Writers Explain Everything
David Louis Edelman explains, in two detailed parts, how he got published.
Jennifer Fallon provides a cheat sheet of how fast one's characters can travel 100 miles, given different kinds of transportation. (She does omit the perennially popular "flying Eagles into Mordor," though.)
Kelly McCullough, at Wyrdsmiths, explains all of the reasons one might want to (or need to) use a pen name.

