November 5, 2012 Writing, Publishing, and Speculative Fiction Links and Plugs

Interviews and Profiles

• The Qwillery interviews Christopher L. Bennett.
• BBC interviews Iain M. Banks (video).
• I Should Be Writing interviews Jared Axelrod (podcast).
• Scott Edelman Three readings from the 2012 World Fantasy Convention: F. Brett Cox, Elizabeth Hand, and Robert Shea (video).

Advice/Articles

• Theodora Goss on Becoming the Writer.
• Weird Fiction Review (John Clute) on The Darkening Garden: Revel. 
• WhatCulture! (Danny J. DPurb) on 10 Reasons You’re Never Too Old To Be A Gamer.
• WhatCulture! (Brandon Jacobs) on Star Wars Episode 7: 5 Reasons It Could Be Awesome and 5 Reasons It Could Suck.
• Book View Cafe (Marie Brennan) on What makes a folktale?

Reviews

• Nancy Kress reviews Cloud Atlas.

Art

• A Century of War of the Worlds. [via Paul Di Filippo]

News

• World Fantasy Awards Winners.
• Pan Macmillan acquires two new horror novels by British author Adam Nevill.
• Alex Proyas To Direct New ABC Sci-Fi Drama ‘Evolve’.
• Star Wars: Episode 7 is about Luke Skywalker.
• Weirdfictionreview.com Celebrates a Year of Great Content.
• Lawrence M. Schoen reading from Buffalito Buffet.