January 18, 2010 Links and Plugs

Lavie Tidhar is threatening to summon Golem Ninjas to assassinate my soul if I don't plug the Apex Book of World SF stories that are available free for download.

Also, check out Crossed Genre's Post A Story for Haiti.

Interviews

• The Author Hour interviews Carol Berg, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Dennis L. McKiernan, and Diana Pharaoh Francis (podcast).
• The Guardians Book Podcast interviews China Mieville. (via Damien G. Walter)
• The Wenatchee World interviews Kay Kenyon. (via Pyr Books)
• Cult Pop interviews John Scalzi and Jim C. Hines (video).
• Hour of the Wolf interviews writing group Altered Fluid (radio).
• WebbWeaver interviews Jeremy C. Shipp.
  

Advice/Articles

• Rich Horton's Summary: Electric Velocipede, 2009.
• From the Authors Guild: Simplified Method for Claiming Works for Google Book Search Settlement.
• Joe Abercrombie on The New Sword and Sorcery.
• The Wall Street Journal on The Death of the Slush Pile. (via Arcaedia)
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards on Are Translations Old-Fashioned?
• Outer Alliance on Queer Friendly Conventions.
• Jim C. Hines on File-sharing Follow-up and Friday LEGO.
• Rachel Aaron on The Writerly Life.
• Deborah J. Ross on Ways to Trash Your Writing Career: Gossip.
• Charlie Stross on Writing Tools.
• Editorial Ass on Authoring in the New Decade.
• Paula Guran on Dear Wall Street Journal: The Slush Pile is NOT Dead.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Professional Jealousy.
• Bev Vincent on Aspiring Writers.
• Juliette Wade on Question Your Assumptions.
• Janice Hardy on Get Back (Story) Where You Belong.
• Jason Sanford on Simultaneous submissions: Should you sim sub or not?
• Mark C. Newton on Piracy.
• Odyssey Workshop on Writing question: Character arc.
• Lee Harris on Hugos Voting Controversy.
• Erik Larsen on eComics.
• Sean Wallace on A Word to the Wise: Authors and Rejection Responses.
• Ari Marmell on A Ranger, a Wizard, an Elf, and a Halfling Walk Into a Tavern...
• Fabio Fernandes on An Apple Has Two Names.
  

News

• Kage Baker of the GreenMan Inn call for support. (via Norilana)
• The Law Finally Catches Up With Faux Literary Agent/Film Producer Robin Price.
• New Gormenghast novel found in attic.
• Aus Spec Fic Carnival January 2010.
• Philip K. Dick Award Nominees 2009.
• The Million Writers Award needs genre judges.
• Poe's home, for now: Quoth a cousin, 'Baltimore'.
  

And go buy, cat-lovers or otherwise:

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