Interviews

Kate Maruyama

Kij Johnson

Stephen R Donaldson

Douglas Lain

Susan Palwick

Richard Bowes

Margo Lanagan

Don Sakers

Ray Russell

Nick Mamatas

Free story, free ebook, Don't cry, education, down on the "like" farm

Daniel Marcus's "Those Are Pearls That Were His Eyes" now available online (free)

• Discussion of above story

Richard Bowes' Minions of the Moon is free as an ebook.

Words without English equivalents

Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut, says don't be a crybaby in space.  It's messy:

Gerald J. Conti, a social studies teacher in NY, makes some interesting comments in his open letter that I would agree with if true:  

"My profession is being demeaned by a pervasive atmosphere of distrust, dictating that teachers cannot be permitted to develop and administer their own quizzes and tests (now titled as generic “assessments”) or grade their own students’ examinations. The development of plans, choice of lessons and the materials to be employed are increasingly expected to be common to all teachers in a given subject. This approach not only strangles creativity, it smothers the development of critical thinking in our students and assumes a one-size-fits-all mentality more appropriate to the assembly line than to the classroom."

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Authors speak on...

Graham Joyce on his first novel, Dreamside.

Jon Armstrong's audio interview with Richard Bowes

Michael Swanwick on the creative process and not knowing how "luminous" a piece is until later.

Jeremy Zimmerman on his novella, Kensei. (Mary Robinette Kowal's blog)

Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells discuss story openings.

Ian McEwan on general questions, semi-literary interest.

Kim Stanley Robinson on Terraforming Earth

IO9 on Molly Gloss

David Farland/Wolverton workshops

Writer Interviews

Paul Tremblay

John Kessel audio (14 min in; discusses the singularity of AI)

Minis with Ellen Datlow's After anthology contributors:

Richard Bowes

Jane Yolen 

Gregory Maguire