You know how in SF or James Bond movies, governments sometimes have these super small spy cameras hidden on artificial animals. Real life has caught up. An article from the Associated Press says:

"You'll never look at hummingbirds the same again.

The Pentagon has poured millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones inspired by biology, ( Read more... )

Seth Godin, a marketing guru, talks about his reasons for going to self-publishing for his next book. In his post on the subject he says:

"Twelve bestsellers later, I've thought hard about what it means to have a traditional publisher. Traditional book publishers use techniques perfected a hundred years ago to help authors reach unknown readers, ( Read more... )

Dorchester Publishing has dropped its traditional print publishing model for the new e-Book/Pod model. In a Publishers Weekly article, President John Prebich said: "after retail sales fell by 25% in 2009, the company knew that 2010 “would be a defining year,” but rather than show improvement, “sales have been worse.” This new and rapid change has ( Read more... )

I went ahead and published my website. It's fairly simple. Welcome page, biography, bibliography, and a contact page. Nothing world shattering, but it's all mine ::evil grin::

Later I will switch it to CSS and design it myself instead of using a template. One thing I want to do is make sure I have a complete understanding of The Morgue Files photo ( Read more... )

Link provided by jaylake:

Amazon backs down.

I'm sure some of you have already learned that Amazon, in a dispute with Macmillan Books over pricing, has pulled all of Macmillan's titles ( both paper and e-book ) from sale on their site.  A lot of this has to do with how each side wants the publishing marketing model to work.

If you haven't or would like to find out more information about the ( Read more... )

Accepted:

mmerriam  novella: "The Horror at Cold Springs" by Sam's Dot Publishing

Other News:

bondo_ba  received review for: "Yet Another Bad Hair Day"  in Pow!erful Tales

sandrawickham  forthcoming: "Mamma's Boy" in the Evolve anthology

xjenavivex start-up blog: The Long and Short of Fiction Reviews

jennifer_brozek  published list: '09 stories

*If you have any publishing or acceptance news from this week, ( Read more... )

A few months ago xjenavivex  posted that she was going to post other writers successes. I liked the idea, but was too busy to participate. Here are a few recent success stories.

Accepted:

aliettedb short story: "Father's Flesh, Mother's Blood" by Dark Futures anthology

jennifer_brozek short story: "Eulogy for Muffin" by Ladies of Horror anthology;reprint: "Nothing Left to Salvage" ( Read more... )

The Writers of the Future Contest will start its fourth quarter on July 1st and will run to Sept. 30th, 2009. This is one of the best contests for new writers to participate in.  The winner of the quarter gets $1,000; second place gets $750; and third gets $500.

For more information on the contest and what constitutes a new writer check out:

L. Ron ( Read more... )

The Way of the Wizard Anthology will be accepting stories starting July 1, 2009.

Looking for:

(a) The story should be about a wizard, witch, sorcerer, sorceress, of some kind (basically, any sort of user of magic).

(b) The fact that the story has wizards in it should be vital to the story, i.e., magic should be an important factor in the resolution of ( Read more... )