Just a few days ago, I had the pleasure of spending an evening with Cat Rambo, marvelous writer and president of SFWA (who also has a Patreon you can find here).

She is an absolute delight!  The kind of writer who knows her craft and her business, and is excited about sharing her knowledge and connections with others.  The sort of person who is ( Read more... )

Item the First: The membership of SFWA has spoken and, by a vote of 6-to-1 in favor, has changed their governing by-laws to allow writers whose success comes from independent publishing to qualify for membership.  Detailed procedural guidelines are being hammered out, and it looks like authors will be able to begin applying by March of this year.

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On my one month anniversary as a member of SFWA, I discovered the board had determined the letter mentioned in this blog post was a correct summation of the situation and remedies involved in the Amazon/Hachette dispute, an accurate representation of my beliefs, and must be SFWA-endorsed the day before a long holiday weekend over which so many ( Read more... )

So I am now, officially, an active member of SFWA, which feels totally weird and unreal and unexpected in so many ways.

Revisions for Sand of Bone are still progressing merrily. Really, I feel merry about them. I've reached my favorite stage--the place where I can hold the entire novel in my head, when I can see it as a whole rather than ( Read more... )

Application and paperwork submitted because because change and progress and faith and moxie ( Read more... )

I've a decision to make-multiple decisions, in truth-about where and when I want to devote my non-writing energies as a professional writer. It might seem easy, choosing to join or not join SFWA. It would indeed be so if I'd opted against self-publishing, if I didn't tend to plow into organizational upheavals, if I didn't have strong opinions, and ( Read more... )

I'll write more details later, but for now...

Yes! I've been at Wiscon -- hanging out with folks I know, getting to know those folks better, and meeting new people I hope to see more of in the future.

My panels went well! I had fun answering questions and comments from the audience, and learned quite a bit from my fellow panelists, and managed to ( Read more... )