November 1, 2010 Links and Plugs

Interviews

• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: James A. Owen.
• Lois McMaster Bujold interviews her character Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan.
• Kelly Yanke Deltener interviews Vera Nazarian.
• Tor.com has A Conversation with Malazan series authors Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont.
• Jonathan Strahan chats with Gary K. Wolfe, Alisa Krasnostein, Karen Burnham and Francesa Mayman.

Advice/Articles

• Shweta Narayan on Thoughts on Speculative Tourism.
• Paul Moss on Is modern fiction just not up to scratch?
• Jeff VanderMeer on Report from Washington D.C.: Capclave, Library of Congress, Small Press & Last Drink Awards.
• Fabio Fernandes on From Brazil With Steam.
• Amal El-Mohtar on Towards a Steampunk Without Steam.
• Brian Murphy on The end of Realms of Fantasy begs the question: Too much fantasy on the market?
• Juliette Wade on Do more research to give the impression of less "research".
  

News

• Scholastic launches a new social networking site aimed at readers: You Are What You Read.
• eBook imprint 40kBooks has a couple of titles by science fiction titles on their website.
• 2010 World Fantasy Award Winners.

Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres