Links for a Tuesday that is really a Monday

It was a nice 3-day weekend with friends, food, drink, and toddlers that I swear found caffeine someplace. The weather could have been nicer since there was a fair amount of cool rain, but at least it didn't snow like last year. Anyway, here are a few interesting weeks I found as a I sorted through Google Reader this morning.

• There is a new author collaborative blog out there called Science Fiction and Fantasy Ethics. There is along list of contributors and the blog's mission statement starts with "The SFFE is a core platform, a hub of authors who have banded together with the aim of celebrating all that is positive in genre fiction.". I wonder how Jeste de Vries and his Shine Anthology relate?

• Yesterday, I missed Towel Day. Oh well, I now have 364 days to prepare for next year.

• In just a few minutes, the California Supreme Court will release a decision on the fate of the anti-gay marriage amendment that California voters passed last year. I have lengthy thoughts on this sort of bigotry, but this write-up about how gay marriage caused earthquakes really made me laugh this morning.

• The video below is an amusing round-table discussion by Gollancz authors Jaine Fenn, Alex Bell, Suzanne McLeod, Joe Abercrombie, Richard Morgan and Alastair Reynolds that highlights the difference in writing approach by women and men.