Here’s a few of the things I’ve managed to read today. Because you can’t check your Amazon rankings all day long!

• “I am on the side of the pixies and the dragons.” – Kazuo Ishiguro rejects claims of genre snobbery
• “A book sale at the cost of your conscience is a very bad deal indeed.” – John Scalzi on why writers shouldn’t try to hide their opinions
• “I made $8.” – Confessions of a failed romance novelist