Dancing on the Edge of a Sword: the Life of a Reviewer/Writer
Reviewing the literature is a time-honored way to meet people, learn the good from the bad, and build a reputation for yourself as you grow your writing career. But there are down sides. Will the editors hate you forever? Will your fellow writers avoid you at conventions or try to mold your opinions for you ahead of time? What is your responsibility to your readers and the science fiction community at large?
Jim Van Pelt started a list of links to SF reviews over at Speculations forum, the Rumor Mill. Now the topic has grown into a discussion by writer/reviewers as to how they balance the two halves of their existence without ending up in the La Brea tar pits. [writehemisphere]