May 12, 2011 Links and Plugs

Congrats to the 2011 Locus Awards Finalists.


Interviews

• Stephanie Jacob interviews Jennifer Pelland.
• Angela Slatter interviews Amanda Pillar.
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Anne Leinonen.
• I Should Be Writing interviews Peter Orullian (podcast).
• Scott Taylor interviews Will McLean.
• Reddit interviews John Scalzi.

Advice/Articles

• Jason Sanford on Why Do Genre Magazines Dominate the Million Writers Award?
• Benjamin Rosenbaum on "Roll a D6" vs "Like It's Quidditch".
• Damien G. Walter on China Miéville leads radical SF's invasion of the mainstream.
• Nick Mamatas on Against Professionalism.
• Lavie Tidhar on The Faces You Don’t See.
• Genevieve Valentine on Intertitles: "A Strange and Savage Beauty": Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy.
• Morgan Dempsey on Beta Readers: Best Practices.
• John Scalzi on How Science Fiction Movies Can Help You Write Novels.
• John Ottinger III on 8 Lawyers that Became Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors.
• The Intern on Week 'o' Critique Part 2: How to Revise (When You'd Rather Just Drink).

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