SF Tidbits for 3/4/10

Interviews/Profiles

• 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.