November 5, 2009 Links and Plugs

When it rains, it pours: continuing the Apex Book of World SF interviews, the latest one is with Jetse de Vries. My BSC Review essay is up, Gender, Minorities, and International SF. And there's my guest post over at Jeff VanderMeer's blog, A Pre-Summation of Philippine Speculative Fiction 2009.

And Golden Gryphon Press (an excellent publisher) currently has a two-for-one sale.

Also should have plugged this sooner. Odyssey 2009 graduate Lisa Poh is looking for other Singaporean writers. Anyone want to help her out?

Interviews

• SF Signal Mind Meld: Speculative Fiction Books That Should Be Assigned in School.
• A Writer Goes on a Journey interviews Alan Baxter. (via Aurealis Xpess)
• The Agony Column interviews Eric Simons (podcast).
• Marshall Payne interviews Angela Slatter.
• Odyssey Workshop has a recording of Patricia Bray's lecture.
• San Antonio Current interviews Jeff VanderMeer. (via Locus Online)
• Tor.Com interviews Professor Kelly Joyce (Part 1).
• Dead Robots Society interviews Philippa Ballantine and Dan Sawyer (podcast).
  

Advice/Articles

• Will Hindmarch on Eldritch Visions of Cthalloween.
• Mark C Newton on Thoughts on the Dying Earth genre.
• Caren Gussoff on The next big punking.
  
• Stomping on Yeti on The Next Big Thing? The FuturePast.
• Jennifer Jackson on unsolicited manuscripts.
• Guy Hasson on Making His Feature Film Debut (part two).
• Cory Doctorow on Radical Presentism. (via Locus Online)
• GeekDad on 2009 Holiday Gift Guide #1: Books. (via Locus Online)
• Jason Denzel on The Duel, part 1: Help Me Defeat Brandon Sanderson.
• Lou Anders on The First Lady of Fantasy.
• Megan Crewe on The Sequel Question.
• Margaret Ronald on The Book as an Object.
• Emma Newman on The Savvy Author’s Guide to Podcasting.
• Aprilynne Pike on Firsts. (via Editorial Ass)
• Lynne Patrick on Ten reasons publishers don't offer feedback on submissions.
• Justine Larbalestier on NaNo Tip no. 4: Word Count is Not Everything.
• Dean Wesley Smith on Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Self Promotion. (via Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
• Mike Brotherton on Smarts, Sponteniety, Science, and Science Fiction.
• Rachelle Gardner on How To Avoid Getting an Agent.
• Janice Hardy on What I Learned at World Fantasy Week: Double Jeopardy.
• The Intern on NaNoReVisMo #2: two flavors of facts.
  

News

• Barnes and Noble Review reviews Finch.
• Warren Ellis releases Shivering Sands. (via David J. Schwartz)
• Borders offers free shipping on out-of-stock items. (via Booksquare)
  
• Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook Design. (via Booksquare)
• Amazon.com's Twitter Program Generates Controversy.

Go buy:

House of Windows by John Langan