One for the Road Linkbucket
Literary magazine editors on solicitation. This is one I marked to read later, came back, and the comments had gone wild, and there was commentary elsewhere. Also: litmag correspondence gone awry. Also: more litmags should do this.
I'm not sure what to say about this, but I'm sure someone else is.
Matt Bell on Sloane Crosley's essay collection, and writing about video games.
L.A. Times Festival of Books coverage.
Max revisits the prizewinners.
John Baker on Death of a Murderer.
Why write short stories? Should writers be readers? (via)
Dan on Storyglossia #27, which is here. Dan also hosts Tara Yellen, who talks about writers and mentoring.
A compendium of obsolete skills. (via Waxy)
Near future lit tips and exercises from io9. Also: This sounds a lot like some books I've read.
How writers talk about writing.
If you follow litblogs, then at least one suspect comes immediately to mind. (via, who names some more!)