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Writing Speculative Fiction: Fantasy, Science Fiction & Horror
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- Writing Speculative Fiction
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Blending Fiction and History - Paula Fleming
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Dialogue in Speculative Fiction: When Space Bugz Speakie Funnie and Other Problems - Paula Fleming
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Finessing the Infodump - Paula Fleming
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Using Current Events in Speculative Fiction - Paula Fleming
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Using History: We Know Stuff Happens, but How? - Paula Fleming
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What Does Your Protagonist Want? - Paula Fleming
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What "Type" Is Your Character? - Paula Fleming
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What's in a Name? - Moira Allen
- Fantasy
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The Care and Feeding of Fictional Horses, by Mary K. Wilson
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Contemporary Fantasy: Setting the Fantastic in the Everyday World - Paula Fleming
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Creating a Realistic Fantasy World - Penny Ehrenkranz
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Creative Uses of Magic in Your Fantasy Story - Philip Martin
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Mixing Science and Magic: A Recipe for Disaster? - Paula Fleming
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The Numberless Hordes: Keeping Your Fantasy Armies a Little Less Fantastic - John Savage
- Shapeshifters: When It's Time to Shift the Story's Shape - Paula Fleming
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What Is Magical Realism, Really? - Bruce Holland Rogers
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What's the Magic Word: Defining the Sources, Effects and Costs of Magic - Tal Valante
- Science Fiction
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Aliens: Relatives of Ours? - Paula Fleming
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Science Fiction: The Literature of Ideas - Marg Gilks, Paula Fleming, Moira Allen
(Includes "Timelines of SF Ideas," by Marg Gilks)
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Setting: The Key to Science Fiction, by Bruce Boston
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Sex in SF - Paula Fleming
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The Subgenres of Science Fiction - Marg Gilks, Moira Allen
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Weird Science: Stranger than Fiction - Paula Fleming
- Horror
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Do Werewolves Wear Shoes? Building Successful Horror Characters, by Shaunna Privratsky
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How To Write Today's Horror, Part I: The Seeds of Horror - David Taylor
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How To Write Today's Horror, Part II: What Readers Want - David Taylor
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How To Write Today's Horror, Part III: What Readers Don't Want - David Taylor
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What Makes a Horror Writer? - Elizabeth Peake
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Writing the Modern Vampire: An Interview with Susan Sizemore - Moira Allen
- Market Tips
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Attending a Speculative Fiction Convention - Paula Fleming
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A Field Guide to Genre Writers' Organizations - Catherine Lundoff
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Finding Good Markets, Avoiding Bad Ones - Paula Fleming
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The Future of Science Fiction and Fantasy - Michele Acker
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Writing for Themed Anthologies - Paula Fleming
- Interviews with Speculative Fiction Authors
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Piers ANTHONY: Master of Punmanship - Moira Allen
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Bruce BOSTON: Writing Speculative Poetry - John Amen
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David BRIN - Lynne Jamneck
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Orson Scott CARD: On Religion in SF and Fantasy - Moira Allen
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Jeanne CAVELOS - Lynne Jamneck
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Rosemary EDGHILL: Making the Fantastic "Real" - Moira Allen
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Kate ELLIOTT: An Eye for Detail - Moira Allen
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Lynn FLEWELLING - Lynne Jamneck
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Lynn FLEWELLING: Writing the World of the Series - Moira Allen
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Ursula LEGUIN: Steering Her Craft - Faith Justice
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Anne MCCAFFREY - Lynne Jamneck
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Susan SIZEMORE: Writing the Modern Vampire - Moira Allen
- See also:
- General Fiction Tips
- Characters, Viewpoint and Naming
- Description & Setting
- Dialogue
- Column: Crafting Fabulous Fiction,
by Victoria Grossack
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