Sean Mead's Writing and Publishing Links and Book Links
Writing
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Association (SFWA) Home Page
- The Web Home of the SFWA, the professional organization for sf/f writers.
- The Rumor Mill
- Speculations' discussion groups on writing and editing related topics.
- JMS on Writing
- A fan site listing posts ofJ. Michael Straczynski, the author/producer of Babylon5, published on the craft of writing.
- Eggplant Literary Productions
- Home of Spellbound, a quarterly fantasy magazine for children, and Jintsu Electronic Texts, novella-length speculative fiction. Additionally, visitors can find a variety of resources: the Editor's Journal, the Newbie Editor's Resource, the Newbie Writer's Resource, and the Writer's Complete Waste of Time programs.
- Harry Arnston's Novel 101 Course
- A freely distributed copy of his work.
- ASJA Contracts Watch
- American Society of Journalists and Author's site tracking contract issues that affect authors.
- So You Want to Write a Book
- An online copy of O'Reilly & Associates guide for new authors. It is focused on technical books for a Unix-based audience, but the guide is very detailed and useful for comparisons with other publishers.
- Screenwriting
- The About.com (formerly MiningCompany) site.
- Art of Writing
- A writing ezine with some unusual touches such as free graphics.
- Writer Resources
- A large collection of links to sites of interest to writers of speculative fiction.
- Discussion:The Writer's Group
- An online writer's workshop and information newsgroup sponsored by the Washington Post.
- The Writer's Guild
- The screenwriter's union which understands how to put a nice site together.
- ScreenForge Information
- A shareware script formatting program; this page also includes instructions on the use of the program.
- Hollywood Interactive Network
- Site contains many resources for screenwriters and others interested in Hollywood.
- Protecting Your Work from Electronic Pirates
- Charles E. Petit's useful guide to reacting to electronic piracy.
- NovelAdvice
- A writing advice site. Publications looks to be on a monthly schedule.
- Poets & Writers, Inc. Home Page
- Online complement to the hardcopy publication.
- PEN American Center
- International writer's organization concerned with political effects upon writers of various governments' policies.
- Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource
- Links to a variety of writing resources.
- Richard Curtis Associates
- Leading SF/F agent.
- GoodStory
- An attempt to bring script slushpiles to the Internet. Currently in a beta phase.
- Zoetrope Screenplay Submissions
- An online workshop by Zoetrope.
- Landing an Agent
- Robert J. Sawyer's article on getting an agent including a list of SF related agents.
- SFWriter.com
- Robert J. Sawyer's promotional site, which contains some useful articles on SF writing.
- Is Your Writing on the Web?
- Sarah Wernick's suggestions on finding out if a publisher or infringer has republished your work on the web.
- Ivan Hoffman
- An attorney's site with good articles on intellectual property.
- Writers' Center of Indiana
- An Indianapolis-based sponsor of workshops and readings.
- Speculations: For Writers Who Want To Be Read
- The Hugo-nominated writer's magazine for SF/F. Excellent!
Guidelines
- The Market List
- A science fiction/fantasy/horror market list downloadable in either WinHelp or ASCII versions. A fantastic utilization of the WinHelp programming. It also includes extras such as interviews with editors.
- Spicy Green Iguana
- Billing itself as "the best genre magazine resoucre site on the net" this is an excellent market list.
- Paula Fleming's Market List: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
- A fairly extensive SF/F/H market list.
- Ralan's Webstravaganza
- An SF market research site for writers.
- Edge Guidelines
- SF/F publishing house novel guidelines.
- Wizards of the Coast
- Submission guidelines.
- SFF Net Books
- Guidelines for recurrent anthologies.
- Stygian Darkness
- Guidelines for a horror RPG ezine.
- Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature
- Staff page, which doubles as the guidelines page for this fantasy magazine.
- The Pegasus Writer's Guidelines
- Guidelines for the Judge's Guild magazine.
- Speculon SF Guidelines
- A new market that pays pro rates..
- 1001 Delights Guidelines
- A new publication that includes genre erotica.
- thewriteukmarket.com
- A guide to UK markets.
Contests
- Writers of the Future Contest
- A well compensated contest for unpublished authors.
- James White Award Rules
- An SF short story contest sponsored by Interzone. based
- UPC Science Fiction Award
- A contest for 25,000 word to 40,000 word SF novellas.
Publishing
- New York Times v. Tasini
- The landmark Supreme Court decision that ensured freelance, periodical authors' electronic redistribution rights, where those rights had not been bargained away.
- PrintIndustry
- This site allows you to submit bids to numerous printers simultaneously.
- Rasch Graphic Services
- Book printers.
- McNaughton & Gunn, Inc.
- Book printers.
- Yahoo! Binderies
- A limited directory from Yahoo! of book printers.
- BookLocker.com
- An eBook publisher with a strong marketing support operation and 70% royalties.
- Netpublished.net
- Online publisher with a very favorable rate structure for authors (ca. 85% royalty).
- Backinprint.com
- Sponsored by the Author's Guild, this print on demand site permits members to keep their works in print.
- Baker & Taylor
- The venerable jobber.
- Publishers' Weekly
- This is a limited online site from PW.
- BookWire
- Publishing news by R.R. Bowker.
- PubList
- A searchable listing of information on 150,000 publications and 8,000 newspapers.
- Electronic Literature Organization
- An electronic publishing research venture.
- The Starshield Web Project
- The gateway to the Starshield Web Project, a kind of mass RPG/collaborative writing sponsored by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
- Del Rey Books
- Del Rey SF/F web site.
- Baen Books
- A leading SF/F publisher.
- Tor
- A leading SF/F publisher.
- SimonSays.com
- Simon & Schuster's site.
- Time Warner Bookmark/Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
- Site for Warner Books SF/F lit.
- Amazon.com
- An online bookstore with over 1 million titles in their listings. The books are reviewed by readers and commented upon by their authors.
- Internet Bookshop Homepage
- British online bookstore.
- Bestsellersforless
- Only sells NYT best sellers. Makes it's money on the shipping and handling.
- Corel Photo Studio
- 71,000 photo images for licensing.
- Bibliofind
- Not a publisher, but a resource for finding out of print books.
- abebooks.com
- Self-described as the largest resource for finding out of print books.
Libraries
- Project Gutenberg
- An attempt to put all public domain works onto the Internet. It actually links a variety of sites, mainly libraries, assisting in the effort.
- The Etext Archives
- Find newsgroup discussions, position papers and classics in electronic form.
- On-line Books Page
- Search for public domain books available on the Web.
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