SF Tidbits for 1/6/10

News

• China Mieville blogs!
• Avatar, Star Trek and District 9 lead award shortlist.
• Apex January 2010 issue is out.
• Liz Williams is offering Creative Writing Tutoring.
• Update on Peter Watts’s trial. (via Cheryl K. Morgan)
• Kirkus Resurrected.
• Tor signs Bill Willingham to Starscape Imprint.
• David Luis Edelman’s Geosynchron gets a website, including a generous 8-chapter excerpt.

Articles

• Cathy Clamp on Distributor vs. Wholesaler-Getting Your Book on the Shelf.
• Catherynne M. Valente on How To Write a Novel In 30 Days.
• Aliette de Bodard on Obsidian and Blood setting, 2: Tenochtitlan.
• Jeff VanderMeer on Seven Points to Consider When Submitting Short Fiction.
• Adrienne Kress on It’s Not About the Odds.
• Naomi Novik on Worldbuilding and narrative voice.
• Philip Palmer on Sensual SF.
• Nicola Morgan on The nature of blockbusters.
• Catherynne M. Valente on All Girl Action.
• Sarah Monette on Quarantining the girl cooties.
• Jeff VanderMeer on Finch: A Primer on Novel Openings (Please Chime In).
• The Guardian on Back to the Hugos: Lord of Light by Robert Zelazny.
• Helen Stringer on Read Like A Child.
• Hal Duncan on The Scourge of Sci-Fi.
• Editorial Ass on Ethnic writing–what’s ok to say?
• Rachelle Gardner on Why Didn’t I Say Yes to Your Novel?
• Superhero Nation on Another Eight Facts About Writing That Surprise Young Novelists.
• The Book Publicity Blog on Just say no.
• Lavie Tidhar on Heroes and Villains in The Bookman.
• Mark C Newton on Clunky Writing.
• The Rejectionist on 2010 Is The Year of The Beast; Or, Updated Submission Guidelines.
• SF Reviews.net chooses its Publisher of the Decade.
• Lou Anders on Android Kisses and Summer Glau.
• Help Bibliophile Stalker compile a complete Philippine Speculative Fiction & Poetry Database.
• 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know.

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3. SF Tidbits for 7/6/08
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