Critter Notices
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Writing Resources
Various links with other writing-related information...
- Tips To Increase Writing Productivity"
- Aburt's Recommended Books
- ReAnimus Press / Advent:Publishers books on writing
- SFWA Home Page — The organization for professional SF&F writers; has tons of excellent information
- HWA Home Page — The organization for professional horror writers
- The SFWA Bulletin used to be what SFWAns read to keep up, but has gone defunct. If you find old issues they still have plenty of good advice.
- Shhh! A Sliver of The Secret to Selling SF
- Query Etiquette - How Long is Too Long? How long should and editor have your manuscript before you query about it...
- Top Ten Rules for Writing from a bunch of authors
- Umberto Eco's Rules for Writing
- David Brin's writing advice
- Writing Assault and Why You Should Avoid It
- Writing Careers: The Business Behind Becoming an Author
- Howard V. Hendrix's advice to new writers — special to Critters
- Interviews with writers about writing
- George Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer on Submitting — aka Weird Tales guidelines; very informative.
- Jeffrey Carver's page on how to write SF: "Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy" is a free online course for young writers, created by SF author Jeffrey A. Carver. Useful to aspiring writers of all ages, it covers the fundamental skills needed to write successful SF and fantasy stories.
- Jeffrey Carver's advice to aspiring writers
- Holly Lisle's page
- Liz Holliday's two most common reasons for rejecting stories
- Critter Dave Felts's review of the Writers of the Future workshop
- MZB's Advice to New Writers: and MZB's What is a Short Story?
- Review of the Infamous Clarion Workshop, by Lucy Snyder and Nalo Hopkinson
- Clarion Workshop Review by Michael A. Burstein
- Proper Manuscript Format
- More on Manuscript Format from Rob Sawyer
- John Stith's Manuscript Format Tips and other tips
- Characterization Tips from C. J. Cherryh
- Other Tips from C. J. Cherryh
- Michael Burstein tells a Fascinating Tale of a First Sale & Hugo Nomination
- Best Ever Readers Poll — favorite books as voted on by readers
- A letter from Stephen King's agent about protecting electronic rights
- Astouding award for Best New Writer info
- The Right to Read — The father of the Free Software Foundation makes his case with a science fiction story
- Locus Index — a comprehensive index to authors and stories
- The Internet Speculative Fiction Database — another index of authors & their works
