Business of Science Fiction Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing
Heftet /
2010
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780786447978
Publisert
2010-03-23
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Biografisk notat
The late Mike Resnick, was named Locus magazine’s all-time leading award winner for short science fiction, was the author of 61 novels, 225 short stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 48 anthologies. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Barry N. Malzberg is the author of more than 90 books and has edited science fiction anthologies and magazines. He won the first John Campbell Memorial Award, has won two Locus Awards for essay collections, and is a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee.“a valuable and entertaining read”—<i>SFRA Review</i>; “very good...readers will thoroughly enjoy this journey”—<i>Science Fiction Studies</i>.
Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a "Dialogue" in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, for more than a decade. These collected columns explore every aspect of the literary genre, from writing to marketing to publishing, combining wit and insight with decades of experience.
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A collected columns explore every aspect of the literary genre, from writing to marketing to publishing, combining wit and insight with decades of experience in 25 topics.
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Writing and Selling
1. The Specialty Press
2. Foreign Sales
3. Awards
4. The Marketplace
5. Anthologies
6. Conventions
7. Works for Hire
8. Promotion
9. e-Publishing Revisited
10. Collaborations—Theory
11. Collaborations—Practice
Section 2: The Business
12. Agents
13. Money
14. Pseudonyms
15. Print-on-Demand
16. Professionalism
17. Myths
18. Really Dumb Ideas
19. Abuses
20. False Doctrines
Section 3: The Field
21. Magazines
22. The Clueless (Part 1)
23. The Clueless (Part 2)
24. Change
25. Tailspinning
26. Google
Index
Preface
Section 1: Writing and Selling
1. The Specialty Press
2. Foreign Sales
3. Awards
4. The Marketplace
5. Anthologies
6. Conventions
7. Works for Hire
8. Promotion
9. e-Publishing Revisited
10. Collaborations—Theory
11. Collaborations—Practice
Section 2: The Business
12. Agents
13. Money
14. Pseudonyms
15. Print-on-Demand
16. Professionalism
17. Myths
18. Really Dumb Ideas
19. Abuses
20. False Doctrines
Section 3: The Field
21. Magazines
22. The Clueless (Part 1)
23. The Clueless (Part 2)
24. Change
25. Tailspinning
26. Google
Index
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780786447978
Publisert
2010-03-23
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet