March 12, 2010 Links and Plugs

Can I get a mulligan for this week?

Interviews

• Teenage Reader interviews Lisa Mantchev.
  
• T.J. McIntyre interviews Lisa Hannett.
• The Agony Column interviews Lou Anders (podcast).
• StarShipSofa interviews Norman Spinrad (podcast).
• Fangoria interviews Brian Keene.
• Nethspace interviews Blake Charlton.
• Mark Charan Newton interviews Julie Crisp.
• Wizads of the Coast Community profiles Erin M. Evans.
• Matt Staggs interviews Lev Grossman.
• BSC Review interviews Walter Greatshell.
• Grinding to Valhalla interviews Janice Hardy.
• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Skyler White.
  

Advice/Articles

• N.K. Jemisin on What especially pisses me off about Spinrad's article...
• Rose Fox on A Whiff of Colonialism.
• Clint Harris on The Infamous Spinrad Article.
• Larry Nolen on Norman Spinrad and the latest kerfluffle about international SF, with positive remedies.
• Juliette Wade on The Myth of the Native Speaker.
  
• Charles Tan on Where is International SF?
• The World SF News Blog on The Dilemma of the Term “World SF” Redux.
• Largehearted Boy on Book Notes - Various Authors ("Phantom").
• Nancy Jane Moore on Brave New (Writing) World: The End of the Throwaway Book?
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Risks (Part One).
• Nishi Shawl on Avatar.
• Hal Duncan On Sublime.
• Jim C. Hines on Strong Women Characters.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on To Be Continued.
• Ben Peek on Notes on Time.
• Heather Tomlinson on Lutins and Tengu and Were-Bears. Oh, my.
• Alaya Johnson on “What My Dad Said”.
• Nicola Morgan on Outline and Synopsis and Pointy Things About Punctuation.
• Nathan Bransford on Choose Your Own E-book Adventure.
• Alan Rinzler on How self publishing can lead to a real book deal.
  

News

• The Little Death of Crossed Genres: Under New Management.
• 2020 Visions.
• Scary Kisses Table of Contents.
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies #38 is out. (via Paul Jessup)
• Keith Stokes, Vonda N. McIntyre honored with SFWA Service Award.
• Book View Cafe Welcomes Chaz Brenchley.
• Harlem Casting for New Reality Show (book editor). (via Kristine Kathryn Rusch)

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Sounds And Furies by Tanith Lee