I will say that running for SFWA VP makes me feel a bit more publicly exposed than I usually am. Luckily I have had strong women before me as role models. Here's one of them, Cinderella's Wicked Stepmother.
Stuff I posted on the blog:
I announced I am running for SFWA Vice President. #sfwapro is a tag you’ll be seeing on posts intended to appear on the @sfwaauthors feed as well.
The Women Destroying SF Kickstarter will sponsor my destroying Fantasy if they hit a $35k stretch goal.
I talked about my January writing news and provided a teaser from a still-untitled steampunk piece
Stuff for Writers:
- I talked about the demands of collaboration.
- Industry discussion of an editor here by Tobias Buckell
- How to handle a synopsis when you have a lot of characters
- Thoughts on “Do What You Love”.
In the new You Should Read This series, I read:
- Writing classic from one of the greats, About Writing by Samuel R. Delany
- Classic fantasy novel, The Forest of Forever by Thomas Burnett Swann
- Self (and writing) help, The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin
- 19th century novel of manners, Miss Mole by E.H. Young
- Terrific book for MG/YG writers of any age, Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail by Jacqueline Jackson
I said of this urban fantasy that it had touches of both Stross and Strugatski. Lots of fun. Cover for John Golden, Freelance Debugger, by Django Wexler, from Ragnorak Press.
Time Wasters!
- Bad fantasy covers.
- A guy singing heavy-metal with his cat.
- How the history of civil rights is being retold.
- A murmuration of starlings.
- Onion piece that hits too close to home.
- Zebra finches rocking out.
Interesting Social Media Links:
- 33 Ways to Get More Pins on Pinterest.
- Excellent piece on GoodReads giveaways.
- A great response to trolls and nasty commenters.
- Kickstarter phrases that pay.
- Moving from a blog to G+.
- Useful Twitter hashtags for writers.
