Link dump for Saturday, 2012/03/24 after the cut. The wiki version includes a tag cloud.Links:

• 25 Things You Should Know About Creativity (Writing, Creativity)
• 5 indispensable guides for fiction writers | Damien G. Walter (Guide, HowTo, Fiction, Advice, List, Book, Writing)
• 6 Horrifying Implications of the Harry Potter Universe | Cracked.com (Humor, UnintendedConsequences, WorldBuilding, Logic, HarryPotter)
• A map of the United States, drawn in the style of Lord of the Rings (io9, LoTR, USA, Map)
• Administration confirms it has secret interpretation of Patriot Act provision — Daily Kos (Government, USA, Watch, Secret, Privacy)
• Adventure Time (Dispensing Justice Review) — Superhero Novels (NovaGenesis, NovaGenesisWorld, Pick, FritzFreiheit, Fritz, SuperheroNovels, Novel, Superhero, Review, DispensingJustice)
• Anne R. Allen’s Blog: Are the Big 6 Publishers Really Dying? (Amazon, Publishing.Traditional, Publishing.Self, Publishing, SelfPublishing)
• Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy – Scholarpedia (Electron, Physics, Theory, Energy, Wiki, Scholarpedia)
• Astronomers map dark matter distribution in 3D in Abell 383 galaxy cluster (DarkMatter, Astronomy)
• Astronomers using Hubble discover quasars acting as gravitational lenses (Gravity, Galacy, Quasar, Astronomy)
• Average Congresscritter gets 1,452% raises when they turn corporate lobbyist – Boing Boing (BoingBoing, Corporation, Lobbyist, Government, Congress, USA, Watch)
• BIG DUMB OBJECTS AND COSMIC ENIGMAS | GREGORY BENFORD (Reading, Transcendence, Science, SenseOfWonder, SciFi, SF, BigDumbObject)
• Charactersâ?? Age: Musings on How it Affects Writing | The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin (Age, Character, Writing)
• Copyright Math: the best TED Talk you’ll watch all year – Boing Boing (BoingBoing, MediaIndustry, MSM, Video, Analysis, Copyright)
• Create a book trailer in 9 steps — Wagging Tales (Video, Marketing, Book, Tutorial, HowTo, Trailer, BookTrailer)
• DARPA developing On-demand Satellite Imaging for Soldiers (MilTech, Satellite, Soldier, DARPA)
• Did this blogger just invent a new subgenre of science fiction? (io9, Baroque, SubGenre, SciFi, SF)
• Far Beyond Reality | Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviews (Blog, Review, Reviewer, Fantasy, SciFi, SF)
• Fast 3D printing with nanoscale precision | KurzweilAI (Watch.Tech, Tech, Watch, 3D.Printing, 3D)
• Find Creative Commons images that are free to use in your projects and illustrations with CCfinder | freewaregenius.com (Free, Art, SearchEngine, Search, Image, CreativeCommons)
• Former NYT CEO paid $23.7M exit package; company netted $3M over the past 4 years – Boing Boing (BoingBoing, Corporate, Corporation, Fail, GoldenParachute, NYT)
• Friedlander’s Idea For A Nuclear Hopper (Rocket, Space, Nuclear, LaunchSystem)
• Georgette Heyer – Tag | Tor.com (Tag, GeorgetteHeyer)
• Goodreads’ CEO on Winning the Battle of Book Discovery | Publishing Perspectives (Publishing.Self, SelfPublishing, Publishing, Discovery, Advice, GoodReads, Book, Marketing)
• Graphene battery demonstrated to power an LED (Chemistry, Battery, Graphene)
• Gray Morrow — Sci-Fi Digest Covers & Interior Illos ~ 1960′s — Golden Age Comic Book Stories (Gallery, Illustration, Interior, Cover, SciFi, SF, 1960s, GrayMorrow, Art)
• How Not to Be a Clever Writer (Literary, Plot, WorldBuilding, Dialogue, io9, Advice, StoryTelling, Writing)
• How piracy built the U.S. publishing industry | Media Maverick – CNET News (Copyright, USA, Piracy, Publishing, 19thCentury, History)
• Is a Self-Publishing Backlash On the Way? | Self-Publishing Review (Publishing.Self, Publishing, SelfPublishing)
• iTunes – Books – Dispensing Justice by Fritz Freiheit (IPod, IPad, IPhone, FritzFreiheit, Fritz, ITunes, DispensingJustice)
• J. K. Rowlingâ??s New Book â??Very Different to Harryâ?? – GalleyCat (Author, Announcement, JKRowling)
• jensketch – fantasy art and illustration – Home (SteamPunk, Fantasy, Art, Artist)
• Library Journal Reviews â?? Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development (Review, Book)
• Lucas Shot First: The Surprisingly Powerful Sense of Betrayal George Lucas Creates | Tor.com (Fan, Vision, Betrayal, StarWars, GeorgeLucas)
• Maglev track could launch spacecraft into orbit (Space, Maglev, LEO, LaunchSystem, Startram)
• Making Stargates: The Physics of Traversable Absurdly Benign Wormholes 10.1016/j.phpro.2011.08.003 : Physics Procedia | ScienceDirect.com (Physics, Electron, TimeMachine, NegativeMatter, WormHole, StarGate)
• Meteorites reveal another way to make life’s components (Space, BioChemistry, Life.Origin, Origin, OriginOfLife, Evolution, Life, Meteorite, Asteroid, ExtraTerrestrial)
• MIND MELD: Which SF/F Series Are Too Good To End? – SF Signal â?? A Speculative Fiction Blog (Reading, Series, MindMeld, Fantasy, SciFi, SF)
• Molecular graphene heralds new era of ‘designer electrons’ (Watch.Tech, Tech, Watch, Electronics, MaterialScience, Electron, Graphene)
• My ranking of Heyer — papersky (JoWalton, LiveJournal, Romance.Regency, RegencyRomance, Rommance, Novel, List, Ranking, Recommendation, Reading, GeorgetteHeyer)
• NASA’s Fermi Telescope Finds Giant Structure in our Galaxy — NASA (GammaRay, Galaxy.MilkyWay, Galaxy, Astronomy)
• New VTOL concept could result in helicopter/airplane hybrids (Design, Engineering, Interview, Watch, Watch.Tech, Tech, AeroSpace, VTOL)
• New Words — Nancy’s Blog (Words)
• Online Writing Resource for Writers to Sell Their Work â?? WritersMarket.com (Resource, Publishing, Writing)
• Pity the Poor SF Writer — Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Shelf Awareness (Change.RateOf, Change, Author, SciFi, SF)
• ReadingDiva’s Blog (Reading, Blog, Reviewer)
• Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics (EnergyStorage, Energy, Tech, Watch, Watch.Tech, Graphene, SuperCapacitor)
• Researchers send ‘wireless’ message using neutrinos (Watch, Tech, Watch.Tech, Message, Detection, Communication, Physics, Neutrino)
• Robotic Networks Among the Stars — centauri-dreams.org (Starship, SubLight, Travel, Interstellar)
• Sarah’s Reviews (YoungAdult, YA, Review, Book)
• Sensible grown-ups and the battle of Waterloo: Georgette Heyerâ??s A Civil Contract | Tor.com (JoWalton, Romance.Regency, RegencyRomance, Romance, Review, Book, GeorgetteHeyer)
• SF, fantasy, post-apocalypse, and other genre visual arts (Reddit, Genre, Art, Fantasy, SciFi, SF)
• Sheâ??s getting away! Lois McMaster Bujoldâ??s A Civil Campaign | Tor.com (GeorgetteHeyer, Romance, SF, Review, Book, LoisMcMasterBujold)
• Starships: The Problem of Arrival — centauri-dreams.org (Starship, SubLight, Travel, Interstellar)
• StarTram More Technical Details (MassDriver, LaunchSystem, Watch, Tech, Watch.Tech, Startram)
• Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene (Watch.Tech, Tech, Watch, MaterialScience, Piezoelectric, Graphene)
• Study of isotopes shows recycling of Earthâ??s crust began 3 billion years ago (Analysis, Tectonics, Earth)
• The Business Rusch: Scarcity and Abundance | Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Publishing.Traditional, Publishing.Self, SelfPublishing, Publishing, BusinessRusch, Business)
• the Little Red Reviewer (Fantasy, SciFi, SF, Blog, Book, Review)
• The Super World of False Documents: Bringing a Superhero World to Life — Guest Blog by Matt Adams — The Qwillery (Incluing, FirstPerson, WorldBuilding, Fiction, Superhero)
• Top Ten Tips for a Great Book Cover — Savvy Writers & e-Books online (Advice, Design, Cover)
• UCLA scientists find way to repair mutations in human mitochondria (Repair, Disease, BioTech, Mitochondria, RNA, Watch, Tech, MedTech, Watch.Tech)
• Why Monsanto didn’t expect Roundup-resistant weeds – Boing Boing (Fail, Corporate, Evolution)
• Write Tip: 8 Key Elements For Capturing The Star Wars Feel In Your Story | Bryan Thomas Schmidt (SciFi, SF, StarWars, Writing)
• Writing Action Sequences: a process of layering and research — TalkToYoUniverse (Process, Writing, Action)
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman (Reading, Writing, Publishing)
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman (Amazon, Publishing, Reading, Writing)
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman (Ebook, Library, Amazon, News, Publishing)
• Your Homepage Is Not As Important As You Think | Jane Friedman (Advice, Platform, Author, Design, WebSite, Web)

Tagged Art

• Find Creative Commons images that are free to use in your projects and illustrations with CCfinder | freewaregenius.com
• Gray Morrow — Sci-Fi Digest Covers & Interior Illos ~ 1960′s — Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• jensketch – fantasy art and illustration – Home
• SF, fantasy, post-apocalypse, and other genre visual arts

Tagged Author

• J. K. Rowlingâ??s New Book â??Very Different to Harryâ?? – GalleyCat
• Pity the Poor SF Writer — Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Shelf Awareness
• Your Homepage Is Not As Important As You Think | Jane Friedman

Tagged Book+Review

• Library Journal Reviews â?? Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
• Sarah’s Reviews
• Sensible grown-ups and the battle of Waterloo: Georgette Heyerâ??s A Civil Contract | Tor.com
• Sheâ??s getting away! Lois McMaster Bujoldâ??s A Civil Campaign | Tor.com
• the Little Red Reviewer

Tagged Fantasy

• Far Beyond Reality | Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviews
• jensketch – fantasy art and illustration – Home
• MIND MELD: Which SF/F Series Are Too Good To End? – SF Signal â?? A Speculative Fiction Blog
• SF, fantasy, post-apocalypse, and other genre visual arts
• the Little Red Reviewer

Tagged Genre

• SF, fantasy, post-apocalypse, and other genre visual arts

Tagged Plot

• How Not to Be a Clever Writer

Tagged Pick

• Adventure Time (Dispensing Justice Review) — Superhero Novels

Tagged Publishing

• Anne R. Allen’s Blog: Are the Big 6 Publishers Really Dying?
• Goodreads’ CEO on Winning the Battle of Book Discovery | Publishing Perspectives
• How piracy built the U.S. publishing industry | Media Maverick – CNET News
• Is a Self-Publishing Backlash On the Way? | Self-Publishing Review
• Online Writing Resource for Writers to Sell Their Work â?? WritersMarket.com
• The Business Rusch: Scarcity and Abundance | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman

Tagged Reading

• BIG DUMB OBJECTS AND COSMIC ENIGMAS | GREGORY BENFORD
• MIND MELD: Which SF/F Series Are Too Good To End? – SF Signal â?? A Speculative Fiction Blog
• My ranking of Heyer — papersky
• ReadingDiva’s Blog
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman

Tagged Recommendation

• My ranking of Heyer — papersky

Tagged Review

• Adventure Time (Dispensing Justice Review) — Superhero Novels
• Far Beyond Reality | Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviews
• Library Journal Reviews â?? Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
• Sarah’s Reviews
• Sensible grown-ups and the battle of Waterloo: Georgette Heyerâ??s A Civil Contract | Tor.com
• Sheâ??s getting away! Lois McMaster Bujoldâ??s A Civil Campaign | Tor.com
• the Little Red Reviewer

Tagged SelfPublishing

• Anne R. Allen’s Blog: Are the Big 6 Publishers Really Dying?
• Goodreads’ CEO on Winning the Battle of Book Discovery | Publishing Perspectives
• Is a Self-Publishing Backlash On the Way? | Self-Publishing Review
• The Business Rusch: Scarcity and Abundance | Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Tagged SF

• BIG DUMB OBJECTS AND COSMIC ENIGMAS | GREGORY BENFORD
• Did this blogger just invent a new subgenre of science fiction?
• Far Beyond Reality | Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviews
• Gray Morrow — Sci-Fi Digest Covers & Interior Illos ~ 1960′s — Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• MIND MELD: Which SF/F Series Are Too Good To End? – SF Signal â?? A Speculative Fiction Blog
• Pity the Poor SF Writer — Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Shelf Awareness
• SF, fantasy, post-apocalypse, and other genre visual arts
• Sheâ??s getting away! Lois McMaster Bujoldâ??s A Civil Campaign | Tor.com
• the Little Red Reviewer
• Write Tip: 8 Key Elements For Capturing The Star Wars Feel In Your Story | Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Tagged Superhero

• Adventure Time (Dispensing Justice Review) — Superhero Novels
• The Super World of False Documents: Bringing a Superhero World to Life — Guest Blog by Matt Adams — The Qwillery

Tagged Tech+Watch

• Fast 3D printing with nanoscale precision | KurzweilAI
• Molecular graphene heralds new era of ‘designer electrons’
• New VTOL concept could result in helicopter/airplane hybrids
• Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics
• Researchers send ‘wireless’ message using neutrinos
• StarTram More Technical Details
• Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene
• UCLA scientists find way to repair mutations in human mitochondria

Tagged Video

• Copyright Math: the best TED Talk you’ll watch all year – Boing Boing
• Create a book trailer in 9 steps — Wagging Tales

Tagged Words

• New Words — Nancy’s Blog

Tagged WorldBuilding

• 6 Horrifying Implications of the Harry Potter Universe | Cracked.com
• How Not to Be a Clever Writer
• The Super World of False Documents: Bringing a Superhero World to Life — Guest Blog by Matt Adams — The Qwillery

Tagged Writing

• 25 Things You Should Know About Creativity
• 5 indispensable guides for fiction writers | Damien G. Walter
• Charactersâ?? Age: Musings on How it Affects Writing | The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin
• How Not to Be a Clever Writer
• Online Writing Resource for Writers to Sell Their Work â?? WritersMarket.com
• Write Tip: 8 Key Elements For Capturing The Star Wars Feel In Your Story | Bryan Thomas Schmidt
• Writing Action Sequences: a process of layering and research — TalkToYoUniverse
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman
• Writing on the Ether | Jane Friedman

Be Sociable, Share!

• 

Word Counts - Today: 0 | March: 0 | 2012: 0