SF Tidbits for 2/28/11
- Working Writers interviews Janice Hardy.
- Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe (podcast).
- The Outer Alliance interviews Warren Rochelle.
- Dead Robots Society interviews P.G. Holyfield (podcast).
- Little Miss Zombie interviews Allyson Bird, Monica J. O’Rourke, Fran Friel.
News
- J.R.R.
Tolkien novel Mirkwood in legal battle with author’s
estate
. - John
Klima Ends Print Version of Electric Velocipede
.
Events
- Science
Fiction and Fantasy writing competition – UCLan Publishing
. - Shorts International Honors
Achievements In Short Film At The First Annual 2011 Shorts Awards
. - Jasper
Fforde signing at Liverpool and Manchester
.
Articles
- Wendy Wagner on Apprentice Word Smiths.
- Theodora Goss on How to Revise.
- Laura Anne Gilman on Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 8.
- Sherwood Smith on Fiction for Adults.
- James Alan Gardner on The Skill List Project: Reading Judiciously.
- Aliette de Bodard on Plotting Your Short Stories.
- Rich Horton’s Summary: Cabinet des Fées, 2010.
- Jeff VanderMeer on Style is Story is Style.
- Richard Dansky on This Essay Sucks So You Should Never Read Anything Ever Again.
- Stroppy Author on World Book Night – good or bad?
- Jon Sprunk on Roles
That Bind: Roleplaying Games and the Fantasy Genre
. - David Surridge on Epic
Fantasy: Notes Toward a Definition
. - Terri Windling On Myth
& Writing
. - Mostraum Viewpoint lists 111
Science fiction books to read before a supernova kills us all
. - Jo Walton on Hugo Nominees:
1972
. - A. Lee Martinez on Chasing
“The Writer”
. - John Mullan of The Guardian lists 12
of the best new novelists
and elicits reponses from M.John Harrison
and HalDuncan
. - Torque Control on BSFA
Award Nominations: Non-Fiction Statistics
. - The Guardian lists Thomas
Bloor’s top 10 tales of metamorphosis
. [via LitLists
]
Art
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