The weekly web ramble (11/2)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– Otto Penzler shares his picks for the 14 scariest ghost stories

– Richard Curtis on what the Random House/Penguin merger will mean

– A day in the life of a children’s book editor

– An agent explains why you should never sign a boilerplate contract

<– AUTHOR TALK

– Holly Back on overcoming writerly fear

– Zoe Marriott on why character development is harder than it looks

– Erik Larson on his writing routine

– Gail Carriger interviews M.K. Hobson

WEB READS –>

– Read an excerpt from Renegade by J.A. Souders

– Check out an excerpt from Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder

– Read an excerpt from Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Tayler

– Check out an excerpt from Altered by  Jennifer Rush