January 12, 2012 Links and Plugs

Interviews and Profiles

• The Shell Case interviews Dan Abnett.
• UrbnFutr (Alexander Phillips) interviews Melissa Sterry.

Advice/Articles

• Joel Sheperd on Death of the Female Movie Star? 
• Travel Supermarket on 12 More Sci-Fi Film Locations You Can Actually Visit.
• Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Forging Stories: Exploring the Metaphor.
• Rachelle Gardner on When Agents Pitch to Editors.
• Juliette Wade on Boy meets girl - how?
• Brooke Bolander on Clarion and You.
• io9 (Meredeith Woerner) on The Best Science Fiction Films at This Year’s Sundance.
• Jim C. Hines on Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers).
• Inkpunks (Myke Cole) on Writing Groups.
• Tor.com (Ryan Britt) on Genre in the Mainstream: 5 Literary/SF “Crossover” Books to Watch For in 2012.

News

• KGB with James Patrick Kelly & Kelly Link, January 18th.
• Other Worlds Than These anthology submissions.
• WSFA Small Press Award Nominations.
• World Fantasy Judges Announced.
• Call for Submissions for The Best horror of the Year volume 5 (2012).

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