January 29, 2009 Links and Plugs

Much stuff to do...

• Publishers Weekly on How Do You Go About Getting Blurbs?
• SF Signal on Shrewd Writing Advice From Some of Science Fiction's & Fantasy's Best Writers.
• Nick Mamatas has a post on the recent racism and other fiasco entitled MY GOD, WHAT HAVE THE NEGROES DONE!!!
• Jim C. Hines on The State of Short Fiction.
• Jennifer Pelland on The Privilege Pyramid.
• Penguin Con has a writing workshop with Jim C. Hines and Catherynne M. Valente.
• More on e-piracy from P.N. Elrod.
• John Ottinger III on Book Marketing: A Reader's Perspective.
• Jo Walton on Real World Reading for Fantasy Writers.
• Irene Gallo interviews Jon Schindehette, art director for Wizards of the Coast.
• Amazon To Drop Microsoft, Adobe e-Book Formats.
• Best Translated Book of 2008 Finalists.
• Jessica Faust on Publishing Jobs.
• The New York Times on Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab.

Here's something for the horror fans:

New Dark Voices 2 edited by Brian Keene