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