SF Tidbits for 1/18/10
Interviews/Profiles
- The Author Hour interviews Carol Berg, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Dennis L. McKiernan, and Diana Pharaoh Francis (podcast).
- The Wenatchee World interviews Kay Kenyon. (via Pyr Books)
- Hour of the Wolf interviews writing group Altered Fluid (radio).
- WebbWeaver interviews Jeremy C. Shipp.
- @Agony Column: A 2009 Interview with Graham Joyce.
- @Sci-Fi Fan Letter: Robert Jackson Bennett.
- @LA Times: Bill Willingham.
News
- The Law Finally Catches Up With Faux Literary Agent/Film Producer Robin Price.
- Aus Spec Fic Carnival January 2010.
- The Million Writers Award needs genre judges.
- Poe’s home, for now: Quoth a cousin, ‘Baltimore’.
- SFX’s Biggest God-damned SF & Fantasy Poll In The Universe is now open.
- Ursula Le Guin’s Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement.
Articles
- Lee Harris on Hugos Voting Controversy.
- The Wall Street Journal on The Death of the Slush Pile. (via Arcaedia)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards on Are Translations Old-Fashioned?
- Outer Alliance on Queer Friendly Conventions.
- Jim C. Hines on File-sharing Follow-up and Friday LEGO.
- Rachel Aaron on The Writerly Life.
- Deborah J. Ross on Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Gossip.
- Charlie Stross on Writing Tools.
- Editorial Ass on Authoring in the New Decade.
- Paula Guran on Dear Wall Street Journal: The Slush Pile is NOT Dead.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Professional Jealousy.
- Bev Vincent on Aspiring Writers.
- Juliette Wade on Question Your Assumptions.
- Janice Hardy on Get Back (Story) Where You Belong.
- Jason Sanford on Simultaneous submissions: Should you sim sub or not?
- Mark C. Newton on Piracy.
- Odyssey Workshop on Writing question: Character arc.
- Erik Larsen on eComics.
- Sean Wallace on A Word to the Wise: Authors and Rejection Responses.
- Ari Marmell on A Ranger, a Wizard, an Elf, and a Halfling Walk Into a Tavern…
- Fabio Fernandes on An Apple Has Two Names.
- J.R.R. Tolkien makes Bookstove’s list of The Five Best Selling Works of Fiction. Twice.
- David John McDonald (a.k.a. David Tennant) wrote an awesome foreword to the Doctor Who specials on DVD.