October 20, 2011 Links and Plugs

The blog will be on hiatus from October 24 ~ November 6 as I will be at WFC. (I'm sure John de Nardo of SF Signal will satisfy your linking needs.)

P.S. Signal-boosting Stone Telling's call for submissions.

Interviews and Profiles

• StarShipSofa interviews Tobias Buckell (podcast).

Advice/Articles

• The King of Elfland's Second Cousin on Why do we love science fiction, fantasy, or horror? 
• Janice Hardy on And Pretty Words All in a Row: Tightening Your Narrative Focus.
• Fantasy Matters (N.K. Jemisin) on Beyond Worldbuilding: Cosmobuilding, or, The Power of the Space Hoagie.
• Shimmer (Lisa Hannett) on Hewing Away the Rough Walls (Or, Five Ways to Put Your Story on a Diet).
• Matthew Cheney on A Contribution to VanderMeer Studies.
• Tor.com (Jo Walton) on Cheating Death in SFF.
• Tor.com (Arnie Fenner) on Lovecraft, Asimov, GRRM, Heinlein & More: Painting SFF Writers.

Squee!

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