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		Critters Writers' Workshop ^Votes:0 About Rules Join Resources Queue FAQ Award BlackHoles Bios Admin Diplomacy Formatting HELP! Master Index Donate $2912/$4000 = 73% of goal! \| >>>>>> ____ \| Thanks!! --> Password: Forgot yer password? --> DON'T LOSE YOUR MANUSCRIPTS! BACKUP YOUR DATA! (Free) Looking for something to read? Check out iFiction Critters TM Workshop Founded 1995 Members: ~10,000 ~ Over 200,000 critiques served ~ News flash-- PublishAmerica stung accepting one of the worst books ever written... --> Note, Critters is now running on its brand new server (hooray!). As far as I know, everything's working right, so if you've found a problem, drop me a line. (And thanks for everyone's support in making this happen!) --> Note, the Critter Captain will be unavailable until June 25th, 2007. Critiques will Read More Go to Site


		Critters Writers' Workshop ^Votes:0 About Rules Join Resources Queue FAQ Award BlackHoles Bios Admin Diplomacy Formatting HELP! Master Index Donate $2912/$4000 = 73% of goal! \| >>>>>> ____ \| Thanks!! --> Password: Forgot yer password? --> DON'T LOSE YOUR MANUSCRIPTS! BACKUP YOUR DATA! (Free) Looking for something to read? Check out iFiction Critters TM Workshop Founded 1995 Members: ~10,000 ~ Over 200,000 critiques served ~ News flash-- PublishAmerica stung accepting one of the worst books ever written... --> Note, Critters is now running on its brand new server (hooray!). As far as I know, everything's working right, so if you've found a problem, drop me a line. (And thanks for everyone's support in making this happen!) --> Note, the Critter Captain will be unavailable until June 25th, 2007. Critiques will Read More Go to Site

		FW: How to Pick Out a Good Horror Book ^Votes:0 How To Pick Out a Good Horror Book Have you ever had the experience of going into the produce section of the local Hyped-Up Hypermarket to grab something basic like an apple or a melon and found yourself intimidated by the fruit? I have this problem all the time. I mean there are so many different categories these days, but when you get right up close to them, they all look alike, you know? More alike than they used to, at least. All the apples have exactly the same pigment and the same-sized bruise on them. The melons look like midget green volleyballs, they are so perfect and round and identical. So how are you supposed to choose? You're not allowed to just munch down on the groceries right there in the store, except for popping a few cherries or grapes in your mouth (who me?), so instea Read More Go to Site

		14 October: Testing RSS Feeds ^Votes:0 SpiffY!Search: prev Powered by Yahoo! Search next close results - get this for your site SPECULATIONS for writers who want to be read 14 October: Testing RSS Feeds As promised somewhere upstream, I am beginning to muck about with RSS feeds. At the moment I have 32 of our more active topics running through Feedburner. They are: A Story A Week , Ask Ann , Ask Jarndyce , Bad Books , Dumping Theory On You , Good News For The Ego Shelf , Electronic Novel Profits , Fan Fiction , First Person Narrative , Grammar Rules That Aren't Good Grammar , I Wrote Today! , Latest Issues , Looking for a story , Market News , Meet Me at the Con! , Missing Markets , National Novel Writing Month , Never-Ending Story , New Markets , Not-So-Urgent Announcements , Rejection/Acceptance Log , Rejectomancy , Shameless Read More Go to Site

		AlphaDrive ^Votes:0 former home of AlphaDrive AlphaDrive is no more. In fact, I stopped publishing it about 6 years ago. Some really really out-of-date market listings still list it. If you find AlphaDrive listed as a market, you know that site is way out of date, and you should probably go find a source of newer information. I strongly recommend ralan.com for the latest market info. Thanks for dropping by. You're welcome to visit some of my current projects: My writing home page, with lots of stories and poems you can read for free! Some books & chapbooks of mine: Here's a link to my Stories.com portfolio - full of stuff you can read for free! Read More Go to Site

		An Inquirer's Guide To The Universe ^Votes:0 The universe is expanding. Maybe. Our understanding of the universe is expanding. Definitely. Practically every month, new theories about the origin and age of the universe are being announced. In just the past year, scientists have identified three new planets. Inhabitants of planet Earth have begun to wonder if the newly discovered planets may have their own inhabitants. Might the new planets support life? For the time being, we can only imagine. How To Use The Guide An "inquirer" can begin by thinking about and investigating what we already know about planets and the universe. Use the list of "Space Science Fact" resources to help you inquire. Then, consider some of the "Space Science Fiction" resources. When you're ready, visit the "Imaginary Planet Gallery." The imaginary planets are Read More Go to Site

		C.J. Cherryh - Writerisms and Other Sins ^Votes:0 Return to - The Library Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer's shortcut to stronger writing. by C.J. Cherryh (c) 1995 by C.J. Cherryh Copy and pass 'Writerisms and other Sins' around to your heart's content, but always post my copyright notice at the top, correctly, thank you, as both a courtesy and a legal necessity to protect any writer. Writerisms: overused and misused language. In more direct words: find 'em, root 'em out, and look at your prose without the underbrush. You may be surprised by how much better it looks. 1) am, is, are, was, were, being, be, been....combined with 'by' or with an actor implied but not stated. [The window was broken by a stray ball. The window got broke. The window was broken that afternoon.] Such structures are passives. In general, limit passive verb use t Read More Go to Site

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		DarkEcho Newsletter ^Votes:0 Subscription information below Once upon a time, the DarkEcho newsletter was an electronically mailed gathering of market, genre, online, and publishing news as well as reviews and information for horror writers and avid fans of dark fiction. It was published weekly, and emailed free to subscribers all over the world. It often provided the earliest notice of a new market or other horror news. It become indispensable reading every Thursday for horrorists. Honored by the World Fantasy Convention with a nomination for non-professional contribution to the field (the first electronic writing ever considered for such an award) in 1997, DarkEcho was the recepient of the International Horror Guild Award for 1999 and was awarded the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for horror nonficti Read More Go to Site

		Horror Writers Association - Writing Tips ^Votes:0 Press Releases Our Members Online Dark Whispers Blog Bram Stoker Awards Free Excerpts New Releases Market Listings Tips for Writers What Is Horror? Membership Requirements Pay Dues Members Only Contact Us > What is the HWA? > I have some stories published -- can I join HWA? > How can I submit my story, screenplay, or novel to HWA? > Can HWA recommend a good market for my latest horror story? > Can HWA get me an agent? > I'm not a member -- can my book or story be considered for a Stoker Award? > Will you review my story, novel, or movie in your newsletter? > Will you send an e-mail to my favorite horror author for me? Writing Tips Learning to write well is a long and difficult road. The HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION, in an effort to help improve the general quality of Read More Go to Site

		HWA Site Map ^Votes:0 Press Releases Our Members Online Dark Whispers Blog Bram Stoker Awards Free Excerpts New Releases Market Listings Tips for Writers What Is Horror? Membership Requirements Pay Dues Members Only Contact Us > What is the HWA? > I have some stories published -- can I join HWA? > How can I submit my story, screenplay, or novel to HWA? > Can HWA recommend a good market for my latest horror story? > Can HWA get me an agent? > I'm not a member -- can my book or story be considered for a Stoker Award? > Will you review my story, novel, or movie in your newsletter? > Will you send an e-mail to my favorite horror author for me? Site Map Home Horror is... About HWA Join HWA Membership Rules Application HTML version PDF version HWA Awards Bram Stoker Awards Recent ballots Past Read More Go to Site

		index/Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop ^Votes:0 Welcome to the Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers' Workshop at Michigan State University On September 11, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Clarion Foundation announced that the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop will be moving from Michigan State University to the University of California at San Diego (USCD), beginning with the 2007 workshop. Founded in 1968 by Robin Scott Wilson at Clarion State College in Clarion, Pennsylvania, the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop moved to Michigan State University in 1972, and has been one of the most highly regarded writing workshops in the country. For more information, visit the Clarion Foundation website at www.http://theclarionfoundation.org Read More Go to Site

		Plot ^Votes:0 On Plot home \| bibliography \| novels \| writing \| blog \| contact sample chapters forests of the night emperors of the twilight » specters of the dawn » fearful symmetries » profiteer » partisan » revolutionary » dragons of the cuyahoga » dwarves of whiskey island » god's dice » zimmerman's algorithm » broken crescent » raven » flesh, the blood & the fire » teek » omega game » stranger inside » short stories the long view » the heavens fall » essays on world building » on plot » the story behind forests » intro to moreau omnibus » Contents: What is a "Story?" (SF or otherwise.) What makes a Story Science Fiction? What is Plot? How does Plot develop? Character as Plot. How does Plot create Suspense? Coincidence, Mystery and Surprise. The payoff and the appearance of inevitability. A four step Read More Go to Site

		Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. ^Votes:0 SFF News Nebula Awards Weekend About SFWA All About SFWA Who We Are SFWA or SFFWA? Membership Benefits Membership Requirements Benevolent Funds Contacting SFWA Joining SFWA Awards For Members Log in Forum Open Forum Nebula Awards Report SFWA Events Forgotten Password Change Password Get a Username Benevolent Funds About Members SFWA Pressbook Web sites Fiction Appearances Recommended Reading Book Reviews Publications Publications Section The Bulletin Handbook Anthologies Forum (members only) Open Forum (members only) Resources Craft of Writing Writer Beware Grievance Committee Advisories Business of Writing Ergonomics E-Piracy Recommended Reading Book Reviews Links FAQ Pressbook: News from SFWA members Waters: Sword and Sorceress XXII –11/18 SFWA: WGA Strike Support –11/10 Shaw Read More Go to Site

		Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: How to Write Index ^Votes:0 Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: How to Write Index Home Search About Rob Appearances Press Kit Email Rob sawyer@sfwriter.com Order Books Autographed Copies Blog Rob's Diary Discussions Join the RJS List Keynotes Public Speaking Novels Stand-Alone: Rollback Mindscan Calculating God Flashforward Factoring Humanity Illegal Alien Frameshift Starplex Terminal Experiment End of an Era Golden Fleece Neanderthals: Hominids Humans Hybrids Quintaglios: Far-Seer Fossil Hunter Foreigner Short Stories Anthologies How to Write Nonfiction Futurism Canadian SF Search Home SCIENCE FICTION WRITER ROBERT J. SAWYER Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Award Winner SFWRITER.COM > How to Write How to Write Writing Workshops with Rob Information about Writers' Workshops with best-novel Hugo and Nebula Award-wi Read More Go to Site

		So you Wanna Write a Horror Screenplay? ^Votes:0 So you Wanna Write a Horror Screenplay ... but you don't know where to start. Well, start here. Updated 3/4/01 You might want to get Crescendo to hear what you're missing. (My life has a theme song.) The purpose of this page is to help you write a horror screenplay without leaving your seat. (God knows you'd be much better off getting some exercise instead of sitting in front of the computer for hours on end, munching Doritos and Cheese Curls and downing Coke after Coke. Then beer after beer.) But, it's your life. There's enough stuff on the Web to help you write your first script. And who knows. You may put a little jingle in your jeans. Then you can buy Cheese Curls by the case. Menu First, lets try to talk you out of it. Check out on-line courses. Read a few screenplays. See some movies Read More Go to Site

		The Market List - The Writers Market Resource ^Votes:0 SAMPLE ISSUES \| ALL MARKETS \| WRITERS CLASSIFIEDS \| SITE MAP HOME All Markets SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR MARKETS PRO RATES SEMI-PRO ANTHOLOGIES CONTESTS E-ZINES SMALL PRESS QUICK INDEX Click for a List of All SF, Fantasy and Horror Markets View All Markets RESOURCES ARTICLES INTERVIEWS CLASSIFIEDS REVIEWS LINKS RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON WRITING Movie Scripts SITE MAP Free Online Coupons Writers Guide to Home Businesses Travel Deals at TrekAgent Up to 70% off at over 17000 links to savings, coupons, free shipping and special discount offers SAVINGS FOR STARVING WRITERS Apparel & Accessories Art & Collectibles Baby & Maternity Beauty & Fragrance Books, Music & Movies Business & Web Computers & Software Consumer Electronics Entertainment Flowers & Gifts Food & Wine Home & Garden Jewelry S Read More Go to Site

		The Science Fiction Foundation Collection ^Votes:0 The Science Fiction Foundation Collection Librarian/Administrator, Andy Sawyer. The University of Liverpool Library, P.O. BOX 123, LIVERPOOL L69 3D4. Te1. 0151-794 2696/2733: Email asawyer@liverpool.ac.uk The Science Fiction Foundation Collection is the largest collection of material relating to Science Fiction in the European Community and one of the two or three most important outside the U.S.A. It was established as the research library of the Science Fiction Foundation , created in 1970 by George Hay with Arthur C. Clarke and Ursula Le Guin as patrons. It has been built up over the years thanks to the generosity of writers, publishers and fans and is well established as the most important centre for study and research in science fiction within the UK. The Main objectives of the Foundat Read More Go to Site

		TOC About Writing ^Votes:0 Writer Beware External Writing Links Writer's Bookstore Navigation Table Site Map * PLEASE NOTE: A few of these articles are meant as humor. Each such article is marked with an asterisk, which is a link to an explanation at the bottom of this page. Please read it before you get irked with us for making fun of a serious subject. It might be best to remember, while reading any of these articles, McIntyre's First Law: "Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you may be wrong." It is also good to remember O'Brien's First Corollary to McIntyre's First Law: "We don't know what the right circumstances are, either." The Basics Frequently Asked Questions for Beginning Writers Mistakes In Writing by Roger MacBride Allen Writer's Block: A Definition by Example by Michael Bracken Excuse Me, How Read More Go to Site

		U-M Fantasy and Science Fiction Website ^Votes:0 Welcome! Welcome one and all to the University of Michigan Fantasy and Science Fiction Home Pages. We hope you find this page a valuable resource. These pages are dedicated to assisting scholars of all types all over the world. We are constantly striving to provide an extensive and useful location for all types of information and tools that will help us study fantasy and science fiction. Olaf Stapledon said it best when he wrote: "Did not our life issue daily as more or less firm threads of active living, and mesh itself into the growing web, the intricate, ever-proliferating pattern of mankind?" And with that, Fantasy and Science Fiction lovers at the University of Michigan and all over the world enter the next growing web of mankind - the World Wide Web! These pages are the result of a c Read More Go to Site

		Uncle Orson's Writing Class ^Votes:0 Hatrack.com The Internet Home \| About Orson Scott Card \| News & Reviews \| OSC Library \| Forums \| Contact \| Links Research Area \| Writing Lessons \| Writers Workshops \| OSC at SVU \| Calendar \| Store Print this page E-mail this page Uncle Orson's Writing Class Ask A Question Frequently Asked Questions Browse Writing Lessons Search Writing Lessons What's New? Current Essay: Fog, Games, Clarence Thomas, Austen biography Current Essay: Word from a Soldier in Iraq LDS readers may also want to read... --> Current Essay: Are Mormons Funny? --> Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of the short story "Ender's Game" with a display in their Special Collections area. This p Read More Go to Site

		We've moved the page! ^Votes:0 We've changed the URL! Please update your bookmarks and links! You will now be forwarded to http://www.starrigger.net/advice.htm If you're not forwarded within seven seconds, please click the link above to energize. 12212 Read More Go to Site

		Writing Speculative Fiction, by Mary Soon Lee ^Votes:0 Questions and Answers How do I find out about SF/F/H markets? How do I go about submitting short stories? Should I include a cover letter? Dead or Alive? (markets that have folded) My story vanished into a black hole (typical market response times) To workshop, or not to workshop? Where can I find a workshop? Is it worth trying the small press? Rights and copyrights Other pages you might want to browse How do I find out about SF/F/H markets? I have a page with links to paying SF/F/H markets . The following publications may help in finding out about a broader range of markets. Don't forget to include a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you send a query. Chronicle , monthly news publication. Ralan's Webstravaganza, website with abundant market information. SF and Fantasy Workshop, monthly Read More Go to Site

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