May 19, 2009 Links and Plugs

Because Gang will kill me if I don't mention it, Rock Ed will be having Book Giveaway Activity at the Baywalk, from 3-6 pm on May 24. Bring books and trade it with other people. The rest will be given away.

Today (technically yesterday in my part of the world) is when people are posting their Fen of Color blog entries.

Interviews

• The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Nadia Bulkin.
• Randolph Carter interviews Sarah Monette.
• Jennifer Jensen interviews Sarah Monette.
• Gwenda Bond interviews Greg van Eekhout.
  

Advice/Articles

• Bruce Baugh on Fen of Color United and me as a white creator.
• Nalo Hopkinson on Looking for Clues.
• Jeremiah Tolbert on 5 Rejection Horror Stories.
• Jim C. Hines on The Author-Reader Contract and Backseat Writers.
• Priya Ganapati on Why E-Books Look So Ugly.
• Shawn Speakman on After Editing: Submission.
• K. Tempest Bradford on The Good, The Bad, The Mary Sues.
• BookSpot Central on Back in the Day Gems?
• Courtney Summers On being edited (and what I learned).
• Nnedi Okorafor on May 18th: A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
• Kate Elliott on “There aren’t enough books being written for this age group.”
• Andrew Wheeler on Publishing Light-Bulb Jokes.
  

News

• Social Publishing Site Scribd Adds E-Commerce; 80 Percent Revenues To Publishers (also see Site Lets Writers Sell Digital Copies).
  
• Website for bookworms ready to roll.
• Fantasy Magazine will be closed to submissions in June until August.
• Prime Books needs volunteers for WisCon.
• Flash Fiction 40 Contest Launch Today!
• Fantastic Fiction at KGB May 20: featuring Naomi Novik & F. Brett Cox.
• Innsmouth Free Press' Monster Bytes is open to submissions.

And today's the book release of Greg van Eekhout's novel. Go visit your bookstore and buy!

Norse Code by Greg van Eekhout