May 20, 2009 Links and Plugs

Brain explodo.

And my crush doesn't want me to send her books, *sniff* *sniff*

Interviews

• Clayton Neuman interviews Brandon Sanderson.
• Henry Baum interviews Brad Grochowski of Authors Bookshop.
• Greer Gilman is answering questions in this thread.
• Maria Schneider interviews Laura Dave.
• Fast Forward TV video interview with Catherine Asaro.
• Motoko Rich profiles Charlaine Harris.
• Search Engine interviews Cory Doctorow (podcast).
  

Advice/Articles

• John Klima on So You Want to Start a Zine: The Editorial Process.
• Aliette de Bodard on Xuya, or why alternate history.
• Daniel Salvo on A brief introduction to the peruvian science fiction.
• Robert McCrum on Misreading the end of literary culture.
• Jeremiah Tolbert on Why Hasn’t Story Itself Changed with the Web?
• David Forbes on All Tomorrows: The Changed Man.
• Paul Di Filippo on Robert Silverberg looks back on a life spent in the future.
• Jim C. Hines on Writing Is Hard.
• Joshua Palmatier on Writing: The Writing Epiphany! . . . and Winners.
• Brewster Kahle on A Book Grab by Google.
• Charlie Jane Anders on Walt Whitman's Best Friend Wrote The First Robot Revolution Story.
• Cory Doctorow on We must ensure ISPs don't stop the next Google getting out of the garage.
• Made by Many on How to be better at digital, or interactive, or new media or whatever it’s called…
• Laura Miller on The evolutionary argument for Dr. Seuss.
• Barbara Fister on Publishers & Librarians: Two Cultures, One Goal.
• Five of Christopher Miller's Favorite Books About Imaginary Authors.
• Judith Berman on Arab Fantasy.
• Book Business on 50 Top Women in Book Publishing.
• Barbara Poelle on Subjectivity Just Means You're Wrong.
• Justine Larbalestier on Invisible Audiences? Invisible to Whom?
• Robert Jones on Forensics 118: Size is not as important as it used to be.
• The Book Publicity Blog on How authors can reach out with a blog.
• Janice Hardy on Unpredicitable...That's What You Are...
  

News

• Call for Submission: GAY LATINO ANTHOLOGY.
• Editorial Assistant Wanted.
• Vote for the storySouth Million Writers Award.
• A Shakespearean Summer contest.
• Vote for the Hugo.
• Scientists discover deadly secret of Komodo's bite.
• Photos from Paul Di Filippo at Naulakha.
• 2009 Anthony Award Nominations.
• “Shared Worlds” Offers A Creative Alternative To Summer Camp.
• Number of On-demand Titles Topped Traditional Books in 2008.
• 11 Striking Findings From an Eye Tracking Study.
• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists.
  

May 18th, 2009

• Pope Lizbet
• JoSelle Vanderhooft
• Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

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A Spell for the Revolution by C.C. Finlay