November 11, 2009 Links and Plugs

Paul Witcover has a terrific review (the review's terrific, not necessarily the book) of The Secret History of Science Fiction that it shows me how far I still have to go as a reviewer. (My only consolation is that I read Gene Wolf's "The Ziggurat" the same way he did.)

While we're on the subject of the inferior 4+1, Paul di Filippo's fiction "Plumage from Pegasus" is up at Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Anyway, here's my interview with Anil Menon.

Interviews

• Newsarama interviews Lev Grossman.
• Genreville TV interviews John Langan and Michael Cisco at KGB Fantastic Fiction (video).
• Margo Lanagan's 2009 Printz Speech (video).
• SF Crowsnest interviews Ron Livingston.
• Butterfly Book Reviews interviews Lilith Saintcrow.
• The IAF has a Q&A with Cecil Castellucci.
• Jonathan Moeller interviews Teresa Howard.
• Into the Wardrobe interviews Sang Pak.
• John Scalzi profiles Scott Westerfeld.
  

Advice/Articles

• Rich Horton's Summary: Abyss & Apex, 2009.
• OF Blog of the Fallen's Best of 2009: The (Tentative) Longlist.
• The Week on Best books ... chosen by Lev Grossman. (via Small Beer Press)
• John C. Wright on A single note of defiance.
• Eugie Foster on Niches, Typecasting, and Stereotypes.
• Edward M. Lerner on When enough is(n't) enough.
• Ryan Harvey on Write-or-Die Spreads Fear Toxin from Your Desktop.
• Huffington Post on Top Authors, and Editor, in NYT Book Review Ethics Dispute. (via Booksquare)
• Deborah J. Ross on The challenge of compassion.
• Brad R. Torgersen on BRT Success – A Definition.
• Rachelle Gardner on How Book Royalties Work.
• Jeanie Franz Ransom on What I Learned From Blogging About the Kindle.
• Juliette Wade on Many paths to a writing career.
• Janice Hardy on It Doesn't Always Suck.
• John Scalzi on Writers and Financial Woes: What’s Going On.
• Nicola Morgan on Killing Your Darlings - Self-Editing for Softies.
• Nathan Bransford on Get the Big Stuff Right.
• Pimp My Novel on Fun Fact: The MTI Bump.
  

News

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Scenting the Dark by Mary Robinette Kowal