A letter from Susan: I’m as associate editor at Strange Horizons, which is an online science fiction magazine. (We actually say “speculative fiction” instead of “science fiction”, to let people know that we publish a lot of contemporary fantasy, slipstream, and magical realism as well as the straight-up science fiction.) We’re a non-profit donor-funded magazine…

Not to get too meta, but if you haven’t been reading the comments on this post you’re missing out.

Everything is eventually ruined. Oh, and Richard Donner sounds like a crazy person in this interview. This entire article sounds like a joke, doesn’t it? Thanks to Lisa Q for the link, and for helping me find Chunk, so when we skip the interview for Lost Idols this afternoon due to another meeting, we won’t…

WHAT?!?!

In December, John’s writing three Christmas-themed fiction pieces: Two short stories, one poem. Everyone who donates money through his PayPal account between now and New Year’s Eve will receive access to a Web site where he’ll post these stories, as well as provide the stories in downloadable/printable format. All monies received (minus PayPal’s processing cut)…

Boys and girls can now wear lipstick like Eddie. I think if I put that color on I’d look like a sad, scary clown. [Thanks, Alex B, for the link]

Some of you book-loving, hit slut, blogger types might want to visit Kevin Smokler‘s site and volunteer for one of his Virtual Book Tours. You know who you are.

Then there are days when I get email like this. Wanna flatter me? Start out by misspelling my name, and then mentioning you really have no idea who I am. Always end with a compliment! Dear Pammie, Just found your website. I was snooping around on the off chance that someone had posted a list…

I forgot to mention that the last link came from here. Many of you write asking for suggestions on getting an agent or selling your manuscript, and some of you just want to know how one goes about entering this weird writing world. This is a good place to get some of the basics.

This guy sent over a thousand query letters through e-mail, thinly disguised as an attempt to gather information for a creative directory. Then comes the ol’ switcheroo — he happens to have unpublished manuscripts for the taking! On this website, he’s reprinted all of the correspondence. It’s his responses to the pat rejections that make…