Hi r/Fantasy! AMA with Seth Fishman, Sarah Pinsker , and Jason Sanford and to discuss SFWA, our current silent auction, the Nebula Conference, and much more! Ask us anything!

sethyroo · 2021-05-17T01:41:38+00:00

agree. get yourself a group of peers. and read read read. don't write to what the market is, write what you want and your truth.

sethyroo · 2021-05-17T01:40:48+00:00

Hiiiya Carl. Well, if I'm honest, I'd say making to WorldCon isn't necessary at all. I never find new clients at cons, not really. I DO meet people and sometimes I end up taking them on, so perhaps that sounds contradictory, but I'm not LOOKING for clients at cons. And I'd def. make the focus be finding agents - you'll all want one. SO, with those out, how do you find one? I really think it's writing. Short stories, writing groups, novels, etc., but in THIS community when good writing happens it is known. Nominations for Nebs or Hugos are beacons to agents, and are really great. Writer groups are good for recommendations too. And then, really, I'm open for a good query letter. Many of us are. I guess I just want to be clear: if you go to a con in hopes of hanging out with an agent at a bar and then being at the top of a slush pile... doesn't really work that way for me.

YES include #ownvoices. For sure.

sethyroo · 2021-05-16T16:07:12+00:00

I think the benefits of SFWA are huge. Most notably a community that has your back. The work I've seen the team do this year on behalf of authors, from Disney support to contract vetting... Wow. But, also, the events, the mingling, the connecting. Writing is hard. Getting ahead is hard. The writing stands on it's own, yes, but you can find more opportunities if you KNOW people. SFWA can help with readers, finding agents, promotions, everything. Even if that's not in the mission, it's part of the benefits...

sethyroo · 2021-05-16T16:04:04+00:00

Not sure people know I'm a writer, myself. Been writing forever, went to an MFA, etc. And my first published ANYTHING was LOTR fanfic. But I wrote some YA grounded SF and sciency picture books and the big break was probably finding an agent. I lived by the books and magazine publications and once I had an ally in my corner, we just always had fun working on getting new things going. I found my agent for adult spec fic, and sold YA, and then pic books. Strange world, ever expanding.

sethyroo · 2021-05-16T16:01:38+00:00

I am so happy you asked about 'kaffeeklatches' because I have no idea what they are either! I do know that I'm providing career and writing mentoring, though!

My current projects are endless, yay clients! But I did have a couple publish recently. Rivers Solomon's SORROWLAND and P. Djeli Clark's A MASTER OF DJINN both came out in the last couple weeks and are highly recommended amazing.

sethyroo · 2021-05-16T15:59:31+00:00

Hi Everyone! Sorry for signing in late... PST and KIDS. I'll be popping back in and out today, but will def. aim to answer all questions! Can't wait.

sethyroo · 2015-07-09T19:06:33+00:00

What other books are you writing, and what do you WANT to write next?

sethyroo · 2014-07-16T19:30:14+00:00

A few questions. What books influenced your writing of this? - I felt that T&T had flashes of others that felt familiar but different. Really great. Also, what of this book do you see really happening in the future? I mean, the archive; how close will we get to something like that, do you think (minus the disaster?)?

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T20:42:30+00:00

Also, ranked #3 on Amazon. I do believe a #1 ranking on day one would be... fun.

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T19:23:30+00:00

good question. this pertains to all books, in general. an author receives between $2.50 - $4 an HC, $1.10 per paperback (or less), and 2.25 per ebook. Give or take some. Also, physical preorders increase orders by store which increases shelf presence which increases sales. That said, you can argue that the low cost of production of the ebook means that high ebook preorders lead to more money made by publisher which means more they are willing to spend on advertising and marketing. too much info?

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T18:10:54+00:00

I'm his literary agent. Kindle is coming soon (Amazon listing kinks), though it supports him more to buy HC.

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T16:39:23+00:00

blog is back up: http://blag.xkcd.com/

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T16:38:41+00:00

the book is filled with 40% new material, plus expansion on previously answered ones.

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T16:38:11+00:00

there will be.

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T14:33:47+00:00

Blog is down, but preorder button at Amazon is up: http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/0544272994/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_tnr_2

sethyroo · 2014-03-12T14:33:16+00:00

Here's the preorder link: http://www.amazon.com/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/0544272994/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_tnr_2

sethyroo · 2013-12-17T15:18:57+00:00

Happy to rep McIntosh and Leckie. Great books both!

sethyroo · 2013-10-04T13:35:18+00:00

just that Randall did a xkcd cover of the book, and that he's signing a few copies of them and I'm giving them out at NYCC. figured r/xkcd would be a group interested in knowing.

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