Squash That Rumor! Department: Sci Fi Wire says that, contrary to Internet rumors, Neil Gaiman will not co-script the movie Silent Hill 2.

Sci Fi Wire also reports on the betting line for events in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet announces a cunning plan for a hand-bound anthology of stories from the 'zine, possibly chosen by and definitely hand-bound by Del Rey editor Jim Minz. (This, of course, is only the first move in a devious scheme to ensnare all competing SFF editors in LCRW-related handicrafts, leaving them no time to edit competing books and magazines. My spies tell me that Juliet Ullman may soon be crocheting Small Beer potholders; Paul Stevens may even now be assembling LCRW-brand modular shelving; and I myself am considering an offer to blow glass stemware for the cause.)

Tachyon Publications answers the oft-asked question: how do I get my first SFF novel published?

Update, 1/8: the second part of the "how do I get published?" essay has been posted.

Jed Hartman crunches the numbers on Strange Horizons' 2006 submissions.