thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | April 2, 2011
Strangely enough, just as my ancient post on Mr. Patrick “fiction writer working at the very highest level today” Roscoe gained some renewed attention, another author decided to break the cardinal rule of writing in the age of the internet, that rule being: “Thou shalt not start a flame war over a review of thine [...]
S Andrew Swann | March 31, 2011
A year ago I blogged about Mr. Patrick Roscoe an asshat of epic proportions whose claim to fame is sending the following to a literary agent: Colleen Lindsay: Thank you for making it clear, through your response to my query, that you are unquipped (sic) to represent fiction writers who are working at the very [...]
S Andrew Swann | January 24, 2011
Patrick Hester and John DeNardo grill me on the 25th episode of the SF Signal podcast. You should check it out.
S Andrew Swann | January 13, 2011
A pretty kick-ass version of Lilly, I think:
S Andrew Swann | November 5, 2010
There is not much more I can say about the Cook’s Source Magazine scandal that hasn’t been already said. If you don’t know what I’m talking about (and if so, what Internet have you been surfing?) we have the author of an article about medieval tarts (SCAdians take note) who had her article lifted wholesale [...]
S Andrew Swann | October 11, 2010
In the annals of book promotion, this has got to be up there with the all time bad ideas. A paperback book was hurled towards President Obama seconds after he completed a Democratic rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, but aides say the incident in no way affected the event. [...] The US Secret Service found [...]
S Andrew Swann | October 8, 2010
S Andrew Swann | August 23, 2010
S Andrew Swann | August 20, 2010
For some reason, lately, I’ve been running across a lot of info on writing query letters. I’ve written myself about them, but I thought I’d pass on linkage to some of the items I’ve run across lately. Joe Moore at Kill Zone gives 8 tips on writing a strong query letter. A.C. Crispin from Writer [...]
S Andrew Swann | August 9, 2010
Cue REM. Dorchester Publishing looks at its bottom line and decides OMG we can’t afford to do this anymore, switches to e-publishing launching the Greek Chorus chanting “death of print, death of print.” This is premature for a number of reasons. (Not the least of which is the technical reasons I listed in an earlier [...]
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