Speculations : Site Map

• What's Hot?
  • A Plea for Sanity in the Internet Piracy Debate - Kent Brewster
    There are better outlets for our energy ... writing, for instance.

  • Building the Baen Free Library - Eric Flint
    or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet.

  • Harlan Ellison Fights For Creators' Rights
    How you can help in the battle against Internet pirates.

  • Tim Cooper and Marisa K. Lingen respond to Harlan's letter.
    "While Mr. Ellison is entitled to his views on the subject, we are offended by his claim to be representing all authors in this."

• Read Me First: Our Sample Articles
  Everything you always wanted to know about breaking in and staying there, but were afraid to ask.
  • RSI and the Science Fiction Writer - Zed Lopez
    If it hurts, don't do it!

  • Manuscript Formatting for Beginners - Kent Brewster
    Cross your eyes and dot your tees.

  • How To Nip A Writing Career In The Bud - Bridget McKenna
    Try a threatening cover letter with your next submission.

  • How To Break Up A Writer's Group - Alice Fiish
    Talk about writing, but never actually write.

  • Workshop Critiquing - Cory Doctorow
    You have to swallow your ire.

  • And Now, A Few Words About Edit Ink - Kent Brewster
    Remember, money flows towards the writer.

  • Transracial Writing For The Sincere - Nisi Shawl
    Black people don’t spend their whole lives thinking of themselves as black. We’re Ghanaians and editors and diabetics, and lots of other -ians and -ors and -ics.

  • The Dreaded A-Word - Kent Brewster
    What makes a magazine "professional," and why is it such a big deal?

  • How To Break A Writer's Spirit - Kent Brewster
    Don't forget the psychopathic cover letter!

  • Horrible Cliches To Avoid - Lillian Csernica
    Yes, Virginia: those AIDS-infected vampires have been done to death.

  • Regarding Multiple Submissions - Kent Brewster
    The difference between multiple and simultaneous subs.

  • Writers and Depression - Nancy Etchemendy
    The incidence of clinical depression among writers and artists may be as much as ten times greater than that among the general population.

  • Sweeping Back the Slushpile - as told to Kent Brewster
    A first reader's primer.

  • Staying Alive: Nothing Succeeds Like Success - Bruce Holland Rogers
    Tapping your hidden reserves.

  • On Finding an Honest Agent - Kent Brewster
    How to tell if you really need one.

  • How To Succeed in Electronic Publication Without Really Trying - Alice Fiish
    Offer to edit their manuscripts, for a fee.

  • So You Want To Start A Magazine - Kent Brewster
    Why?

• Background Information
  Who we are, what we do, where we're going, and why.

• Why You Should Subscribe, and How To Do It
  Send money or we'll shoot this magazine!

• Editorial Requirements
  How to get published in Speculations.

• Market Reports and Response Times
  Prozines, semiprozines, anthologies, e-zines, and major book publishers, with addresses, guidelines and response times.

• The Market Archive
  Most of our market updates, since July of 1996. Caution: messy text files ahead!

• The Dead Markets List
  Can't find that market? If it's dead, it's in here somewhere.

• Good News From The Ego Shelf
  In which we trumpet the achievements of our readers!

• The Rumor Mill
  Hang out and talk about writing and the writing life.

• Link This!
  Found something cool online? Link it here.

• The Archive Stacks
  All our back issues since 1995.
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• About the Authors
  Who are these guys, anyway?

• What's New?
  Web site updates, recent issues, and other good stuff.

• Our Site Map
  Isn't this where you came in?

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