Directory of Science Fiction and Fantasy Resources

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Resources and information for writers about the art, craft and/or business of writing science fiction and fantasy. This category includes sf/f-specific writing tips and articles, markets, workshops, organizations, chat, e-zines and newsletters, email lists, and research and other resources.

Subcategories

• Fantasy
• Organizations
• Science Fiction

Resources in This Category

• Clarion Writing Program

  http://clarion.ucsd.edu/
  Information on the well-known science fiction and fantasy writing workshop held at UC San Diego. Workshop and Alumni information, newsletter, workshop instructors, contacts and FAQ.

• DADA's Little Baby Namer

  http://www.doctornerve.org/nerve/pages/interact/dadababy.shtml
  Name generator especially useful for generating unusual names for fantasy or science fiction characters or places.

• Jeffrey A. Carver

  http://www.starrigger.net/
  Includes advice to aspiring authors, particularly in science fiction and fantasy and essays on writing. Also, a weblog about being a writer and other personal events.

• Mary Soon Lee's Writing Speculative Fiction Page

  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/wr.html
  Questions and answers on a variety of topics of interest to SF/F writers from this author.

• Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

  http://sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com/
  Web-based, peer-review writing workshop for aspiring authors. Includes reviews, discussion list, and newsletter. Offers a one month free membership trial.

• Other Worlds Writers' Workshop

  http://www.otherworlds.net/
  Workshop and bookstore for speculative fiction writers, explanations and examples of spec-fic genres, writing tutorials and critiquing.

• Peter Rey

  http://peterrey.com/
  Horror and fantasy novel writer shares his experiences with creative writing and self-publishing.

• Resources for Science Fiction Writers

  http://www.cthreepo.com/
  A collection of essays and projects about writing science fiction.

• Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

  http://www.sfwa.org/
  A professional organization for authors of science fiction, fantasy and related genres.. The SFWA site contains membership information, links to members sites, markets, and sample contracts.

• Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer

  http://www.sfwriter.com/owindex.htm
  Canadian SF/F writer's articles on writing, book information and workshops.

• SFF World

  http://www.sffworld.com/
  Science Fiction and Fantasy site, with biography, bibliography, news, book reviews, interviews, articles and links. Features articles of interest to science fiction and fantasy writers.

• Speculative Vision Science Fiction and Fantasy

  http://speculativevision.com/
  Resources include an art gallery, forum, full text Science Fiction and Fantasy classics, games and links.

• The Language Construction Kit

  http://www.zompist.com/kit.html
  Intended for anyone who wants to create artificial languages -- for a fantasy or an alien world, as a hobby, as an interlanguage. It presents linguistically sound methods for creating naturalistic languages -- which can be reversed to create non-naturalistic languages.

• The University of Michigan Fantasy and SF Home Pages

  http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/
  Featuresof this site include a symbolism dictionary and an online library containing the full text of many science fiction and fantasy works.

• Viable Paradise

  http://viableparadise.net/
  This is an intensive one-week workshop, in writing and selling commercial science fiction and fantasy. held annually in New England. The instructors are professional writers and editors. Both novels and short stories are considered and workshopped.

• Write SF

  http://www.writesf.com/
  Free online course for young writers, created by SF author Jeffrey A. Carver. Covers the fundamental skills needed to write successful SF and fantasy stories.

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