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>30 days ago by wagner, 4 Users, more info saveWorld News - International Headlines
CNN brings you headlines, video and news stories from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas.
>30 days ago by TJCharles456, 2 Users, more info saveTrue Crime Fanatic for readers, writers, illustrators, ...
true crime for writers, illustrators, readers, etc.
>30 days ago by wagner, 1 User, more info savedotherightthing.com » Popular Stories
people changing business by sharing stories about companies
>30 days ago by wagner, 5 Users, more info saveWelcome to spotstory - spotstory: People. Places. Passi ...
share stories about places
>30 days ago by wagner, 1 User, more info saveThe Nocturnes - Tips and Tricks
Link via Saskboy
>30 days ago by ericeggertso, 1 User, more info saveJames Lee Burke - Bestselling Author
The official website of James Lee Burke. Crime and detective stories
>30 days ago by ichin030, 1 User, more info saveEllroy.com
Site about James Ellroy, the author of such books as L.A. confidential and Black Dahlia
>30 days ago by ichin030, 1 User, more info saveReason #64 why I Love my Editor
"During our discussion ... she told me to develop a character who never actually appears in any of the three ... books, including this one. And you know what? She was right. Several aspects of th
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveDirect thoughts in third-person narrative
"Nothing at all wrong with making the narrative “voice” be the POV character’s voice. This is a very intimate point of view which can be quite satisfying and involving for the reader–very like fi
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
"The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance." Via A. R. Yng
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info savePractice and Theory of the First Sentence
"For me, the first sentence has to do three things: hook the reader, set the tone, and set up the end." The insightful Jim van Pelt with more writing tips.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWriting Advice: When ToTell, Not Show
"I read a lot of ms work that's weighed down with too much ballast posing as worldbuilding telling of little commonplaces and everyday dialog involving greetings, leaden chit-chat etc. Much of th
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGetting Started: Writing Exercises
"So, if you take that advice seriously and sit down to write before some blinding idea falls on your head from on high, what are you to write about? How should you get started?" Jim van Pelt
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveScience Fiction Is Not a Literature of Ideas
"A common mistake among new writers is that SF is a literature of ideas. This is not true, strictly speaking." Wise words from Jeremiah Tolbert.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveSurprise: Study Finds Online Users Finish More Stories ...
“...when readers chose to read an online story, they usually read an average of 77% of the story, compared to 62% in broadsheets and 57% in tabloids.” Very interesting results, no?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhat I Learned from Reading Slush
"I learned more from reading slush at the California Quarterly when I was in grad school than in any course I was taking at the time." Useful tips for aspiring writers, via Scalzi wearing hi
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Daily Cabal - daily short-short fiction website
Does what it says on the tin. Linked via (and designed by) Jeremiah Tolbert.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveMeetings With Remarkable Men (Christopher Priest)
"This talk was first delivered at Novacon 9, in November 1979, and is reprinted from Vector 98, June 1980." It says important things about sf that still mean a lot now - if not more.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveU.K.'s Interzone Celebrates 25th
"An ideal Interzone story combines a strong modern sensibility with quality prose, using both style and substance to deliver a thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking reading experience.&qu
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveReading sci-fi for pleasure
"You see, when it comes to the genre wars, science fiction is at a very curious disadvantage. As soon as someone writes a really good sci-fi book it nearly always seems to get reclassified as som
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFuturizing
"The process of adding kick-ass gadgets, tools, and extrapolations to a sci-fi story to make it feel more futuristic so that it can fit more comfortably in the sci-fi genre. Closely related to Se
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveThe Willows - Fiction Magazine Seeks Submissions
"...Mr Thomas seeks submissions for a new magazine of Steampunk/Early Pulp fiction called The Willows - stories that could have been appropriate to telling around the fire at the Gentlemans Club.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveREVIEW: 2006 Nebula Award Short Fiction Nominees
"Like last year, I undertook a project to read the short fiction nominees for this year's Nebula Award." SF Signal's John manages to net all but one of them, too.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveClarkesworld: A Rejection Letter
"I like you [Writer], so I'm going to spend some time on this one. The moment your protag was thrilled to meet the [most important religious guy], I knew he was dead as fuck." Writing tricks
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save