Popular Fiction Websites
Genres
Professional sites dedicated exclusively to the particular genres we cover in our program.
Romance Fiction
Romance Novel Studies
Romance.Net
: c/o of Harlequin
Romance Central
Yahoo's Romance Fiction Directory
Children's Fiction
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Children's Literature Web
Aaron Shepard's Kidwriter Page
Write4Kids.com
Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Lit Resources
Verla Kay's Website for Children's Writers
Yahoo's Children's Fiction
and
YA
Directory
Mystery Fiction
The Deadly Directory
at
cluelass.com
Yahoo's Mystery Directory
Science-Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
The SF Resource Guide
Yahoo's SF/F
and
horror
Directory.
Marketing, Networking and Employment
Collections of writers guidelines, formatting tips, publishers or trade magazines that track publisher needs.
Publisher's Weekly
Writer's Digest Magazine
Poet's and Writer's Magazine
Glossary of Writing Careers
Worldwide Markets in English for Freelance Writers
All Write Freelance Marketplace
Children's Writers Marketplace
Ranlan.com: SF Writers Guides
The Market List
(mostly speculative fiction)
National Writer's Groups
Recommended professional organizations for writers working in popular fiction.
RWA
: Romance Writers of America
SCBWI
: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Children's Writers and Illustrators.
MWA
: Mystery Writers of America
SIC
: Sisters in Crime
SFWA
: Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
HWA
: Horror Writers Association
WGA
: The Writer's Guild of America
AWP
: Associated Writing Programs
Writing Advice
Web pages that collect info for writers.
The Online Writery
Inkspot.Com
BookWire
: News about the Business
Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers
Poewar's Writer's Resource Center
The Writer's Toolbox
WriterWorkshops.com
PageOne Writer's Resources
Writers Internet Resources
Writer's Resources at Open Directory
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
The Beginning Writer's Dictionary
(care of
writer.org
)
The Craft of Writing: Articles by the SFWA
Synopsis Workshop
c/o the Portland extension of the RWA.
Writing Tips
from Vivian Beck.
About.Com: Humanities/Arts
Nolo.Com: Self-Help Law
TechWriter's Fiction Writer's Tips
NZWriters' Character Sketch Worksheet
(ms word format)
FireWood's Fiction Writer's Checklists
Research & Reference Resources
Pages that can improve your writing or places to hunt down necessary "facts" to build into the fiction.
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk
A Guide to Grammar and Style
should help you with your copy-editing tasks.
Roget's Thesaurus
One-look Dictionaries
The Quotations Page
RefDesk.Com
DeskRef.Com
Bartleby.com
: Literature in the public domain.
PowerReporting.com
helps to hunt down sources and facts.
AwardWeb: Literary Awards for Genre Fiction
Postage Rates Worldwide
Scenario League's Historical Maps
FindArticles.Com
Local Literary Sites
Pages that are relevant to writers living within a 50-mile radius of Seton Hill College.
Local Lit & Lectures
c/o the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Area Literary Sites and Magazines
Events at the
Greensburg Barnes and Noble
Famous Pittsburgh Writers
RealPittsburgh.,com's Entertainment Guide to Books & Authors
Pittsburgh WorldWrights: Pittsburgh SF/F/H Group
Write or Die: Pittsburgh SF/F/H Group
Pittsburgh Southwrites
PARSEC: Pittsburgh SF Fan Club
Confluence: SF Convention
Mentor/Faculty Pages
Pages by or about people who teach or work in our program.
Lee Tobin-McClain
Al Wendland
Mike Arnzen
Barbara Miller
Julia Ecklar
William H. Keith
James Morrow
Randall Silvis
Tom Lipinski
Visiting Writer Pages
Pages by or about our accomplished visiting writers.
S.J. Rozan
Jennifer Crusie
Octavia Butler:
Unofficial Site
|
Voices from the Gap
Student Web Pages
Web sites by or about those who are currently entered in our program.
Shelley Bates
Melissa Beynon
(bonus: Missy's
"Short Story Writer's Showcase" Webzine
)
Alumni Pages
Web pages by or about those who have graduated from our program.
Sarah Barczyk
Pat Picciarelli
(bonus:
Pat's lecture notes on "Guerilla Marketing"
from his class at the Winter 1999 residency)
Many thanks
to the students, mentors, and faculty members who recommended additions to this page. Keep them coming by
sending your links to Mike Arnzen
. Your intention should be educational; not promotional.
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