October 16, 2009 Links and Plugs

Rick Kleffel of The Agony Column has the best introduction to The Farthest Shore: "Even our second worlds seem to come mostly from the first." On a side note, check out Kleffel's recordings of the SF in SF readings: Claire Light Reads at SF in SF vs Litquake : Carl Brandon and "Pigs in Space" and Jewell Gomez Reads at SF in SF vs Litquake : Octavia Butler and 'The Gina Stories'.

Interviews

• Alethea Kontis interviews Lora Innes.
  

Advice/Articles

• Room for Debate Blog on Does the Brain Like E-Books?
• Annalee Newitz on Is Science Fiction Feminized Or Is It Sexist? Both.
• Victoria Strauss on Why Referral Fees Present Ethical Problems.
• Sarah Monette on MacGuffins and the art of storytelling.
• Kevin Standlee on Lowering Worldcon Voting Cost.
• Clint Harris on I Vant to Suck Your BLUD! And your writing SUX!
• CL Anderson on The Writing Life - Reading.
• Angela Slatter On the Winning of Awards and Prizes.
• Joe Konrath on Kindle Numbers: Traditional Publishing Vs. Self Publishing.
• Justine Larbalestier On Hating Female Characters.
• SC Butler on The Importance of Not Being Too Earnest.
• Juliette Wade on Another quirk of English...
• Janice Hardy on Writing is Job...Whenever.
• Stephen Marche on What's Really Going on With All These Vampires?
• Pimp My Novel on P&L 4 of 4: The Future.
• The Intern on publishing observations round-up.
  

News

• Gillian Poll on October Australian Speculative Fiction Blog Carnival – part 2.

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