- Sara Zarr has a smart post about self doubt and writing over at the Teen Fiction Cafe.
- Why haven't I read Everything Beautiful yet? I loved Simmone Howell's first book.
- Chris uncovers a zombie problem in Austin.
- I'm developing a yen to see the Inkheart movie. I'm afraid today it's C's choice though, and we're off to watch the lycans rise later.
- If only all resumes were 140 characters long. I kind of love reading these, despite the sadness of such talented people being out of work. I hope they all find jobs soon.
- Uncovering Book World's troubled past; this isn't the first time the standalone section's been axed.
- Over at the LA Times, Gavin reviews — and recommends highly — Alison Goodman's Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, a book that's been on my TBR stack for ages now. Sounds like a Tiptree contender to me.
- Justine collects some writers' views on pacing, including some of my most favorite favorites (like the woefully under-celebrated Ursula Dubosarsky) and recent Printz winner Melina Marchetta.
- A discussion of the economic theories at work in Charles Stross books.
- SF Signal's Mind Meld asks various writers about the best advice they ever got.
- A sum up and some commentary about the controversy over the casting in Avatar: The Last Airbender, including comments from Gene Luen Yang.
- Welcome news: Slate actually encouraging long-range journalistic pieces with sabbaticals.
- Katha Pollitt writes in The Nation about how we can do a better job of promoting books and reading. (Thanks to Leda, for the pointer.)
- There goes Leila, cracking me up again. This time it's with an in-depth blog report of her attempt to read Flowers in the Attic.