November 19, 2012 Writing, Publishing, and Speculative Fiction Links and Plugs

Just wanted to mention the SF Signal review of one of my favorite collections for the year, Crackpot Palace by Jeffrey Ford.

Interviews and Profiles

• The Agony Column interviews Junot Diaz (podcast).
• Deerfield, IL video of Cory Doctorow.
• The Coode St. Podcast episode 123.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews Steve Volk (podcast).
• Fantascienza (Paul Di Filippo) interviews Dario Tonani.

Advice/Articles

• Theodora Goss on Being Ruthless.
• Sarah McCarry on A Few Good Men.
• World SF Blog (Karin Tidbeck) on Landscapes.
• Book View Cafe (Marie Brennan) on Tale Types.
• Book Life Now (Minerva Zimmerman) on There Are No Starship Captains.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on What Geek Girls Wear (Is None of Your Business).
• ExtremeTech (Ryan Whitwam) on The downside of warp drives: Annihilating whole star systems when you arrive.
• The New York Times (Verlyn Linkenborg) on Throw Out the Rules! Read a Fairy Tale.
• Pop Matters (Dominic Umile) on Stephen King's Debt to Horror Comics.
• The Cut (Yael Kohen) on How Vampires Learned to Love Virgins So Much.
• SFX (Dave Golder) on Sci-Fi’s Greatest Flying Cars.

Art

• The Concept Art of Jamga.
• King Arthur Mummy Regular.
• King Arthur Mummy Advanced.
• Hellboy by Daren Bader.
• Conan poster for Mondo.

News

• MTV Buys Mystery Drama Produced By Kelsey Grammer. [via Gwenda Bond]

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