SF Tidbits for 1/13/12
Interviews and Profiles
- Spotlight Report interviews Marianne de Pierres.
- The Independent (Neela Debnath) interviews Peter Nicholls.
- John Scalzi’s The Big Idea: Daniel O’Malley.
- [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author & Editor Phil Athans.
- Black Gate (Emily Mah) interviews David Barr Kirtley.
- Fictional Frontiers interviews Tara Bennett (podcast).
- io9 reprints publisher interview with Robin Hobb.
- Black Gate (Emily Mah) interviews David Barr Kirtley.
- B&N Book Clubs has video of Amanda Hocking.
News
- Help Out Diane Duane by jumping on some great eBook deals.
- DC cancels six comic books, replaces them with Batman and China Miéville.
- Now posted: Science Fiction Concatenation.
- Empire State WorldBuilder is now live!
- Kirkus Media Seeks Experienced Book Editors.
- Empire State WorldBuilder is now live.
- Subterranean Press: 50% Off Preorders for a Limited Time
- Star Trek-style ‘tricorder’ invention offered $10m prize. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Astronomers have determined exactly what colour our home galaxy the Milky Way is.
Events
Articles
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Write Tip: Why Your Book Needs A Sell Sheet & How To Make One.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Why Not?
- Chuck Wendig on How To Self-Publish So It Benefits Readers?
- Kelley Eskridge on The Wonder.
- Apex (James L. Sutter) on A House Divided: Science Fiction Versus Fantasy.
- Juliette Wade on A sf/f writer experiments in literary thinking.
- Malinda Lo on Being Conscious About Gender.
- Cheryl Morgan on Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht.
- Jo Walton on James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes.
- Catherine Russell on The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
- Bibliophile Stalker (Charles A. Tan) on Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett.
- NYTimes on Caitlín R. Kiernan, Geoff Ryman and Tim Powers.
- Martha Wells on The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea.
- Janet Harriett on On Being a Lady Person at Genre Cons.
- Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News & Reviews on Love/Hate Relationships and Why I Can’t Quit YA Fiction.
- The Night Bazaar (J.M. McDermott) on The Half-Baked Idea of Genre Boundaries.
- The Night Bazaar (Stina Leicht) on It’s Complicated.
- The Night Bazaar (David Constantine)on Keeping up with the Genres.
- The Night Bazaar (John Love) on Genre and Mainstream Themes and Ideas Crossing Over.
- The Night Bazaar (Mazarkis WIlliams) on Amazon has put me in a category….
- Jamie Todd Rubin on audio books.
- The Times Herald on Comics store zones in on Internet success. [via Paul Di Filippo]
- Genreville (Rose Fox) on Women and Men, and Cover Art.
- Omnivoracious on The Votes Are In: Literary Award Winners and Finalists.
Art
- Gregory Manchess on Painting John Carter.
- 3D concept ships by João Moraes.
- Five New Posters For Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D Are So Good, You Almost Forget How Bad It Is.
- Hilarious Movie Parody Posters Starring the Simpsons.
More Fun Stuff
While his advice is sometimes useful, I just…can’t get into Chuck Wendig’s writing. His style is a little too “Know what I mean? Say no more!” Each post could lose 300 words and be the better for it; often the jokes are good but go on for too long. The whole butt-slap thing in the beginning of the linked post should drop at least 3 lines. That said, he’s providing a useful service in education about publishing and clearly a lot of people like it!