June 16, 2009 Links and Plugs

Hope you check out my interview with Julia Leigh over at the Shirley Jackson Awards blog.

Interviews

• The Shirley Jackson Awards interviews Julia Leigh.
• Rochita Loenen-Ruiz interviews Marshall Payne.
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews China Mieville.
• Rick Kleffel interviews Jedediah Berry part 1 (podcast).
• Professor Crazy interviews Alan Dean Foster.
  

Advice/Articles

• Nick Mamatas on Fast Money vs Good Money, plus Monday Quick Notes.
• China Mieville on Five Reasons Tolkien Rocks.
• Michele Lee on Magazines Closing.
• Kirsten Imani Kasai on The Writer's Rag Bag.
• Shawn Speak on Editor: Terry Brooks.
• Seth Godin on Textbook Rant.
• Jeff Cohen on The Long and Short of It.
• Joseph Finder on June Writing Tip - What I Learned from Movies and TV.
• Rachelle Gardner on The Dreaded Author Platform.
• S.C. Butler on Give Me Narrative or Give Me Death.
• Juliette Wade on The Importance of Character Motivation.
  

News

• Catherynne M. Valente's Fairyland is live! Donate, donate, donate.
• New Surreal Anthology call for submissions.
• Tale Bones is closing but will be an annual anthology in 2011.
• Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers.
• Angry Robot Books signs 3 new authors.
• Night Shade Books sale extended.
• Paul Di Filippo reviews Four Freedoms by John Crowley.
• Pyr Books titles now available for the Kindle.

Here's a magazine that's covering a much-needed niche in the genre:

Icarus: The Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction