SF Tidbits for 3/4/10
- The Agony Column interviews Joe R. Lansdale (podcast).
- The Abaddon and Solaris Podcast interviews Juliet McKenna.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Blake Charlton.
- Omnivoracious features Mark Teppo.
- Retro-interview at Tangent Online: Leigh Brackett & Edmond Hamilton. [via John C. Wright]
News
- Apex Book Company: Get our books for $1 each!
- Ali Sparkes wins Blue Peter book of the year award.
- Blood, Boggarts and Battlestars: An Introduction to Speculative Fiction with Margo Lanagan.
- Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition.
- Penguin CEO Unveils Demo for Apple iPad Digital Books.
- Jonathan Strahan is editing a Cyberpunk reprint anthology for Night Shade Books, dur out in 2012. Send your story recommendations!
Articles
- Rich Horton’s Summary: Hadley-Rille anthologies, 2009.
- Publisher’s Weekly on Strong Spines: Essentials for Standing Out on the Shelf.
- Overthinking It on Why Strong Female Characters are Bad for Women. (via Vodkaandlime)
- Cheryl Morgan on For the Record.
- Splinister on Women in horror: a summary of recent posts.
- Peter Tennant on Women in Black Static.
- Paul di Filippo on Small Press Spotlight: Underland.
- Mark Teppo On the Existence of Monsters.
- Monica Valentinelli on Authors! 8 Tips For Your Website’s Usability and Design.
- Greg Bear on Authors@Google.
- Shawn Speakman interviews Brandon Sanderson.
- Allison Pang on How to Find an Agent for Your Urban Fantasy Novel.
- Angela Slatter on Cover Letter Fail.
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on Writing Life: Deconstructing the World.
- Ron Bradfield Jnr on It’s All English to Me.
- Rachelle Gardner on How to Title Your Book.
- Brett Alexander Savory on Emotion, Imagination, Experience, Talent, and the Reader.
- The Book Publicity Blog on Why we schedule bookstore events (and why we don’t).
- Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday: Oh, That’s Subtle.
- Jason Sanford on Why the new Nebula Award rules … rule.
- Pimp My Novel on Terms to Know: ISBN.
- The Rejectionist on In Which We Uncharacteristically Attempt to Offer You Some Comfort.
- At Mercury News: Sci-fi spectacles have history of losing at Oscars.
- Michael Stackpole on Why Do Consumers Think Book Prices Are Too High?
- Matt Wallace on The Future of Fiction: The Definitive Post.
- Jay Lake on Taking the hair off.
- Mike Brotherton lists Ten Actors Who Look Like Aliens.
Thanks so much for the heads up on the $1 Apex deal. I picked the World SF anthology and “Open Your Eyes” because it was mentioned so much in the last Mind Meld.
Good choice! FWIW, here’s my review of Open Your Eyes.