Category Archives: Information

DRAGON AWARD NOMINATION

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Eric Flint

June 14, 2018 I have the following titles that qualify for nomination for the Dragon Award to be handed out at DragonCon this year. (For more information on DragonCon, see: http://www.dragoncon.org/) BEST FANTASY NOVEL: The Demons of Paris, by Eric … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 3 Comments

2019 Minicon announced

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Gorg Huff

The 2019 Ring of Fire series minicon will be hosted by Westercon in Layton, Utah (just north of Salt Lake City). The dates are July 4-7. Here’s their URL: https://www.westercon72.org/ And here’s the press release they just issued: 04/14/18 Announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | Leave a comment

THE DEMONS OF PARIS

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Gorg Huff

I just finished the manuscript for a novel titled THE DEMONS OF PARIS. This is the first book in a series I’m starting with Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett. They have now been co-authors of mine on four novels — … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaborators, Information, Writing | 33 Comments

Literary Awards Are Not Competitions

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Eric Flint

The Dragon Award was launched this year at the 2016 DragonCon convention in Atlanta that took place over Labor Day weekend. It will be held every year hereafter.

The award was given out in these categories: Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 9 Comments

BUT FOR WALES?

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Eric Flint

I’m under some fairly serious deadline pressure right now and will be for a couple of months. So I won’t be writing the sort of long essays I did last year on the subject of literary awards in general and … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 89 Comments

HOW SHOULD AN AUTHOR LOOK ON USED BOOK SALES?

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Eric Flint

I ran across this blog by the author Kristen Lamb: PAY THE WRITER …while reading this article by Rachel Kramer Bussel in Salon magazine: Don’t feel guilty It will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or who … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 72 Comments

Eric Flint Newsletter – 6 JANUARY 2016

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Eric Flint

First, I need to explain some recent changes in my schedule of appearances. I was planning to attend comic cons in Miami and Pensacola in January and February, but that’s fallen through. The people organizing my schedule for those events … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 37 Comments

Eric Flint Newsletter – 25 NOVEMBER 2015

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Eric Flint

I just turned in the manuscript for RING OF FIRE IV, the next 1632 series anthology. It’s coming out in May. I’m cutting it a wee bit close on the deadline for this one, although nothing compared to a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Eric's enterprises, Information | 17 Comments

THE DIVERGENCE BETWEEN POPULARITY AND AWARDS IN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Eric Flint

Several people, in their commentaries on my recent essay (“Do We Really Have to Keep Feeding Stupid and His Cousin Ignoramus?”), challenged or at least questioned the assertion I’ve made several times in my various essays on the Hugo ruckus … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 192 Comments

DO WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP FEEDING STUPID AND HIS COUSIN IGNORAMUS?

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Eric Flint

Wired magazine just ran an article on the recently-concluded Hugo awards, voted on at Sasquan, the world science fiction convention held in Spokane, Washington over the past weekend. There is much in the article that I have no objection to, … Continue reading →

Posted in Information | 252 Comments