The weekly web ramble (7/18)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

The history of the current X-Men universe

– So you want to break into comics? Here’s a comics survival kit

<– AUTHOR TALK

Ally Carter pens a letter to her baby author self

Gail Carriger on why writing a book is so darn time consuming

Maggie Stiefvater says, eyes up, writers

– Jim C. Hines on rape, abuse, and Marion Zimmer Bradley

WEB READS –>

The Beginning of Everything
– Check out the first fifty pages of The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Mortal Danger

– Read an excerpt of Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre

Enemies at Home

– Check out an excerpt from Enemies at Home by Lindsey Davis

Extraction

– Read an excerpt of Extraction by Stephanie Diaz