SF Tidbits for 12/18/09

Interviews/Profiles

• Wizards of the Coast interviews Leila Johnston.
• Examiner interviews Jennifer Brozek.
• John Scalzi profiles Laura Anne Gilman.
• Fantasy Book Critic interviews Alexander Gordon Smith.
• System-Level Design Community interviews Lou Anders.

News

• “In the Nick of Time” – Free 300+ Page Holiday Sampler of Bestselling Books!
• Frazetta Heist update: Notary drops bombshell.
• RIP Milorad Pavic, 1929-2009.

Articles

• Rich Horton’s Summary: Jim Baen’s Universe, 2009.
• The Year’s Best SF and Fantasy, Honorable Mentions, Part 4.
• Cheryl K. Morgan on The Desperate Quest for Eyeballs.
• Victoria Strauss on The UK’s Society of Authors Issues Guidance on Ebooks.
• Shawn Speakman on ARCs From The Mail.
• Mur Lafferty on Books! Music! Podcasts! The Mur Gift Guide!
• Amanda Gannon on Sucker Love: Celebrating the naughty tentacle.
• N.K. Jemisin on “How did you learn to write?”
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Three.
• Janice Hardy on Great Holiday Gifts for Writers.
• SciFi Scanner on The Winners and Losers of ’00s SciFi Movies.
• Wired on how Star Trek Stops Women From Becoming Computer Scientists.
• Ellen Datlow has photos from KGB reading December 16, 2009 with Andy Duncan and Christopher Rowe.
• EVENT: As part of the Fantastic Fiction free reading series, Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present David Anthony Durham and Lev Grossman on Wednesday Wednesday January 20th, 7pm at KGB Bar in NYC.
• Teresa Nielsen Hayden on Another Author’s Big Mistake on Amazon.
• SciFi Squad on The Top Ten ‘Bang for the Buck’ Sci-Fi Movies.
• Stephen Hunt on The Write Stuff.

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