July 22, 2010 Links and Plugs

Fantasy Book Critic has a giveaway for Clockwork Phoenix 3 and has a short story up as well.

Also, Shira Lipkin is doing a Blogathon to raise money for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.

Interviews

• The Wall Street Journal interviews Marjorie M. Liu.
• Cult Pop interviews John Scalzi, Cherie Priest, Tobias Buckell (video).
• The Agony Column interviews Alan Cheuse and Peter S. Beagle (podcast).
• Dead Robots Society interviews Gabrielle Harbowy (podcast).
  

Advice/Articles

• Paul S. Kemp on Why I Keep Writing.
• Jeff VanderMeer on Shared Worlds, Day Two.
• K. Tempest Bradford on Are Dreams Really As Weird As All That?
• Angela Slatter on Pondering Author Platform.
• Sir Tessa on Maturity and the Artist.
• Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on Finding Our Stories.
• John R. Fultz On Writing Fantasy: A Timeless Style.
• Shawn Speakman on The Creation of a Cover.
• Mike Brotherton on More Online Astronomy Resources for Writers.
• Erin Healy on Who Is Your Reader? Part 1: “How Do I Love Thee?”
• Janice Hardy on Re-Write Wednesday: To the Dump, To the Dump, to the Dump, Dump, Dump...
  

News

• Philip K Dick Festival.
• Lawsuit Dropped; Claimed That Copyright-Filtering Violates Copyright.
• Chinese Science Fiction Newsletter: July 2010.
• (Australian) Open short story markets.
• 2009 Prometheus Awards.
• The Gulliver Travel Research Grant.

A Wild Light by Marjorie M. Liu