• L. Jagi Lamplighter reveals how her first novel, Prospero Lost, came to print. What a gorgeous cover.


• Hot on the heels of the news that Jim Baen's Universe is closing, comes news that Farrago's Wainscot will close to submissions permanently on September 1, 2009.


• Meanwhile, Strange Horizons is holding their 2009 Fund Drive.


• The Nebula Awards website interviews Mary E. Pearson (The Adoration of Jenna Fox).


• Patrick at Stomping on Yeti continues his profiles of Tomorrow's Big Genre Stars, this time with Benjamin Rosenbaum.


• Angry Robot announces a Moxyland Short Story Competition. Details to follow soon...


• Orbit's One Dollar Ebook selection of the month is Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow.


• The Plains of Titan are to be named after the Dune novels.


• TV's Batman, Adam West, will put his cape back on (so to speak) when he will voice Bruce Wayne's father Thomas in an upcoming episode of Brave and the Bold.


• Chris Howard has some tips on making Do-It-Yourself Steampunk Maps.


• Over at the Guardian, children's writer Linda Buckley-Archer lists The top 10 time-travelling stories.


• Can you guess the Star Wars-related item being talked about here before you click on the link?
  • Call me silly, but I like the idea of poking Darth Vader in the face to get an extra 11 minutes of sleep. Sometimes I feel like an Alliance Rebel in the morning...
  • "Lick me, Obi Wan Kenobi...you're my only hope!"

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