(1) CONTRACT GUIDES NOW OPEN ACCESS. The Authors Guild has released its Model Book Contract to the public for the first time. They have also produced a separate Literary Translation Model Contract for U.S. translators and literary agents. “We updated … Continue reading
Here are 11 developments of interest to fans: (1) I think the headline should have been Project Runeway — see what the designers have done with dwarvish fashions for The Hobbit. I applaud the complaint “Quilty” left in comments: These guys … Continue reading
(1) THE MIND’S EYE. [Item by Martin Morse Wooster.] Carmen Maria Machado was interviewed by Mikaella Clements in a Washington Post story about whether fiction writers see their characters as they’re writing about them. “Gillian Flynn, Carmen Maria Machado and … Continue reading
(1) SLF ILLUSTRATION OF THE YEAR. Michelle Feng is the winner of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s search for their 2022 Illustration of the Year. Hoping to translate theory into policy and practice, Michelle’s experience revolves around working directly with traditionally … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the editors of short form works published for the first time in 2019. These credits have been accumulated from Acknowledgments sections and copyright pages in works, eligibility posts, and other sources … Continue reading
(1) WELCOME WAGON. SFWA President Mary Robinette Kowal responded to the Romance Writers of America meltdown by tweeting, “As president of SFWA, please accept my invitation to consider our organization if you feel your work has a kinship with SFF, … Continue reading
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the Nominations List for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017 on January 10. Categories including works of genre interest are — BEST FILM ARRIVAL Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, David … Continue reading
The British Science Fiction Association has opened the second round of BSFA Awards voting, which will reduce the longlist to a shortlist. Members have until midnight January 31 to choose their shortlist from the collated nominations. The ballot is here. The longlist … Continue reading
(1) IT AIN’T ME BABE. George R.R. Martin is not at the San Diego Comic-Con. Now, normally, I would not feel the need to post about where I’m not and what I am not doing… only I am getting reports … Continue reading
Anticipation lists the names of program participants in a new press release that follows the jump. A prestigious addition is 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics Professor Paul Krugman of the Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University and centenary professor … Continue reading