November 16, 2009 Links and Plugs

There's three more The Apex Book of World SF interviews to be posted at SF Signal so stay tuned. In the meantime, here are the interviews from the previous week:

• Aleksandar Žiljak
• Anil Menon
• Dean Francis Alfar
• Tunku Halim
• Han Song
  

And those curious about the upcoming Lightspeed magazine should listen to the Sofanauts with editors John Joseph Adams and Andrea Kail. I also get plugged. =)

And currently getting a barrage of hits from a combination of Andrew Wheeler, James Nicoll, and Jay Lake. (Thanks guys!)

Interviews

• SFF Audio interviews Robert J. Sawyer (podcast).
• Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Mark Teppo.
• Writerscast interviews Richard Nash (podcast).
• The Wall Street Journal interviews Cormac McCarthy. (via Nadia Bulkin)
• Michael A. Ventrella interviews Jay Lake.
• MakerCulture interviews Cory Doctorow (video).
• The Author Hour interviews Anne Rice, Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card (podcast).
• Betrayals interviews Lilith Saintcrow.
• Globo TV interviews Catherine Asaro (video -- starts at 3:25).
• Oprah interviews Stephenie Meyer (video).
• TVO interviews Cory Doctorow (video).
• Fantasy Book Critic interviews James Barclay.
  

Advice/Articles

• Shweta Narayan on Geekery (babbling about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis).
• Genreville on In Defense of Dystopia.
• SciFi Scanner on The Five Most Common Mistakes When Adaptating Children's Fantasy.
• Nadia Bulkin on How women turn to misogyny.
• Damien G. Walter on Bookshops are not Churches. But.
• The Onion on Alternate-Universe Sci-Fi Channel Show Asks What Would Happen If Germany Lost War.
• Odyssey Workshop on Writing Question: When to get a critique.
• Victoria Strauss on Wanna Be a Virtual Author’s Assistant?…Maybe Not.
• Jason Sanford on How cover art influences book sales (at least, for one picky reader).
• Kameron Hurley on 100 Words.
• C.L. Anderson on The Writing Life: The Grind.
• Jo Walton on What Is It With Coffee?
• Edward M. Lerner on Of Sequels and Series.
• Rachel Aaron on A consumer’s take on why ebook readers still have a long way to go.
• Editorial Ass on Women never write anything important or spectacular anyway.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Burnout.
• S.C. Butler on The Future of Bookstores?
• Juliette Wade on The Inciting Event and Your World - Revisited.
• Jeff VanderMeer on Where Does Inspiration Come From?
• John Ottinger III On the Opinion that Authors Should Not Respond to Reviews.
• The Intern on NaNoReVisMo #4: Tales from the Dumpster.
  

News

• Sybil’s Garage Opening to Submissions on January 15, 2010.
• Sarah Monette gets a new publisher and a new name.
• Jonathan Strahan has a Call for Stories: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume Five.
• Nebula Nomination Period has opened.

And if you haven't bought it yet, buy yourself a copy now (with new art!):

The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia