- Abigail turns her keen analysis on the first arc of season three Veronica Mars. See also Mala at Popgurls on V’s bitchitude.
- Terry waxes eloquent on music and getting it on. (Via Ed.)
- George Saunders vs. Borat. (Also via Ed.)
- Jenny Davidson has a short story up at Clarkesworld: "The Other Amazon."
- Andrea Seigel on her last semester at Bennington reading (and assorted misc), and why she chose each book, which makes for really interesting reading. (And you are SO right about Tyra and the twins; clearly, she’s lost it this season. Who is even styling her?)
- Blank covers by Penguin. Interesting.
- Cecil talks to Newsarama about her Minx graphic novel.
- Austin Kleon on mentors and apprenticeships, with some great stuff from a piece on David Milch about his relationship with Robert Penn Warren.
- Jay Tomio has gotten to the top ten of his best hundred SF books of the last ten years. Great stuff.
- Colleen’s making book recommendations for Christmas, and she starts out with books for aspiring writers.
- The Science Fiction Book Club is going to do an omnibus of Justine’s Magic or Madness trilogy. YAY!
- Future pet of the Baronessa Chris Barzak wants to know what other writers read/listen to/watch in the middle of a project.
- A new issue of Lone Star Stories is live.
- WaPo Book World has its best of 2006 list this week. (A far more interesting, inclusive list than the NYT notable list was this year.)