Links: Lisa Kleypas, Horror Films, & Events

It’s Wednesday Links time! April is half over (what!) and that means the RT Booklover’s Convention is almost here! The SBTB crew will be there and we hope to see some of you in Atlanta.

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Don’t forget that today at Hooray for Books in Alexandria, VA, Julie James will be celebrating the launch of That Thing Above Love with our very own Sarah Wendell!

Also, Sarah will be attending a romance fiction conference at Williams College in Massachusetts this weekend (April 21-23)

Both events are free!

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Love horror movies? Then you mind find this Broadly article on women-directed horror a great read:

Today’s women-fronted horror films would probably not have been greenlit in the past, they say. “Every time we said we were horror directors, people would look at us and go, ‘Oh, honey, you don’t have to do that,'” says Soska. “It was almost like they were talking about how I clean up roadkill for the city, and it was this weird preconceived notion that horror movies and women don’t mix.”

I was never a huge fan of horror films, but I find myself drawn to a lot of horror movies with female directors.

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Check out Sarah’s interview over at the Books and Ballads site, where she talks about her current favorite TV show, the most underrated book she’s read, and (of course) romance!

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iGo Keyjuice Keyring

The iGo is an itty bitty tool that unfolds to one USB connection, plus a USB and a USB Micro, so you can plug your phone into your laptop, or into a portable battery. Excellent for tiny emergency kits, too.

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In Cosmopolitan, Lisa Kleypas reveals some things about an upcoming book:

What about Cassandra, Pandora’s sister? Does she have a book in the works?

Definitely. I believe she’s going to be the last one, which will be the sixth novel. I think the one after this, I’m going to have West, who’s the younger brother of Devon. I’m going to pair him with Phoebe, who is the sister of Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent. She’s the young widow in Devil in Spring. That’s not a guarantee, but I have a lot of good ideas for them, so I think that’s gonna happen. A lot of people were suggesting that I put Cassandra together with West, and I was like, “Uh, it might feel kind of incestuous and I can’t see a lot of sparks between those two.” So I’m really thinking about putting Cassandra together with Severin, the railroad owner, who is sort of like [Benedict Cumberbatch’s] Sherlock. He’s almost like a high-functioning sociopath. There’s something so sexy about a guy who is that into his brain and that smart. It just feels like there’s so much underneath. He would also be tremendously difficult to have as a romantic partner, to just deal with him.

Does that sound catnippy to anyone else?

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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!