Fiction Websites

Includes a newsletter, message board and writing tips for the fiction and non-fiction writer.

The official website of the Western Writers of America, home of the Spur Award.

Offers writing workshops via email, including on creativity, writing press releases and query letters.

Offers on-line workshops and critique groups for writers of all genres.

Resources for fiction writers. Market posts and guides to writing fiction.

Val Kovalin writes topics for fiction writers.

Information and news about reading, writing and publishing thrillers from an honorary society of authors, fiction and nonfiction, who write books classified as “thrillers,” inclujding murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, and adventure.

Article by Jason Belasco on the process of getting short stories published, from picking a journal to writing a cover letter.

Choose a random name by group, nationality, and sex.

Lisa Angle provides creative writing tips and techniques, and internet marketing strategies for writers.

A literary site for writers of literary fiction featuring essays, interviews with authors and editors, suggestions for reading and how to write, and original short stories by William H. Coles.

A simple name generator tool that can be useful for fiction writers when creating characters.

Forum is for writers 18 years of age and older. Includes discussion, writing assignments and feedback.

Offers a free writing school.

A wiki dedicated to cataloguing tropes, the ingredients of fiction writing.

Learn techniques used by professional writers. Site by Mark O’Bannon.

Supports fiction writers throughout the process of novel writing, from idea to final draft to publication.

Weblog about publishing a fiction novel. Site by James Campion Conway.

Advice, tips and experiences on creative writing. Andre Cruz.

Dedicated to creative writing, reading, and language. Help for fiction authors.

Advice and help for beginning and experienced fiction writers on writing fiction and getting published, including contests, competitions, exercises, and articles on improving your writing.

Creative writing blog that inspires young writers with prompts, quotes, advice.

Choose surnames from a huge variety of last names.

Resources for science fiction, fantasy, and horror readers and writers.