SPECULATIONS

for writers who want to be read

Theory

Similes: 2007-02-15 16:51:26
Submissions Practices: 2007-02-14 10:17:54
Electronic Novel Profits: 2007-02-12 07:22:47
Dumping Theory On You: 2007-02-12 05:06:29
Movies in the Genre: 2007-02-09 22:36:52
Rejectomancy: 2006-12-31 05:18:05
Harry Potter et al. -- Speculative Fiction, the Next Generation: 2006-12-28 08:53:35
Grammar Rules That Aren't Good Grammar: 2006-11-15 19:16:41
Sentence Level Decisions: 2006-10-13 13:10:45
The Hook: 2006-10-05 11:13:44
Strategies for Juggling: 2006-10-05 04:33:52
Poetry Corner: 2006-09-22 05:02:51
I Wish Editors Would...: 2006-09-09 13:03:20
Plot Holes You Can Drive A Lorry Through: 2006-09-08 19:36:24
The Short-Short: a Tricky Little Form.: 2006-09-08 01:39:27
Getting Past Being Joe Blow Neo-Pro: 2006-09-07 16:45:52
Flash Fiction: 2006-09-07 09:16:54
Query Letters: What works for you: 2006-09-05 22:22:35
science fiction comedy, new blood needed?: 2006-08-28 03:08:08
Organizing Your Novel: 2006-08-27 10:46:25
Criticism - when to take it, when to leave it: 2006-08-27 00:28:20
Humorous Fantasy: 2006-08-25 15:39:46
Magic Realism: 2006-08-23 16:33:21
Writing literature for Young Adults: 2006-08-21 18:59:01
How To Give Good Readings: 2006-08-21 06:43:45
Naming Your Characters: 2006-08-19 21:43:12
Creative Independence: 2006-08-07 14:47:47
Tense Issues (past, present...): 2006-08-05 16:41:51
Plot Necessary To Accept, Style Sufficient To Reject -- ?: 2006-07-25 20:03:03
Small Press Novels: 2006-07-18 05:57:18
Starting and Running a Magazine: 2006-07-15 05:29:34
Short Fiction Reviews: 2006-07-11 04:45:05
So you've Written a Novel: 2006-07-05 09:57:49
Pen Names: 2006-07-02 19:03:38
Those Pesky Novellas: 2006-06-23 14:55:18
Editing: 2006-06-22 12:32:52
First Person vs. Third Person: 2006-06-17 15:22:08
Taking Back the Streets In the Land of What-If: 2006-05-29 08:42:47
Don't Write This: Trite Plots, Cliches, and Characters: 2006-05-23 00:35:53
Query Letters: 2006-05-17 07:01:26
The Perfect Ending: 2006-04-30 14:29:58
How I Sold My Book: 2006-04-30 12:58:23
Diversity in Spec Fic: 2006-04-28 18:14:26
The MFA: How, Whether and Where: 2006-02-15 13:27:27
Point of View - looking for opinions from those who read & write: 2006-01-25 20:05:53
Character Flaws: 2006-01-17 19:41:27
Genre art and artists: 2005-12-07 18:32:52
Discussion of Academia: 2005-11-22 18:21:42
Realism in Fantasy ?: 2005-11-01 17:25:17
Manuscript Formatting: 2005-09-07 23:18:24
Novel Outlines - A Necessary Evil?: 2005-07-22 00:44:16
Please Critique My Story!: 2005-06-06 10:21:08
Submission Procedures: 2005-05-09 10:31:36
The Perfect Title Goes Here: 2005-03-11 01:01:12
How to writers learn?: 2005-03-02 19:32:44
Writing Effective Endings: 2005-03-02 11:06:31
Speculative Detective Stories: 2004-12-15 09:24:37
To NASA or Nasa: 2004-11-04 10:49:23
Novel first drafts--finish or polish?: 2004-09-23 20:31:13
Revising novels/long stories: 2004-08-25 14:45:58
Absurdly Long Stories: 2004-08-17 04:28:12
"Bad" Language: 2004-05-03 17:25:49
POV in Ancient History: 2004-04-18 13:54:30
Cutting Edge versus Rusty Spoon: 2004-04-01 08:18:24
Speculative Humor: How do you Know It's Funny?: 2004-03-18 19:10:54
Opening lines: 2004-03-17 16:15:25
Info Dump (was Introducing SF Worlds): 2004-02-10 21:30:47
Short Fiction Reviews: 2003-12-14 23:05:28
Inventory of SubGenres: 2003-10-21 23:13:40
Please Critique My Story!: 2003-10-17 18:17:00
Doing the Backward Outline: 2003-09-22 17:22:36
My ideal magazine (as a reader): 2003-06-24 01:09:28
Teaching the Stuff: 2003-06-12 13:52:43
Slipstream Blues: 2003-05-09 11:45:55
Non-Fiction for the Fiction Writer: 2003-04-26 23:40:35
Translated fiction -- style problem (please he-elp!): 2003-04-13 14:48:50
Torn Between Two Settings: 2003-01-23 10:55:47
What makes a story interesting?: 2002-12-07 02:37:15
Using Real Events in Fiction: 2002-11-09 21:35:59
Breaking the Rules: 2002-09-04 14:45:56
Writing and Electronic Games: 2002-08-01 10:22:03
Influences: 2002-06-27 16:29:57
What Makes For A Strong Character?: 2002-05-16 10:01:39
How High Should The Stakes Be?: 2002-05-05 18:59:33
Tales or Tomes? (MS Length): 2002-04-30 22:10:14
Old-fashioned mayhem: 2002-03-16 19:22:00
Collaborations: 2002-03-15 21:11:00
Suspension of Disbelief: 2001-12-27 17:18:00
Books on Writing: 2001-12-07 20:24:00
Rights to Sell: 2001-04-09 02:37:00
multiple submissions: 2001-02-18 08:48:00
When to query, when to wait, when to give up?: 2000-12-22 16:44:00
First Person Narrative: 2000-12-14 22:33:00
Synopses: 2000-10-27 11:22:00
Coincidence in Stories?: 2000-10-09 06:26:00
Flash Fiction: 2000-09-14 06:21:00
Horror Theory: 2000-08-12 09:28:00
How do you know it's really scary?: 2000-08-09 19:11:00
Unwritten Rules for Submissions: 2000-06-13 20:01:00
Anthologies and Payrates.: 2000-05-16 08:10:00
Heroes: 2000-04-29 17:19:00
Hard SF - Is it Dead?: 2000-03-29 17:29:00
The Role of the Small Press: 2000-03-23 12:47:00
Seasonal Stories: 2000-03-10 03:13:00
After the acceptance: 2000-01-24 23:23:00

Unless otherwise noted, contents of this site are copyright Speculations, 1994-2007. Please address all correspondence to Kent Brewster.
If you're confused about whether that agency is legitimate or not, why not check out Writer Beware's 20 Worst Literary Agencies?

SPECULATIONS

Theory

Unless otherwise noted, contents of this site are copyright Speculations, 1994-2007. Please address all correspondence to Kent Brewster.If you're confused about whether that agency is legitimate or not, why not check out Writer Beware's 20 Worst Literary Agencies?

Unless otherwise noted, contents of this site are copyright Speculations, 1994-2007. Please address all correspondence to Kent Brewster.
If you're confused about whether that agency is legitimate or not, why not check out Writer Beware's 20 Worst Literary Agencies?