Links
WRITERS
Zakarya Anwar
Fantasy, sf and comic book author who has had a number of peices accepted and published by web and print setups. He is also a comic book and film critic.
Nerine Dorman
A writer, editor, photographer and musician from Cape Town. Writes dark fantasy and horror.
Annette Bowman
A rather excellent writer of speculative fiction and also an artist. Annette is from Michigan, USA.
T W Williams
A fellow fantasy writer and a gentleman. Williams is dedicated to developing serial characters and championing the sword and sorcery genre.
Colum Paget
A writer and a self-proclaimed 'C' hacker who doesn't get out much.
Randy Belaire
Author of the Resurgence: Chronicles of the Shadow Chaser
Frank Byrns
Author of Requiem, My Father's Son and Things to Come. Also the editor and publisher of periodical, A Thousand Faces
Melanie Jordan
Editor and President of Imagine Magazine
MAGAZINES/PUBLISHERS
Locus Online Magazine
Locus Online, which went online in April 1997, is a semi-autonomous web version of Locus Magazine. Like the magazine, Locus Online focuses on news of the Science Fiction publishing field and coverage of new science fiction books and magazines.
A magazine featuring fantasy and sf fiction, non-fiction, comic book, television, movie and videogames news, reviews and previews. Just about everything a fantasy and sf buff may be interested in on one site.
A major title on the sword and sorcery sub-genre. Features stories, links to other publications, interviews, reviews and some impressive fantasy artwork.
SOCIETIES/GROUPS
Established in 1995, currently 10,000 members. Critters is an on-line workshop/critique group for serious writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. You get your work critiqued in exchange for critiquing the work of others, both of which are invaluable ways to improve your writing. It's run by Dr. Andrew Burt, former vice-president of SFWA and his army of software minions.
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain is the trade union representing writers in TV, radio, theatre, books, poetry, film and video games.
The Society of Authors has been serving the interests of professional writers for more than a century. Today it has more than 8,000 members writing in all areas of the profession.
A site with a more comprehensive list of author links than my own.
The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit international literary and educational organization for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams.
The Association was launched in the summer of 1995 and already it has over 150 affiliated groups and over 100 associate (individual) members spread across the United Kingdom. The aims are to bring cohesion and fellowship to isolated writers’ groups and individuals, promoting the study and art of writing in all its aspects.
The Website for writers with over 1700 pages and all sorts of advice for new and existing writers. The founders of WritersServices have enormous personal experience of publishing, writing and the computer world. They know that life is getting even tougher for writers. This is the best site for writers resources that we have come across.
The British Fantasy Society exists to promote and enjoy the genres of fantasy, science fiction and horror in all its forms. The British Weird Fantasy Society began in 1971 as an off-shoot of the British Science Fiction Association. The ‘Weird’ was soon dropped and the BFS was born. Dedicated to the promotion of all that is best in the Fantasy and Horror genres, the BFS is both influential and well respected among genre publishers in the UK and America and have many well known authors as members, not least our president Ramsey Campbell.
Many science fiction and fantasy writers are "non-religious" (or, more accurately, their "religion" is writing science fiction and fantasy -- in the strictly sociological sense of what constitutes an important motivation or community for them). Many other SF/F authors have stated a preference for secular philosophies such as atheism, agnosticism, and in some cases humanism. Some writers have a highly individualized religiosity or belief system which doesn't fit into into a traditional classification (e.g. Philip K. Dick). English language science fiction and fantasy authors who are adherents of traditional religious faiths usually belong to a branch of Christianity (these include Catholics, Anglicans, Latter-day Saints, Protestants, etc.) or are Jews.