Comments on: The Big SFWA Indie Flap

By: Sheogorath

Sheogorath — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 08:11:36 +0000

If you ask me, the SFWA should admit all professional authors under the original meaning of the word ‘professional’. That is, if you’re receiving payment for your work, whether or not that’s from traditional publishers, then that’s good enough for membership, IMHO.

By: Scott Nicholson

Scott Nicholson — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:02:03 +0000

If you claim to be a professional writing organization, purporting to measure qualification by money, then money should be the ONLY bar measured for entry, not the means by which it is earned.

The HWA got into that trap when they were endorsing a list of publishers rather than a money level, and some of those houses turned out to be career-swallowers–the exact opposite of “professional.”

Remove the unemotional and fact-based element of money, and it reveals its true self: egotism.

By: M.C.A. Hogarth

M.C.A. Hogarth — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:20:00 +0000

I think he’s being sarcastic. I’ve heard similar comments (one directed at me, in fact… that I should obviously go to the Baen gutter where I belong). There’s a perception among the community that Baen is the dumping ground for icky conservatives who only write for gun-toting misogynists (in defiance of actual evidence).

I wish I was making this up, but… yeah, not. :/

By: M.C.A. Hogarth

M.C.A. Hogarth — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:15:20 +0000

My personal website, which has been up since the early 1990s, has an existing, hand-coded database of over THREE THOUSAND images with information pertaining to my writing.

Three THOUSAND.

Plus.

If you know some painless way to do that migration that will be less labor than scrapping it and starting over, I’d desperately like to hear it.

By: Marc Cabot

Marc Cabot — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:54:23 +0000

Me: [Comment on random blog discussion about So You Want to Be a Wizard books.]

Diane Duane: I’m Diane Duane. I just happened to be passing by and here’s what I think about your comment on my books: “Good point.”

Me: Diane Duane just commented on my comment about her books. I think I just squee’d my pants.

By: Lynn McNamee

Lynn McNamee — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:24:01 +0000

“Who cares who her father (or mother, or pet gerbil) was? She wrote a book, and it sells well.”

This is exactly my point.

All the rest of the information was superfluous.

By: Lynn McNamee

Lynn McNamee — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:23:07 +0000

Again, I agree with the underlying premise.

This author, and other self-published authors, should be allowed into their little elite group, if those authors want to join.

My point was that a better example could have been used. Because of the reasons that were used to argue the point, the debate suffered.

By: Richard L.

Richard L. — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 09:33:16 +0000

Baen was where Lois McMaster Bujold, four time Hugo award winner, (Matching the record of Robert A. Heinlein.) went to publish. It’s also where the Heinlen e-book releases are coming from. Just saying.

By: Laura Resnick

Laura Resnick — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:59:32 +0000

And we don’t want to have to explain that to you twice.

By: Suzan Harden

Suzan Harden — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:31:24 +0000

Since it’s been more than 20 minutes, I may write just for Edward.