It’s a ranting day for me. Today’s rant is aimed at the devolution of language, which is fine in and of itself. Language is fluid. It has evolved over millennia, adapting to societal changes, reflecting our beliefs and cultures, but always, always it has remained our primary method of communication, whether spoken or written. It is of the latter I’ve been frothing for the past few weeks, to the point today I felt the necessity…
The Prix Aurora is one of Canada’s presitigous literary awards for the science fiction and fantasy genre, governed by SF Canada.
Being a micro-publisher has its own caveats and hurdles, one of them being the ability to integrate your titles and business into the distribution stream, which is far more complex than one would expect. I’m not sure I fully understand the system as yet. Here’s what I’ve discovered so far. You need to get your titles listed with Ingram in order for your book data to be picked up by most online book retailers, and…
The following came to my attention on the SF-Canada list, and is of such import I felt compelled to post this to the blog with the hope other writers and writers’ organizations will add their voices in protest of this erosion of our rights. It’s hard enough to eek out an existence as a writer, without publishers and media clawing back our earning potential, little say our claim to work we’ve produced. Dear members of…
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