Comments on: Get your ham-sized fist here http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/06/09/get-your-ham-sized-fist-here/ Talking shop with fantasy fiction author Kameron M. Franklin Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/06/09/get-your-ham-sized-fist-here/comment-page-1/#comment-51526 Jeff Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:10 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=842#comment-51526 Thanks. You pretty much summed up my thoughts when I came up with the idea for the award. Originally I was just going to do a monetary award for the author, but then I thought, rewarding the author isn't going to help get more of this genre published. But reward the publisher, and something might happen! So far I've only had one nomination - published in Asimov's, of all places. Please help spread the word. I'll be searching for stories on my own, but there's no way I can catch everything, or even some of what is published, and I don't want to miss out on a good one. Jeff Crook .-= Jeff´s last blog ..<a href="http://hamsizedfist.blogspot.com/2009/06/nominate-story.html" rel="nofollow">Nominate a Story</a> =-. Thanks. You pretty much summed up my thoughts when I came up with the idea for the award. Originally I was just going to do a monetary award for the author, but then I thought, rewarding the author isn’t going to help get more of this genre published. But reward the publisher, and something might happen!

So far I’ve only had one nomination – published in Asimov’s, of all places. Please help spread the word. I’ll be searching for stories on my own, but there’s no way I can catch everything, or even some of what is published, and I don’t want to miss out on a good one.

Jeff Crook
.-= Jeff´s last blog ..Nominate a Story =-.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/06/09/get-your-ham-sized-fist-here/comment-page-1/#comment-51272 Stuart Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:05:51 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=842#comment-51272 I think the main value of the awards is that it influences the bookstore salespeople and the librarians, who stock the shelves that we get to browse. For most readers, awards have no impact. I do remember that we read Nebula books in elementary school. So, that was another 30 copies of the book sold per class. ;) I think the main value of the awards is that it influences the bookstore salespeople and the librarians, who stock the shelves that we get to browse.

For most readers, awards have no impact.

I do remember that we read Nebula books in elementary school. So, that was another 30 copies of the book sold per class. ;)

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