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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: The life of an indie author is all about balancing the delicate dance between being creative and managing your writing business. How do your colleagues manage it? What are your hacks? Come share ideas and discuss your strategies.

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The SFWA Romance Steering Committee invites you to join us at our monthly virtual Romancing SFF Meetup. Each month, the Romancing SFF meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA SFF romance community. This month, Gail Carriger will join us for a Q&A session! As author of multiple NYT bestsellers and millions of books in print in dozens of different languages, Gail has a lot of experience to share. Come ask her about writing a beloved multi-book series, or about her tips for writing The Heroine’s Journey, or her lessons learned as a hybrid author. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to engage with Gail and our SFF Romance community!

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: There’s an art and a science to effective event table setups, and they differ depending on whether you’re inside, outside, at a general event or a genre event. Let’s talk about what does and doesn’t work!

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The SFWA Romance Steering Committee invites you to join us at our monthly virtual Romancing SFF Meetup. Each month, the Romancing SFF meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA SFF romance community. Join us in August when J. Scott Coatsworth and Steven Radecki will discuss alternative ways to promote your books.

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A meeting of the speculative poetry book club. At the first meeting, we will discuss the poems in the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.” No poetry expertise required! The discussion will be run by Mary Soon Lee, a Grand Master of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.

Space is limited for this event; please RSVP to (marysoonlee [at] gmail [dot] com).

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: What happens when you hit the wall of a writer’s block–especially as an indie author, when the block might extend beyond drafting to the aspects of managing your business? Or if you can manage your business but can’t write?

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We want to hear from you! Join us for a brainstorming discussion of our monthly meetups. Bring your ideas on what would best serve romantic writers inside SFWA. Moderators will lead a group discussion from various angles. If you can’t attend at this time, you can also send ideas to members of the committee or share them on Discord.

This meetup will not be recorded.

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. This month’s topic: Did you know SFWA has access to NetGalley? Here are some tricks and tips for using it.

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Join SFWA members Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Boston Metaphysical Society) and Jessica Maison (Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters) to discuss Kickstarter best practices. (Madeleine has run 13 successful Kickstarter campaigns, and Jessica has run three.) They will discuss tips and provide guidance on how to successfully navigate the platform and how to prepare for your campaign. Afterwards, the discussion will open up for all participants to ask questions, share their own crowdfunding experiences, and discuss all things comics.

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Editorial interns Somto Ihezue and Zhui Ning Chang talk with Publishing Taught Me anthology contributors Diana Pho and Erika Hardison about their essays and the anthology as a whole. They’ll also discuss some of the ways our field’s inclusivity is expanded and supported.

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