Tuesday Hangovers - Gwenda Bond

Bennett Madison weighs in with the most sensible (and entertaining) reaction so far to the latest chick lit vs. "serious" lit dust-up.
Scalzi vs. Westerfeld on the topic of Pluto and whether it’s a planet. I actually agree with Scott on this one, but Scalzi totally wins. That video = to die for.
The Seattle library is offering free music downloads — sadly, only for those with Seattle public library cards. We still have to request and rip. (Via Maud.)
George Pelecanos is guest blogging over at Sarah’s this week. One of his posts asks whether writers are anti-social in a similar way to criminals. In another, he discusses what it means to be "successful" as an artist: I was on a panel once with a novelist who bragged to the audience about his ranking on the New York Times Bestseller list, and, in the same sentence, described his recently purchased yacht. A writer friend who had witnessed this later said to me, "He doesn’t get it. This is a competition. But it’s not that kind of competition."
Online web comics are retelling fairy tales like gangbusters. The Endicott Studio blog has the goods on some notable and one new.
If I haven’t answered your email, my apologies. I’m barely keeping my nose above the water this week. See as proof my ghostwritten Contributor’s Note.