LJ writing links
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ashnistrikeJust a couple of things I've found useful.
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specficmarkets: Community that posts new markets. Often amateur (i.e. low- or no-paying), or horror-oriented (i.e. not useful to me), but interesting things show up very regularly. The latest one (which I also had forwarded to me separately by a couple of people) is an anthology of essays by and about geek girls. Dunno if I'll be able to come up with anything for it, but it sounds like fun. This list actually gets the occasional market missed by Ralan's, which I've generally found to be the definitive on-line market resource.
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limyaael: Rants about how not to write fantasy. Worth looking at for anyone who cares about worldbuilding--both because she's funny, and because she sheds plot and character ideas around her as she goes, free for the picking. Take with the awareness that she reads a lot of amateur fic, though--many of the ideas she disses as unusable have been used to amazing effect by people like Diane Duane. Any idea can still be good if you handle it well enough.
genreneep: Interesting, genre-related links and occasional discussion.
sfandf_writers: Mostly a place to drop late-night questions about plotting, characterization, submission format, etc. High signal-to-newbie-introduction ratio, but a worthwhile resource.
specficmarkets: Community that posts new markets. Often amateur (i.e. low- or no-paying), or horror-oriented (i.e. not useful to me), but interesting things show up very regularly. The latest one (which I also had forwarded to me separately by a couple of people) is an anthology of essays by and about geek girls. Dunno if I'll be able to come up with anything for it, but it sounds like fun. This list actually gets the occasional market missed by Ralan's, which I've generally found to be the definitive on-line market resource.limyaael: Rants about how not to write fantasy. Worth looking at for anyone who cares about worldbuilding--both because she's funny, and because she sheds plot and character ideas around her as she goes, free for the picking. Take with the awareness that she reads a lot of amateur fic, though--many of the ideas she disses as unusable have been used to amazing effect by people like Diane Duane. Any idea can still be good if you handle it well enough.genreneep: Interesting, genre-related links and occasional discussion.sfandf_writers: Mostly a place to drop late-night questions about plotting, characterization, submission format, etc. High signal-to-newbie-introduction ratio, but a worthwhile resource.
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Date: 2005-11-18 03:26 am (UTC)Will visit when not in frantic NaNo-mode. But I did find and put limyaael's "gays in fantasy" rant in my memories. It's that good (even if I am guilty of at least one of them).
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Date: 2005-11-18 05:09 pm (UTC)Or maybe I should worry because they're all bi rather than gay. I should check the rant on using aspects of yourself in your characters...