- Jenny Davidson posts news of great joy, that her book Dynamite No. 1 will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2008, with a sequel to follow. Honestly, I can’t WAIT to read these.
- Tim Pratt posts his own fantabulous news of great joy, a two book deal with Bantam Spectra (& the kick-ass Juliet Ulman to edit) kicking off a new series. Congratulations!
- Remember the principal in The Breakfast Club (of course you do)? Jeff Bryant has uncovered an interesting connection between the actor who played him and Jack Kerouac.
- Mr. McLaren has all the hot Canadian comics news.
- Matt Cheney sexes things up.
- The brilliant Liza Palmer on the X-Men movie and more important matters of art and commerce (a must-read post, promise). A snippet: It’s funny – I know which company my book, and genre, would be in. I know that I would be chilling in some hypothetical, yet far less money making, room with X-Men and all those other more commercial works – the Wes Andersons and the Charlie Kaufmans would think me too fluffy for their room – which I imagine looks like the Gryffindor Common Room.
- Army report on ESP in pets. (Via #1HS.)
- Excellent advice from Le Lioness Link about taking risks in your writing, not just being competent, over at Charles Coleman Finley’s blog.
- Pinky points out the beauty in JT Leroy’s blog still clinging to life.
- Battlestar Gallactica next season stuff.
- Mysterious red rainstorms. (Via Caitlin.)
- High-larious writing prompt-related, 1,000-words-or-less short story competition at McSweeney’s.
- Kids interview their favorite writers at the Guardian. The results: you will die from cute. Plus, we all love the readery kids best.