Cherie Priest

Links Roundup

Posted by Cherie on 1 year, 1 month ago, in the early evening

Urban Fantasyland readers choice awards. Take a moment and go vote for some of my peeps — Richelle Mead gets many a mention, and Mario Acevedo, Caitlin Kittredge, and Mark Henry also get a nod or two. Go click around and help ‘em out!
Realms of Fantasy, RIP. I never successfully sold anything to this market (and I haven’t tried in years, to be fair), but I’ll still be sorry to see another venue close its doors. Also, let the circumstances of the announcement serve as fair warning vis-a-vis what you can expect from the internet.
Kitten Chaser. Live kitten feed. No sound, but that’s okay. You can insert your own sound effects as you wibble helplessly at the screen. I’m digging the little black-and-white fluffy jobbie, myself.
Obama and Pelosi wimp out. But if you’d like to step away from the hysterical keyword over-simplification and read what that whole “OMGWTF 200BILLIONZY for CONTRACEPTION will give CONDOMS to ALL TEH BABIEZ” thing was actually about, well, here you go.
Sneak Peek at concept art for World War Z movie. If you enjoyed the Max Brooks book (and I did), then this will likely rock your socks, whet your appetite, etcetera.
16th Century Designer’s Portfolio. Font-lovers, prepare to change your shorts. “Before black vinyl folders, and way before the website, the Mediaeval ancestors of today’s graphic designers produced ‘model’ or ‘pattern’ books to show their work to potential clients. Only a handful survive but the British Library has recently discovered a prime example – the so-called Macclesfield Alphabet Book.”