SF Tidbits for 1/8/10
By Charles Tan |
Friday, January 8th, 2010 at
12:05 am
- Alethea Kontis interviews Peter S. Beagle.
- The A.V. Club interviews Jeff VanderMeer. (via Matt Staggs)
- Elitist Book Reviews interviews Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- John Scalzi profiles Sarah A. Hoyt.
- Fantasy Book Critic interviews Tim Marquitz.
News
- Shawna McCarthy now blogs.
- Novel & Collection Query Schedule at Hadley Rille for 2010.
- New Realms of Fantasy Website.
- Chicago Center for Literature and Photography 2009 Best Experimental Novels.
- Caprica has a facebook page!
Articles
- Lavie Tidhar on Optimism in literature around the World and SF in Particular, part 6: Israel.
- Jeff VanderMeer on Finch Novel, Opening Chapters: Discarded Approaches.
- T.J. McIntyre on The Future of Publishing?
- Tansy Rayner Roberts on More on Realms of Fantasy.
- Alisa Krasnostein on Wait, what did you say?
- Ben Payne on Realms of MANtasy???
- Rae Bryant on Etymology of a Lady.
- Mike Brotherton on Feminine Fantasy — Realmfail Cometh?
- Shawna McCarthy on I can’t ignore you any longer!
- Aliette de Bodard on Obsidian and Blood setting, 4: Acatl and death in Mexica religion.
- Jim C. Hines on Killing Characters.
- Carpe Libris Writers’ Group on Where Do I Send My Masterpiece?
- Sean Wallace on Recognising Female SF/F Magazine Editors.
- George R. R. Martin on Learn to Write Good.
- Matt Staggs on Some basic advice to self-published authors. Agree? Disagree?
- Megan Kurashige on helpful hints for bookstore customers, part 9.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Negotiation Part Six.
- Rachelle Gardner on The Book’s The Thing.
- Sarah Monette on Everyperson Blues.
- Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday: And Coming up on the Left, Stuff and A Little Class, Please.
- John Scalzi on Do the Producers Guild Nominations Foretell Oscar Bids for SciFi?
- Pimp My Novel on A Word on Market Share.
- Catherynne M. Valente on A Book of One’s Own.
- Superhero Nation on Why it’s so so important for writers to read a lot.
- SciFi Squad’s Top Ten Sci-Fi Adaptations.
- Compare and contrast: The 20 SF Movies io9 is Most Excited To See In 2010 and SciFi Wire’s 12 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movies You Have to See in 2010.
Related posts:
- SF Tidbits for 1/7/10
- SF Tidbits for 2/26/06
- SF Tidbits for 11/12/09
- SF Tidbits for 11/18/09
- SF Tidbits for 1/2/10
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As much as a I enjoy the discussions and interviews about writing and SF authors I wish more attention was paid to SF illustrators. I’d love to see more links to interviews with artists, how-to articles and videos, explorations of the themes and history of science fiction illustration, etc.
Funny you should mention that, David. Coming soon!