Writing

Welcome To The Writing Of The Real

Speculative Literature As Craft, As Profession, As LIfestyle

Members of R-Spec include award-winning novelists and poets, teachers of writing, authors who have been published in academic journals, foreign and domestic literary publications, popular magazines, and online. It also includes aspiring writers and students of writing.

Our writing section aims to provide articles and advice on the craft of writing from these and other seasoned members and instructors; to point visitors to ways and avenues of publication; and to offer helpful information concerning personal and economic aspects of the writing life.

Creating

This section features discussions on the literary craftsmanship and techniques of composition.

Getting Published

This section points to resources that may help authors trying to publish their work. We address publishing in traditional markets, as well as the impact of new trends (the massive growth of "indy" and mid-size presses, shifting paradigms for "publication" and revenue-generation), technologies (such as POD), and modalities (such as internet publication and various flavors of ebooks and audiobooks/podcast-books).

Surviving

This section directs authors to potential job openings and provides suggestions and infomation that may help reduce the physical and emotional that sometimes accompanies the writing process.

Markets

Who is publishing what, where, and for whom? And how much do they pay? (Do they pay?) Enquiring writers want to know...