The weekly web ramble (7/19)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– The story of J.K. Rowling‘s nom de plume

– And didn’t Ken Jennings call it, back in 2007, when he pointed out the mystery machine at the heart of the Harry Potter series (warning: spoilers)

– Also, Veronica Mars now has a book deal

<– AUTHOR TALK

– For those suffering zombie fatigue, Jay Kristoff offers up five cheeky alternative apocalypses

– Introducing sci-fi author David Henley 

– Erin Dionne on her YA mystery, Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking

Elizabeth Moon responds to the Zimmerman verdict

WEB READS –>

Dont Turn Around

– Check out the first five chapters of Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

The Cuckoos Calling

– Read an excerpt from The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)

Tin Star

– Check out an excerpt of Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci

Sylo

– Read the first ninety pages of Sylo by D.J. MacHale