Byrt’s weekly web ramble (12/3)

Our weekly link roundup from the tweetverse and blogosphere.

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– In honor of Cookie Week, Ally Carter shares her Mom’s Snickerdoodle recipe

– How to make Steampunk cupcakes

– A Boston Review article on how Amazon plays hardball with publishers (AKA how publishing is becoming more like Hollywood & this is why you’re going to see less good books)

Natale Whipple on what it’s like being stuck in submission hell

<– AUTHOR TALK

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

Rachel Cohn & David Levithan on Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares:


WEB READS –>

– Peak at Chapter One of Richelle Mead‘s Last Sacrifice

– Peek at Seanan McGuire‘s opening essay from Whedonistas

– Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine presents Swamp City Lament by Alexandra Duncan

Set in a postapocalyptic future that may be nearer than we think, it focuses on a young girl whose life is about to change forever.

– 50 page Friday: The Conquerer’s Shadow by Ari Marmell