#Sfwa

Cat Rambo

Catrambo

Had my 1st #Nebulas2020 panel on getting published with small presses with @AJFitzwater @heatherosejones @SpaceLawyerSF and @Ellethevillain Wanted to share some of the stuff I noted down. Before you

Carlos Hernandez ✍️🎓🎮

WriteTeachPlay

Last night, the Science Fiction Writers of America hosted an event to honor the #nebulas2020 nominees. Here's a quick thread explaining why it was such an amazing experience to be

K Tempest BooOOOoooOOOford 🖤🤍💜

tinytempest

Apparently SFWA candidate voting ends soon and just in case the information in this thread isn't enough to get you to vote for the OTHER write-in-candidate (Monica Valentinelli), I will

an unofficial Hugo book club blog

Hugo_Book_Club

Here's the thing: In a very real way, Disney owes the long-term viability of #StarWars as a commercial enterprise to authors like Alan Dean Foster. It's hard to imagine now,

John Scalzi

scalzi

Would agree, I'm no Harlan Ellison. I'm ever so slightly taller, for one. Somewhat less litigious. But we got on reasonably well. He'd call me late at night to complain

Jason Pitre

Genesisoflegend

Let's have a quick thread to talk about freelance pay rates per-word, anchored on some realistic numbers. Let's assume that someone can consistently write 1000 words of quality text in

Meghan Ciana Doidge

mcdoidge

[thread] Wow! The list of topics/experts available for #officehours via @sfwa's virtual #Nebulas2020 is incredible! Want to talk about writing blind/deaf characters? @snarkbat is available! Or chat with @ArkadyMartine about

M.M. Schill

mm_schill

CW: abuseIt's about that time where abusers that were outted in SFF are trying to make repairs and come back.So, I would like to talk about something called "mediation".(TL;DR I

Cat Rambo

Catrambo

RT if a mail carrier ever went above and beyond for you; like if you ever got a piece of mail that delighted your heart. And then go do this

K Tempest BooOOOoooOOOford 🖤🤍💜

tinytempest

Hey @sfwa members did you know that write-in candidate Lou Antonelli is the dude who, ahead of WorldCon in Spokane, contacted the police to "warn" them about the dangerous and

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Back in November, we learned that Disney had pulled a breathtakingly criminal wage-theft manuever on one of science-fiction's most beloved authors, Allan Dean Foster, an elderly cancer-patient caring for his

Mary E. Lowd

Ryffnah

Writing hot take:Sf/f cons -need- to start having an Intro to Furry Fiction panel because it’s unacceptable and embarrassing that we allow anti-furry prejudice, rooted in ignorance and the historical

Conan, Esq

conan_esq

Why is fantasy/sci-fi and fandom generally so degenerate?Because for decades it was formed and controlled by a mafia cabal of satanic child abusing perverts who promoted filth within the genre.

Margaret Dunlap

spyscribe

Any Sanditon residents still following me? It's been a while, but I want you all to know that it was YOUR enthusiasm in building the shared reality of our little

Anne Tibbets *PreOrder SCREAMS FROM THE VOID*

AnneTibbets

I'm not entirely sure this is going to go over how I hope, but I want to take a moment and discuss the common practice of #querying agents and submitting

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

The politicization of online fandoms is always weird. Most fandoms (usually) have no intrinsic political valence, and indeed, a common strong affinity for an apolitical genre can make strange allies,