First and foremost — how absolutely not? — was the cover reveal for Voyager’s new look Wall Of Night series covers — exclusive to SF Signal.

The feature included a behind-the-scenes look at the cover creation process from the author and editor, so if you haven’t checked the goodness out already, do head on over and take a look. 🙂

[EXCLUSIVE] Making Covers New: Creating An Epic Look For Helen Lowe’s THE WALL OF NIGHT Series

Plus there’s a giveaway running, here:

GIVEAWAY (US/Canada Only): Win Copies of THE HEIR OF NIGHT and THE GATHERING OF THE LOST

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Kim Falconer on the Supernatural Underground:

But there were also some equally great posts around the traps. Kicking off with Kim Falconer’s fabulous post on the Supernatural Underground:

Marinating Ideas

Did you know that coffee may have shaped the history of ideas?

Seriously, though, this is a wonderful post on how creativity really works—or doesn’t. Well worth your while checking out.

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Margaret Atwood on Slate:

One of my favourite authors from the time when I was first discovering speculative fiction was John Wyndham, who is possibly most famous for The Day Of The Triffids. But one of his books that I enjoyed most was his last, Chocky.

So I was delighted to see this feature from Margaret Atwood on Slate, introducing the latest edition of Chocky with a retrospective look at both John Wyndham’s writing & Chocky itself.

I think it’s excellent reading, and if it encourages you to check John Wyndham out for yourself, so much the better:

Chocky, the Kindly Body Snatcher

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Ann Leckie (on her own blog):

Last but not least, I very much enjoyed this post by Ann Leckie:

What The Reader Wants

Spot on, in my humble opinion—but I’m not going to tell you what Ann said: hie thee to her site and check it out for yer ownself. 😉