November 29, 2012 Writing, Publishing, and Speculative Fiction Links and Plugs

Interviews and Profiles

• Dragonwell Publishing (Anna Kashina) interviews Ellen Datlow.
• The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy interviews Steven Erikson (podcast).
• Orbit interviews Iain M. Banks.
• My Bookish Ways interviews Cassie Alexander.
• Civilian Reader interviews Adrian Tchaikovsky.
• Ginger Nuts of Horror interviews Colin F. Barnes.
• This is Horror interviews August V. Fahren.
• Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) interviews Hugh Macdonald.
• The Last Big Thing with Jeffrey Thomas.
• The Agony Column interviews Chris Ware (podcast).

Advice/Articles

• Sarah Rees Brennan on Heteronormativity, fantasy, and Bitterblue – Part 1. 
• Rachelle Gardner on Do You Have Impostor Syndrome?
• Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews (Mihai) on A prosperous week for the Romanian speculative fiction.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on How and why I use online alpha-readers while writing novels.
• Brian Ruckley on Why I’m On Twitter Now (Corporations Are Not Your Friends).
• Gollancz (Mark) on George R.R. Martin and How I Learned to Love The Big Bang Theory.
• Grady Hendrix on A Wrinkle in Time, Christianity, and Madeleine L’Engle.
• Locus Online (Gary Westfahl) on The Joke Is on Us: The Two Careers of Robert A. Heinlein.
• The Guardian (James Bridle) on One big fiction, read and written by us all.
• The Guardian (Adam Roberts) on Christmas gifts 2012: the best science fiction.
• The Guardian (Michael Brooks) on Michael Brooks's top 10 time travel books.
• SFWA (Caren Gussoff) on The Monster in the Laundry Basket: Professional Jealousy in the Open–Part One.
• Graeme's Fantasy Book Review on My Last Blog Post.
• Kirkus Reviews (Elaine Szewczyk) on Best Fiction of 2012.
• Kirkus Reviews Best of Fiction 2012: Science Fiction & Fantasy.
• Kirkus Reviews (John DeNardo) on Science Fiction Series Spotlight: Iain M. Banks' 'The Culture'.

Reviews

• Sci-Fi Fan Letter reviews The Scarlet Plague.

Art

• Vampire Earth Book 1, Enter The Wolf Greg Manchess.
• Concept ships by Kory Hubbell koryface on cghub.
• Skyrim - by Mlad.
• Mynæ-Crisis – The End of Embargo by Fahrija Velic.
• The stunning SF illustrations of Peter Elson.

News

• Astronomers puzzled over huge black hole in the middle of small galaxy.
• Simon & Schuster Announce Self-Publishing Service.
• J.R.R. Tolkien Estate Files $80M Suit Against The Hobbit Producers.
• The Gaiman Foundation Contributes $60,000 to CBLDF for Education Program November 28, 2012.
• George R. R. Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire – A Game of Thrones Guide for iPhone and iPad.