Posted on March 6, 2013    Posted by John Scalzi      176 Comments Random House recently started Hydra, an electronic-only imprint for science fiction stories and short novels. But, as noted by Writer Beware here, the terms in a Hydra deal sheet shown to them are pretty damn awful: * No advance. * The … Continue reading Note to SF/F Writers: Random House’s Hydra Imprint Has Appallingly Bad Contract Terms