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Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy | ||
| Author: | Gardner Dozois (Editor) | ||
| ISBN: | 0312089260 | ||
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Do you dream of - Crossing the galaxies? Living in the far future? Entertaining millions with your imagination? This book can help make those dreams come true! Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy brings you expert advice on how to craft and market tales of the fantastic. Award-winning writers such as John Barnes, James Patrick Kelly, Norman Spinrad, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen reveal some of their secrets of crafting believable stories, while Grand Masters Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein provide timeless advice for beginners and veterans alike. The editors also provide valuable insights into the process by which stories get published and they offer helpful hints on getting your story out of the slush pile and into print. Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy FROM OUR EDITORS A number of well-known professionals in the field have pooled their advice, insights, and tips in Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy. Having this useful guide on hand is the next-best thing to having your own editorial feedback. Learn the ins and outs of the field from those who have firsthand knowledge of how it works. FROM THE PUBLISHER Many beginning writers ask for criticism and advice, and those who don't ask would still like to get it. The volume of submissions makes it quite impossible for most editors to comment individually on submissions, except for those few that they almost want to publish. The editors who have joined together in putting this book together hopes that this will be the next best thing. Obviously it can't offer criticism of your manuscript, but it does offer a wealth of useful tips and insights from several well-known professionals in the field.
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