Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Tidbits for 2/22/13

Interviews & Profiles

• Publishers Weekly interviews Lauren DeStefano.
• The Qwillery interviews Evie Manieri.
• Shimmer interviews Laura Hinkle.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews Kevin J. Anderson (Part 2).
• My Bookish Ways interviews Rex Kusler.
• The Geek Side of Life interviews Patrick Hester.

News

• ChiZine Press YA Novel Picking Up the Ghost Optioned for Film. [via Press Release]
• Alastair Reynolds delivers On The Steel Breeze, follow-up to Blue Remembered Earth.
• The World SF Travel Fund – fully funded!
• Kickstarter: H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon (Portland, OR).
• Kickstarter: Meet Your Maker by Justin and Pat Francart.
• Apex Publications Site News: Blog Changes and New Blog Contributors.

Articles

• Orbit Books (Helen Lowe) on Use of Weapons: The Armoury of Epic Fantasy.
• Tor.com (Lee Falin) on The Science of Future Past: Part 6.
• Black Gate (Sarah Avery) on Teaching and Fantasy Literature: Babe the Barbarian (Ruth, That Is).
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Out! All of You!
• Mythic Scribes (Codey Amprim) on 4 Elements of Epic Storytelling.
• John Scalzi on The eBook Path to Riches: Possibly Steeper Than Assumed.
• The Age (John Birmingham) on An open letter to the shoplifter caught stealing my book. [via Paul Di Filippo]
• Whatever on The Big Idea: John Joseph Adams.
• SF Novelists (James Alan Gardner) on The Skill List Project: World-Building Preliminaries.
• A Dribble of Ink (Brian McClellan) on Muskets and Magic.
• Tobias Buckell on Inspiration Mars: WTF?
• Warren Ellis on Boiling Spacetime: How Time Works In The Graphic Novel.
• Ian Sales on Films you must see: Only Yesterday.
• Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Forgotten Book: The Pastel City by M. John Harrison, 1971.
• WBUR on An Ode To Sci-Fi Marathons (And A Do-It-Yourself Guide).
• Amazing Stories (Chris Gerwel) on Crossroads – Science Fiction Romance: A Niche Before Its Time?.
• Amazing Stories (Johne Cook) on Ray Gun Rewind – Invoking Inigo.
• Amazing Stories (C.E. Martin) on Teaching the Kids Lessons through SFF.
• Smart Pop Books (Kay Steiger) on No Clean Slate.
• Bad Reputation (Sarah Jackson) on Modernism, feminism and fear: The Uncanny Stories of May Sinclair.
• Apex (Jess Diamond) on Women in Horror: Four Frighteningly Talented Artists.
• Bad Reputation (Alison Littlewood) on Five Women in Horror.

Art

• Children’s Illustrations by Laura Diehl.
• Awesome Digital Art by Zippo514.
• Superheroes by Andrea Meloni.
• Fantasy Art: Grin At You.
• Video Game Art: Brute Chieftain.
• Pendragon Chronicles Ecran (RPG) Icare Editions by yogh.

More Fun Stuff

• Shattered Pillars (Excerpt) by Elizabeth Bear.
• The Winter Plain (Excerpt) by Jo Bannister.
• Deborah J. Ross: Jaydium – Chapter 33.
• Excerpt from The Inner City Karen Heuler (ChiZine).
• Excerpt for The Savage Boy by Nick Cole.
• Video: Metaphors in Worldbuilding w/ Juliette Wade & more.
• Welcome to the Most Passive-Aggressive Ship in Star Fleet.
• Ellen Datlow’s Photos from the February 20 KGB reading with Cecil Castellucci and Gordon Dahlquist.
• SyFy Game: Stardrift Empires Nova.
• SyFy Game: Mecha Galaxy.
• 100,000 Stars – Interactive Star Map. [via Mike Brotherton]

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