As my blog becomes overcrowded with links to places I like to visit--whether daily or occasionally--I am forced to create link pages so that folks (and especially me) can find them easily enough. They are grouped by category and subject to change without notice. Links to my favorite blogs, blog friends and amusing time wasters here.
Questions or comments? Bad links found? Email me at writtenwyrdd at earthlink dot net!
WRITING ADVICE & FORUMS
Advice for writers from writing professionals.
The Blood Red Pencil. Writing advice from various writers.
Book View Cafe. Writing advice from various writers, many spec fic.
Edit Torrent (Two writers [Alicia & Sylvia] give great writing advice)
Editor Unleashed (Blog with great editing tips by Maria Schneider)
Evil Editor (An editor helps you write better openings and queries. Also hilarious.)
Flogging the Quill (Editor & writer Ray Rhamey critiques openings)
Guide to Literary Agents (Editor's blog)
Help! I Need A Publisher! (author Nicola Morgan offers advice to new writers.)
Predators & Editors (learn about fraudster agents)
Michael Hyatt (CEO, Thomas Nelson Inc.)
Miss Snark (An agent answers publishing Qs and helps you write better queries. Also snarkilicious.)
Nice Mommy, Evil Editor (editor offers writing tips and news)
Straight from Hel (Helen Ginger offers writing tips.)
Query Shark (Janet Reid's query help blog.)
Editors, Agents & Other publishing professionals talk about their work.
A. Victoria Mixon (Editor)
Alexandra Sokoloff (Screenwriter, novelist - excellent posts on Acts/Story construction!)
Anna Genoese (Freelance Editor, Aleuromancy blog)
Cat Rambo (Editor, Fantasy Magazine, her blog)
Colleen Lindsay (Agent for FinePrint Literary Mgt, The Swivet blog)
Editorial Anonymous (blog of an anonymous children's book editor)
Editorial Ass (blog of an anonymous editorial assistant)
Helen Ginger (Straight from Hel blog)
The Intern (Publishing Intern, blog)
Jane Smith (How Publishing Really works blog)
Janet Reid (Agent, Query Shark blog)
Jean Henry Mead (Write On! blog, guest posts, pub info)
Jennifer Rappaport (Agent, Lit Soup blog)
Kristen Nelson (Agent, Pubrants blog)
Nathan Bransford (Agent for Curtis Brown, blog)
The Rejector (Assistant to an Agent, blog)
Writer's Organizations.
Author's Guild
Canadian Authors' Assn.
EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection) (for epublished authors)
HWA (Horror Writers Assn.)
MISFITS (Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction & Fantasy)
MWA (Mystery Writers of America)
NESFA (New England Science Fiction Assn.)
PARSEC (Pittsburgh's SF Assn.) - Associated convention: Confluence
SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)
SFRA (Science Fiction Research Assn.)
SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America)
RWA (Romance Writers of America)
WGA (Writers' Guild of America)
WGC (Writers' Guild of Canada)
EbookCrossings comprehensive list of Writers Assns.
Workshops for writers:
MVSFA's Paradise sf workshop ($880 for Fall 2010)
Other sites for writers: News, Critiques, Agent listings.
Absolute Write (forums, critiques and news)
Agent Query (links, agent database)
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Backspace (news, forum, writing help articles and a blog)
Baen's Bar (forums, critiques and news) 8/09: Sadly, they'll be closing. I'll keep the link in case there are archives.
Best Fantasy & Science Fiction (news and reviews)
Book Smugglers (Romance reviews)
Con Command (news, conventions listings)
Critique Circle (critique site)
Critters (critique site)
Fandomania (fan site, news)
Fantasy Debut (fantasy fiction news and reviews)
Fantasy & Sci Fi Lovin' News & Reviews
Galley Cat (publishing news)
The Genre Files (spec fic news and reviews)
Hey! There's a Dead Guy in the Livingroom! (Mystery writers talk writing from idea to published)
Horror World (Horror fan site, news, forums, publishing info)
Internet Writers' Resources (lots of links)
Maine Writers Org (links to mainly Maine publishers, and resources, but some other links as well)
New Adventures in Fantasy Fiction (news, reviews)
Novelists Inc. (writers blog about writing)
Poets & Writers' upcoming contests database page
Publishers Marketplace (news, links)
Query Tracker (agent database)
Scribophile (critique site & blog)
SF Lovers (news, convention listings)
SF Novelists (multiple authors blog and articles on writing)
Shaw Guides to Writers Workshops & Conferences (lots of links)
Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books (Romance news & Reviews)
Smashing Magazines 50 Awesome Sites to Help You Improve Your Writing Skills
Southern Fandom Resource Guide (news and convention listings for Southern US)
Speculative Literature Foundation - their blog
SQT (Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin' News & Reviews)
Suvudu - book news and free ebooks to download
SPECULATIVE FICTION STUFF
Speculative Fiction magazines.
Alien Skin Magazine ezine (bi-monthly ezine) - submissions page.
Analog Science Fiction & Fact (monthly print) - submissions page.
Another Realm (ezine) - FAQ & submissions page.
Allegory (tri-annual ezine) - submissions page.
Asimov's Science Fiction magazine (monthly print) - blog & submissions page.
Baen's Universe - blog & submissions. Magazine appears to be dead but site is still up.
Borderlands (bi-annual ezine) - submissions page, Australian residents only.
ChiZine (Chiarascuro) (quarterly ezine) - blog & submissions page.
Clarkesworld Magazine - forums & submissions page. Go to forums and read guideline page.
Dark Discoveries (print) - blog & submissions page.
Electric Spec Ezine - blog & submissions page.
Fantasy Magazine (monthly ezine) - submissions page.
Fantasy & Science Fiction - blog & submissions page.
Farmerphile magazine (quarterly print) - submissions info not found!
Flash Fiction Online - submissions page.
Fusion Fragment - submissions page.
GUD Magazine (Greatest Uncommon Denominator) - blog & submissions page.
Ideomancer Speculative Fiction (quarterly ezine) - submissions page.
Intergalactic Medicine Show (ezine)- forum & submissions page.
Interzone SF&Fantasy - forum & submissions page.
Juno Books - (div of Pocket Books) editorial blog & submissions page.
New Myths Magazine (quarterly ezine) - submissions page.
Not One Of Us (quartely digest) - editor's blog & submissions page.
SteamPunk Magazine (quarterly ezine) - blog & submissions page.
Strange Horizons - blog & submissions page.
Thaumatrope - Twitter site publishing flash in 124 characters or less. Their website.
Three-Lobed Burning Eye (2-3 times per year ezine) - blog & submissions page.
Weird Tales (print, bi-monthly) - news & submissions page.
LINKS TO MANY OTHER MAGAZINES & PUBLISHERS HERE ON LOCUS' LINK PAGE.
List of SFWA Qualifying Professional Venues here.
Links to many other markets here, sorted by payment amount.
Speculative Fiction Publishers Information/Databases.
Anthology News & Reviews (anthology opportunities)
Duotrope
Horror World
Market Maven
Quintamid Market Database
Ralan
SpecFicWorld
SpeculativeLiterature.org
Speculative Fiction Publishers (Novels/Anthologies).
Baen (print) - Market: sf & fantasy. Submissions guidelines.
Ellora's Cave (mostly ebooks) - Market: erotica. Submissions guidelines.
Harper Eos - (print and ebooks) - Speculative fiction. Blog.
Luna Books (division of Harlequin) - Market: fantasy romance, 100-120K length. Submissions guidelines.
Loose-Id (ebooks) - Market: erotica (incl spec fic). Submissions guidelines.
Norilana Books
Planet Stories.
Sahmain (print and epubs) - anthologies and novels, primarily romance. Blog & Submissions guidelines.
Tor/Forge (print; div of McMillan) - science fiction and fantasy. Submissions Guidelines.
Widgets for writers.
Instant Boss, a widget that helps you manage your time.
Writertopia's word count widget
RESEARCH & REFERENCE
Spec Fic oriented references.
Biology in SF (blog about biological sciences in fiction)
The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot (hilarious listing of cliches)
Fantasy Writers Org. (forums, writing help, fan site, misc.)
Guidevines (info and links for writers, wiki style)
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (listing of spec fic works/authors)
Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards (award info, very comprehensive)
Odyssey, the Fantasy Writing Workshop (annual workshop)
Patricia C. Wrede's Worldbuilder (worldbuilding for sff)
Technovelgy (technology as it relates to sf)
Turkey City Lexicon
TV Tropes (listing of plot cliches, very useful)
Watt-Evans's Laws of Fantasy
Why Stories Work
Write SF
Grammar & English help.
Common Errors in English Usage (listing of common misspellings and errors)
Dr. Grammar
Edufind Grammar Help
English Grammar Glossary (UsingEnglish.com)
Etymology.com (word origins, Latin and other translators)
GrammarBook.com
Grammar Bytes
Grammar Clues
Grammar Errors
Latin Phrases Commonly Used in English
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) (grammar and other links)
One Look Dictionary
Word Root Quick Reference
Vocabulary Builders.
Espindle list of Greek & Latin roots in English (great for vocab building!)
Science.
Drug Identification site
Eureka! Science News
How Stuff Works
Hubble Site (Hubble telescope news)
Live Science (Science, tech, health & environment news)
The Loom (Discover magazine's blog)
National Geographic
The Particle Adventure (interactive physics basics site)
Physics & Astronomy links
Science & Technology News (Discover Magazine)
Science Daily News
Space.com
Improbable Research (offbeat science)
Forensic science.
Reddy P. Chamakura's web site & links (retired forensics scientist)
Fictionway's 51 Forensics Facts page
Ask Dr. Baden
Funtrivia's Forensic Science Quiz
Mythology & Religion.
Meta-Religions
Monstropedia (wiki listing of monsters)
Sacred Texts (listing of many ancient texts)
Theoi (Greek mythology)
General Reference/Miscellaneous.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
British to American Translator
Chinese names tool
Guide to Verse Forms (useful poetry info)
Internet Public Library
Mostly Medieval
Names & Their Meanings
Primitive Ways (links/info on primitive technology)
Project Gutenberg
The Pumphandle (the watercooler for the health crowd)
The Society for Creative Anachronism
Urban Dictionary (fo shizzle!)
Urban Legends Reference Page (snopes.com)
Zip Skinny
Language Translators.
Chinese (Mandarin) to English dictionary, in pinyin (English letters) as well as Chinese characters
SFF AUTHOR WEBSITES & BLOGS
Please note that many authors have writing advice and articles on their sites as well.
Aprilynne Pike
Carrie Vaughn
Charles deLint
Charles Gramlich (Razored Zen)
Charles Stross
Cherie Priest
China Mieville
Cindy Pon
Colin Harvey
Ellen Datlow
Ellen Kushner (Puggy's Hill) blog
Guy Gavriel Kay
Holly Black
Holly Lisle
Ilona Andrews
Jaye Wells (Jaye's Blahg)
J.F. Lewis (Write the Fantastic blog)
Jane Yolen
Jeanne duPrau
Jeffrey Ford (The Well-Built City & 14theditch blog )
Jeri Smith-Ready
Jim Butcher
Jocelyn Kelley
John Joseph Adams
John Scalzi (Whatever, blog)
Katie Macalister
Karen Traviss
Kat Richardson
Kit Whitfield
Laura Anne Gilman
Laurell K. Hamilton
League of Reluctant Adults (spec fic authors united in mayhem)
Lilith Saintcrow (blog)
Linnea Sinclair
Lynn Viehl (Paperback Writer blog)
Mark Henry (Burlesque of the Damned)
Mary Ann Mohanraj (lots of great writing articles, blog)
Melissa Marr
Michele Sagara (Trying to Catch Up blog)
Neil Gaiman (blog)
Nick Mamatas (the nihilistic kid, blog)
Orson Scott Card (lots of great writing info on the site)
P.J. Hoover (Roots in Myth)
Ray Rhamey (Flogging the Quill) (lots of great writing info)
Robert J. Sawyer (his How To Write page)
Robin Hobb
Robin McKinley
Samantha Winston
T.A. Pratt
Tobias Buckell
Ursula K. LeGuin
Witchy Chicks (lady paranormal writers, blog)
SF Novelists' list of authors (lots of other writers listed)
