from John Scalzi’s Whatever blog: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/03/06/note-to-sff-writers-random-houses-hydra-imprint-has-appallingly-bad-contract-terms/
Tag Archives: NC writers
News from the Book Biz, presented without comment*
Monday, March 4, 2013
From today’s Shelf Awareness: Law Firm ‘Investigating’ Author Solutions Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart, a New York City law firm that boasts of having “consistently delivered big results for our clients and, in our class actions, for consumers and small businesses injured by deceptive and unlawful conduct,” is, it said, “investigating the practices” of Author [...]
Join Us at the NC Museum of History This Saturday
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The North Carolina Writers’ Network is pleased to be a sponsor of the 12th annual African American Cultural Celebration, this Saturday at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. The Network is sponsoring a panel discussion on ‘North Carolina’s African American Voices,’ moderated by NCWN board member Zelda Lockhart, and featuring Dr. Anjail Rashida [...]
NPR on Self-Publishing
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
In case you missed it, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition today included a story by Lynn Neary, posted on their website under the headline “Self-Publishing: No Longer Just a Vanity Project.” Which, y’know, most of us already knew, but it’s nice to get some NPR notice. The story does a good job of examining the [...]
Urgent Alert from the NC Center for Nonprofits
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
This morning I received the following message from the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits: “Protect the Work of Nonprofits – Make 2 Urgent Phone Calls Today News media are reporting that the President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are seriously considering imposing new limits on the charitable giving incentive as part of [...]
Steven Pressfield Follows the Money
Monday, December 17, 2012
Many of us became writers hoping to avoid math, and none of us need to feel sorry for E.L. James. Having said that, novelist Steven Pressfield makes a persuasive argument (with the math to back it up) about how much money E. L. James lost when she sold her Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy to [...]
Lit Map Book Club
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The North Carolina Literary Map is up and running and an easy (if informative) way to lose an entire afternoon. To help make sure that North Carolina’s finest writers and writing are not only mapped and celebrated, but also, y’know, read, the good folks behind the Lit Map have launched their own online book club. [...]
North Carolina Bookwatch this Friday
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
For 15 years, UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch has celebrated and supported our state’s writers.* This Friday, it’s our turn to support them. Tune in to UNC-TV this Friday, November 30, at 9:30 PM, to see host D. G. Martin* talk to Jill McCorkle* and Lee Smith* about their upcoming novels. Then call 1-800-984-9090 to make [...]
Lost & Found
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
While we hope everyone takes something unexpected away from our Fall Conference, we ended up taking home something we did not mean to – If any 2012 Fall Conference registrants lost a scarf at the conference hotel, please e-mail a description to ed@ncwriters.org, and we will send you your garment. (Do scarves count as garments?) [...]
Announcing the Literary Map of North Carolina
Monday, October 8, 2012
Anyone who attended the Keynote Address at the NCWN 2012 Spring Conference at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro heard archivists Jennifer Motszko, Kathelene Smith, and Keith Gorman present a sneak preview of the then yet-to-be-released Literary Map of North Carolina. Less than six months later, the map is now live! The NC Literary [...]