December 20, 2011 Links and Plugs

Semi-work related, Paolo Chikiamco has a "free" eBook anthology, Ruin & Resolve, for those who donate to Sendong typhoon victims in the Philippines (details in the link above). Alternatively, there are details on helping/donating from around the world here.

Lavie Tidhar also threatened me if I didn't plug his latest short story.

Interviews and Profiles

• Fantasy (Wendy N. Wanger) interviews Seanan McGuire.
• She Never Slept interviews Laird Barron (podcast).
• The Center for Fiction panel Outsiders in/of Science Fiction and the Fantastic with Steve Berman, Carlos Hernandez, Andrea Hairston, Alaya Dawn Johnson and Samuel R. Delany with moderator Ellen Kushner (video).
• Publisher's Weekly (Adam Lipkin) interviews Julianna Baggott.
• Black Gate (Patty Templeton) interviews Jeff VanderMeer.
• The Bloghole interviews Philip Athans.

Advice/Articles

• Janice Hardy on Tell Me About it: When Telling is Better Than Showing.
• The Guardian (Alison Flood) on Genre writes to Literature.
• Weird Fiction Review (Ann VanderMeer) on Thanks For Your Support: WFR.com’s First Two Months.
• Juliette Wade on Must every scene must be different?
• Theodora Goss on Why Fantasy? (Part 2).
• Salon (Paul Di Filippo) on The overlooked sci-fi of 2011.
• Book Banter (Michael J. Sullivan) on A Bit About Contracts.
• Aqueduct (Fiona Lehn) on 2011, On the Couch.
• Locus Lois Tilton’s 2011 Short Fiction Reviews in Review.
• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on The Art of the Epic Battle.
• Suvudu (Lisa L. Hannett) on the Weird West in Fiction.

Postcolonialism and Science Fiction by Jessica Langer