February 1, 2010 Links and Plugs

It's been an interesting weekend but unfortunately, I don't get a penny for every news item that I report. (And it's been an interesting week overall, considering the other developments...)

The most urgent news is R.I.P. Kage Baker.

The other, in light of Amazon's war on Pan Macmillan, is that the former may actually be capitulating to the latter (but so far the "buy now" button hasn't been restored yet).

Interviews

• The Dragon Page interviews Gail Z. Martin (podcast).
• Hour of the Wolf interviews Sheree Renee Thomas (podcast).
• OF Blog of the Fallen interviews Darren Campo.
• Fantasy Magazine interviews Sarah Monette.
• The Abaddon & Solaris Books Podcast interviews David Moore and Jonathan Oliver.
• Locus Magazine interviews Charles Coleman Finlay.
  

Advice/Articles

• Rich Horton's Summary: Cabinet des Fées, 2009.
• The Guardian on Apple + iPad + Huxley = Orwellian nightmare.
• Anna Tambour on "Small press" is no excuse for this dog's breakfast, vomited.
• Odyssey Workshop on Writing Tip: Looking/Eye Words.
• Madeleine E. Robins on Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Delayed on Account of Research.
• Alma Alexander on Finish It.
• Janice Hardy on Passing Through.
• Nicola Morgan on Self Editing - A Bit Like Weeding.
  

News

• Fantasy Magazine: Now Available for Free at the App Store.
• Terry Pratchett ready to be test case for suicide law.
• Announcement about SFWA vice president.
• Cris Robins and The Robins Agency: She’s Ba-aaack!

Kage Baker Tributes

• Marty Halpern
  
• SFWA
  
• Ross Lockhart
• Jeff VanderMeer
• John Scalzi
• Emma Bull
• SF Signal
  

Amazon vs Pan Macmillan

• Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement.
• Charlie Stross (1, 2, 3)
• Laura Anne Gilman (1, 2, 3)
• John Scalzi (1, 2, 3, 4)
• To: All Macmillan authors/illustrators and the literary agent community.
• Marie Brennan
• BoingBoing (1, 2)
• Jay Lake (1, 2, 3)
• Jim Hines
• Catherynne M. Valente
• Janni Lee Simner
• Nick Mamatas (1, 2)
• Nicola Griffith
• Cheryl Morgan
• Edward Champion
• Mary Robinette Kowal
• Tobias Buckell (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Amazon Kindle Team's Response
• Tansy Rayner Roberts
• Lisa Mantchev
• Cherie Priest
• Emma Bull
• K. Tempest Bradford
• Kathryn Cramer
• Brenda Cooper (1, 2)
  
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Sarah Zettel
• Louise Marley
• Rachel Aaron
• Kim Malo
• Andrew Wheeler (1, 2)
• Paolo Bacigalupi
  
• Kat Meyer
• Blake Charlton
• Small Beer Press
• Gwenda Bond
• Streamthing

New cover!

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan