SF Tidbits for 5/19/11

Interviews

• Angela Slatter interviews Justina Robson.
• GeekaChicas interviews Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham.
• The Guardian Q&A with Neil Gaiman.
• Doctor Who interviews Neil Gaiman (video).
• John Ottinger interviews Peter Orullian.
• @Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Maria

  Dahvana Headley.

• Dragonmount interviews Patrick

  Rothfuss.

• Angela Slatter interviews Justina

  Robson.

News

• Mythopoeic Awards

  Finalists.

• Pyr to Enter Young Adult Market, with titles from K.D. McEntire, Ian McDonald, and Ari Marmell.
• Ian

  McKellen, Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, and Mark Williams to star in Matthew

  Butler’s 18th century zombie romp, The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet.

Events

• The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings presents Gregory Frost Michael Swanwick.
• The Underland Un-Conference: Boot Camp with Award Winners Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Elizabeth Hand, Brian Evenson, and More.

Articles

• Theodora Goss on Finding the Joy.
• Juliette Wade on Past Tense or Present Tense…or Both?
• Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on Speculative Fiction at the Library of America.
• Inkpunks (Erika Holt) on Getting Started: The Hardest Part.
• Janice Hardy on Do You Copy? Tips on Copy Editing Your Own Work.
• The Intern on Thoughts on Universals.
• Helen Lowe on Time,

  Quality, & The Modern SFF Novel.

• Mary Robinette Kowal on Process

  Shots: Building Papa Fuzzy for John Scalzi – Pt. 1.

• Daniel Abraham on Writing

  and pain management.

• Paul Raven on Pixar

  and the transhuman agenda.

• Shweta Narayan on Tough Guide to

  Fantasyland’s Exotic Locales and Helpful Natives.

  [via The

  World SF Blog]

• A. Lee Martinez on Chasing Zany.
• Locus Roundtable on Multiple

  Award Nominees for 2010.

• Neil Gaiman on Adventures

  in the Screen Trade.

More Fun Stuff

• @io9: Free

  Excerpt: America Pacifica by Anna North.

• Funy Pic: Authors vs. English teachers.

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