Unsorted
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New stuff
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Fiction [/writers]
Lynn Abbey -
The Schenectady Steeple - story generator
Michelle Albert (Jerott) - Writer's "Cheat Sheets"
Beth Amos - Writer's Workshops - four free "workshops"
Poul Anderson -
"On Thud and Blunder" - avoid howling errors
Dan Brown - Getting Published - 7 Powerful Tips
CALLIHOO -
Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations
Orson Scott Card -
Uncle Orson's Writing Class
Meg Chittenden -
Writing Tips
Caro Clarke - How to Write - thirty-one columns
Tami Cowden - The Sixteen Master Archetypes
Creating Good Dramatic Characters - advice from the experts
Charlotte Dillon - Building Fictional Characters
Lars Eighner - Writing Course - plotting and more
Forward Motion - a writer's resource
James Alan Gardner - A Seminar on Writing Prose
Hatch's Plot Bank - "2000 scenarios ranging from the normal to the bizarre"
Teresa Nielsen Hayden - Excerpt from "Stupid Plotting Tricks"
Raechel Henderson - Newbie Writer's Resource Page
John Hewitt - 12 Exercises for Improving Dialogue
Crawford Kilian -
Writing Fiction - [ a blog ] excellent advice
The Market List: a resource for genre fiction writers
Pam McCutcheon - Writing Tips
James D. MacDonald - Learn Writing from Uncle Jim - an online tutorial
Carol McLeod - Character Chart
Alicia Rasley - Top Ten Plotting Problems
Tim Sheppard - Georges Polti's Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
Tim Sheppard - Storytelling Resources for Storytellers
Rob Sawyer -
"On Writing" columns and other advice
George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer -
Writer's Guidelines for Weird Tales - more excellent advice
Rebecca Sinclair -
Fiction Writer's Character Chart
Lisa Paitz Spindler & Donna Dominguez - Write a Novel in Ten Weeks
Sandy Tritt - Character Trait Chart
Patricia C. Wrede - Notes on Point of View (LONG) - a post to rec.arts.sf.composition
Writers Village - Character Building Workshop
Romance
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All About Romance - Romance Writers on Writing Romance
Charlotte Dillon - Resources for Romance Writers
Kentucky Romance Writers - Writing Tips
Jess Michaels/Jenna Petersen - The Passionate Pen - loads of information for romance writers
Romance Divas - Romance Writer's Forum - and also resources, reviews, links
The Romance Reader
Romance Writers of America
Lori Soard - 10 Steps to a Fab Job as a Romance Writer - excerpted from BECOME A ROMANCE WRITER
Rebecca Vinyard -
Romance Central
CataRomance - Category Romance - Articles - also e-mail list & more
eHarlequin.com - community, discussions, learn to write, more ...
see
[networking][Usenet Newsgroups, Listservs and Maillists]
Erotica
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Erotica Readers & Writers Association -
Author Resource Library
Ray Girvan -
Erotic Fiction: A Writer's Perspective
Lars Eighner - Lavender Blue: How to Write and Sell Gay Men's Erotica - more than the title says
Mary Anne Mohanraj -
Porn/Erotica Magazine Resource List for Writers
Mary Anne Mohanraj - Eros - Erotica Writing Workshop
Andrew Nellis - Poison Pen's Guide for Amateur Writers of Erotica
Phil Phantom - The Guide to Writing Good Trash
Katy Terrega - Resources for Sex Writers
Historical Fiction
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Soon-Yong Choi -
Hist.Fiction.net
Historical Novel Society
Lynne Martin - Writing Historical Novels
Shelly Thacker Meinhardt - Researching the Historical Novel
Red Inkworks - Historical Fiction Links for Writers
Sarah Smith - Virtual Victoria - "guide to Victorianism, the Edwardian era, and the Belle Epoque on the Web"
Sarah Smith - Researching the Historical Novel
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Mystery/Crime Fiction [/writers]
SS Van Dine - Twenty rules for writing detective stories - 1928
Gillian Roberts -
Online tutorial: HOW TO WRITE A MYSTERY
Jiro Kimura -
The Gumshoe Site
Zeno Geradts -
Forensic Site - A TOP SITE - amazing collection of links
Alan Barbour - Collection of Forensic Toxicology Links
Kari Sable Burns - True Crime & Justice
Kari Sable Burns - True Crime & Justice Resources
R. Scott Carpenter - Tennessee Criminal Law -Forensic Science Resources - Good collection. Some links busted.
Daryl W. Clemens - Crime & Clues - The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation
CopSeek.com
The Crime Scene Investigation
Crime Scene Investigation
Articles
Crime & Mystery Writing Links
Andre A. Moenssens (UMKC School of Law) - Forensic-Evidence.com
Moenssens' Forensic-Evidence.com - Links to Other Sources of Forensic Information - professional, official, significant
Police Resource List
Police Resource List -
Forensics
Morten Stærkeby -
Forensic Science links
Morten Stærkeby -
Forensic Entomology Pages, International
True Crime Author Roundtable
J. Alec West -
MysteryVault.net
Sisters in Crime Web site - books/bookstores/links
rec.arts.mystery's home on the Web
DorothyL archives
Kate Derie -
ClueLass
Kate Derie -
Mysterious Home Page - just the links
DN Anderson - The Mystery Reader
Evan Margolin - MysteryNet.com
Lauri Hart - Mystery Writers Forum
NEWSGROUPS
rec.arts.mystery
see also
[networking][Usenet Newsgroups, Listservs and Maillists]
Video Games and RPG Universes
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Chaz Boston Baden - Role-Playing and other SF-related Games
IGDA -
What is a Game Writer?
IGDA -
How Do You Become a Game Writer?
The Camarilla LARPs &c for White Wolf's World of Darkness
Google -
Roleplaying
Google -
Roleplaying/Play_Groups
Heather Grove -
Burning Voids Roleplayers' Resources - an AMAZING collection of links and information
rpg.net
RPGHost.com
RPGNews.com
Steve Jackson Games -
GURPS
Steve Jackson Games -
Pyramid Magazine
White Wolf Online
Pyramid Magazine Guidelines - pays $0.03/wd
RPGA Network
see World Building links in SFF section
NEWSGROUPS
alt.games.whitewolf
rec.games.frp.dnd
rec.games.frp.live-action
rec.games.frp.misc
rec.games.frp.storyteller
see also
[networking][Usenet Newsgroups, Listservs and Maillists]
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Horror [/writers]
Jeff Beres - Horror Screenwriter's Page
DarkEcho Horror
Paula Guran - So you want to be a horror writer?
Horror Writers Association
HorrorFind - links
HorrorMasters - be sure to check links page
International Horror Guild
NEWSGROUPS
rec.arts.horror.written
see also
[networking][Usenet Newsgroups, Listservs and Maillists]
SFF & World Building
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Alternative History FAQ
soc.history.what-if FAQ
Chaz Boston Baden -
Science Fiction Resource Guide
CALLIHOO SF/F Writers' Group - including DTBB - Dare To Be Bad
Definitions of Science Fiction
Matt Hayes -
Spicy Green Iguana - speculative fiction markets
Raechel Henderson - Newbie Writer's Resource Page
Mary Soon Lee - Speculative Fiction Page
Locus Magazine Online
Locus Online -
Con Calendar
Barrie M. Rhodes -
Viking English
SFF.NET
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
Speculations - market information & articles
Bruce Sterling - Turkey City Lexicon
Tor Books FAQ
Writer's Guidelines for Weird Tales - entertaining and useful advice for all story writers
A Weird Tales® Editorial on Sending in Stories - a companion to the Writer's Guidelines
Julia West -
Random Science Fiction Story Ideas
Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr - SpecFicWorld.com
L. Ron Hubbard's Writers Of the Future - quarterly contest
WORLD BUILDING
Google links to World Building sites
Sharon Caseburg -
Creating a Believable World
Winchell Chung -
World Building and Star System Building Links
Geoff Eddy -
Constructed Languages
Geoff Eddy -
On Creating an Earthlike Planet
Mark Rosenfelder -
The Language Construction Kit
Juuso Vesanto -
World Building page
Juuso Vesanto -
Guidelines for creating magic-systems for RPGs
Victoria Strauss -
An Impatient Writer's Guide to World Building
Technovelgy.com - hundreds of inventions by science fiction writers
Elizabeth Anne Viau -
World Builders course site
Stephanie Bryant -
30 Days of World Building - exercises
Patricia C. Wrede -
Fantasy World Building Questions
NEWSGROUPS
rec.arts.sf.composition --
FAQ
rec.arts.sf.science
rec.arts.sf.written
and other groups in rec.arts.sf.*
soc.history.what-if --
FAQ
see also
[networking][Usenet Newsgroups, Listservs and Maillists]
MARKETS
Australian Speculative Fiction -
Markets for SF/F/H and more.
Kent Brewster -
Speculations
Ralan Conley -
Market Lists: SF & Humor
Paula Fleming -
SF Market List
Matt Hayes -
Spicy Green Iguana - speculative fiction markets
Stephen Hunt's SF Crowsnest -
SFF markets - magazine & book
Kathy Ptacek -
Gila Queen's Guide to Markets - articles, links, subscription e-mail'd markets updates
Julia H. West -
Markets for SF&F
Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr -
SpecFicWorld.com
see also
[business][markets]
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