The weekly web ramble (1/21)

Our weekly link round-up

WEB OF INTEREST –>

Skottie Young, on his digital publishing experiment

– The Mystery Writers of America announced the Edgar Award nominees 2011

Malinda Lo and Cindy Pon launch Diversity in YA website

– Literary Agent Janet Reid, on the difference between a pitch and a query

Ilona Andrews gives us a parody trailer for Magic Slays:

<–AUTHOR TALK

Carrie Vaughn on characterization

Jon Courtenay Grimwood on the many ghosts of Venice

Dori Jones Yang, on her research for her historical YA novel, Daughter of Xanadu

WEB READS –>

– Peek at Chapter three of Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

– From Ilona Andrews, a Curran POV scene from the end of Magic Bleeds

Peek at Catherynne M. Valente‘s Deathless

– Peek at The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal