August 17, 2009 Links and Plugs

Not speculative fiction but Elizabeth Hand writes in to tell us about her brother's rock and roll tour, which the Washington Post has a feature on. (There's also a video.)

I was gone for most of the weekend (what's this thing called sleep?) but congrats to everyone who donated to Strange Horizons! They raised more than $10,000 over the weekend, meeting their goals.

And congrats to the Philippines's (and Netherland's) very own Rochita Loenen-Ruiz who was honored as the 2009 Octavia E. Butler Scholar at Clarion.

Interviews

• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Ann VanderMeer.
• Rae Bryant interviews Aliette de Bodard.
• Cat Adams interviews Catherine Asaro.
• Rick Kleffel has a couple of SF in SF Recordings: Madeleine Robins, Kage Baker, panel.
  

Advice/Articles

• Tom Matlack on Book Publishing: Death or Rebirth?
• Guru's Handbook on Learning by Teaching.
• There's a couple of Strange Horizons testimonials here (see comments for links).
• Jason Sanford on The noticing of SciFi Strange.
• Hal Duncan on An Open Letter to John C. Wright.
  
• Catherynne M Valente on An Open Letter.
• Mary Robinette Kowal on Writing Glamour in Glass: Chapter 5.
• James A Owen on This is what a book should do.
• SFWA on Resource: Historical Food Timeline and Reading Aloud.
  
• Nick Mamatas on Free Idea Friday: How To Write An Ad That Won't Make Me Laugh At You.
• Rudy Rucker on How to Write (Clarion West, 2009).
• Odyssey Workshop on The 2009 Experience.
• Jason Henninger on Outrage and Art.
• Graham Sleight on Disability and Sff.
• Theo on The Benefits of Blogging.
• Bill Ward on Public Opinion In the Age of Fractured Culture.
• Rachel Aaron on Stupid Writer Tricks.
• Vonda N. McIntyre on Pitfall #9: Department of Redundancy Department.
• Kevin Church on What’s Bruce Wayne Reading? (Yay Photoshop!)
• Jordan E. Rosenfeld on Makin’ it Real: Character Development.
• Nicola Morgan on Crappy Author Behaviour: The Launch.
• The Rejectionist on Important Lessons For The Week; Or, Thank God That's Almost Over.
• Laura Atkins on What’s the Story? Reflections on White Privilege in the Publication of Children’s Books.
• SC Butler on Write Another Book.
• Janice Hardy on Editor - Yay or Nay?
  

News

• Wizard of Oz Celebrates 70 Years in Oconomowoc.
• Philip Pullman speaks against UK’s vetting laws.
• Free fiction from Electric Velocipede.
• New Publishing Job Openings.
• Cory Doctorow on Book-donation drive.

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