SF Tidbits for 12/22/09

Interviews/Profiles

• Yeti Stomper interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• The World SF News Blog has A Round Table on Australian SF with Gillian Polack, Simon Brown, Yaritji Green and Tessa Kum.
• Book Banter Podcast interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
• The Science Of Fiction interviews Maggie Jamison, Apex Submissions Editor.
• Tor.com interviews Innsmouth Free Press.
• Diabolical Plots interviews Nancy Fulda.
• Aqueduct Press has

  2009 retrospectives by Nancy Jane Moore, Kristin King, Nisi Shawl,

  Rachel Swirsky, Cynthia Ward, Therese Littleton, Cheryl Morgan, Jeffrey

  Ford, and Lisa Tuttle.[via Locus Online]

• Bibliophile Stalker interviews Lee Harris of Hub Magazine and Angry Robot Books.

News

• Tor signs Bill Willingham to Starscape Imprint who will debut with a new

  original fantasy novel for young readers. [via Press Release]

• Cast your vote for StarShipSofa’s 2010 Sofanaut Awards!
• In-World War is described by

  the filmmakers as “a smart and offbeat indie sci-fi feature, [which] tells the

  futuristic story of a debt-ridden and depressed beta tester trapped in a buggy

  virtual reality simulation of the ‘war on terror’.”

• Underland Press Sale.
• Golden Gryphon 2-for-1 Sale.

Articles

• Jim C. Hines on Are Booksignings Worth It?
• Jeff VanderMeer on Choosing Your Platforms and Protecting Your Private Booklife.
• Rachelle Gardner on Where the Money Comes From.
• Janice Hardy on The March Toward Publication (or What Happens Next, Part Two).
• John Joseph Adams on The Secret of My Success–Revealed!
• Mark C Newton on Thoughts on 2009.
• Randy Susan Meyers on Books on Writing.
• Gerry Canavan on Avatar and the War of Genres.
• Win Scott Eckert on Amazon fails again–and contributors to anthologies get punished.

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2. SF Tidbits for 9/18/09
3. SF Tidbits for 11/12/09
4. SF Tidbits for 12/19/09
5. SF Tidbits for 11/27/09

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