The weekly web ramble (7/4)

Happy 4th of July! 

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– From ALA annual, the 2014 award winners’ acceptance speeches

– Soon to open its doors: Gotham Academy (a new DC comic)

<– AUTHOR TALK

Gwenda Bond shares words of writing wisdom

Kate Elliott reminds us that SF-y Big Ideas can also live in fantasy adventure

– And as follow-up, an oldie but goodie: N.K. Jemisin on the limitations of women in fantasy

Tamora Pierce answers some frequently asked questions 

WEB READS –>

Nest

– Check out the first forty pages of Nest by Esther Ehrlich

The House of the Four Winds

– Read an excerpt from The House of the Four Winds by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory

The Vault of Dreamers

– Check out an excerpt from The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O’Brien

Frostborn

– Read the first forty pages of Frostborn by Lou Anders