March 16, 2010 Links and Plugs

Things are looking bleak for Polyphony 7. Why don't you pre-order a copy? (Now! It's the last day!) Here are statements from Jay Lake and Nick Mamatas.

Interviews

• New Zealand Radio interviews Neil Gaiman. (via Aurealis Xpress)
• Blood and Stardust interviews Nicholas Kaufmann.
• The Dragon Page interviews F. Paul Wilson.
• Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews director Alexandre Philippe.
  

Advice/Articles

• Rich Horton's Summary: "Novella Chapbooks", 2009.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Stealth Worldbuilding & the Other Kind of Standalone Fantasy.
• Ian McDonald on Spingate.
• Josh Jasper On Rocket Ships and Palm Trees.
• Gary Westfahl on Searching for Tomorrow: A Second Look at FlashForward.
• Jo Walton on Why reviewers don't often say “This sucks”.
• Brandon Sanderson on Can you do that in a fantasy novel?
• Judith Tarr on Ways to Trash Your Riding Career: The More You Know…
• Editorial Ass on What's a standard submission process like? (Your Questions continued).
• William Shunn on Publishers who ask for camera-ready copy.
• Courtney Milan on Lying.
• Rachelle Gardner on Common Questions Answered.
• S.C. Butler on Write What You Don’t Know.
  

News

• SALE: 50% Off All In-Stock and Forthcoming Night Shade Titles!
• Lightspeed Will Temporarily Close to Submissions.

From Angry Robot Books:

City of Dreams & Nightmare by Ian Whates