Friday Links

Happy Friday! I’ve had a busy week catching up after attending the RWA National conference last week. San Antonio is a charming city, but I think I’d have preferred to visit during some other part of the year. Say, February. It was definitely a very hot week. But the conference itself went well, and I met with many wonderful editors and writers, saw my fellow agents, and all in all, had a great few days. Re-entry, as always, involved a backlog of email and work, but I’m mostly dug out so I can promise a little less radio silence next week.

In the meantime, I bring you links to kick off the weekend! I hope you all have some fun times planned, and that there’s a little bit of time set aside for a good book and/or your current writing project. Enjoy!

What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese? – An interesting look at the point where the culture and the genre meet.

How Nicole Perlman Became the First Woman to Write a Marvel Movie – Great story, and it makes me even a bigger fan of Marvel.

Reading Romance Is Like Falling in Love – A loving look at the genre, and how it makes us feel.

Alternate Visions: Some Musings on Diversity in SF – Looking at the issue from different angles.

The Book That Wasn’t: Five Fiction Writers Talk about their Novels in Drawers – Even published writers have projects that never see the light of day.