Lots of things I've been meaning to link to - here they are!

Charles Stross wrote a bit at his site about the new SF anthology Glorifying Terrorism and the Canadian law that prompted it. A major discussion ensued in the comments about how one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. For the record, for sure, the Sons of Liberty and pretty much everyone else who fought for the colonies in the American Revolution could be classified as terrorists. Think about it from a British government perspective and you'll see what I'm talking about. (And as for terrorists targetting civilians while regular armies do not, well that is just silly. Dresden, Hamburg, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, London, Coventry, on and on and on. Anyone remember William Sherman's march to the sea? Yeah, I thought so.)

National Geographic has a big article about Orlando in their new issue. As someone who grew up down the road I can attest to all of this being completely and 100% true. And very depressing. In the current issue of Vogue, Aryn Kyle says she wrote her new book, The God of Animals, because she wondered "What happens to your sense of who you are when the place you're from changes so much?" That's just how I feel about Florida. Everytime I go back I get more disoriented - how can it be the place I grew up when it doesn't look a thing like itself anymore?

Comics, Covered had a interview with Andi Watson recently, one of my favorite gn writers and creators. He is contributing a title to the Minx line later this year. I have yet to see Cecil's much touted Plain Janes and honestly I'm beginning to get suspicious about DC's commitment to getting the word out on this line to YA readers and not just comic readers. (That's my deep seeded comic industry paranoia acting up again.) I plan to include Watson's Paris in my next YA romance column - it's a lovely comic and should be out in tpb this summer.

I would buy The End of the Alphabet for the cover alone, but this review from Patricia makes it sound too good to pass up.

Gwenda had a great post on Friday about writing and revising that has provided much food for thought for all of her readers. Part of what she wrote about was also whether or not writers should write more about the craft in their blogs - do readers want to read this sort of nitty gritty stuff? All the writers responded to her most positively - makes us feel less like we are out here on our own which is more important than you might think in the middle of the night when not a damn part of the current project is making any sense. (Not that such things ever happen to me of course!)

Gwenda also mentioned today that Betsy at Fuse #8 has found the YA fantasy novel of the year. Gwenda still holds out for Flora Segunda. I'm still waiting - Flora was fine, but didn't really do it for me in a big way (not like last year's Corbenic anyway.) And as for Betsy's love, Faeries of Dreamdark, I'm not even interested in reviewing this book. Honestly, I didn't even request it. What does that say about me?