Link Roundup
Some links that have come up over the past few days…
Writing and $$$
Lynn Viehl: The Reality of a New York Times Bestseller
Tobias Buckell: First Novel Advances
Kimberly Pauley: A Challenge for My Fellow Authors (more royalty/sales information)
Realms of Fantasy Follow-up
Catherine Valente, Sarah Monette, Kat Howard, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Barbarienne weigh in on the All-Women themed issue.
Why Film Schools Teach Screenwriters Not to Pass the Bechdel Test
I Didn’t Dream of Dragons: Fallacies of “write what you know” in terms of race, culture, and privilege. This was powerful. My thanks to Rose Fox for pointing me toward it.
ETA: Also, updates from Doug Cohen (addressing criticism of his word choice in the original announcement) and copperwise (Artist’s Gallery columnist for Realms, who first pitched the idea for an article about the evolution of feminine images in fantasy art, which I love).
Just for Laughs
The Eye of Argon: MST3K Version: Exactly what it sounds like. Because I laugh every time I read it.
Thank you for the links Jim
You’re welcome! Hey, it saves me from having to produce original content for today
Just so you know, I just barely finished your story in the “A Girl’s Guide to Guns and Monsters” antho (got my review copy Tuesday). Loved it so much (gave me the shivers!) that I had to drop by and say so!
Thank you! That’s wonderful to hear. (And good to know the review copies are going out.)
I’ve actually been working on the concept of the hamadryad character for at least five years now. I’m *so* glad to know the story worked for you