SF Tidbits for 7/1/11

Interviews & Profiles

• Tor.com interviews Greg Van Eekhout and Carrie Vaughn on Young adult fiction.
• The Big Idea: Jacqueline Carey.
• Locus Online Perspectives has an interview excerpt with Rachel Swirsky.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt interviews Michael Ray, editor of RedstoneSF magazine.
• Fantasy Magazine interviews Jeremiah Tolbert.
• Apex Magazine interviews Shira Lipkin.

News

• B&N offers 30 free ebooks if you upgrade your ereader to a Nook.
• Book View Cafe Welcomes Gregory Frost.
• Christopher Paolini turns in Inheritance Book #4 manuscript.

Events

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Events in Toronto, July 2011.

Articles

• Ian Sales on A month of mistressworks.
• Fantasy Magazine (Abby Fichtner) on Indistinguishable From Magic.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: You Are Not Alone.
• Bradley P. Beaulieu on How Writing Deadens the Reader’s Mind.

Art

• Artist John Picacio Posts Glimpses of His Song of Ice and Fire Calendar.
• @ItsArtMag: “Colosus” by piofoks.

More Fun Stuff

• The story of Dune, recreated with Gummi worms.
• The Elvis Stormtrooper.
• The Shadow Bytes: “Feline Grace”.