Link Roundup
Links to articles, blog posts, etc., that I found especially interesting this week.
SFWA Blog
Guest Post: Would You Rather Be Wrong or Right?
My personal preference is for what I’ve called third-order answers. A lot of mysteries have an obvious culprit, and then a character who is, if you know your narrative conventions, the obvious alternative to the obvious culprit. I like mysteries that go one step further.
Quick Updates for 2012-04-18
In the Seattle area? Join us tonight at the WIlde Rover in Kirkland for the SFWA reading series. http://t.co/D7IiUcSI #
An Interview with Stina Leicht
The absolute necessity of a happy ending is another Americanism. So, while I understand why some readers were frustrated with those aspects of the story, I wouldn’t change them even if I could because I feel Americans should be open to other points of view — or at the very least, exposed to them.
Quick Updates for 2012-04-17
Reminder: SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series in Portland today (Mon 4/16/12), Kirkland tomorrow (Tue 4/17/12)! Free! http://t.co/NiEO0qTo #
2012 Prix Aurora Award Nominations Announced
2012 Prix Aurora Award Nominations Announced
The DOJ’s Ebook Price Fixing Lawsuit Against Apple and the "Agency Five": An Overview
Unquestionably, the big publishing news of the week was the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit filing against Apple and five major book publishers–Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon and Schuster–for alleged ebook price fixing.
Poetry.com Returns
Once upon a time, there was an infamous vanity anthology company called the International Library of Poetry, also known by the name of its website, Poetry.com.
Quick Updates for 2012-04-11
SFWA Pacific Northwest Reading Series in Portland 4/16/12, Seattle 4/17/12 http://t.co/NiEO0qTo #
BooklifeNow.com Announces a Rebranding
BooklifeNow.com, a website that serves as support for and a supplement to Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer by author Jeff VanderMeer, is proud to announce a new website rebranding and content management team that aims to keep current with changing trends in the writer’s market, as well as increase reader engagement and grow the reader base.
