro – Defining Science Fiction and Fantasy from RT Book Reviews on Vimeo.
Supporting literacy every day with little effort
This link will take you to a post at the Bookshop Blog that explains a simple thing you can do (i.e. change your home page) to support literacy with little or no effort. I think this is pretty cool.
Guest Post and Giveaway: The Significant Other’s Guide to Dating a Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer by Chloe Neill
The Significant Other’s Guide to Dating a Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer
by Chloe Neill
Have you noticed your significant other (let’s abbreviate to “SO”) wandering around, mumbling to herself about orcs or vampires? Does she spend inordinate amounts of time scribbling antiquated names on a handmade map? Is she trying to weight the relative strengths of crossbows, Glocks, [...]
Call for Submissions to Heart-Related Fanzine
Laura Haywood-Cory, a woman I never had the fortune to meet even when I lived just around the corner, has taken a misfortune and turned it into opportunity. She is asking for contributions to a heart-related fanzine. There is small window for submissions, as submissions close JULY 24TH. So hurry to her blog for the [...]
Jim C. Hines: Workshop Wisdom
Jim C. Hines has a really useful post on writing – little pieces of advice that he has collected from his years of teaching writing workshops.
Video: Chris Wooding on writing
Chris Wooding, author of Retribution Falls and Fade, discusses writing in this video. The entire interview is a five-parter and can be found HERE.
More Red Ink: Rightly Reconsidering (Book) Reviews
Marty Halpern reacts to some frustrations he has with the status of book reviewing.
