Links
I spend far too much time on the internet. Here are some of my favourite places to go.
My Live Journal blog: users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_
Writing Resources
DAW Books: us.penguingroup.com/static/html/daw
The DAW online community: community.livejournal.com/dawbooks
Opportunities and markets for sf and fantasy writers: www.ralan.com
Wonderlands, the online community for fantasy writers and readers: wonderlands.ning.com
The Write Fantastic, a group of interesting British sf and fantasy writers: www.thewritefantastic.com
Deep Genre, an online collective of US sf and fantasy writers: www.deepgenre.com/wordpress
Another US online writers’ collective: www.sfnovelists.com
The Arvon Foundation, courses for writers in the UK: www.arvonfoundation.org
I attended one of these, taught by Adam Roberts and Justina Robson, in 2006, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.
Holly Lisle’s writing resources for sf and fantasy: www.hollylisle.com
Writer Beware: www.sfwa.org/Beware
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: www.sfwa.org
The Society of Authors (British): www.societyofauthors.org
Writers
These are some of my favourite writers.
Lisanne Norman: www.sff.net/people/Lisanne
Liz Williams: mevennen.livejournal.com
Jaine Fenn: www.jainefenn.com
Jacey Bedford: www.jaceybedford.co.uk
Freda Warrington: www.fredawarrington.com
Tanith Lee: www.tanithlee.com
Chaz Brenchley: www.chazbrenchley.co.uk
Justina Robson: www.lula.co.uk
Adam Roberts: www.rhul.ac.uk/english/about-us/Staff/Roberts/About-us-Roberts.html
Kate Elliot: www.kateelliott.com
Ian Watson: www.ianwatson.info
Alexandre Dumas and the Musketeers
Some of these are in French, but they are well worth visiting.
Alexandre Dumas, suites, plagiats, pastiches et hommages. This marvellous site, run by Patrick de Jacquelot, is devoted to sequels, homages and pastiches of the novels of Dumas, and especially the musketeers series and Monte Cristo. Although the site is in French, many of the books are in English: www.pastichesdumas.com
The Dumas Society, a bilingual website: www.dumaspere.com/pages/english/societe/sommaire.html
Swashbucklers: www.swashbucklers.co.uk
Hong Kong Cinema
The View from the Brooklyn Bridge, an excellent review site: www.brns.com
Hong Movie Database: hkmdb.com/phpbb
Love Hong Kong Film, another review site: www.lovehkfilm.com
Yuen Biao, my hero!: www.yuenbiaofan.tk
Other
The official website of the talented Chris McGrath, who drew the cover of Living with Ghosts: www.christianmcgrath.com
Anne Sudworth, another wonderful artist: www.annesudworth.co.uk
Immanion Books, home to a lot of exciting new writers: www.immanion-press.com
Newcon Press, publisher of terrific anthologies: www.newconpress.com
The History Press, who publish some of my non-fiction: www.thehistorypress.co.uk