A Dribble of Ink interviews Daniel Abraham, author of A Betrayal in Winter. "Q. You've got six words to describe your novels. Go! A: Political fantasy with Asian set dressing."
The Chronicles Network interviews Lois McMaster Bujold, author of The Curse of Chalion . "My experience so far with genre-blending is that while F&SF readers don't mind a bit of romance as a sub-plot, they are very taken aback to have it presented as a main plot, urgently looking for the "important" political action to identify as the plot instead." [via Fred K.]