August 21, 2009 Links and Plugs

I'm really excited about Best American Fantasy 3. Also check out the official press release for the awesome line-up of future editors. (Also see Jeff VanderMeer's post on it regarding further developments.)

Interviews

• Yeti Stomper interviews Jay Lake.
  

Advice/Articles

• Robert McCrum on Some things won't change in the ebook revolution.
• Guy Gavriel Kay on Are novelists entitled to use real-life characters?
• Stephen Elliott on Why I Write.
• CL Anderson on The Writing Life - Delusions of Self-Discipline.
• Soyka on Short Fiction Beat: Tale of Two Magazines.
• Editorial Ass on agent follow-ups.
• Nicola Morgan on Writing for Teenagers.
• William Shunn on Word counts for proposal submissions.
• Sharon Wheeler on Dangerous dykes? I must have blinked and missed them…
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Deadlines.
• Rachelle Gardner on A Bad Economy? Whatever.
• Juliette Wade on My character needs backstory!
• Janice Hardy on Step Four. Clarifying the Good Stuff.
• John Scalzi on Quick Note to Would-Be Interviewers.
• Nathan Bransford on Genre Poll Thoughts.
• Pimp My Novel on Genre-Specific Sales, Part 8 of 8: Romance.
  

News

• Gmail/Strange Horizons Situation Gets Worse.
• Barnes & Noble Sued Over $596 Million Deal.
  

And check out this antho for prose and poetry:

Jabberwocky 4 edited by Erzebet YellowBoy & Sean Wallace