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