October 14, 2009 Links and Plugs

Current controversy for the mid-week is The War on Science Fiction and Marvin Minsky which can be summed up as Women, Gays Apparently Ruining Sci-Fi For the Rest of Us. (Also see John Scalzi's A Boy’s Own Genre, or Not).

Interviews

• Bitten by Books interviews Jim C. Hines.
• Lon Prater interviews John Brown.
• Carolyn Kellogg interviews Michael Chabon.
• David Wellington interviews Ritch Duncan and Bob Powers.
• Jaymee Goh interviews James Ng.
• BSC Review interviews R.A. Salvatore.
  

Advice/Articles

• Ellis Weiner on Subject: Our Marketing Plan.
• Damien G Walter on Are we now post sci-fi?
• Jim C Hines on Quotas in the ToC.
• Nick Mamatas on Battle Royale—Evolution of a cover.
• Tessa Kum on I did mention the giant angry testicle, right?
• John Klima on Save Our Zines Day.
• TA Pratt on The Horror, the Horror.
• Charlie Stross on Why I hate Star Trek. Related: John Scalzi on Teching the Tech.
  
• Kristin Bair O’Keeffe on The Power of Perseverance.
• Editorial Ass on Your Pub Date, Minus Two Weeks.
• Barbara Poelle on SEAMS Madam?Nay, it is, I know not SEAMS.
• Rachelle Gardner on Protocol - When an Agent Offers to Rep You.
• Sarah Pinborough on It Seems I am a Horror Writer.
• Janice Hardy on Get Up and Get Out.
• Pimp My Novel on P&L 2 of 4: The Details.
• Alan Rinzler on Why book publishers love short stories.
  

News

• Realms of Fantasy: Subscriptions.
• Shared Worlds Guest Writers for 2010.
• F&SF'S $2010 in 2010 Contest Winner Announced.
• Tor.com’s Steampunk Meetup.
• Amazon admits: international Kindle users will pay more.

Oh, and here's my blogging 52 weeks daily so that once every year, I can plug my own fiction: (1 year late, but it should be available at Comic Quest this week and National Bookstore next week)

Philippine Genre Stories: Horror Issue