BLOG SMART –>
- The controversy surrounding the true meaning of Shel Silverstein‘s The Giving Tree
- Gail Carriger refers us to Merriam-Webster, so we know how to properly address multiple cephalopods :)
- Merriam-Webster also has a fabulous entry on the unknown origin of the word Posh
- On Content, Execution and the Future of Genre, Robert Jackson Bennett via Orbit Books Blog
- The NYTimes starts a new Sci Fi book review column – check out Jeff VanderMeer‘s reviews
- Literary inspiration for your next tatoo
The Word Made Flesh – book trailer from Tattoolit on Vimeo.
- Robin McKinley points out an amusing map of the creative process
<–AUTHOR TALK
- Gail Carriger is everywhere this week! She’s a Book Lover, gets cozy at Steamed! And has virtual tea with Kevin Hearne
- Mira Grant, zombie author extraordinaire, teaches us all how to make Brain Cupcakes!!!
- Kim Harrison on her alter ego Dawn Cook
- Rhys Bowen on her latest book Royal Blood and more
- Naomi Novik on fanfic, dragons, and what’s up next for Temeraire
