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Questions and answers about English usage.
Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health.
Camila Vallejo in English
Tracking a political phenomenon
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What Finland is doing in the schools.
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News and resources about avian flu
Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups.
Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web.
On Education
Schools for a civil society.
Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia
Sointula
"Place of Harmony"—a remarkable community on BC's central coast.
Write a Novel
An online guide for fiction writers.
Sell Your Nonfiction Book
And use online resources to research, write, and publish it.
Writing Fiction
Advice and suggestions on how to write and sell short stories and fiction.
Writing for the Web
About the surprising new genres emerging on the Web.
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Charlie's Diary is a must-read for serious SF readers and writers.
Cynthia Harrison - A Writer's Diary
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Ian R. MacLeod
Extraordinary British SF/fantasy writer.
Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers
John Vaillant
Superb nonfiction writer, now writing novels as well.
Silvia Moreno-García
Promising new Mexican-Canadian writer.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Terry Bisson Story Showcase
A quirky, brilliant storyteller.
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Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds (well, maybe)
Revisiting my first novel
Brian Aldiss, 1925-2017
Better business through sci-fi
What if someone wants to steal my novel idea?
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Elmore Leonard has died
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When events overtake science fiction
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My "Fiction Writer's Page" translated into Italian by Giuseppe Bertani.
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Northrop Frye on the Bible and Literature
Highly recommended for any fiction writer.
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You don't want to show up here as a sad example of bad writing.
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Commentary on print and online little magazines.
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Blog of SFU's Southbank Creative Writing Program
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Very useful, but depressing when you think of all the people trying to make a crooked buck off the dreams of aspiring writers.
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