Crime Library. Everything from current cases to profiling to scams and hoaxes. The site map is at the bottom of the page, if you’re wondering how to get around the [...]
Issue: November 2004
Weapons
War, Warfare, Weapons provides an overview of Japanese weapons, when they were used, why, and by whom. Includes a section on castles and armor, theories on the origin of the [...]
Magic Systems
Wikipedia has a brief but thought-provoking entry on the historic relationship between magic and religion, from the traditional power of sacrifice to the sacredness of names. Additionally, their general article [...]
Genre Fiction: History and Cliches
For those looking to expand their knowledge of speculative fiction even more seriously, Rutgers has an extensive list of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from reading guides to encyclopedias to [...]
Christianity
NT Gateway The formation and selection process for the New Testament was very much human…and political. See the various links and books on NT Gateway. NTCanon.org provides helpful information, including [...]
North American Slang
Las Vegas Lingo is a short list of words and phrases which are commonly used in casinos, but have little to no meaning outside them.
The Academy is a dictionary of [...]
Communities
OWW, or the Online Writing Workshop (formerly run by publisher Del Rey) is a large community of writers on every point in the path from newbie to many-multi-published. There [...]
Letter from the Editors: On Being a Better Author (And Submitting Well)
At Reflection’s Edge, we read hundreds of pages of submissions every month in the search for excellent writing. Surprisingly, a large number of the rejection slips we send out are [...]
Classics
Bartleby.com Poetry, fiction, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, and Grey’s Anatomy; if it’s a book you were ever required to research in a 7th grade “library skills” unit, chances are good that [...]
Writer Beware — Literary Agents
Warnings and Cautions for Writers, part of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. website, provides a through discussion of what makes a good agent – not just [...]
British Commonwealth Slang
London Slang tries to focus solely on slang which is currently used in England’s capital. The layout is a little hard on the eyes, but the definitions are good and [...]
War
Best of History Web sites links to an impressive array of war history websites, in addition to more civilian-friendly art and oral history sites.
Middle Ages – This is the best [...]
MZB’s Literary Works Trust
Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust The late great Ms. Bradley’s advice and works continue here; her articles are intelligent, humorous, and exceptionally useful (indexed on the lower left side [...]
How Much Does A Writer Make?
Tobias Buckell’s Author Advance Survey Though based on a statistically small number of authors and their pay, this thorough and interesting article by John W. Campbell award nominee Tobias S. [...]
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) provides free PDFs of the copyright laws of all United Nations member states. It also links to the relevant government websites, [...]