August 17, 2011 Links and Plugs

Interviews and Profiles

• Orbit Podcast interviews Gail Carriger.
• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Ernest Cline.
• Leftlion interviews Mark Chadbourn.
• Alternate History Weekly Update interviews Steven H Silver.
• The Functional Nerds interviews Charles Day (podcast).
• Lightspeed (Stacey Friedberg) interviews Genevieve Valentine.

Advice/Articles

• Chuck Wendig on The Secret Menu Of Writing Advice.
• Library Journal (Neil Hollands) on SF/Fantasy’s Epic Journey.
• Clarion Blog (Lucienne Diver) on Convention vs. the Current Truths.
• Jim C. Hines on The Right Way to Write.
• Inkpunks (Nick Mamatas) on Folding Socks w/Nick Mamatas.
• Suvudu (Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett) on Dragons We Have Known.
• Suvudu (David Liss) on How a Comic Book Is Like a Sonnet.

News

• Colin Harvey RIP.
• Versification release.
• Thomas to Edit Apex Magazine.

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