Science Fiction & Fantasy

General Speculative Fiction Tips

Blending Fiction and History - Paula Fleming

Dialogue in Speculative Fiction: When Space Bugz Speakie Funnie and Other Problems - Paula Fleming

Finessing the Infodump - Paula Fleming

Using Current Events in Speculative Fiction - Paula Fleming

Using History: We Know Stuff Happens, but How? - Paula Fleming

What Does Your Protagonist Want? - Paula Fleming

What "Type" Is Your Character? - Paula Fleming

What's in a Name? - Moira Allen

Science Fiction

Aliens: Relatives of Ours? - Paula Fleming

Science Fiction: The Literature of Ideas - Marg Gilks, Paula Fleming, Moira Allen
(Includes "Timelines of SF Ideas," by Marg Gilks)

Setting: The Key to Science Fiction, by Bruce Boston

Sex in SF - Paula Fleming

The Subgenres of Science Fiction - Marg Gilks, Moira Allen

Weird Science: Stranger than Fiction - Paula Fleming

Writing Soft SF - Penny Ehrenkranz

Fantasy

The Care and Feeding of Fictional Horses, by Mary K. Wilson

Contemporary Fantasy: Setting the Fantastic in the Everyday World - Paula Fleming

Creating a Realistic Fantasy World - Penny Ehrenkranz

Mixing Science and Magic: A Recipe for Disaster? - Paula Fleming

The Numberless Hordes: Keeping Your Fantasy Armies a Little Less Fantastic - John Savage

Shapeshifters: When It's Time to Shift the Story's Shape - Paula Fleming

What Is Magical Realism, Really? - Bruce Holland Rogers

What's the Magic Word: Defining the Sources, Effects and Costs of Magic - Lital Talmor

Horror

How To Write Today's Horror, Part I: The Seeds of Horror - David Taylor

How To Write Today's Horror, Part II: What Readers Want - David Taylor

How To Write Today's Horror, Part III: What Readers Don't Want - David Taylor

What Makes a Horror Writer? - Elizabeth Peake

Market Tips

Attending a Speculative Fiction Convention - Paula Fleming

Finding Good Markets, Avoiding Bad Ones - Paula Fleming

Writing for Themed Anthologies - Paula Fleming

Interviews:

Kevin J. ANDERSON - Lynne Jamneck

Piers ANTHONY: Master of Punmanship - Moira Allen

Bruce BOSTON: Writing Speculative Poetry - John Amen

David BRIN - Lynne Jamneck

Orson Scott CARD: On Religion in SF and Fantasy - Moira Allen

Jeanne CAVELOS - Lynne Jamneck

Douglas CLEGG - Lynne Jamneck

Kate ELLIOTT: An Eye for Detail - Moira Allen

Lynn FLEWELLING - Lynne Jamneck

Lynn FLEWELLING: Writing the World of the Series - Moira Allen

Ursula LEGUIN: Steering Her Craft - Faith Justice

Anne MCCAFFREY - Lynne Jamneck

Susan SIZEMORE: Writing with Bite - Moira Allen

Gordon VAN GELDER, editor of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine - Lynne Jamneck

Related Links:

Science Fiction/Fantasy Resources & Markets

Character Naming Resources

The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy, Vol. I	The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy, Vol. II	Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth	How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
On Writing Horror	Science Fiction Writer's Workshop	The Science of Science Fiction Writing	The Science of Aliens
Worldbuilding	The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference	Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy	Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

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