May 25, 2009 Links and Plugs

According to @Robinhemley: "President Arroyo has lifted the "Book Blockade!" No taxes on imported books to the Philippines, effective immediately!!!! Woo hoo!"

But I'm still waiting from official sources on the final news. (Edit: The Philippine Star breaks the news here.) At the very least, Malacañang has ordered a review of the tax on imported books.

Interviews

• Geoffrey H. Goodwin interviews Jedediah Berry.
• Jeff VanderMeer interviews Editor Stephen W. Saffel.
• Diana Rowland interviews one-half of Smart Bitches, Sarah Wendell.
• Maria Schneider interviews Dave Clapper.
  

Advice/Articles

• Nancy Fulda on Last Impressions, a reaction to "Last Impressions" by Mike Resnick.
• Save the Semiprozine Hugo on Who are some of the best new writers appearing in semiprozines?
• Matthew Kimble on 7 WTF Military Weapons You Won't Believe They Actually Built.
• Kelly Jane Torrance on Self-publishing finds commercial niche in digital age.
• Jonathan Lethem on Proximity People.
• Shine Anthology on Crazy Story Ideas Part 3.
• Marty Halpern on The Perfect Sentence.
• Brian A. Klems on 101 Best Websites for Writers.
• The Australian Writer's Marketplace on Publishing All Over the World.
• Mark Goldenson on 10 lessons from a failed startup.
• Edward Champion on Great Fiction Not Written by White People.
• Jane Friedman on 3 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Pitch at BEA.
• Authonomy on The Production Process Part Three: covers.
• Mary Anne Mohanraj on (among other things) creating safe spaces.
• Mike Shatzkin on The publisher’s evolving role.
• Gollancz authors - Men versus Women (video).
• Mike Hendrickson on Twitter Scorecard for Publishers.
• Fantasy Book News & Reviews on No More Early Reviews.
• BubbleCow on Four things you can do today to sell more books.
• Graham Sleight on The Hovercraft of Disbelief.
• John Klima on Tumbarumba.
• Theo on Religion Done Right.
• Tim Lebbon Blog Tour at BSC.
• Rachel Aaron on The Powerless Power.
• Vadanya Singh on An Essay on Drowning, Some Thoughts on Writing (or not writing) the Other, and As Others See Us: More on Writing the Other.
• Alison Janssen on Let's talk about [e-books], baby/Let's talk about you and me/Let's talk about all the good things, and the bad things, that may be.
• J.M. McDermott on Going back over a few quarters of royalty statements...
• Janet Reid on Yahoo Networking.
• Mike Brotherton compiles his List of Science and Science Fiction Posts.
• Kat Meyer on Boot Camp for Twitter: ATTENNNNN-TION!
• Janice Hardy on Putting the Con in Confidence.
  

News

• Worlds Without End has a gallery and description of the various speculative fiction magazines.
• The Big Planet Stories Announcement!
• Novelists Plot the Future Of Homeland Security.
• Starting June 1, 2009, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Ethics blog will start posting content.
• Changes at Cemetery Dance magazine.
• Book events wiki.
• Locus Magazine June 2009 Table of Contents.
• Angry Robot Books is offering a free sample of Kaaron Warren's Slights.
  

Because Planet Stories needs more love:

Robots Have No Tails by Henry Kuttner