April 22, 2009 Links and Plugs

How romance is different from the writing life: you can love your story all you want but your story will never love you back (it can give you pleasure though).

And today's cause is the Interfictions 2 Auction.

Interviews

• Sarah Monette Q&A 16.
• Mary Robinette Kowal interviews Felix Gilman.
  

Advice/Articles

• Judith Berman on A Short Reading List on "True Narratives."
• Cat Rambo on The Power of Butt in Chair.
• Charlie Hills on Finding Your Voice.
• Elaine Cunningham on Forgotten Realms Novels Guide.
• Adam Ganderson on The Last Warlock: A Brief History of Clark Ashton Smith and The Golden Age of Weird Fiction.
• Shaun Duke on How do I get ARCs/galleys easily?
• Genre Reviews on Bias.
• Madeleine E. Robins on The Big Necessity.
• Maria Schneider on Authors on Twitter: Who’s getting it right?
• Barbara Poelle on Lest Ye Be Judged...
• Justine Larbalestier on Why I never want to be an agent.
• Mike Brotherton on Einstein Got Laid Like a Rockstar.
• Matt Forbeck on Chronicling Mutants.
• The Book Publicity Blog on Working with speakers bureaus.
• Janice Hardy on The Sum of the Parts.
  

News

• Interfictions 2 Auction.
• Heliotrope Issue Five just got released.
• Ganymede Submission Guidelines.
• Using SKYPE, Wiley Holds Virtual Bookstore Talk.
• James Ellroy Really Wants You to Be His Facebook Friend.
  

For your daily book plug:

The Best of Abyss & Apex Volume One edited by Wendy S. Delmater