SF Tidbits for 11/19/09

By Charles Tan | Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 12:05 am

Interviews/Profiles

New The Business of Writing video series with Tad Williams (The Writer’s Journey, Why Did You Become a Writer?). (via Cheryl K. Morgan)
The Dragon Page interviews J.C. Hutchins (podcast).
Larry Nolen interviews David Anthony Durham.
The Link interviews Cory Doctorow.
Dead Robots Society interviews J.C. Hutchins (podcast).
Mihai Adascalitei interviews Sebastian A. Corn.
The Library of America interviews Peter Straub (PDF).

News

New Advisors, Jurors added for The Shirley Jackson Awards.
Twelfth Planet Press is opening a reading period for their novelette doubles series.
Paul Di Filippo and Sheila Finch Join Campbell Award Jury.
How to explore Mars and have fun.
Digital world has feet on ground.
Writer Gaiman scoops book prize.
Coraline author Neil Gaiman received ‘hate mail’ for liking Rudyard Kipling.
Weird Tales Fall 2009 TOC.
Book Trailer: Born of Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
EVENT: As part of the Fantastic Fiction free
reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present Andy Duncan &

Christopher Rowe Wednesday December 16th, 7pm at at KGB Bar in NYC.

Articles

The World SF News Blog on Where is the World in the World Fantasy Awards? (also be sure to read the comments by Cheryl K. Morgan).
Tobias Buckell on The hard truths of freelancing/writing.
Scott Edelman on The Prisoner Con That Never Was.
POW Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s Letter Home.
Jason Sanford on How did you come to the SF genres?
Kurt Vonnegut letter on his capture & survival in a repatriation camp. (via Juliet Ulman)
Jonathan Strahan on Becoming a better editor, or me and the Best of the Year.
J.C. Hutchins on Why SF fans (and authors) can benefit from reading other genres.
Megan Crewe on Young Adult Fantasy: A Reading Guide.
Robert Freeman Wexler on Fountain Pens.
Rachelle Gardner on Finances of Publishing.
Stroppy Author on Why books are not videos or music.
Mark Charan Newton On Artwork.
Charles Tan on Hardcover Madness.

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