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Testing Ideas While I've always meant to put togeter a work of fantasy/speculative fiction, my annoyance with the works of others have actually led me to… Started by Rob Oakes	4	Dec 21 Reply by Vic
Books on Writing Inspired by the fascinating discussion on Writing Rules, started by Nick, does anyone out there have favourite -- or hated -- books on writ… Started by Kari Sperring	37	Dec 21 Reply by Vic
Horses for Writing Courses...? Anita Desai questions the usefulness of creative writing courses, even though she has taught on them herself! I blogged at length on this… Started by Nick	3	Dec 3 Reply by Milton Davis
For 'Commercial' Fiction read 'Genre' = A Cheese Sandwich... This heads a review of Kate Mosse's latest novel (actually an expansion of a previously published short story and not the third in her tril… Started by Nick	3	Dec 3 Reply by Milton Davis
NaNoWriMo OK not sure how many people know about this but its National Novel Writing Month in November. The place is called NaNoWriMo and theres a co… Started by drosdelnoch	36	Nov 2 Reply by Bob Lock
Post Your Work in Progresss Report So far I am on 11k+ with one of my projects. Relatively pleased with it by my standards, usually the consideration settles on me to print o… Started by Nick	7	Oct 27 Reply by Tony Richards
Blog on Writing I tried to drop this piece of info into Kari's discussion below, but must have clicked in the wrong place and wound up in the middle of a d… Started by Tony Richards	0	Oct 11
Science Fiction Writer Blasts Booker Judges Writer Kim Stanley Robinson giving it some to the blinkered vision of the Booker Judges who in turn blame the publishers. Meanwhile, Prof.… Started by Nick	4	Oct 9 Reply by Nick
Guy Gavriel Kay on Using Real Historical Figures in Fiction An interesting Blog article by Guy Gavriel Kay. A mixed set of responses in the comments following it and a further response from Kay himse… Started by Nick	3	Oct 3 Reply by RobertB
Writing a Fantasy Novel and Parkinson's Law Parkinson's Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Ah, good grief, yes. Started by Nick	13	Oct 2 Reply by Vic