Evening links.
- Justine Larbalestier on dismissing genres: "I only read good books. Because I am endowed (pun absolutely intended) with a superior mind, which those poor pea-brained readers and writers of chicklit/romance/YA/fantasy etc will never understand. I pity them. And must do so as publicly and often as I can. Or how will everyone know of my vast superiority?" Heh.
- Jennifer Laughran on Sketchy Agent Behavior: "An agent isn't just a person who likes books and puts a website up. They SHOULD have a ton of contacts in the publishing industry... and when they talk to those contacts, they REPRESENT YOU."
- At the Guardian: Lenore Appelhans's top 10 books featuring flashbacks.
- At Flavorwire: 10 Literary Board Games for Book Nerds.
- The 2013 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction went to...
- New pendants in my Etsy shop! (Including Spock and Uhura!)