July 15, 2009 Links and Plugs

Readers might want to grab a copy of the July issue of Locus Magazine where Philippine Speculative Fiction IV and A Time for Dragons gets reviewed (thanks for the review Rich!).

Interviews

• Zombie Joe interviews Alex Bledsoe.
• Mur Lafferty interviews JC Hutchins (podcast).
• Liviu Suciu interviews David Weber.
• Jeff VanderMeer interview K. Tempest Bradford.
• Adventures in SciFi Publishing interviews James Enge (podcast).
• Over at Josephmallozzi’s Weblog, James Enge is interviewed.
  

Advice/Articles

• Social Politan has an extensive Advice on Novel Writing.
• Stuart Jeffries on Space operas and far futures.
• Genevieve Valentine on Past, Present, Future: Readercon 2009.
• Lev Grossman on Some important things/people that I saw/met/learned/heard about at Readercon.
• Judith Berman on Penelope Travels Home, Then Packs to Travel Some More.
• Jenny Rough on Retirement Plans for Writers.
• Pimp My Novel on A Load of B.S. (BookScan).
• Nicola Morgan on Show Not Tell - Let Me Tell You How.
• William Shunn on Positioning chapter headers on the page.
• Megan Kurashige on helpful hints for bookstore customers, part 4.
• Rachelle Gardner on Write Another Book!
• John B Rosenman on Spice Up Your Chapter Titles.
• The Book Publicity Blog on What is an Imprint?
  

News

• Magic: The Gathering soda.
• Check out 26 to 50, a Japanese/English literature site.
• FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB--special Clarion 25th anniversary reading.
• Check out the Human Genre Project.

And from PS Publishing:

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