April 23, 2009 Links and Plugs

RIP Ken Rand.

Interviews

• The Nebula Awards interviews Catherine Asaro.
• Sarah Monette Q&A 17.
• Elizabeth Bear Q&A.
• The Agony Column interviews Jeremy Lassen (Night Shade Books) (podcast).
• Bookspot Central interviews Jordan Harper.
• Maria Schneider interviews Andrew Keen.
  

Advice/Articles

• Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites.
• Odyssey Workshop on Unlikable Protagonists.
• Samuel R. Delany on Racism and Science Fiction.
• Jonathan Karp on 12 Steps to Better Book Publishing.
• SF Signal Mind Meld on The Best Women Writers in SF/F.
• Steven Johnson on How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write.
• Angela Slatter on Clarity + Specificity = Authority OR How to Make the Lie Work.
• Strictly Writing on Ten things only writers understand.
• Jeremiah Tolbert on Five (and One Silly) Ideas For Avoiding the Paradox of Choice in Writing.
• James A. Owen On Writing/Publishing: The Success Paradox, Part I.
• Geoff Manaugh on Between the Tower and the Parking Lot: A Spatial Appreciation of J.G. Ballard.
• Jim C. Hines on Significant Others (Rape Awareness Month).
• The Millions on The Future of Book Coverage, Part I: R.I.P., NYT?
• Paul S. Kemp asks First experience with spec fic?
• Scott Edelman on Asimov's Altered Dedication to The Currents of Space.
• Suvudu on The Future of Newspapers and Book Coverage: A Book Reviewer Roundtable and The Love-Hate of Editing.
  
• Sarah Brandel on The Unsung Heroes of Publishing: Interns and Slush Readers.
• John Klima on Is It Just Me, or Do Editors Never Sleep?
• Charles N. Brown on J.G. Ballard.
• McSweeneys on Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era.
• Arik Hesseldahl on The True Cost of Amazon's New Kindle.
• Joanna Penn on The Publishing Quadrant: Where do you belong?
  

News

• Author Ken Rand passes away.
• World Digital Library launches.
• Realms of Fantasy Fiction: Update: Guidelines.
• Fresh Blood for Wild Cards.
• Winter Is Coming... to HBO.
• Shira Lipkin is having an auction.
• Free Black Static 10 with a subscription to Interzone.
• PS Publishing announces (scroll to the bottom) that the ten-novel Gift Boxes have been upgraded (for the month of April only) by one of the random ten books being exchanged for a trade edition of Secret Histories.
• Strange Horizons has staff openings.
• A new issue of Abyss & Apex just got released.
• New Imaginarium Geographica Art Prints!
  

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On Spec Magazine Spring 2009