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Graduate Admissions

Bill Byerly, M.L.A.
Graduate Programs Advisor
1 Seton Hill Drive
Box 991
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 838-4209 (phone)
(800) 826-6234 (toll free)
(724) 830-1294 (fax)
wbyerly@setonhill.edu

For more information about the field of writing and the Seton Hill University graduate Writing Popular Fiction program contact:

Writing Popular Fiction
Program Director

Dr. Albert Wendland
Seton Hill University
1 Seton Hill Drive
Box 468F
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 830-1019 (phone)
wendland@setonhill.edu
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Writer's Resources

Writing Popular Fiction: Popular Fiction Websites

Genres : Professional sites dedicated exclusively to the particular genres we cover in our program.

Romance Fiction
Romantic Times magazine
eHarlequin -- Learn to Write
Romance Central
Yahoo's Romance Fiction Directory
Resources for Romance Readers
CataRomance: Catagory Romance Home

Children's Fiction
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Aaron Shepard's Kidwriter Page
Write4Kids.com
Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Lit Resources
Verla Kay's Website for Children's Writers
Yahoo's Children's Fiction and YA Directory

Mystery Fiction
MysteryNet
ClueLass
Mystery Lovers Links
Yahoo's Mystery Directory

Science-Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
Locus Magazine
Sff.Net
SF Site
Speculations
DarkEcho Horror
HorrorFind
The Dark Side of the Net
Yahoo's SF/F and horror Directory.

Marketing, Networking and Employment
Collections of writers guidelines, formatting tips, publishers or trade magazines that track publisher needs.
Publisher's Weekly
Writer's Digest Magazine
Poet's and Writer's Magazine
Publishing Central
Publisher's Marketplace
AuthorLink
Glossary of Writing Careers
Worldwide Markets in English for Freelance Writers
Children's Writers Marketplace
Ralan.com: SF/F/H Writing Guidelines
The Black Hole (mostly speculative fiction)
Handy Job Hunter for Writers Newsletter
Writers Weekly
Writers Write
Writer Online
Gila Queen's Guide to Markets

National Writer's Groups
Recommended professional organizations for writers working in popular fiction.
RWA: Romance Writers of America
SCBWI: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Children's Writers and Illustrators.
MWA: Mystery Writers of America
SIC: Sisters in Crime
SFWA: Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
HWA: Horror Writers Association
WGA: The Writer's Guild of America
AWP: Associated Writing Programs
IWWG: Internat'l Women Writer's Guild

Writing Advice
Web pages that collect info for writers.

The Online Writery
BookWire: News about the Business
What's Hot in Publishing
Writer's Digest's 101 Best Websites for Writers
Writing 4 Success
Poewar's Writer's Resource Center
PageOne Writer's Resources
Writer's Resources at Open Directory
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
Internet Resources for Writers
The Beginning Writer's Dictionary (care of writer.org)
The Craft of Writing: Articles by the SFWA
The Rejection Collection
Synopsis Workshop c/o the Portland extension of the RWA.
Writing Tips from Vivian Beck.
About.Com: Humanities/Arts
Mary Wolf's Guide to E-Publishers
Nolo.Com: Self-Help Law

Research & Reference Resources
Pages that can improve your writing or places to hunt down necessary "facts" to build into the fiction.
The Elements of Style by William Strunk
A Guide to Grammar and Style should help you with your copy-editing tasks.
Roget's Thesaurus
One-look Dictionaries
The Quotations Page
RefDesk.Com
DeskRef.Com
RhymeZone.Com
Wordsmith.Org
Bartleby.com: Literature in the public domain.
PowerReporting.com helps to hunt down sources and facts.
AwardWeb: Literary Awards for Genre Fiction
Postage Rates Worldwide
Scenario League's Historical Maps
Good 'ol Google!

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