Links Galore

Lots of fun links for the end of the week:

Next week brings the Virginia Festival of the Book, which includes lots of wonderful readings (many free), including some for YA authors.
Speaking of readings, Jay Asher talks about a particularly awkward one.
Everybody loves writers.
Dickensian London in pictures.
There's a lot of weird Hunger Games paraphernalia out there, guys.
Speaking of The Hunger Games, Walt looks at the series and why your characters shouldn't be victims.
Are music and language natural to humans?
Attention female screenwriters: Women in Film & Video/New England (WIFV/NE) is now accepting entries for the Tenth Annual Screenwriting Competition.
Sometimes teens use Youtube for fantastic reasons–like helping Henryville High School students after losing their school in a tornado. So moving.