Interviews and Profiles

• Fast Forward interviews Connie Willis (podcast/video).
• Solaris interviews Keith Brooke.
• The Functional Nerds interviews Liz Smith and Marian Call (podcast).
• Fantasy Faction interviews Peter Orullian.
• Weird Fiction Review (Adam Mills) interviews Eric Schaller.
• The New Yorker (Deborah Treisman) interviews Jennifer Egan.
• Stina Leicht interviews Karen Lord.

Advice/Articles

• Tansy Rayner Roberts On Writing Steampunk Fantasy with Fairies and Frocks In.
• Gollancz (Paul S) on Patrick Rothfuss, or how I learned to love audio and stopped dislocating my shoulder by carrying really really heavy hardbacks in my satchel on my way to work…
• Jeff VanderMeer on The Science of Difficult Topics.
• Rachelle Gardner on What Does a Publishing Contract Cover?
• Juliette Wade on Manipulating the Feeling Conveyed by Character Names.
• Clarion Blog (Erin Lale) on 5 Steps to Yes: Make a Good Impression with Your Cover Letter.
• Chuck Wendig on Self-Publishing And The Burden Of Proof and 25 Things To Know About Writing The First Chapter Of Your Novel.
• The Guardian (Damien Walter) on New pulp fictioneers are ready to rock'n'roll.

News

• Angry Robot Signs Three-Book Deal with Emma Newman.
• Kevin J. Anderson's novelization of Rush's Clockwork Angels album due out this Fall from ECW Press.
• Leo Dillon (1933-2012).

Interviews and Profiles

• The Coode St. Podcast with Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe (podcast).
• Furious Fiction interviews Jeff VanderMeer (video).
• GeekDad (John Booth) interviews John Scalzi.
• Strange Horizons (Dustin Monk) interviews Karin Tidbeck.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) interviews China Mieville.

Advice/Articles

• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on One Title to Rule Them All: Naming Your Book.
• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on Stepping Outside The Box –Thoughts on Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality In Worldbuilding.
• Janice Hardy on Leave Yourself Notes: Ways to be a More Productive Writer, Part 5.
• Tansy Rayner Roberts on Pratchett’s Women VIII: Has Scythe, Will Teach School.
• The Guardian (Alison Flood) on Do literary spoilers matter?

Blackout by Mira Grant

Interviews and Profiles

• The Bulletin interviews Hiromi Goto.
• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Catherine Lundoff.
• io9 on Movie Science That Fails (video).
• Locus interviews Nick Mamatas.
• Anthology Builder interviews Alethea Kontis.
• Decompose interviews Nancy Fulda.

Advice/Articles

• Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on The Time Machine question.
• Book Life Now (Matt Forbeck) on 12 for ’12: Writing a Dozen Books a Year.
• Book Life Now (John Klima) on Debunking the Myth of a Strong Opening.
• Inkpunks (Sandra Wickham) on High Fiber Serials.
• Matt Forbeck on Why Do Ebooks Sometimes Cost More?
• BBC Future on ‘Barcode everyone at birth’.

News

• Launch Pad Attendees 2012.
• Editor GoH at World Horror Con 2013: John Joseph Adams.

Interviews and Profiles

• Lightspeed (Theodore Quester) interviews Melanie Rawn.
• Lightspeed (Geek's Guide to the Galaxy) interviews Michael Chabon.
• Prime Books (T.J. McIntyre) interviews Tananarive Due.
• [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author Kevin James Breaux.
• Gollancz interviews Patrick Rothfuss.
• Reddit interviews Tim Pratt and Sam Sykes.

Advice/Articles

• Bryan Thomas Schmidt on The Importance of Reading Beyond Female Stereotypes.
• Kirkus Reviews (Thea James) on Top 10 Fantasy Novels by Female Authors inspired by ‘The Killing Moon’.
• Smart Pop Books (Daniel M. Kimmel) on The  Batman We Deserve.
• Graham Edwards on The many lives of a writer – 1.
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: Time and the Writer.
• Stroppy Author on How to speak publisher: E is for Earning out.
• Nathan Bansford on Traditional vs. Self-publishing is a False Dichotomy.
• Missions Unknown (Scott A. Cupp) on Star Well by Alexi Panshin, 1968.

News

• T. C. McCarthy wins Compton Crook Award for Science Fiction Novel.
• Jennifer Egan to Publish Sci-Fi Story on Twitter.

Interviews and Profiles

• Gollancz interviews Elspeth Cooper.
• Flickering Myth interviews Dave Mott.
• The Enchanted Inkpot (Leah Cypress) interviews Kate Milford.
• Reality Skimming interviews Leonid Korogodski.
• Speculate! interviews Brent Weeks (podcast).
• Omnivoraciouos (Jeff VanderMeer) interviews China Mieville.
• Tor.com (Brit Mandelo) interviews Paolo Bacigalupi.
• Suvudu (Shawn Speakman) interviews Jennifer Bosworth.

Advice/Articles

• Keith Brooke (Ian Sales) on Whippleshield Books.
• Rachelle Gardner on What Does the Editing Process Look Like?
• Janice Hardy on Break it Down: Trimming Words From a Too-Long Manuscript.
• Bookworm Blues (Sue Bricknell) on The Ship Who Sang.
• Revolution Science Fiction on Adoption Advocates Ask For Avengers Apology.
• Tor.com (Shoshana Kessock) on Fantasy For All: The Evolution of LGBT Characters in Comics, Fandoms and YA Lit.
• Charlie Stross on SF, big ideas, ideology: what is to be done?
• Shimmer (Cassie Alexander) on Facts are Friends: Writing What You Know.
• Book Life Now (Peter Brandvold ) on Stalking the Wild Sentence.
• Inkpunks (Kristi) on Putting the science in zombie apocalypse.

News

• Forbidden Planet Reading from Ben Aaronovitch.
• Announcing the 2012 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists.
• BVC’s “All You Can Read” Library Ebook Plan.

 The Sword & Sorcery Anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman

Interviews and Profiles

• Kindle Post interviews Chris Roberson.
• The SFFWRTCHT Interview: Author Leah Petersen.
• Far Beyond Reality interviews L.E. Modesitt Jr.
• The Colored Lens interviews Larry Correia.
• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Gollancz interviews Joe Abercrombie.

Advice/Articles

• io9 (Greg Rucka) on Why I Write "Strong Female Characters".
• The New York Times (Simon Critchley) on Philip K. Dick, Sci-Fi Philosopher, Part 2.
• Justine Larbalestier on Cassandra Clare on the Myth that Authors Automatically Condone What We Depict.
• Rachelle Gardner on All About Advances.
• Chuck Wendig on 25 Reasons You Should Quit Writing.
• Suvudu (Matt Staggs) Take Five with Lynn Flewelling.
• Rochita Loenen-Ruiz on Returning to the indigenous body and the body's narratives.
• Kate Elliott on World Building: The Map Is Not The Territory.

News

• Angry Robot Signs Two Book Deal with Debut Author Wesley Chu.

 The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci and Nate Powell

Interviews and Profiles

• Gollancz interviews Kristen Britain.
• The Little Red Reviewer interviews Sarah Zettel.
• SFX interviews Paul Cornell (video).
• The Agony Column interviews Walter Mosley (podcast).

Advice/Articles

• Juliette Wade on The scariest question: "Why should I care about this story?"
• Janice Hardy on Who's There? Introducing Characters in a Scene.
• Chuck Wendig on Revisiting The Fevered Egos Of Self-Publishing.
• The Qwillery (Lisa Shearin) on Unexpected characters can put the magic in your story.
• Book Life Now (Cassie Alexander) on The Highs and the Lows of Becoming an Author.
• Inkpunks (John Klima) on Doing Research at the Library, Part II.
• Locus (Denise Dumars) on Divided by a Common Genre.
• Omnivoracious (Susan J. Morris) on Discover Your Word Crushes: What Word Clouds Tell You About Your Writing.
• Matt Forbeck on The Real Way Ebooks Save Publishers.

News

• Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards 2012 Nominees.
• SFWA Election Results.

Congrats to the 2011 Nebula Award winners.

Interviews and Profiles

• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Michelle Sagara.
• The Coode St. Podcast with Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe.
• The Outer Alliance interviews Joan Slonczewski (podcast).
• Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012 (video).

Advice/Articles

• Book View Cafe (Sherwood Smith) on History, Fiction, and Time.
• Janice Hardy on The Best Advice on Plotting I've Ever Heard: Two Tips That Will Make Plotting Easier.
• Inkpunks (Andrew Romine) on Capturing the Essence: Gesture Drawing for Writers.
• io9 on Frank Frazetta's Lord of the Rings images.
• Omnivoracious (Brian Francis Slattery) on Three Reasons Why I Didn’t Complete the Assignment.

News

• Ellen Datlow's KGB May 16, 2012 photos.
• Announcing the Spectrum 19 Award Winners.

Interviews and Profiles

• Reddit interviews Helen Lowe.
• Gollancz interviews AJ Dalton.
• Ty Johnston interviews Cora Buhlert.
• Prime Books (Molly Tanzer) interviews Lavie Tidhar.
• The Qwillery interviews Trent Jamieson.
• [SFFWRTCHT] A Chat With Author/Editor Robin Wayne Bailey.
• AMC Blog interviews John Scalzi.
• Locus interviews Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant.
• Stina Leicht interviews Mur Lafferty.

Advice/Articles

• Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Business Rusch: The “Brutal” 2000-Word Day.
• Flavorwire (Emily Temple) on 10 YA Books That Scarred Us For Life.
• Trish Sullivan on Some thoughts on SFF and reality checks.
• Small Beer Press on Translation Games.
• Book Life Now (Cassie Alexander) on Shutting Down, In a Good Way.
• Locus (Gemma Files) on 623 Words About Speculative Poetry.

News

• Jack O'Connell & E.C. Myers read at KGB June 20.
• Angry Robot Announces a New Two-Book Deal for Chuck Wendig.
• Iain Banks and Kim Stanley Robinson in Conversation.
• Prime Books Acquisition.
• The Forum will feature Elizabeth Moon, David Rodin and Elizabeth Quintana.
• Tanya Huff eBooks.

Interviews and Profiles

• The Enchanted Inkpot (Caroline Hooton) on Jasmine Richards.
• The SFFWRTCHT Interview: Author N. M. Singel.
• Reddit interviews Michael Dirda.
• Geek's Guide to the Galaxy interviews Brian Greene (podcast).
• DisinfoCast  Matt Staggs interviews Warren Ellis (podcast).

Advice/Articles

• Book View Cafe (Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) on Writing Belief Systems.
• Janice Hardy on Crossing Words Off Your List: Making the Most of Editing "What Not to Use" Lists.
• Kate Elliott (Tansy Rayner Roberts) on Looking for the Women (in Ancient Rome).
• The King of Elfland's Second Cousin on Super Hero Narratives and Our Re-discovered Love for Them.
• Juliette Wade on Dialogue, and specificity: How talk depends on the talkers.
• Book Life Now (Jim C. Hines) on Do I Have to Have a Facetwibblogger+ Page?
• Inkpunks (Sam Sykes) on Serious Thoughts for Serious People.

News

• Electric Velocipede #24 Table of Contents.
• 2312 Website.
• Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012).

 Shadow Unit: Anomalous Crimes Season 1, Book 1 edited by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear