June 4, 2009 Links and Plugs

It's the start of the day and I'm literally drenched.

RIP David Eddings.

And here's an interesting mix of actual Philippine politics and speculative fiction.

Interviews

• At the Nebula Awards Blog, Cat Rambo interviews Mary Rosenblum.
• Jeremiah Tolbert interviews Greg van Eekhout.
• Jay Tomio interviews Paul S. Kemp.
• Neth Space interviews Mark Chadbourn.
• Eileen Gunn interviews Nisi Shawl.
• John Picacio interviews Dave Nalle.
• Selena Chambers interviews Catherynne M. Valente.
• BSC interviews Claude Lalumière and David Nickle.

Advice/Articles

• SF Signal on Why is Genre Fiction Bleak and What Can Be Done About It?
• Louis Menand on Show or Tell: Should creative writing be taught?
• John Crowley on The Accu-Thump of Googletarity.
• Neth Space on The SFF Literary Pub Crawl.
• Selena Hartley on Top 5 Summer Fantasy Novels.
• John Klima on Why Should We Save the Semiprozine?
• Ryan Singel on Critics: Google Book Deal a Monopoly, Privacy Debacle.
• Jo Walton on Something old, something new?
• Diana Rowland on In which I steal an old post.
• Jonathan Strahan on Books I’m looking forward to . . . Part 5. June 2009.
• Rachelle Gaardner on Memoir Guidelines.
• Diana Pharaoh Francis on Research is Half the Fun.
• Janice Hardy on The Main Event.
  

News

• David Eddings passes away.
• Check out Plots with Ray Guns: The Future of Crime Fiction.
• Jeff VanderMeer posts an excerpt of Booklife.
  

Here's a much-needed plug. Proceeds go to S.J. Tucker.

Ravens in the Library

And here's one from my inbox:

Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth