First, Jim C. Hines' cover reshooting to raise money for the Aicardi Foundation has yielded a cornucopia of silliness. At the recent ConFusion, Jim C. Hines, John Scalzi, Pat Rothfuss, Charles Stross and Mary Robinette Kowal recreated “Young Flandry” – reversing the sex of the models, obviously. Thanks to Carrie S. and many others who forwarded me the link. The result is just majesty. There is a whole depository of hilarity as Jim posts more cover … Continue reading Links! →

Jim Hines sent me a link to a survey he’s doing that examines first time authors and how they broke into the market, and he asked if some of you might be interested in taking it: We talk a lot about how to sell that first novel to a major publisher, but it’s hard sometimes to draw any real conclusions on the best way to break in when all we’ve got is a lot of … Continue reading Survey for Novelists →