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Useful links for SF Writers

  • Agent Query — searchable database of literary agents
  • Ansible — David Langford's multiple Hugo-winning newsletter: responsible for there being more Hugos per capita in Reading than in any other town in the UK.
  • Clarion — well-known residential workshops with intensive 6-week training by a variety of guest lecturers.
  • Codex — online group of "neopros" (writers who have made at least one pro sale, but are still in the early stages of their careers).
  • Critters — the pre-eminent online workshop for spec-fic writers.
  • Duotrope — market listings and response tracking.
  • Evil Overlord List a kick up the cliché
  • ISFDB — The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • Miss Snark Archive — a NY literary agent dishes the dirt and drops pearls of wisdom in her (now discontinued) blog.
  • Odyssey US residential fantasy writing workshop
  • Query Shark — how to write query letters that work
  • Ralan.com — market listings.
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America — the main organisation of professional spec-fic writers.
  • SF Hub — portal for science fiction research.
  • SFF Net — homepages, forums and more.
  • SpecFicWorld.com — an online resource guide for speculative fiction fans and writers.
  • Story Pilot — searchable database of SF markets
  • Submitting to the Black Hole — market response-time tracker.
  • Turkey City Lexicon — Things to avoid in your writing plus a few to grasp with both hands. Includes explanations of 'plot coupons', 'as you know bob', 'deus ex machina', 'said bookism' plus the apparently highly desirable 'eyeball kick'.
  • TV Tropes — be prepared to lose several hours if you visit this website. It's another great kick up the cliché
  • Writer Beware — exposing scams against writers.

Web links and home pages of Milford attendees past and present:

Brian Aldiss * Chris Amies * Tiffani Angus * Tom Arden (David Rain) * Paul Barnett/John Grant * Jacey Bedford * James Blish * Molly Brown * John Brunner * Chris Butler * John Clute * Ian Creasey * Colin Davies * Samuel R Delany * Jaine Fenn * Jane Fletcher * Neil Gaiman *  Terie Garrison * Mary Gentle * Neile Graham * Dave Gullen * Mark Harding * Merrie Haskell * Robert Holdstock * Liz Holliday * Ben Jeapes * Diana Wynne Jones * Gwyneth Jones * Stephen Kilbane * Gary Kilworth * Paul Kincaid * David Langford * Julianne Lee * Mike Lewis * Heather Lindsley * Wenonah Lyon * Anne McCaffrey * Una McCormack * George R. R. Martin * David Marusek * Nancy Jane Moore * Ruth Nestvold * Andy Oldfield * Chris Priest * David Redd * Alastair Reynolds * Al Robertson * Geoff Ryman * Sarah Singleton * Gus Smith / Gus Grenfell * Kari Sperring * Vaughan Stanger * Alys Sterling * Bruce Sterling * Charles Stross * Mark Tompkins * Karen Traviss * Robert Vamosi * Liz Williams * Neil Williamson * Patricia Wrede *

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