The weekly web ramble (6/29)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

Why it takes so long for a book to be published

– From The New Yorker, Nora Ephron‘s gentle send-up of Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Fixed the Umlat

<– AUTHOR TALK

Seanan McGuire (aka Mira Grant) on how she perfected her zombie virus

Kiersten White tackles the criticisms of Pixar’s Brave

Dean Koontz on the Odd Thomas movie adaptation (and why he actually likes it)

Leigh Bardugo talks Shadow and Bone

WEB READS –>

– Read the first three chapters of Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

– Check out an excerpt from The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

– Read an excerpt of Tiger Lily, a Peter Pan retelling by Jodi Lynn Anderson

– Check out an excerpt of Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier