December 21, 2009 Links and Plugs

I gave in to temptation and engaged in a flame war over at a friend's blog during the weekend. I mention this because a) it's an example of how not to behave (from lack of proper punctuation/capitalization/spelling to invoking 9/11) and b) Andrew Wheeler's comment is made of win.

Interviews

• Wet Asphalt interviews Michael Moorcock.
• Science Fiction Musings interviews Jay Lake.
• The Agony Column interviews Jeff & Ann VanderMeer (podcast).
• Hour of the Wolf interviews Jedediah Berry (podcast).
• Nethspace interviews Jeff VanderMeer.

Advice/Articles

• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Lone Princesses and Girly Books.
• Huffington Post on Science Fiction Goes McDonald's: Less Taste, More Gristle.
• Odyssey Workshop on Writing question: Most useful exercise.
• Jenn Brissett on Postscript to Vitriol.
• Neth Space on The SFF Literary Pub Crawl.
• Missions Unknown on Your Most Memorable SF/F Album Covers.
• Suvudu on Authors Share Once Titles.
• Rachel Aaron on The unexpected perks of publication.
• PJ Nunn on Name Recognition.
• Juno Books on Book Sales Stats: Apples and Oranges?
• Mike Brotherton on Five Reasons Why People Think They Hate Science (and what to do about it!).
• Kate Elliott on When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong.
• Justine Musk on 5 Principles to Remember as You Battle the Demons of Creative Procrastination.
• Janice Hardy on Great Holiday Gifts for Readers.
• John Joseph Adams on Anthologies in the Age of Lightspeed.
• Rosemary Jones on Shared World Fiction: Spinning Stories Out of the Unmapped Bits.
• Joe Sherry on A Golden Age for Short Fiction.
• Pamela Freeman on The Things An Author Does.
• Shaun Duke on Science Fiction Ain’t Dead (So Shut Up).
• Jason Sanford on Positively positive that positive SF doesn't have to be positive to be positive.
• The Intern on the (book promotion) gods must be crazy.
  

News

• Sam Elliott, Philip Pullman Says Religious Right Blocked Golden Compass Sequel.
• DreamWorks announces Kung-Fu Panda writers for Gil’s All Fright Diner.

Currently reading:

The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois